Illicit Snowboarding's Last Resorts is a guide to the places that are too small, too remote, too warm or too embroiled in warfare to really make them a popular destination. Despite their limitations they are worth knowing about, because if you ever happen to be in the area, then they would definitely be worth a try just for the blag.

This week we look at Lesotho

It's been a year since this website started so in the tradition of the Internet we will celebrate with a birthday theme. This time we bring you the second of our hard-hitting articles, exposing the underground world of snowboarding cakes with illicit's guide to the Top 15 Edible Snowboards.

This week something different. We've scoured the origins of snowboarding history to find some of the key moments, then we've stuck all that info into a shiny interactive timeline machine. Enjoy...

Snowboarding History Timeline

Looking to buy a new snowboard this season? Here’s an idea you have probably not been considering. Why not spend a couple of grand getting yourself a designer snowboard?
Over the years I’ve seen a number of fashion houses getting in on the snowboarding act and I’ve mostly ignored it, but now there are enough examples that we can actually do a top 10 count down.

It's the second instalment of Snowboarding Erotica and this time we take a skin deep look at - Naked Snowboarding...

The ski vs snowboarder debate is as old as snowboarding itself and it is also very, very played out. Despite this week we have decided to exhume its decaying corpse for one last shot at the limelight, because we’ve found a new angle – Snowsports Dictators. They’re mostly skiers and they’re mostly evil, and you don’t get that as part of the snowboarding package

Illicit’s Guide to the Top 10 Snowsports Dictators…

Matt Cheney – The world’s most prolific self publicising artist you’ve never heard of.

Our previously featured Art Attack artists went about their art business the old fashioned way, by painting scenes of snowboarding from the comfort of their own home or studio. Matt Cheney does it differently. He takes his art into the hostile environment of the real world because he is an ‘action artist’.

What the hell is an action artist?

Last week we had a carefully thought-out and thoroughly researched article. This week we look at snowboarding cats.

Last week you might have thought we covered everything worth knowing about snowboarding in Hawaii. Well it turns out that there is another interesting story about snowboarding in Hawaii and for this we have to look back in time at the origins of snowboarding.

I’ve snowboarded in many places around the world over the years, so I figured that I would put my knowledge use and write a handy resort guide. Here it is:

All resorts are pretty much the same. You get similar stodgy food, they are all similarly mountainous and the force of gravity appears to be a constant. The single thing that has a real effect how different the experience will be is how good the snow is when you are there.

So that’s it, if you get lucky and get good snow you’ll have good time no matter where you are, bosh.

There are however some places that really aren’t snowboarding resorts, they are either too small, too remote, too warm or too embroiled in warfare to really make them a popular destination. Despite their limitations they are worth knowing about, because if you ever happen to be in the area, then they would definitely be worth a try just for the blag. So for the first article of our new series Last Resort we look at snowboarding in Hawaii...