This is a story about a freedom. A story about getting lost and finding yourself in the deep blue ocean. It’s about sandy skin, salty hair, perfect and non-perfect waves, sunrises & sunsets, about waking up in remote places at the coast and endless roads. It’s about the sun, the ocean, the nature and the tides. It’s simply about passion and following salty dreams far away from everyday life.
After returning to Europe post a two month surf safari in Sri Lanka, Pally'Hi's one man wave-searching-machine, Nic Spiers, headed north to Wales in the UK to check-out it's latest tourist attraction, Surf Snowdonia.
The job of the photographer on any roadtrip is to capture the sense of adventure and the wild nature and landscapes. Last year talented photographer Michi Reinhardt joined P'H surf adventurer Nic Spiers in Ireland and took some wonderful shots.
More than 10,000 Kilometres through his epic Schliersee to Sydney cycle, Robert Eixenberger has just passed through Myanmar, formally known as Burma. It's country the size of France, sandwiched between India and Thailand, full of beautiful Buddhist temples and rich culture.
Last week Pally'Hi joined the Blank Plank Weekender in the Zillertal valley, Austria. The weekend, organised by Amplid, Pally'Hi's sibling company, was an opportunity for passionate snowboarders and skiers to shape a custom powder shred.
For the last few months Pally'Hi's intrepid cyclist, Robert Eixenberger, has been travelling through the middle east, taking in Iran, Pakistan and India along his way. Catch-up on Robert's journey from Turkey to Bangladesh.
Pally'Hi's roaming surf adventurer Nic Spiers continues his mission to discover the world's best surf spots by travelling with his buddy Sarge to Ireland, the Emerald Isle. Beautiful surroundings, welcoming people and epic surf were in plentiful supply on this trip.
Photographer extraordinaire Martin Erd and Katharina caught the last of Norway's short summer and spent a week discovering the beautiful Fjords. Both agreed that when there's a chill in the air there's nothing more comfortable to wear than merino wool.
It’s been a while since we caught-up with cycling adventurer Robert Eixenberger whose latest challenge is to cycle from Pally’Hi’s doorstep to Sydney Australia. We pick-up Robert’s journey from Graz to Istanbul, a leg full of highs and lows.
Day one almost ended in disaster after a high speed decent to Bad Feilnbach with 30Kg of luggage and being chased around Chiemsee by two Alsatians, but we're please to report that Robert has made it to the comfort of Graz's favourite eatery, McDonalds.
On Friday, Pally'Hi Ambassador Robert Eixenberger, a Schliersee local, will begin his epic cycle from his front door to Sydney, Australia. The journey will take approximately a year and a half and Robert will cover thousands of kilometers. It's a great opportunity to put Pally'Hi gear through its paces.
Nic Spiers, Pally'Hi's resident surf and snowboard bum, is certainly partial to the occassional surf mission. Nic spent last October and November discovering surf spots on Brittany's coastline. Less well known for surfing than its more southerly neighbours, Brittany remains the domain of core surfers.
Shades of Love is a charity, founded by Munchner Juergen Altmann, to collect sunglasses from the general public and brands and distribute them to people in the Himalayas, who are in desperate need of UV eye protection. Juergen and Jean are currently in Ladakh in Northern India distributing the shades to villages only accessible by motorbike.
Testing our clothings functionality in the outdoors is one of the highlights of of working at Pally'Hi... although whether splitboarding in the Bavarian Alps is actually work is questionable.
La Grave, a single lift resort on the backside of Les Deux Alpes, isn't just scary because of its name. Nope, it's scary because it has zero patrols, no marked trails, a large number of crevacces and the kind of exposure that requires fresh underwear. That's why the legendary Tailgate festival will be there in February and why Pally'Hi will be supporting the guides.
While others wait for snow, Pally'Hi ambassador and filmer Mario Entero doesn't. He uses the canarian winter swells instead and gets under water shooting a commercial for ION-wetsuits.
The Transalp mountain bike ride from Ober Bayern to Lake Garda is a truly epic test of endurance and determination by anybody's standards. Now throw in broken bikes and snow storms! That's what P'Hi ambassador Phil K and his friends had to put up with to complete the 500km trail.
Pally'Hi's transient journeyman Nic Spiers reflects on a summer in Europe spent chasing surf up and down France's Atlantic coast. Living in a van might not be everybody's cup of tea, but for many Nic's approach to life ticks the right boxes.
Right now, new styles and colourways are landing in the Pally'Hi warehouse daily. Since it looks better on the beautiful Babsi than boxed-up, we sent Pally'Hi photographer Hansi on a mission to snap some cool shots.
In July Pally'Hi's marketing guy Rich and his girlfriend Collette travelled east to Sri Lanka for a fleeting journey across the country. In the final part of his Sri Lanka Diary, Rich and Collette travel west through the famous tea plantations of Sri Lanka's Hill Country.
Barbara and Melanie are two thirty something professionals from Munich in Germany. The two girls are outdoor fanatics with a passion for mountains and adventure. Together they have just embarked on a hike from Munich to Venice. Pally'Hi hooked the girls up with some Merino.
After a dusty few days taking-in the temples and ruins of Sri Lanka's cultutal triangle, Rich, Pally'Hi's marketing guy, headed south east to Sri Lanka's premier surf town Arugam Bay.
Sri Lanka, that small tear-drop shaped island at the southern tip of India, is becoming a hot destination for travellers. Its relatively small dimensions, culture-rich history, varied geography and friendly people are putting it on the map with holiday makers looking for something a bit different. Pally'Hi marketing guy Rich travelled to Sri Lanka in July to discover the island.
Pally'Hi's weekend missions are all about getting out into nature and discovering new places. This weekend the crew headed north to the Rhoen Mountains, located in the furthest corner of Bavaria. There they discovered some of the finest singletrack north of the Alps.