There’s some places you can only dream of shredding – Alaska, Antarctica, Japan – but what if that dream became a reality? Say you were stinking rich or won the lottery or robbed a bank. Apart from paying off student loan/mortgage/other debts, we’d absolutely put a chunk aside for the most awesome shred trip on the planet. Wouldn’t you?

That’s what this guide is – a dreamer’s guide to the wildest, nuttiest, most extreme, ultimate shred trips the world has to offer. Yes, most of them cost an absolute bomb (you pretty much have to sell your own grandma to afford it) but it’s always fun to dream, right?

From scaling spines in Alaska to shredding the untouched face of Antarctica’s highest mountain, it’s time to put the kettle on and get dreaming. Or at least, get saving…