A Quick Guide To The Top 5 Ski Resorts In Japan Brought to you by Hakuba Valley Japan boasts over 500 ski resorts and has some of the best powder in the world. It offers guests great backcountry skiing and snowboarding, amazing food, unique villages, and a good nightlife scene. Hakuba – Honshu Hakuba in the Nagano Prefecture is a valley with a large number of ski resorts that hosted the […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | January 6, 2020 0 Comments
A Quick Guide To Skiing and Snowboarding In Japan Brought to you by HAKUBAVALLEY Japan is affordable, an experience like no other and the cultural experiences to be had there are incredible. There are over a dozen peaks in Japan that top out at 10,000+ feet above sea level. Japan is otherwise known as ‘Japow’ thanks to the combination of high altitude and the Siberian conveyor belt of extremely cold dry wind which […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | December 18, 2019 0 Comments
Whistler Blackcomb To Receive Largest Investment In Resort’s History Vail Resorts is making a historic $66 million investment in some much-needed upgrades to the world-famous Whistler Blackcomb BC ski resort. The investment includes a new state of the art 10 person gondola along with two new high-speed chairs. Vail plans to add new accommodation, improve the mountain bike park and improve some of the runs at the resort. Some locals […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | December 15, 2017 1 Comment
Heli-Skiing on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Heli-Skiing is taking off in the Canadian Arctic this spring thanks to Weber Arctic Expeditions. Weber Arctic is a polar expeditions company that has organised guided tours and led expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic regions since 1985. They hold more polar firsts than any other company. Some of their achievements include leading the first unsupported journey to successfully reach […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
IOC To Decide on Russia’s Participation at Pyeongchang in December The IOC has received calls from the worlds leading anti-doping agencies for Russia to be banned from competing in the Pyeongchang Games in February 2018.The outcry for Russia to be banned comes from agencies such as the US Anti-Doping Agency and UK Anti‑Doping. There is particular significance behind the outcry from the UK Anti-Doping agency as they took charge of Russia’s testing […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | November 2, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: ‘First Layer Russia’ Teaser – Presented by Vans The Vans Euro team is once again set to blow minds with their new film ‘First Layer Russia‘ as they explore some of Russia’s lesser-known street spots. They started this epic trip in Moscow, then headed east to Novosibirsk in Siberia. The riders who made the cut include Benny Urban, Will Smith, Antti Jussila, Sami Luhtanen, Nikita Sekh, Cees Wille, Sparrow […] Featured Video Caitlin Perry | October 25, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Taking Skiing Back To The Basics with Marcus Caston | ‘Return Of The Turn’ Teaser Is there a better feeling skiing than that perfect turn? Sure doing the perfect park laps feels great, but it doesn’t quite compare to the feeling you get from that perfect turn. Skiing has moved away from the basics over recent years especially with the increase in terrain parks, snowboarding and user-friendly skis. Skiing used to be about enjoying the entire mountain, not […] Featured Video Caitlin Perry | October 17, 2017 0 Comments
Some World Leaders Considering Pulling Teams Out Of PyeongChang 2018 The world is watching intently as South Korea ramps up preparations for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, which are now only a few months away. Tensions surrounding North Korea are high right now which is causing South Korea to feel the effects as they prepare to host the world. The main concern on everyone’s mind seems to be surrounding the safety […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | October 17, 2017 0 Comments
Heavenly Ski Resort Names Trail After Local Legend – Martin Hollay Heavenly Ski Resort recently held a ceremony at the top of the mountain as a trail was dedicated to the 96-year-old local legend, Martin Hollay. Martin hit the slopes for an impressive 100 days last winter. After leaving Hungary and settling in Lake Tahoe in 1958 he eventually settled in the peaceful South Lake Tahoe where he could enjoy the relaxed mountain […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | October 11, 2017 1 Comment
Hidden Ski Resorts in Canada Worth Exploring Planning a holiday to a Canadian ski resort but don’t want to wait in crazy lift lines, dodge people on the slopes and want to avoid excessive prices? I hear you! This article looks at some of the best kept secret ski resorts in Canada that offer some great terrain, excellent atmosphere with fewer crowds and often at cheaper rates. […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | October 9, 2017 3 Comments
Best Value For Money Ski Resorts in Europe Value for money is a top priority for most when going on a snow holiday However they don’t have to mean paying excessive amounts at well-known ski resorts and waiting in the crazy lift lines. Nor does it mean that you have to compromise on the terrain or overall experience offered. All it requires is that you are willing to […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | October 7, 2017 1 Comment
Snowboarder Sues Big White Ski Resort For Negligence Ski resort negligence or just plain stupidity? Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, BC, Canada, was sued after a snowboarder rode off a snow ledge into the car parking lot, breaking his leg in the process on March 4th, 2013. The plaintiff Mr Gary Colin Fillingham says: “he was injured when a known route from “Highway 33,” a ski run on […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | October 5, 2017 0 Comments
Lindsey Vonn May Get The Opportunity To Race Against Men In 2018 With over 100 wins and over 190 podium appearances, Lindsey Vonn is one of the most decorated female skiers in the history of the sport. With her retirement in sight for the near future, there are two goals she would really like to achieve, the first is to make it to the 2018 Olympics and the second is to race […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 30, 2017 1 Comment
Congratulations to Coen Bennie-Faull Winner of The Buller X Big Mountain Event, Australia After waiting all season for conditions to align perfectly event organisers of the ‘Buller X‘ extreme freeride event finally gave the green light for the competition to go ahead. This event operates much like big wave surfing competitions, such as the Quiksilver Eddie Aikau memorial event do, conditions have to align perfectly for the event to go ahead, Once competitors received the […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 27, 2017 1 Comment
The Importance of Immigration in Ski Towns Not only is the government restricting immigration from specific countries they are now looking into cutting down the J-1 cultural exchange program. This program includes 13 categories and allows up to 300,000 foreign visitors to come to the United States each year. The majority of participants in this program are students on their school breaks and are under the […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 26, 2017 4 Comments
Jones Snowboard Giveaway To Help With Hurricane Relief Jeremy Jones is raffling off a one of a kind snowboard to raise money for Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria victims. Jeremy is an influential big mountain and backcountry freerider who has committed himself to an environmentally sustainable way of life. Not only is he a pioneer in the industry, he is also a front-runner in the fight against climate […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 25, 2017 0 Comments
Olympic Freestyle Skier Joss Christensen Calls Out Stalkers Christensen is an exceptionally talented freestyle skier who grew up in Park City, Utah. Joss was first introduced to the sport at the age of 4 and has never looked back. Growing up in Park City definitely had its perks as Joss was fortunate enough to always be surrounded by pro skiers, ski bums and other young talented athletes. Joss […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 20, 2017 0 Comments
Deadliest accident of the season kills five in Zillertal Alps, Austria Five climbers have been killed and one seriously injured after a free climbing accident in Austria caused them to fall 200m. The tragic accident occurred in the Zillertal Alps, southwest of Salzburg, Austria. . This area is a popular summer and winter destination for climbers, hikers and mountaineers alike. Reports on the accident suggest the climbers were in an area […] Climbing Caitlin Perry | September 12, 2017 0 Comments