Earthquake in New Zealand

The big event in New Zealand this week was an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, which is quite big! The epicentre was near Christchurch and the ski resort of Mount Hutt. It was the first time I have ever experienced an earthquake. I was in Wanaka, about 300km [...]

 Torah’s arrived

The latest news from Perisher ski resort in Australia – Torah Bright comes to visit

 Introducing…

…Craig Robinson
I am currently Britain’s number 1 male skicross athlete and part of the British freestyle ski team. I am looking forward to keeping you posted on my latest adventures. As I am not the best organised person my life usually leads to some pretty funny stories of thrills and spills on and off the [...]

 Viva glam!

Mother nature is not being too kind to us at Perisher. While we had a great dump of snow early in July, there’s hasn’t been much since. Luckily the man made snow being created is really quite good, let’s just hope the temperatures stay cool enough over the next month.
On Saturday the 10th I ventured [...]

Tags: Blue Cow, Kangaroos, Perisher, Torah Bright, Viva Glam Party

 Le Summer Shred

For most people the snow season is over… well, for some yes… but not for the kids out in Les Deux Alpes. They’ve just started their summer season shredding on the glacier at 3200 meters.
I was lucky enough to join them for a couple of weeks to assist coaching a summer camp with Maverix (UK [...]

Tags: Avalanche Club, Downhill Mountain Biking, Freestyle camp, glacier, Les Deux Alpes, Maverix, Paintballing, Summer Camp

 I think there is a spark…

I’ve been in NZ since 2006, and in Wanaka for the last two years, so I’m going on my third winter here.
I’ve spent a fair bit of time snowboarding around the major ski fields on the south island, but not Treble Cone. I remember hearing about Treble Cone for the first time while I was [...]

Tags: New Zealand, Southern Hemisphere skiing, Treble Cone

 Oh Perisher! You’re full of surprises

Perisher is getting better and better with the snow slowly coming in and the cover doing remarkably well considering how few natural falls we’ve had. Although I’ve not been able to head off piste yet conditions are still good enough to play around on the groomed runs.
This week I’ve been hitting Towers at Mt Pee [...]

Tags: Bazil, Night skiing, Perisher, Snow Mountains, Towers at Mt Pee

 Well, G’day from Perisher

I’m Kellie Schlecht and this is my first year at Perisher, its a great resort in New South Wales, Australia.
I’m working here as a Snow Reporter, keeping the world up-to-date with what’s going on here and what the conditions are like. Fresh from Queensland (where it’s all about sunshine and beaches) it’s taken me a [...]

Tags: Australia, Kellie Schlecht, NSW, Perisher, summer skiing, Torah Bright

 Snowboard Test, UK crew

Another year, another board test weekend in Kaunertal marking the end of the season. Always conflicting emotions as the excitement of testing next seasons kit is offset by the sadness that end of season brings. This year we dragged along our friend, Maria, who doesn´t board (yeah I know crazy!) but she wanted to get [...]

Tags: K2 Va Va voom, Kaunertal, Never Summer, Spring Classics, The snowboard test

 What an Absolute Bomb!

It’s Tuesday afternoon (6th April). Friends are tweeting about how sick the parties are at snowbombing and how the sun is shining.  There I was sitting at work wondering why I hadn’t booked the time off to go.
Friday morning (9th April) I find myself in a car driving through the Austrian mountains with my snowboard [...]

Tags: absolute park, bbc sports personality of the year, de la soul, DJ Yoda, Flachauwinkl, Jenny Jones, mr motivator, norman cook, planai, Snowbombing