By Paul la Vella
Snowboarders are increasing in number and emerging as a large percentage of the ski holiday industry, but are they a welcome addition? Some American ski resorts ban snowboarding, while others are opening the door.
While many resorts do not ban snowboarding, either allowing snowboarding on all property or allotting certain areas for the activity, there are three resorts in the United States that still have complete bans on snowboarding. The issues at the heart of the conflict stem from several reasons, one of them a longstanding rivalry between skiers and snowboarders, a rivalry that can sometimes get a tad nasty.
Continue reading ‘Snowboarders winning ski holiday resort battle’
We received this cool video and figured we’d pass it along about Nike’s ACK second winter season of Sweetspots.
Click here to view the Nike ACG - Video
Nike ACG’s latest addition to the team, Jules Reymond, was quickly put to work with Absinthe to pull together a sheer master-class in the steeps of AK. The film is released shortly before Christmas but the teaser will give you a flavour of what’s to come.
Already available to view on www.nikeacg.com is Gary Zebrowski’s Sweetspot in Golden, BC, which was filmed by Blank Paper Studio; a backcountry playground of epic proportions.
As ever, we have access to a ton of photography, interviews and all good things you may want to work with so get in touch with any requests or queries.
By: Rich Gonzalez
A skier’s paradise is in store for those that visit Crested Butte, Colorado. The last ski town in Colorado is 4 hours from Denver, and 3 scenic hours from both Colorado Springs and Grand Junction; and offers a tranquil escape to reconnect with both nature and the entire family. I have been there - and the scenery is phenomenal!
Continue reading ‘A treasured hide away in Colorado for winter sports’
By: Ivaylo Yordanov
After some great skiing and snowboarding on the Austrian glacier resorts offering summer snow sports, now it is time for the real winter ski season 2008 / 2009 in Austria.
The travel planet may be going through a downward spiral, excluding European skiing in Austria. It embraces its own in the global market. The skiing crowd has evidently increased in Austria. Austria comes just subsequent to France in amass of fashionable European ski objectives. Austria is the number one target for pop idols and crowned heads, with its well-appointed choices and chocolate box scenery.
Continue reading ‘Austria ski holidays season 2008 - 2009 the Ice-Breaker’
by Sarah Fox
The snow-covered Rocky Mountains of Breckenridge, Colorado draw flocks of thrill-seekers each winter for the challenge of skiing and boarding on the slopes.
If you’re an avid fan of skiing, then you are probably dying to get out and play this winter on some of the advanced sections of Breckenridge’s Ten Mile Range. Continue reading ‘Guide to advanced skiing in Breckenridge’
by Ivaylo Yordanov
After some great skiing and snowboarding on the Austrian glacier resorts offering summer snow sports, now it is time for the real winter ski season 2008/2009 in Austria.
The travel planet may be going through a downward spiral, excluding European skiing in Austria. It embraces its own in the global market. The skiing crowd has evidently increased in Austria. Austria comes just subsequent to France in amass of fashionable European ski objectives. Austria is the number one target for pop idols and crowned heads, with its well-appointed choices and chocolate box scenery.
Continue reading ‘Austria ski holidays season 2008-2009: the Ice-Breaker’
by Paul la Vella
With the holidays industry looking at a possibly disastrous 2009 as the recession hits home, the worst affected area of all could be ski and snowboard holidays for the 2009 ski holidays season, according to UK based travel internet company International Property Tribune.
”Recent surveys have shown that during the forthcoming economic downturn in Europe and the US, many people regard their summer holiday as an essential, not a luxury, and come hell or high water people are still going to take a holiday.”
‘But when it comes to a ski holiday, it’s not essential. It’s not part of society’s fabric. It isn’t an annual ritual observed by generations. A ski holiday is a luxury’ they say, ‘And ski holidays can be expensive - so we anticipate the ski industry to take a big hit for their 2008/9 season.’
Continue reading ‘2009 ski holidays face meltdown’