My work with the New Zealand Snowsports Instructor’s Alliance (NZSIA) and Snowboard Instruction New Zealand (SBINZ) is taking me to Austria for two weeks, as of tomorrow. I’m lucky enough to be part of the NZ contingent visiting a massive event in St Anton...
Last March, at the tail-end of my season in Japan, I was fortunate enough to be invited on a splitboarding tour in the Niigata backcountry. Two days later I met with Gardner Robinson, the Editor for Outdoor Japan Magazine, to discuss Japanese distribution of our...
Which do you use first when searching for a local shop or service? The Yellow Pages or the White Pages? It all depends on what you’re searching for, right? If you already know the name of the business, it makes sense to flick to the appropriate...
It’s been a busy few months. The NZ winter has had me all over the place from Instructor Training at Cardrona, to Examining with SBINZ, and coaching at the Junior Worlds here in Wanaka. My time off the hill has been spent doing small web contracts and putting...
The 2010 Independant Publisher Book Awards finals we’re announced two days ago. Unexpectedly, our recent Snow-search Japan publication won GOLD in the Travel Guidebook category. Wohoooooo! I am hugely appreciative towards all our SSJ contributors and supporters....