[snow magazines]

thanks for the info nils, i'll definately look into it

[snow magazines]

anyone read a snowboard magazine called "frequency"? from the blurb it looks like something similar to "the surfers journal", which is a very good read

i'm pretty over all the tricks and ads in transworld and the like, and keen to see a bit more content

[who has worked in a snow resort hotel?]

not-art, we'll be at woody note from late nov till the end of march

look forward to sharing some turns

[Snowboarding Tattoo's]

i saw one in a transworld snowboard mag about a year ago. across some guys shoulder blades was a sequence traced from an ad of a guy doing a 720

strange

[Clear VS yellow lenses]

have you ever tried pink/rose tint? a mate of mine has pink/red lenses in his bolles, they seem to define everything really well, especially in low light. i like them

 

anyone prefer or recomend against certain brands?

[How many jobs?]

never had a proper career type job, cos i'm still finishing uni. i can never stay in the same hospitality/retail type job for too long, after 18months in the same place i just go crazy, even if it is a sweet place to work

is working for a temp/labour hire place one job or many? i've worked with a circus, in a cardboard box factory, in an icecream factory... this list goes on, all very glamorous. anything to get to the snow

[You fave snacks to take out on the slopes.]

really dig the mars bars

and ah, anybody enjoy a beer while going up for a night ski?

[who has worked in a snow resort hotel?]

just did a doorknocking mission woywoy

 

fattwins, yeah, not getting paid isn't the best, but then we don't have to pay pay for accom, which seems like our biggest expense. when we crunched the numbers, it seemed like a pretty good deal

ideally i like to bum a season, or at least 2-3 months. work really hard beforehand for a few months, do it poor, but its a satisfying feeling waking up everyday knowing you have nothing on except fun on the hill. its a bit of a luxury not going up unless theres been at least 20cm overnight

[Favourite spot on earth]

snow, or warm water and good waves

oh, and no/minimal people is pretty important

[who has worked in a snow resort hotel?]

ah, no monetary payment, but we get food, board and a lift ticket. it doesn't seem like a bad arangement when you compare it with working 4 days a week for minimum wage, and only 3 days on the hill (eg canada)

there's probably better snow jobs out there, but i'm pretty stoked with this one, as it should allow us to live cheaply and get alot of time on the mountain, that's whats important after all

 

grinch, you heard bad stories about some places?

[who has worked in a snow resort hotel?]

hello all, i'm a new member, tho i've been browsing the site for a while and enjoying the posts...

my girlfriend and i got a job lined up at a pension in niseko hirafu. we went there for about a month last year, wanted to do a season, so we started knocking on doors and asking for jobs for the next winter

four hours of rejection later, on our way home we scored a job at our last stop

i think we work about five days a week. 8-11 in the morning, 5-9 at night, which means we miss freshies and night skiing, but we still get to ride everyday, and 2 days off a week