About Us
Hi and welcome!
We’re just two snow-chasing humans with questionable life choices and an expensive love of winter. Mostly here for the turns, the coffee, and pretending this counts as being outdoorsy.
Who Are We?
Meet our co-author
Mick
Snowboarder, Biker, Blogger
Mick is a lover of speed runs and hitting every feature on the mountain. Ex road bike and motocross racer with plans to dabble in mountain bike racing. Spends a lot of time looking at fast cars and bikes. Jen’s instagram model and selfie camera holder due to long arms. Sometimes an optometrist.
Jen
Snowboarder, Photographer, Wanderer
Our Story
Our Story
We got into snowboarding later than most, but it didn’t take long before we were planning trips around it. What started as a one-off holiday turned into a habit—then a priority.
Since then, we’ve ridden in a bunch of places with a rotating cast of mates. Sometimes it’s a full crew, sometimes just the two of us, but the stories always stack up. Some are worth sharing. Some… probably not.
This site came out of all that—not because we’re pros, just regular riders who got tired of digging through bad advice. So we started putting together the kind of info we wish we’d had starting out.
After a few years riding weekends wherever we could, we ended up quitting our jobs and heading to Canada for a proper season. Seven months of snow, sore legs, and the kind of days that made us wonder why we didn’t do it sooner. That’s when snowboarding shifted from a holiday thing to something a lot more central.
It wasn’t just about riding anymore—it became about chasing new terrain, new places, and figuring out what kind of life we actually wanted.
We bounced between hemispheres for a while. Winters in Japan, Europe, North America. A few back in New Zealand. We weren’t trying to live some picture-perfect travel life—we just kept following the snow and seeing what stuck.
At some point, we realised we wanted more of that and less of the 9-to-5. So we made a plan, tightened the budget, and bought ourselves some freedom. It didn’t happen overnight, but it happened.
Then COVID hit. Like everyone else, we pivoted. Found beauty close to home, rode when we could, made the best of it. And when the world reopened, we got moving again.
This year it’s been Japan, Canada, France—and a few unexpected stops in between. We don’t know exactly what’s next. But odds are it involves snow.
In the meantime, this site’s just our way of giving back a bit—sharing what we’ve learned (and screwed up) along the way. Real info from actual riders. Let’s get it!