Where have you been??

cords - 20 May 2012 10:56 PM

haha yep fair enough - different priorities. For me I’m much happier to be working weekends when I’m doing a season because a) the slopes are always more crowded with tourists on the weekends and b) penalty rates!

Good luck!

ozgirl - 20 May 2012 11:19 PM

haha! things still break on the weekends!

Most resort jobs are a 6 day week!

both very good points,  i wouldnt mind a night cleaning job so i can board every day, i guess i will just have to see where my heads at at the time and what opportunities arise

DylanV - 20 May 2012 10:35 AM

yea im doing refrigeration and air-conditioning, i work on alot of new/refurb woolies, coles, big w, dan murphies, ect. stuff

i might even end up just heading straight for the northern hemi and getting some spring boarding in at whistler then travel around for summer before i decide where i want to set up for the season, ive got a mate whos just moved over there and is renting at whistler now, he’s having an absolute ball

try and get into snow making! usually a night time job,  good hours, great pay, very related to your apprenticeship (I would think)

Only problem is not a lot of time for partying, but it’s not like you’re missing out every night.

I Lived in Japan for 2 years and visited a lot of resorts on the main island. I have been back for holidays a couple times too.
Worked in canada for 2 years and did a couple of road trips with some buddies to USandA
Currently instructing at Hotham and freelance Graphic Design in between winters.

Having a trade to fall back on is paramount to keeping your winters everlasting. If you can get consistent work in between North and South winters your set.

Best advice do it while you’re young and uncommitted, it’s easy to get working holiday visas, once you get a few seasons under your belt it’s easier to be considered for sponsored visas. Get ready to have the time of your life!

Cheers kneeboard, snowmaking is a great suggestion :D
Anyone comin to the snow travel expo at sydney convention centre today?
I was sittin at the beach in coffs reading the latest transworld mag and i saw it was on so i drove down tonight haha

I think that Jeremy (rider26) was talkin about showin his mug!!!!!

Just keep an eye out for a gangaly lookin kid wearin a Boardworld T-Shirt!!!!! Kinda looks like Eddie Munster!!!!!

Ill keep an eye out for him, i just went for a skate down to stm bondi and got some boots. Lucas was a great help with the process, i ended up in a pair of 9.5 burton hails. Cant wait to get out on the slopes now, 2 weeks hurry up !!!!

DylanV - 20 May 2012 12:59 PM

cords - 20 May 2012 12:43 PM

working an evening job in some kind of lodge/hotel/bar/restaurant is the best option, in my opinion. I don’t care for partying but I do care for snowboarding. Securing an evening job means you can be riding as much as you want, whenever you want and you never, ever have to miss out.

I personally like jobs like cleaning, dishpigging etc as you can just turn up, listen to your music, do your work (usually fairly minimal responsibilities) and not have to talk to anyone much (if you don’t want to), think about snowboarding for most of the time and then go home, sleep, wake up and go snowboarding! Often you get your evening meal included/free/mega discount when you are working in those kinds of positions, as well.

I’m heading for my second season in sweden at the end of this year and that is the kind of position I will be scoping for. It worked well for me last time!

i can understand how that would work for some, but i like to party, not as much as i love to snowboard, but still. and ive worked in and around kitchens cleaning and dishing and serving for a fair while and i now hate working near kitchens haha

my uncle is a chef and has travelled the world, worked in all kinds of places, owned/owns restaurants and what not and honestly the best piece of advice he ever gave me, “dont become a chef or ill kill you” haha

GL at the end of the year in sweden cords!!!

kitchen hand/ cleaning jobs drive me crazy. ive done it a few times and id probs do it again if I was forced to but frig the hours drag by.

I remember this thread from ages ago and thought that I’d listed everywhere I’d been but I hadn’t. 

Time to do it now;

Australia
Hotham
Falls
Buller
Baw Baw

New Zealand
Cardrona
Coronet Peak
The Remarkables
Porters
Mount Hutt
Heli

Japan
Hakuba 47
Goryu
Happo One
Tsugaike
Cortina
Yanaba
Sun Alpina

Canada
Sunshine
Revelstoke

Argentina
Las Lenas

Chile
Valle Nevado
Portillo
El Arpa (cat skiing)

So many to be added!

Been to a few places in Europe but the “POW” in Australia is the best I have ever seen.

Just Aus (all the majors) and EnZud.  Japan would be next on my list although that is likely to be some time off.

Australia
Falls Creek
Mt Hotham
Mt Buller
Mt Baw Baw
Thredbo
Perisher
Mt Feathertop (not a resort but its a big mt in Aus i have boarded on)
these two dont count as I have only xc skied on them but
Lake Mountain and Mt Stirling

Japan
Hakuba 47
Goryu
Happo One
Tsugaike
Cortina
Iwatake
(may be one more, cant remember)

New Zealand
Remarkables
Correnet Peak

Canada
Whistler/Blackcomb
Brandywine Mtn/Powder Mtn area (snowmobile access riding)

Thought I would update my list

ozgirl - 28 April 2012 10:02 PM

Australia
Perisher
Thredbo
Charlotte Pass
Selwyn
Cabramurra (does it count as a resort?? LOL)

New Zealand
Remarkables
Coronet Peak
Treble Cone
Cardrona
Mt Hutt
(all but Remarkables I did when I was a kid though and barely remember them)

USA
Heavenly (worked)
Kirkwood
Sugarbowl
Steamboat
Winter Park (worked)
Copper Mountain
Aspen

Canada
Whistler

Japan
Hakuba
Iwatake
Goryu
47
Niseko
Rusutsu

Europe
Axamer Lizum near Innsbuck Austria
Meribel/ 3 Valleys - France
Schladming - Austria (its actually a few resorts but thought I would lump together)

 

Australia
Perisher

Japan
Hakuba 47
Goryu
Happo-One
Tsugaike
Cortina
Iwatake

Akakura Kanko
Akakura Onsen
Ikenotaira
Suginohara

Nozawa Onsen

DRC - you should come with me to Azz’s birthday in Hotham to expand on that australian list!

ozgirl - 25 July 2013 11:29 AM

DRC - you should come with me to Azz’s birthday in Hotham to expand on that australian list!

Haha would you believe me if I said I’d never been to Victoria?!

If all goes to plan I should be able to add a fair bit more variety into the mix over the next couple of years (both oz but mostly abroad)!

The Countryside in the Vic Alpine Region is worth goin for alone!!!!!

Plus the food and beverages are top notch as well!!!!!

As for Aussie Resorts, Thredders is where my heart is!!!!!