New year... new blog

So after a 6 month break I decided to jump back on the blog train - I kinda like being able to scroll back and see what debauchary I was up to in the past year, and it gives some of you guys a chance to see why I moved out here...

I started the year off with a great trip down to Boca Raton (close to Miami) . I lived down there for 7 years - was great to see my family and friends.

After 2 weeks of beaches and sunshine I was ready for more winter sports. We're having one of the best snow years in decades here (thanks el-nino, global warming or whatever cause this!). Lately I've been doing a lot of skiing - including backcountry skiing. I went out yesterday with my pals Kent and Jeremy for some amazing backcountry fun.
All this is a quick hour drive from my house!

We had a couple km's of touring (like cross country skiing but using your downhill skis) in before we started to climb up the mountain. This was at the beginning of our day - we skied the right side of the mountain behind me. It took 2 hours to ski up to the top of where we would ski down.

Jeremie happy to be done climbing!














Kent taking off his skins and getting ready for the amazing ride down!






I had to dig a pit just to stand - the snow was so deep! Here I am taking the skins off my skis and having a yummy warm cup of tea... beaches and sunshine - what's that!?















And finally - here's what its all about - amazing skiing down beautiful, untouched powder!

All smiles after a great day of skiing the pow-pow!