27/04/2022
If you can dream it...you can do it 🙌
I have spent quite a few winters sliding down mountains now. I really couldn't image doing anything else! To think though, that growing up I never would have pictured standing on top of this mountain and calling it my home.
I had always loved snowboarding, right from playing Cool Boards 3 on Playstation as a kid. But always thought that snowboarding was just something you could do for a week's holiday if you were rich enough. It wasn't until I was backpacking through Cambodia, that I got talking to a lass that lived at a ski resort in Romania.
She talked about how it is popular for travelers to go to resorts and work there for the whole season, and then they get to ski during there time off. This may seem obvious now, but at the time it was completely novel idea to me 💡 ...and so I was introduced to the idea of working winter seasons.
Once I was opened up to this possibility, it wasn't long before I got things in motion, and that same year I found myself in France spending my first days bruising every part of my body learning to board....
I was instantly hooked!
The journey continued as I chased new winter adventures over in Canada. I eventually found my way to Whistler, where I have now been for the past 5 years.
Snowboarding, and being around mountains in general has become such a key aspect in my life now, it is a major part of what defines me as a person. It is hard to imagine where in life I would be right now if I hadn't been open to chasing that dream when I saw an opportunity arise.
Dreams don't have to simply remain dreams. Be open to the possibilities out ther that the world offers. And then don't be afraid to take a chance and go make s**t happen! ✌