To accompany our recent endevour Powder Detours and the previously established Instructor Training Academy, we have started a small, exclussive private lesson ski and snowboard school in Niseko.
The school has been on ice for a while, waiting to launch properly; and now it's here.
Thanks again to Jesse Druxerman and Doug Somerville for their design and coding skills. I really enjoyed building this site!
This year we decided to wrap up our season in Wanaka, NZ by filming the closing day at Cardrona. Such a fun day, riding with Roberto Marfia, Jesse Druxerman and others.
Here's the edit I put together, all filmed with a GoPro...
Last month we launched a new website for a business I'm becoming more involved with in Niseko, Japan. The company was originally called Instructor Training Academy, but we have just re-branded it as Niseko Academy.
This particular website is for the instructor training side of the business - Niseko Instructor Training Academy. My involvement with them is as the Head Snowboard Trainer and Web Communications. As the driving force and strategist behind the website, I created the information architecture, wireframes and overall concept, but utilised the more specialist skills of graphic designer Jesse Druxerman and developer Doug Somerville for various aspects.
Check out the new website here.
While trying to get Atmosphere Outerwear and Clothing into shops in NZ, I've been getting the social media rolling with a Facebook page and designing adverts. This advert is to go on Snow.co.nz...
Rough start to the season this year in NZ. Driving up to Snowpark for my first riding day of the season was surreal. It felt like I was actually heading up to shuttle the Snowpark road on mountain bikes. But we had boards not bikes. Here's a quick post on Snow.co.nz about it.
As this was the first chance to work with Fabrice Wittner, a very creative French photographer who happens to be my neighbour this season, we kept our motivation levels high and made the most out of the minimal snow, finding some interesting angles to shoot. Here's a taste of Fabrice's creativity...
P.S. Making the most out of things seems to have worked - it's now snowing as I type.
Following on from the coaching conference we had in Wanaka last week that I discussed in this post, I wrote a piece for NZsnowboard.com describing the conference in more detail.
The article outlines Bud Keene's presentations and focuses on what we as SBINZ Trainers got out of it. It was a great conference and a pleasure to meet and learn from the World's most renowned Snowboard Coach.
With things in Japan settling down, it's been time to focus on marketing our products for next year.
I've been hard at work in Photoshop and Illustrator this week, working on PDF itinerary brochures for our trips in Hokkaido. 2012 will see a new product called the 'Powder Experience Week', aimed at intermediate skiers and riders just getting into the deep stuff.
Check out the itinerary...
We've also refined our Two Week Hokkaido Detour. Download the itinerary here.
Wanaka is hosting a national snow sports coaching conference this weekend. It's a 3 day event with the highlight being presentations by Bud Keen - Shaun White's personal coach.
This morning Bud lead a brainstorming session around athlete needs and how coaches end up wearing so many different hats to accommodate these needs. Here's the result...
Let it be known that Bud is the most passionatte and inspiring coach I have ever met in my life. His tails and expereinces are second to none.
Wearing the new Atmosphere outerwear, Dan Smith and myself, joined up with Sam Lynch (better known as Sam the Camera Man) and a few other friends for a campervan trip around Hokkaido, Japan. Here's the video from the trip...
This year in Japan, I managed to setup a fun road trip around Hokkaido with videographer Sam Lynch, Atmosphere rider Dan Smith and a few other friends. Super fun trip and Sam's handywork is just a few days away from appearing online.
Here's a taste of his skills from day one of our trip...
Snowsports, writing and web... welcome to my project scrapbook.
Currently based between Wanaka, New Zealand and Hokkaido, Japan; I have irons in many different fires. My horizon is constantly changing and new projects are always in the making.
For more information around what I do you'll need to keep an eye on my little project scrapbook here at Posterous.
