Iain Lygo
Is the Ski Bum Dream Dead? Nearly 30 years ago, I rocked up to a major Colorado resort with long blonde hair and a fresh face, looking for a job. This is a transcript of the short interview. Gary the boss: So how many days skiing do you want? Me…
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Where's you next Community Festival? About 200 hundred years ago, legend has it, someone tossed a 9 pound roll of cheese down a very steep hill in England. The first person to reach it, got to keep the cheese. And a festival was born. Two hundred years later thousands of…
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Lift lines visible from outer space. Vail before first run on a weekend powder day We aren’t talking hundreds of people in the lift lines, we’re talking thousands, and over an hour wait just to get up the mountain. That’s an hour of thousands of skiers skiing your powder, while…
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So you’ve just got back into civilisation after an epic back country ski trip. Maybe you’ve been in the surf for 4 hours and now need to re-fuel. And after 100km+ on a bike, food is definitely on the agenda. So where can you find the best post-adventure restaurants /…
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Ski towns know how to throw a party. They can be highly organised festivals designed to bring ski tourists to town, or just cool parties that become a yearly event. Big Adventure Club’s owner Iain Lygo lists 10 ski town festivals for those who like to ski hard and party…
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Join The World's Best Surfers At Keramas The Corona Bali Protected will be kicking off the waiting period at Keramas on May 27 with the swell window until June 9, 2018. Indonesia has more world class waves than any other country and the WSL is investing heavily in this amazing…
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Margaret River Pro (Part 2) After a hiatus of five years, the World Championship Tour returns to Indonesia with one and a half events this year. One and a half? Yes, you read that right. After the shark scares, the remainder of the Margaret River Pro Western Australia event has been…
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Easter Pilgrimage to the Rip Curl Pro, Australia In a perfect world, visitors to the Rip Curl Pro would arrive early on Easter Friday hit the classic Surf Coast point breaks, watch some epic pro surfing at Bells Beach, and then indulging in the party scene at night. The next…
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Surfing Indo In The Rainy Season When most surfers think about big wave surfing in January, their attention turns to Hawaii, Northern California, Nazare, and Ireland. Indonesia simply doesn’t get a look in, and rightly so. Waves are lucky to reach head height and the famous waves at Uluwatu, G…
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