20
May
2008
Skiing In Chile; Resort Review - Termas de Chillan
Posted by Janne as Reviews Resorts, Road Trip Stories
Couple of days ago Marko wrote about summer ski possibilities in Norway. Sure there are some. But in general, if you want summer skiing in Europe you must head to the glaciers and stick to the relatively limited skiing they offer (not to say that it is bad necessarily, it just doesn’t compare to the real winter [...]
16
Apr
2008
Ski resort review: Pallastunturi, Finland
Posted by Janne as Reviews Resorts, Road Trip Stories
Couple of our last posts were all about world class, high risk freeskiing - something that is very interesting to follow and exiting to watch but actually have quite a little to do with most people’s everyday skiing, after all. So, this time we offer something really different from the adrenalin filled world of top notch ski athletes: mellow (but not boring [...]
23
Mar
2008
It’s all in your head - having the perfect ski day in the most unexpected situation
Posted by Janne as Road Trip Stories, Uncategorized
Season’s greetings from Homeboyski!
It’s Easter holiday and we’re stuck in the city. A bad situation - as the Easter season is THE time to go and hit the slopes up north here in Finland.
Well, at least we’re finally having real winter here. Couple of friends went and started the ice climbing season here in southern Finland few days [...]
27
Feb
2008
Grow Up and Forget Skiing! You’ve Got Children Now!
Posted by marko as Road Trip Stories
Sad but true. People get older, including you and me. As we get older, we most probably gain more responsibility at home and at work. The more we have responsibility, the less we have time of our own. I realized this few years ago as we got more children. It was early ski season and [...]
19
Feb
2008
Dachstein Glacier - High Alpine Athmosphere in the Eastern Alps
Posted by Janne as Other Cool Stuff, Reviews Resorts, Road Trip Stories
This is a quick review (from a too short afternoon visit) of Dachstein Glacier in Austria. It is also a story about backing up from an off-piste descent. You rarely hear / write stories about the decisions to turn back. But I think those might be good to hear more often. Generally, even when we [...]
16
Feb
2008
Ski resort review: Flachau and Ski Amade, Austria
Posted by Janne as Reviews Resorts, Road Trip Stories
Two families, three small kids, wifes also avid snow sport enthusiasts. A week long ski holiday. Stay insane and try to get some fresh turns here and there…while still going back home not divorced? An impossible equation?
I have friends who never take their families or even wifes to ski trip. A perfect strategy if you [...]
05
Jan
2008
Funny Experiences of Monoskiing in the Alps During 1980’s
Posted by marko as Road Trip Stories
Today’s HomeboySki.Com guest blogger is Jouni Aro, an enthusiastic skier from Finland. As we are both software developers, I met Jouni while I was working in Switzerland. Now Jouni is one of our frequent readers with whom we have lately discussed via comments. Jouni read my yesterday’s article (World of Skiing in 1980’s - The [...]
04
Jan
2008
World of Skiing in 1980’s - The Awesome Monoskiing
Posted by marko as Road Trip Stories
Sometimes it is good to go back in time and think about the glorious days of skiing in 1980’s. Today I saw few photos of monoskiing and the skiing clothing in the 80’s. Man, it was so funny.. I started to surf in the Internet looking for stories of skiing in the 80’s. Then I [...]