by katemackay25 | Jan 25, 2019
My husband is currently in Niderau, Austria snowboarding with four mates. Last Sunday morning when I woke, the first item to catch my eye, scrolling on my smartphone, described high danger levels in Austrian ski resorts. Anxiety raised, I texted ‘im indoors pleading...
by katemackay25 | May 10, 2015
We are now in May and most of the Alpine lifts will have closed (except for those at higher altitude), so it is time to wave goodbye to this last season. Reflecting on 2014/15 what memories do you take away with you? Maybe you stepped up your game and conquered some...
by katemackay25 | Mar 15, 2015
You watched the Sochi Olympics last year and saw Jenny Jones’s bronze medal slopestyle run. You have seen the cover photos on magazines such as The Reason, Whitelines and Cooler Magazine. Freestyle is for Olympians and men with proverbial ‘balls of steel’ who huck...
by katemackay25 | Dec 15, 2014
What are you options if no one you know wants to come away with you? Maybe you are a seasoned snowboarder or a newbie, but either way this season you are ‘billy no mates.’ I have been in this position and I did not really fancy packing my snowboard and heading to the...
by katemackay25 | Sep 28, 2014
I am a forty-something mother with a passion for snowboarding. Many women reduce or even stop some activities they used to do after they have children. This can be due to pressure from family and friends, wider society or just purely practical reasons of reduced...