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Whistler Blackcomb has had amazing ski conditions all winter long. The latest forecast keeps this trend alive:
It was another amazing weekend at Whistler Blackcomb and the snow conditions are expected to get even better. Over 85 cm has fallen since Friday and it is still snowing all the way down to the village. Currently Whistler Blackcomb has a 312 cm (10.2 feet) base and overall snowfall accumilations of 972cm (31.9 feet) Continue reading
PacWest Athletic members are invited to join Best of Both on a once in a lifetime adventure with VIP access to the highly anticipated 2012 US Open and a specialized golf clinic with an acclaimed golf pro with US Open experience, Josh Zander. First up is a golf clinic with Best of Both pro, Josh Zander. As one of America’s best teaching pros, Josh will have you feeling like your game is US Open ready after the 1 ½ hour clinic! Following the clinic is dinner with Josh, where he will provide stories from his US Open competition, course insight for the Olympic Club and his predictions for the 2012 US Open winner. Continue reading
Best of Both Golf & Ski has partnered with PacWest Athletics, Northern California’s largest outdoor fitness organization, to provide high performance golf and ski adventures throughout the year. Two experiences have already been planned; one to Whistler, Canada, host of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and another to the US Open in San Francisco. Jay Ridgeway, the founder and CEO is excited about the partnership. “Since I founded PacWest Athletics ten years ago, one of my number one goals has been to give members the opportunity to be the best they can. The fact that Best of Both’s pro athletes share their secrets to success and stories of becoming the best at what they do make our partnership a no brainer.” Continue reading
Kelly here of Best of Both reporting after leading our guests for a week of World Cup ski racing in Kitzbuhel, Austria.
As most of you probably know, the town of Kitzbuhel is home of the Hahnenkamm World Cup races. Fans from all over the world join together to watch one of their favorite passions: ski racing.
During this year’s trip, it was unbelievable to see how how many passionate, polite and incredibly intoxicated people from all over the world cheer loudly and with such loyalty for their countrymen! Continue reading
As we prepare for our 2012 Hahnenkamm trip, here’s a good article that gives you a bit of introspective of the challenge each racers is about to embark one:
By Doug Lewis, Universal Sports
Most downhill races are held on trails that are fun to ski. Long after the gates and nets have been taken down, the trails of World Cup’s most famous speed tracks like Birds of Prey, Bormio, Whistler and Garmisch are wide open, filled with exciting terrain and a blast to ski.
Not so at Kitzbuehel. The Hannenkahm course drops, criss-crosses, dives, traverses and cuts a unique path from the top of the Austrian alps all the way to the city center almost 3000 feet below. It’s a mish-mash of trails and farmer’s fields connected together once a year for the biggest day in Alpine racing. No one would ever say, “Hey let’s go free-ski the DH trail at Kitz.” It would not be fun.
It’s fitting then, that this patchwork of ugly terrain becomes the most legendary two minutes of skiing on the planet.
Let’s breakdown the keys to Kitzbuehel with the help of four-time Hannenkahm winner Franz Klammer.
Klammer: “The first thing that came to my mind – no way racers can ski this. I was sh*tting my pants. The speeds are like crazy. But, then I thought, this is THE race to win if you are a downhiller. So I made a decision to attack.” Continue reading
There are few things in life that make my body tingle and cover it with goosebumps just by closing my eyes and thinking about it. Helicopter skiing is one of them. Today,myself and Best of Both pro athlete skier and Whistler local, Anastasia Skryabina, were fortunate to spend the last day of 2011 heliskiing the spectacular mountains surrounding Whistler with one of our VIP clients. Continue reading
RT @RoWhistlerGolf: Opening Day of the Whistler Golf Club 2012 season is Friday, May 18th! All new 007 Bent Grass Greens! See you out ... #
