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Sugar cane once covered thousands of acres land all over Hawaiian Islands and with demise of the sugar cane industry, it has been a boom to the mountain bike industry. The World Championship Mountainbike Triathlon is held here and I have participated every year since 1996. I am fortunate to have great bike riding right [...]

In 1980, I was able to attend the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and lived in the back of a van that I had built to be insulated and warm. My first day there, I met a man that was setting up lights for the light show he was to put on for the awards [...]

Haleakala, Big Bear, Kingsbury, Brianhead, Leadville, Vail Pass, Loveland Pass, Berthoud Pass, Red Mountain, Molas Pass, Little Cottonwood, and Big Cottonwood all have one thing in common. Steep up and steep down. Some are more scary, some were driven with a dedicated slow lane, some had no guardrails, and some were driven at night. None of them [...]

This idea to attempt to ski 100 different resorts came about in December 2010, as I watched storm after storm after storm dump a tremendous amount of perfect fresh powder on numerous ski resorts in the western USA/Canada. I wanted to leave Maui, but had recently started a new position at the Westin Villas Maui and my [...]

Work, that four letter word. Some despise their work position, some just glide by, and some excel and love what they do. This adventure with MauiSkiBus.com demands hours of internet work, numerous phone calls, and a detailed list of who is who at different ski resorts. Working with so many resorts, I am getting a good [...]

The Salt Lake City/Park City area offers over ten resorts, easy access from the airport, and “The Greatest Snow on Earth”. Some of the resorts have terrain known the world over, some have the Hollywood crowd,  some are dedicated to families, and then you have the resorts that are just for getting vertical with no [...]

Alpine or downhill skiing is what most people do or think of when the word skiing is said. Nordic or cross country skiing is actaully older has has its roots deep in the heart of Europe. Instead of walking in the snow, gliding along on a pair of skis was the norm. Americans are a [...]

MauiSkiBus.com is on the edge of real winter camping. A one burner stove, a bathroom built inside to resemble an outdoor outhouse, water held in a two gallon cooler to keep from freezing, heat in the form of a small heater when electric is available, or a small propane heater to cut the sub-zero chill. [...]

The lack of snow for virtually all ski resorts in the western USA is more than a lack of white frozen snowflakes. Millions of skiers are disppointed to not be able to ski in ideal conditions, employees are living off of reduced paychecks or laid off, the resorts are losing millions, money that can be [...]

Everyone that starts to ski or snowboard will be catergorized as a beginner. Being a beginner should not be something to be ashamed of nor should a beginner be touted by an expert. All should remember that beginners are the reason that ski resorts exist. Taking a lesson at any resort can advance the learning curve and raise the [...]