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Ed Drake
Ed Drake, a member of the British Alpine Ski Team, is 21 and from Kingston in Surrey. Usually found living out of a suitcase somewhere in the mountains of Europe where he races for Britain, he learnt to ski around three years of age. Ed has been skiing full time on the team for three years, only having enforced time off for injuries here and there and has been British Junior Champion and individual British Champion. His plans for this winter are to compete on the European Cup circuit and qualify for the World Champs next season.
Read Ed's blog here...
Tom Wilson-North
Tom joined the team in 2006 but has been living in the mountains for many years following a career in marketing and PR in London. He currently resides in the French resort of Chamonix, and has an enviable view of Mont Blanc as he writes updates for Mad Dog as our resort reporter for Cham. He's a qualified snowboard instructor, an avid downhill mountain biker and a secret fan of Dire Straits.
Read Tom's blog on Chamonix...
Jan-Erik Paul
After taking up snowboarding 10 years ago to get his ‘extreme’ fix in the winter, Jan-Erik Paul has been doing seasons across the world for the past 5 years (including La Plagne, Whistler, Serre Chevalier & Finland) when his body’s not been ‘in recovery’. When there is no snow, JP can be found either on the water kiteboarding or in the office running E-creation.co.uk, a multimedia & creative agency in Bournemouth. This season, JP will be based in Vallandry, splitting his riding between Les Arcs & La Plagne.
Andy Turner
Andy joined the team in 2007 having spent the past three seasons in Morzine. With his partner Sylvie he runs a catered chalet company – Host Savoie Ltd. Prior to setting up the business in Morzine Andy skied several European resorts on various holidays, having learnt to ski in Scotland at a very young age. Some of his best ski days have been on the glaciers of Austria, with Hintertux a favourite summer ski spot. Away from skiing Andy is a dedicated supporter of Sheffield Wednesday and all ‘Alpen-Pop’ music – the cheesier the better!
Read Andy's blog on Morzine...
Jon is 38 and has lived in Schladming, Austria with his family for the last four years. Until recently, he owned a small hotel in Ramsau near Schladming but has just sold this and bought a house in Schladming. Working for the hotel part time this season as a cook, he spends as much time as possible doing any snow sports (even cross country skiing!!) and this year, is going to start ski touring. After making the decision not to return to Brighton with his family, he’s excited about skiing as much as possible and writing for Mad Dog about the goings on in Schaldming.
Read Jon's blog on Schladming...
Ken has been in Val d’Isère for 13 years and knows the place like the back of his hand. He set up Progression Ski and Snowboard School in 2006 which has recently expanded its lessons to cover Tignes.
Read Ken's blog on Val d'Isere...
Josh Cohen
Josh began by racing Ottawa’s ski hills from nine to 19 years old, and quickly moved out to Whistler, BC where he worked at Surefoot learning the expertise of bootfitting. The big mountains proved to be his true calling, and after three years of Whistler’s pow, (just to be sure) Josh travelled throughout the Middle East, Europe, and East Asia, landing in Australia to open a Surefoot store. Next stop: Verbier to open yet another store and take advantage of the Alps’ endless backcountry.
Read Josh's off-piste blog for Verbier
Jon Bristow