Where are you now? Town, State, Country
Jindabyne,NSW,Australia
Occupation/s? Tell us what you have been doing
Carpenter/ Ski Boot Fitter/ Ski Coach
What would you tell your 1977 self if you could send them a message now?
Just do it , time waits for no one.
What would you like to share about the last 40 years?
I went from High School in to the Army Apprentices School at Balcombe in Victoria to do my apprenticeship as a carpenter.I was there for two years, Sydney for two years and then Brisbane for one year in the Engineer core.
At the end of 1982 I went to the US to see my eldest brother, Tim. I travelled extensively in the USA working as a carpenter and ended up spending a winter at a ski resort in Montana which was the start of what has modelled my life since.I decided skiing was something I want to be the best I can be at which took me in to ski racing, coaching ski racing and teaching skiing in North America,Austria and Perisher in New South Wales.
My qualification as a carpenter gave me the confidence to go anywhere because worst case scenario I can always work as a carpenter.My wife who I met in 1991 and married in 1998 is from Austria and is in the snow skiing industry where she is currently the Ski School Director at Perisher SKi Resort.We have spent twelve years of back to back winters together and built a house together in Jindabyne.
I now have my own ski boot fitting business where I sell and custom fit ski boots and still work as a carpenter in summer. We were not lucky in having a family although I have a daughter who was born in Montana and is now thirty one years old who I have a great relationship with.
Our family is two west highland terriers which are very entertaining.I still participate in hobbies which were entrenched in Tassie, motorcycles, fly fishing, mountain biking and surfing.
What are you proudest of about your life? What have been your greatest achievements?
To have a career doing something I love and am still passionate about. Getting married , building a home together, and surviving it. I am proud of what I have achieved in the snow skiing industry where I have been voted Australia’s Best Ski Boot Fitter for the past two years while coming from a small town in Tassie, Ulverstone, where I had the best childhood.
Any regrets?
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