Article written by Lisa Richardson

When she's not pimping herself out as a copywriter, social media strategist and Associate Creative Director at Origin Design + Communications, (the agency of record for Whistler Blackcomb, Jay Peak, Sun Valley and Tourism Whistler), Lisa Richardson (aka @pembygrl) contributes to SBC Skier, Whistler the Magazine, Coast Mountain Culture and Mountain Life magazine, and blogs at http://lisarichardsonbylines.com from her base in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. (Scoop her obsessions up under the unifying tag: "Mountain Culture".) She learned to ski as a lil' grommet in the Snowy Mountains, Down Under, but lost her big mountain cherry when she landed in Whistler age 19. She spent a decade teaching skiing before trading the chairlift for a desk-job, a caffeine-drip and non-stop deadlines. She's equally happy earning her turns in the backcountry and sleeping in a snowcave as riding chairs, helicopters or snowcats through BC's powder stashes, as long as she's sharing the ride with partner-in-crime, straight-shooting mountain man Dave Hobson (@davehobson70) whose photos accompany her dispatches. http://about.me/davehobson

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June 12, 2013

5 Tips on How to Improve Your Mountain Biking

Lisa Richardson tells it like it is:

TREK Dirt Series’ top coaches dish the dirt on being a better mountain biker. Coming soon to a resort near you. My friend Hillary Harrison runs surf camps in Costa Rica. (I think she might have the perfect life.) I always thought surfing was a trial and error kind of sport, but the former mountain…  Read the rest of the post!

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March 27, 2013

The Art of Après Ski in the Springtime

Lisa Richardson tells it like it is:

Après ski: the art of “drinking, listening to music and making fun of your friend’s epic wipeouts that day.” ~ Feet Banks on après ski at Whistler. Once upon a time, late spring in a ski town was a time of tumbleweeds, lost gloves appearing beneath the chairlift as the snow melted, and frustrated golfers…  Read the rest of the post!

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1. Have an awesome family. When we suddenly found ourselves in the family way, our biggest fear was that the life was over and ski adventures would be the first casualty. So, last month, we invited a crew of our favourite people to share a long weekend with us in a ski cabin at Silver…  Read the rest of the post!

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January 15, 2013

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Hot Tub Etiquette

Lisa Richardson tells it like it is:

My friend’s brother used to be such a skibum that he laundered his dirty socks in the dishwasher alongside yesterday’s dinner crockery. In one sharehouse from my skibum days, ski socks were worn in the shower for an “in-between visits to the Laundromat”-refresh. Luckily, we never had a hot tub. I can’t imagine what it…  Read the rest of the post!

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December 31, 2012

5 Good Reasons to Plan a Girls Only Ski Day This Winter

Lisa Richardson tells it like it is:

Darn. The world didn’t end with the Mayan calendar. That means, when you wake up tomorrow, you’ll not only have to pay off your credit card and wear off your hangover for realz, you’ll also want to think about resolutions. The endless Self-Improvement journey spins back into gear for the New Year.  Here’s a way…  Read the rest of the post!

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