Thread: Where to live for surf and ski??

Originally Posted by emrepaul

Antalya, Turkey. Ski resort (Saklikent) is 45 min drive from the sea
Alacati, Turkey, 2 hour drive to closest ski resort (Bozdag)

That is of course if you are interested in windsurfing, in which case Alacati is paradise

Is anyone still interested in windsurfing?

I live in Winter Park Colorado
I ski all over colorado but...WP is my favorite
I don't surf ...but hell I'll try anything
I water ski at Canton lake, OK

Originally Posted by GheePup

Victoria Island, BC: Never surfed there but they do have good surf sometimes. Cold water? Yeah! Whistler is not too far away for the weekend warrior and there are more local ski hills to be had if you don't feel like making the trek up to W/B. Another plus for BC is that cannibas is ok.

*Vancouver Island.... and it's pretty big actually... the drive from Tofino (surfing) to mt washington (ski) would be like 4 and a half hours

Wow this thread is awesome,i have surfed for last 10 years,i'm Irish from west coast of Ireland,great surf there,have lived in Bali for 4 years and Oz for 1,got into snowboarding couple of winters ago and want to do both so bad.
Right now i'm doin season in Whistler and trying to figure out where to try and love to do both.

If i could get a visa for USA i'd probably live in SF and do tahoe,but getting a visa is not likely.
I can get visa for Canada and i am considering Vancouver Island,i'm into BC touring so there has to be alot of options there outside of Mount Washington.
New Zealand - Dunedin down south,big surf and mountains not so far away.

Thanks for all the posts,i think living by the surf and travelling to ski is a great idea,thats the way it could work best.

gav

Try Vancouver Island- mt washington and tofino... Oregon has some good options, but if you want a good job you wont find any in any small surf towns... sorry didnt read the post 2 up. I just do the seasonal trek with a trip somewhere tropical when the snow dies, doesnt look like that will happen, Baker got over 200 inches in nov.

Christchurch, New Zealand. A choice of ski areas 1 to 1 1/2 hours from the city (watch the light hit the Southern Alps in the morning and go) and reasonable surf in town. 2 hours north to the Kaikoura Coast, Dunedin 3 hours south. Come Spring you can ski in the morning and catch the tide in the afternoon. Done deal. The sedate pace of life however might be tough to take for some ...

Thread revival cause the Piggity POWs are contemplating a move and surfing and skiing are mandatory. We would even consider a short term move for a few weeks. Or few months

The inlaws live in Winter park and that has been a consideration but yeah the surfing thing.

Mammoth is the most logical since that's where I have my season pass but I'd prefer tahoe, either squaw or kirkwood.

Santa Cruz would be high on the list, at least my drive time to the mountains would be reduced.

I recall seeing a house swap thread (wife not included) and I was wondering if anyone is either open to a swap or has some good suggestions for these locations, especially mammoth if it's this season

Places around the world with surf/snow options within reasonable distance:

1) of course Cali.

2)Hawaii during the times when mt. whatever_it_is has reachable snow.

3)New Zealand.

4)Snowy Mountains, Australia...not sure how far the beaches are from the mountains...but hey, it's Australia...chill.

5)Chile and Argentina...they definitely have the mountains...there's GOT to be surfing
somewhere down there.

6)Hokaido, Japan....most likely full wet-suit surfing due to the cold Oyashio Current dipping down from Kamchatka Peninsula.

7)Southwest France...lots of great surf spots along the french coast of the atlantic...and the western region of the Pyrenees Mountains are fairly close. But the biggest plus is the gorgeous french women and their delectable accents.

8)Vancouver island, BC ....lots of decent surf breaks on western Vancouver island, decent warmish weather in summer, sometimes even officially mighty fine...and Blackcomb in summer/Whistler in winter. Surfable in winter with decent suit according to friends there.

9) Alaska....for the surf-spots previously mentioned in another thread...but these are of course eclipsed by the mountain surfing.

Top three winners:

A) Cali...should be really good once half the coastline drops off, bringing the surf-zone closer to the mountains.

B) west coast of France...mountains, surf, wine/cheese, women...sounds good to me.

C) New Zealand....Ditto...except replace wine/cheese with kiwi fruit.

Top three winners:

A) Cali...should be really good once half the coastline drops off, bringing the surf-zone closer to the mountains.
B) west coast of France...mountains, surf, wine/cheese, women...sounds good to me.
C) New Zealand....Ditto...except replace wine/cheese with kiwi fruit.

Great suggestions there AR.

A) Liftside surfing would be rad
B) Surfing with nekkid chicks on the beach does not suck
C) My wife offered to move to New Zealand...definitely on the short list.

Alaska actually sounds like it could have the best of both worlds. Wetsuit technology is getting much better now with the heated wetsuits. Tried to jokingly pitch Alaska to my wife but I was shut down. She is up for Indo though But then there's the skiing thing