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Terrain park guru Rob Heule dishes on Whistler’s best spots to grab a beer, park your van, and score an awesome sushi roll
Rob Heule’s ski days started at the Canada Olympic Park outside of Calgary, Alberta. Since then he has grown a wispy mustache, gravitated toward tighter denim, and become one of the smoothest park and street skiers in the sport, traveling and stacking video footage for most of the year. When Heule isn’t on the road, he spends a lot of his time in the legendary mountain town and freeskiing hotbed of Whistler, British Columbia, skiing and hanging with friends. With its virtually year-round skiing and access to outdoor activities, Whistler Blackcomb has a whole lot to offer for any outdoor enthusiast. We asked Mr. Heule for some insider tips on enjoying the action sports mecca, and here’s his inside scoop … More
The Life Bertquatic with Rob Heule (2013)
“You don’t want to sit in your rocking chair and look at the view,” said 70-year-old Billy Kidd, who won a silver in the slalom at the 1964 Olympics. “You want to remember your days of youth and you love that feeling of adrenaline and dealing with the variables of skiing.”
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS | If you’ve walked into a ski lodge the past few years, likely as not you’ve seen tables filled with gray-haired skiers wearing sweaters so old they’re back in style. That’s because the number of skiers on the far side of 50 — some on the very far side — has been creeping up each year, according to the National Ski Areas Association.
Credit advances in artificial hips and knees that make it possible for skiers to continue enjoying the sport; shaped skis, along with better snowmaking and grooming that make skiing easier; and high-speed lifts and … More