Which country can you ski pow one day and surf 20 ft tow in waves the next?

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Be good to have a thread that throws up the "best country in the world- where you can surf biggish waves and 48 hours later hit the pow "?

We are pretty lucky in New Zealand in regards to adventure sport - so we will put it out there it's NZ

but where else can this be done ? Aus, SA, parts of Europe

A while back Sage Cattabriga, Dana Flahr, Eric Thummel, Kong Elkerton and Jamie Sterling went on a mission to South Island NZ

Here is a couple of clips as evidence and to get some thinking.

Dana's vlog
http://www.ziln.co.nz/program_detail.php?program_id=460&channel_id=112

Gary Kong Elkerton's vlog
http://www.ziln.co.nz/program_detail.php?program_id=166&channel_id=112

Where is the best country then folks ?
 
love the quote - its cool

also love that whsitler mountain altho has a bit of a funny feeling as friend died in an avi few years back

cheers for reply

sb
 
yeee nzed and bc are some tight places. dont forget about tahoe u can be shredding sierra cement then be shredding some waves in the same day if u charge on the driving front. dont think nzed or canada has in n out and dank mexican food.
 
I could ski in Utah, and hop on a cheap flight to LA and surf the next.

Or, even better. Ski all day in mammoth, drive 5 hours to LA.

I don't know of any tow in spots specifically because I don't surf, but I know big surf exists in places off the coast. some of the biggest waves ever surfed are off the coast of CA
 
This is possible in the Whistler/Baker region. Another reason why I refuse to live anywhere that is landlocked.
 
you can ski Spain as well....but Spain has limited surfing cos alot of the east coast is the Mediterranean where you get very little surf and alot of the west is bordered by Portugal...
 
france, you have the alps and you have atlantic swell less than 6h away...^^not ideal but it can be done...
 
Do the Vancouver Triple: Golf in the morning, go sailing in the afternoon, and ski/board at night. Add some partying in there after skiing, and you've got yourself a solid day in Vancouver!
 
almost no one surfs the east coast of spain. if you wanna surf you generally go to the north or south, so if ur hitting Andorra itd prob be easier to get to the north surf spots.. good call tho vanular
 
I believe that would be Norway. You can pretty much ski a line down to the beach and jump into the water.
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This is the transworld article regarding the subject: http://surf.transworld.net/1000084191/travel/europe/go-there-norway/
 
thats easy. Chile ftw. Pretty much anywhere you are in the country, you are either 2 hours away from the Andes Mountains, or 2 hours away from the coast. When I left about a week ago, there were 10 meter waves breaking on the coast, as well as large santa rosa storms pounding the andes with snow. Best of all, Chile has the longest mountain range in the world on one side, and one of the longest coastlines in the world on the other side which means you are sure to find untouched peaks and remote breaks all over the place.
 
this. both the skiing and surfing punk anywhere in NZ

you have tahoe, then four hours away you have Mavericks(paddle in, or tow in depends) and you also have ghost trees down by pebble beach(winner of the billabong XXL past couple of years.)

 
48 hours is a long time, with some careful planning i could prob shred waves i Cali, and hit mountains in Europe within 48 hours.
 
You can Surf in the morning, ski midday, then surf again in the afternoon in southern california. Mt baldy is only an hour away from hunnington beach. Its ridiculous.
 
California, New Zealand, Vancouver Island, P.N.W, Australia, Chile.

Basically the entire east side of the pacific.

I live on vancouver island for this exact reason, and my long term goal is califonria for that reason!
 
beat me to it, I'm going to put in California here too, you could easily ski Tahoe one day and be in half moon bay the next
 
California. Tahoe/Mavericks - as already stated.

As a British Columbian, I gotta say that Vancouver Island isn't really epic enough to make the cut.
 
oregon... DUH.

and is it wrong that i have never had any interest to go to NZ.. like i dunno like most of my buddies are like having a chub in there pants on going.. and im like dude.. what ever!
 
Hahahaha yeah right, try twins on a good swell. Actually on second thought, don't.
Anyways, I'm going to echo the guy who said Chile, some awesome breaks there and really cool little seaside towns. Also Australia, you can get from Jindabyne to Merimbula in about 2.5 hours, or Mt Buller to Torquay in about twice that.
 
yea, but the skiing isn't exactly amazing at Mount Washington. Cain, sure, but Washington... no.

In comparison to other places mentioned in this thread, Vancouver Island just can't compete.
 
Chile, even better you can ski pow one day from 9am - 12 then in 2 hours and a half have your wetsuit on and be in the ocean in a number of great surfing places from 3pm till 7 pm.
 
even though you cant really surf in spain, (i dont know, i dont surf), 40 mins away from sierra Nevada you have sandy beaches..
 
southern california, you can do that in one day. and if you can handle it, the night scene is more than you want to handle.

cali, cali, cali
 
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