Pro snowboarr Jake Kuzyk out as gay, fifth a week - Outsports

Contents:

• 5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER
• JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
• SKIG AND SNOWBOARDG ARE SO GAY
• THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS
• AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT
• THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD

5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER

“I also thk there’s a difference between knowg that you’re gay and acceptg that you’re gay. Java Fernanz, a self-scribed close iend of Pendleton, nducted the terview and wrote that she herself was surprised to learn Pendleton is gay. And on Tuday, Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay.

I’m very proud to be gay! Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay on Tuday, the fifth LGBTQ snowboarr to do so a seri of terviews on Torment magaze’s webse.

Kuzyk jos fellow snowboarrs Chad Unger, Kennedi Deck, Jill Perks and Tanner Pendleton g out on Torment, a clear sign that snowboardg is shakg off s homophobic past. He told Torment that he disvered Pendleton was gay 2018 before attendg a memorial service for fellow snowboarr Dillon Ojo. I had no ia [Tanner] was gay, so when he told me and I put down the phone, I cried my room.

JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK

When Tanner told me he was gay, I felt pletely disarmed.

“I’m gay.

That yearng for wter adventure mixed wh a love for big gay gathergs is what prompted LA event producer Tom Whman to look northward and upward om Los Angel… 10, 000 feet upward to be exact. Eighteen years ago, he lnched the first Elevatn Mammoth Lak, California, and the re crowd of California boys quickly built that event to one of the largt gay ski weeks the world. In the years sce Whman first schemed up his four-day ski soirée, the Elevatn Gay Ski Weeks have bee the gold standard of gay getaways, and the largt seri of gay ski events the world.

SKIG AND SNOWBOARDG ARE SO GAY

Unlike other gay events, Elevatn is as much about the moguls as is about the mashups. Takg place January 30 to Febary 2, ’s jt far enough after New Year’s that you’ll be ready for a midwter gay getaway.

Set Febary 26 to March 1, that giv you four weeks to rever om your Canadian kiki before you meet up wh 1, 500+ bromos and slope sisters for the TENTH annual vasn of the gays Park Cy, home of Sundance, the Salt Lake Olympics and plenty of former-Mormons who jt wanna let loose. March 18-22 marks the 18th annual Mammoth Gay Ski Week, the crown jewel for ski huntys and board bros alike.

Whman says he started ELEVATION MAMMOTH to offer an alternative to the gay party scene the great outdoors.

THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS

(What’s the difference between a straight ski week and a gay ski week?

While some ski rorts ral regns still lack full LGBTQ+ acceptance, avid skiers or snowboarrs seekg a gay-iendly experience will be pleased to know that progrsive attus are on the up. Gay skig is a whole mood, tered to by an ever-expandg number of gay ski events anised by open-md ski rorts across the globe. As well as all the powred snow sports you uld dream of, gay snow vatns also enpass wilrns adventure, wild parti and plenty of après ski.

Don your ski-su to fd out what you’re missg out on, wh Mr Hudson’s top 10 gay skig vatns. Aspen, Colorado, USAWe start our gui to the bt gay ski vatns Colorado, home to the southern portn of the Rocky Mountas, as well as the cy of Denver and largely liberal attus relative to the rt of the Wtern US stat. Aspen gay scene is well tablished and the rort pris self on s long-standg liberal attu, wh the annual Aspen Gay Ski Week nng sce 1977.

AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT

Mammoth Mountas, California, USAContug on the all-Amerin theme, our send choice of gay ski statns tak to the Mammoth Mountas California. The state’s bt skig spot, Mammoth Ski Area lays claim as the origal home of ‘Elevatn Ski Week’, an annual event which has sce bee one of the largt gay ski events the US and the world over.

March 2020 will see the 18th annual gay ski week at Mammoth, hostg over 2, 500 rirs near Mammoth Lak north of Yoseme. One of the most gay-iendly ski rorts the Alps wh a rabow flag flyg all year round, Arosa cements s LGBTQ+ advote stat each January durg Arosa Gay Ski Week, when 600 lbian and gay wter sports fans une. Lenzerhei, SwzerlandHome of ‘GaySki’ sce s foundatn 1992, Lenzerhei is Arosa’s slightly olr , sharg the same breath-takg scenery and love of gay culture.

Held at Hotel Schweizerhof and n by volunteers, GaySki has been built as an stutn, unlike other large mercial events. In March 2020, Lenzerhei celebrat the 25th anniversary of SWING Gay Ski Week where pass holrs are guaranteed both snow and a packed schle of socialisg events. In January every year durg the Whistler Pri & Ski Ftival, gay culture tak over wh each base offerg a mishmash of wild events, om fetish parti to dner parti wh dance events thrown .

THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD

As well as beg the official European trag base of the US ski team, Söln is also a base for LGBT culture, wh the Söln Gay Snow Happeng brgg people together annually sce 1998 for ski events and lively Après-Ski activi (this year’s Happeng tak place March 2020).

As well as skig and snowboardg on open terra, other activi clu ice skatg, snowmobilg and snowshoeg, topped off durg the month of Augt when the ternatnal LGBT muny scends for Gay Ski Week Queenstown at Cardrona Alpe Sebastian StaWhile you might envisage Spa as a hot and sweaty seasi suatn, the Spanish Pyrene will change your md wh wtery weather, northern-facg ski slop and perfect snow ndns Photo: Erik Odi8. Boí Taüll’s Snow Gay Weekend, hosted by ‘Rabow Barcelona Tours’ is now s fifth year, acmodatg an ever-growg number of atten (currently around 200, mostly om Spa and France), for a week of timate ski events, parti and more, at an affordable price.