ABOUT THE SNOWMAN
    SNOWNJERI

        AThe first activities of “The Snowman” started informally in December 2003. For the first time after the recent war, Brezovica was opened for commercial use.
There was need among the skiers to be informed about the state of the ski slopes, weather conditions, and hotel prices in Brezovica and other ski areas in the region.

Because Arben and his friends frequently visited Brezovica, “Snownjeri” (Arben’s nickname), began sending e-mails about Brezovica, with the latest news and pictures of his group of friends. At that time, there was no source of information in Kosovo for news about the skiing activities and ski areas. “Snownjeri,” as a mountain lover, took the initiative by collecting skiers’ e-mail addresses and sending them photos that “Snownjeri” took each time he visited ski areas, particularly Brezovica
At the beginning, there were only 50 e-mail addresses to which “Snownjeri” was sending fresh news about the ski center conditions. With time, the number of the interested snow lovers receiving these e-mails grew fast.
 
Beside the e-mailing system, there was a need to open a forum where skiers and boarders could chat among themselves and exchange information’s about the slopes, weather, new equipment etc.
So, Snownjeri’s good buddy Xenini opened the first forum dedicated to the snow sports lovers. Since December 2004, when this web-forum was opened, teh forum has helped Kosova ski community to receive up-to-date news.

Immediately after the Xenini.com forum, another one was opened by Burim Orana, a ski lover who did a lot for Prishtina Snowman group. The forum address www.snowman-ks.com went in the net on January 2005 and was up and running until January 2007. For those two years, this forum provided an opportunity for all the ski/snowboard addicts to meet, communicate, gather, exchange information, and generally plan for and discuss activities concerning life on the slopes during the winter.

The Snowman association is not a ski club, but rather is a group of recreational skiing/boarding lovers that want just to have organized fun, meet, and make winter sports more popular.  Put simply, “The Snowman” is non-political, non-governmental and non-profit association for snow sports lovers.

The main aim of the association is to make snow sports more popular and accessible in Kosova. The association wants to show that skiing/snowboarding is not only for the wealthy , but also for regular people that love mountains and snow.

In our association, we want to have recreational skiers and boarders with whom to travel and explore the ski slopes of Kosova and beyond. With this guiding spirit in mind, we seek to build bridges and connect skiers and snowboarders, wherever they may be .

Be a part of this bridge.

            
  
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