Steve was born in 1973 in Camden, in Sydney. Steve is a lauded sportsman in some of the most thrilling competitive winter sports; formerly a short track speed skater who is a four time Olympian.
Steve won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics under fantastically dramatic circumstances: all of his opponents were involved in a last-corner pile up.
As if this spectacular and fortuitous event was not enough of a yarn to tell back home, Steve also earned a particularly special place in Australian history with this victory: he was the first Australian ever to win a Winter Olympics gold medal.

Steve was also on the short track relay team that won Australia’s first ever medal at a Winter Olympics − a bronze − in 1994. Steve Bradbury’s first experience of Hakuba was during one of the region’s most exciting times: the Nagano Winter Olympics, in 1998. It was this exhilarating time that really did, in Steve’s words, “put Hakuba on the world stage”.Impressed with the snow quality and the mountainous region, “Nagano, and in particular Hakuba, took my breath away with its’ abundance of diverse runs and seemingly endless supply of brilliant powder. Hakuba is now rated highly by ski and snowboard enthusiasts and has become one of the top 5 skiing destinations in the world.

” The Aussie Gold medalist is a Winter sports expert and is pragmatic about the simple set of reasons as to why he likes Hakuba: “The Snow quality and conditions in the Hakuba area is among the world’s best.
There is plenty of powder for everyone and Monday to Friday the runs are never busy.
With 7 resorts on the one ticket all within a 25 minute drive there is endless new terrain to explore.
” Steve has no reservations in waxing lyrical about the merits of Hakuba as a skin destination: “Hakuba is surely a sleeping giant in the skiing world. I believe it is only a matter of time until the rest of the world discovers how good Hakuba really is.”And surprisingly, Steve is not just keeping this precious gem to himself, but want others to join in the magic: “I’d love you to join me and carve some fresh tracks here in Hakuba!” Steve appeals.

Steve’s enthusiasm is contagious, and we got the Olympian to give us his insider best picks of what to get up to in the region and where to hang out: “If you can drag yourself off the mountain for a day” Steve tells us, “the snow monkeys tour is good fun.After a hard day skiing or boarding be sure to head to Bradbury’s Restaurant and Bar at the Aqua Alpine Hotel in Goryu for a couple of cold Sapporo’s and the famous ‘Bradbury Burger’.After dinner sneak around the corner to Tracks Bar for a little New Zealand hospitality.“

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