About Us

Can ski and snowboard and do both on my butt. Keen freediver and guitarist but not at the same time. Black belt in patting your dog.

I am a glass half full kinda girl, unless Scotland win, then it’s just empty.

Professional crash test dummy in my spare time

I have a scar from being bitten by a penguin...

Despite many people wondering why someone who is so unbelievably cold all the time would come live in the snow, I turned up for 3 months of a ski season and over a year later I'm still here.

My name is Mark Leslie Forsyth. You may not know who this is because although I am very young I have taken on many nicknames over my years in the workforce. Hippie, Yogi, Elvis, but those in the ski industry probably know me as Sythe or Spanky. I am one of the longest surviving members at Browns and currently manage the workshop, so come on in and let's talk tuning!

Really good at the 20 second hug!

Skied all the way from Japan to Queenstown (if you ignore the 3 aeroplanes, 17 buses, 4 taxis and 30 days in a camper van).

I have beaten an Olympic Athlete at tennis. Just because that athlete was a skier, and had only ever played tennis casually, does not invalidate my claim. That was Tim Cafe, who incidentally was one of our wee after school grommets in my first season at Browns, in 2005.

Yes, Haggis used to have hair!

If getting a goggle tan would be a national sport, I would be the champion.

I am Mrs. Spanky and an undercover security guard. Ha Ha Ha

Undercover self proclaimed world renowned bubble tea critic.

Came to Queenstown sometime in the 20th century for my first ski season, with a backpack & my first pair of skis & sort of got stuck - I’d need a very big backpack & people mover if I were to hit the road again … When I’m not skiing I’m running & when I’m not running I’m CoC-ing - those of you in the know will know what that means :-) Love living in Queenstown, it’s got everything apart from a sandy beach & tropical reef. To get my fix of those I travel elsewhere :-)

A shy, innocent Michael spent a hectic 2008 season at Browns. He left Queenstown but the experience left a lasting mark. 10 years later; older, balding and possibly wiser he returned. He also makes a mean vegan Banana Bread.

I may not reach great heights vertically, but on the slopes, I'm always on top of the world.

What does an Apres Bar in the French Alps and the Coronet Peak Winter Classic have in common? I'm always last one to finish!

My claims to fame are being a sumo wrestling megafan (although only watched once) and being an ambassador for the global ski blading movement!

I am the most stereotypical Irish man you could meet, I love potatoes and a good Guinness.

Who would have thought that a cold-hating person like me would find their sport in skiing. But here we are, for another season, and this time on a different continent.