"Sasha Berkovich grew up in the Soviet Union at a time when nothing came easy, and nothing in skiing was handed to you. If you wanted gear, you had to barter for it. If you wanted to ride a rope tow, you had to build it, you had to scrap together old engines, scavenged parts, and whatever rope you could find. Sometimes the only currency that worked was vodka. Skiing wasn't a hobby for Sasha back then; it was something you earned piece by piece"
"Sasha chased skiing anyway. He built lifts out of scraps, traded bottles of vodka to get bindings, he found a way. And then, in 1988, he did something even harder - Sasha, his wife, and their two young children escaped the Soviet Union to make a life for themselves in the United States. No guarantees, no safety net, just a belief that freedom and skiing were worth risking everything for."
Sasha Berkovich grew up in the Soviet Union where gear scarcity forced improvisation and barter. He built rope tows and lifts from scrap engines, scavenged parts, and whatever rope he could find. He traded bottles of vodka to obtain bindings and other necessities. Skiing required earning every element piece by piece. In 1988 he, his wife, and their two young children escaped the Soviet Union and relocated to the United States without guarantees or a safety net. Freedom and skiing motivated that risk. Mt. Bachelor sponsors the SnowBrains podcast and promotes Bend, Oregon as an adventurous ski destination.
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