SnowSphere speaks to Paul Wilson of Propaganda Snowboards about the trials and tribulations of being pioneering Brits in the ski resort of Jasna, Slovakia - setting up the first ever ski lodge to cater for the UK snowboard and ski market.

In an age of global warming and vicious competition from the large superpower ski resorts, many small ski areas are struggling to stay in business. But that didn't stop David Wilkie from achieving his big white dream; keen for a piece of the ski industry, the English entrepreneur bought a mountain in Slovakia and built Košútka - his very own ski resort. This is his story...

The SnowSphere crew heads east, to the rust of the iron curtain in search of Slovakian Snow in the Tatras Mountains, and ends up in Poland on a journey to the centre of the Earth…