As a teenager, Daniel’s only experience of skiing was one run on Hampstead Heath. Unimpressed with the lift system, he didn't pursue the sport until a few years later when he took a first ski holiday to Andorra, and was hooked.
Living in Sapporo, Japan, for three years gave Daniel a weekly helping of copious Hokkaido powder in the resorts of Niseko, and Rusutsu, where each day’s skiing would be finished off with a piping hot onsen - occasionally with a sake-fuelled naked roll in the snow - but always with a bowl of miso ramen noodles.
In Europe, Daniel has worked as a rep and led holidays for Ski Club of Great Britain in Saas Fee, Cortina, Andorra and Davos. Despite being a decent snowboarder, Daniel is only beginning to shake off his instinctive fear of jumping off anything higher than a half a metre.
Daniel has written ski features for The Guardian, Observer, Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Ski+Board, Daily Mail Ski&Snowboard and Conde Nast Traveller, and visited more than 30 ski resorts by train.