The computer means jack shit in graphics design....
I should know, 90% of my stuff is done on an old white box with 20gb hard disk and 256 ram, and a big old ctr screen... not to mention mac TFT screens are hardly the graphics designers choice, lol!
Anyway, i don't want to go off topic here :P
Sounds cool joe, I went to canada about 3 years ago now, but in the summer. It was a nice place, the bit I saw anyway.
My aunti just migrated out to the vogue mountains on the border of france, which is ment to be a really good place for sking / snowboarding, it's also great becase my dad works for an import / export company and gets to travel free with his family on the goods ships in the living quaters, meaning bar the price of petrol holiday there will be totally free! :D
Though to be honest i'd can't snowboard to save my life. I can ski a bit, but just can't stay upright on a board. I have a mate who's really good on both, backflips off the jumps and stuff :P