Annie Fast

Encinitas, CA USA
6 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Credible, informed, and established alternative sports and adventure travel writer. I’m currently employed as an editor specializing in snowboard gear and winter resort columns, as well as adventure travel and topical feature assignments. I'm excited to add a unique voice to your assignments.

Expertise

Content Editor (online) 2 YearsEditor 4 YearsWriter 4 Years

Specialty

Consumer Products 4 YearsSports & Recreation 6 YearsTravel 5 Years

Industries

Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 4 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 3 YearsOnline/new media 4 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Hooked On The Outdoors (3-5)
  • Couloir Magazine (3-5)
  • Playboy Magazine (1-2)
  • TransWorld SNOWboarding (10+)
  • Transworldsnowboarding.com (10+)
  • Bozeman Daily Chronicle (6-10)
  • GQ Magazine Online: men.style.com (1-2)

Technical Skills

Excellent web research skills, Adobe photoshop and iPhoto editting, web posting skills using Terminal and Mac SFTP.

Foreign Language Skills

English and German

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Basic Adobe Photoshop, Web Editting

Equipment

I have a Canon Elph SD400 with 5 megapixels and a Mac Powerbook G4.

General

Snowboards: Five Options For easy Riders And Raging Bulls
(Men.Style.Com 12/1/2005)
This was a freelance assignment for the online site of Details and GQ consisting of ten FAQ for buying new snowboard equipment, and a list of five suggested setups. I enjoyed the challenge of adjusting the tone of my writing for this demographic.
Yeehaw! Running The Runoff
(Montana Magazine 5/1/2002)
This is an article I wrote early in my career about creekboating (whitewater kayaking). I still like the visual images of the rushing water and chaos.
Road To Torino: The 2006 Winter Olympics
(TransWorld SNOWboarding 1/11/2006)
This is a snowboard feature previewing the 2006 Olympics. The information was collected during a scouting trip I had taken the previous winter. It's fairly comprehensive covering the Olympic venues, tickets, and history. Keep in mind that the article is written for a younger audience.
Heli-Skiing Comes To Haines, Alaska
(Hooked On The Outdoors 9/1/2002)
An example of a serious environmental article about a topic that I uncovered, researched, and reported on. This ran as the lead news story in Hooked On The Outdoors.