In 1974 the Eddy family bought a dairy farm in Jamberoo valley.

The farm was only marginally profitable and when the Minister for Primary Industry of the time, Mr Don Day, reduced the milk quotas on the south coast, the farm, as it stood, was not longer viable.

Various agricultural options were investigated but proved unsuitable as 25% of the land is very steep and has only light soil cover and this kept any potential profit down.

All the Eddy family were keen snow skiers and their creative imagination was triggered by a television ski show, Green Snow, which featured the Italian Olympic ski team training on grass in their summer.

They contacted the manufacturer of the Italian grass skis, Rolka, and decided to purchase 10 pairs.

The skis were a great success and, to facilitate a commercial operation with faster and easier ascents they built a rope tow on a steel cable, powered by a Holden motor. Another 20 pairs of skis were imported and hired out from a disused farm shed