The cost-of-skiing crisis – overstocked Aldi a sign of the times?
Since 2008, it’s been a uniquely good-different phenomenon. Every year in mid-May, hordes of shoppers clamouring like wild animals outside grocery stores on a...
My hopes, dreams and guarantees for the southern ski season ahead
We're waxing lyrical when we should be waxing our skis and boards with just weeks, not months, to go until the 2024 ski season.
This...
A tale of conquering fears on the steeps of Whistler with...
It was a perfect morning at Whistler Blackcomb. Bluebird, 10cm of new snow overnight. I watched the first skiers and riders drop in to...
MAVEN: the Aussie ski/board film inspiring women in the backcountry
You know it's ski season ahead when the snow films start making an appearance and this one is a corker to fuel the stoke.
Divya...
The backcountry guide who survived a deadly snake bite (just)
Picture this. You're in remote outback Western Australia, white water rafting with new found friends, you've settled in to bed down for the night,...
Hold My Kid, the hilarious new ski mums film with Saugstad...
Two of the world's best big mountain skiers, Elyse Saugstad and Jackie Paaso, reveal some serious comedic talent in the new ski film, Hold...
Dear snow world – do you even know that plus sized...
The snow world has taken up a large part of my life, though I still question if I truly belong. Growing up, every winter...
Kieren Gaul’s memoir: avalanches, terminal cancer and the ultimate love story
Australian snow entrepreneur, Kieren Gaul, has quite the story. If you know him, then you know he lives life to the full and then...
Lodge life – inside Australia’s exclusive ski club culture
Australia’s ski club culture goes back to the origins of snow sports in the country, and then some, with the Kiandra Snow Shoe Club,...
Rising from the ashes: the resilience of Selwyn Snow Resort
Saturday afternoon in Selwyn Snow Resort, January 4, 2020. Day felt like midnight. The usually blinding summer sun, still more than three hours from...
There she blows: the rise and fall of cash torn Mt...
If I had to list my relationship status with Mt Ruapehu on Facebook it would almost certainly be: “it’s complicated”.
Despite its location smack bang...
Aussie director debuts Indigenous snowboard film with Spencer O’Brien
World Champion snowboarder and two time Winter Olympian Spencer O'Brien is a legend, and not just for her five Aspen X Games medals (one...
Shredding glass ceilings at altitude – Colorado’s female led rum distillery
When Colorado skier Karen Hoskin decided to chase a dream by creating her own rum brand 15 years ago, she didn’t intend to become...
10 things we love (and loathe) about skiing/boarding in the USA
Ah, ‘Merica. There’s a lot to love about skiing there.
Stunning scenery, a high-elevation mix of terrifying and exhilarating terrain, seemingly bottomless refills of powder...
Sizeism, eating disorders and body image in the snow sports world
Sizeism is well and truly alive in the (snow) world. Ask any body that does not fit the one height, one width, one shape...
How to keep skiing and boarding when inflation hits life hard
We've all seen the headlines, and felt the impacts on our bank accounts. It's 2022, and that pesky little thing called inflation means literally...
