When hitchhiking in the snow goes horror wrong
My friend and I were hitchhiking from one ski hill to another. Naturally our topic of conversation, as we stood at the road side...
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...
The myth about snow depths
I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it for myself. When snow depths break all barriers.
There I was enjoying the best coffee on...
The snowboarder that no one will let on a chairlift
Aussie 'Pro snowboader' Troy Sturrock has pissed off every lifty and ski instructor on the ski hill with his RANT in a snowboarding magazine...
You’re invited to the Whistler world premiere of Segal sisters ski...
If you're heading to Whistler in January then you're in for a treat. Australian skiing siblings, Anna and Nat Segal, will hold the world...
10 ways to tell if you’re too old for après…
There was a time where I was the Queen of Après, when the night before was blown from my weary dancing bones by a...
Lost in ski instruction translation
When English isn't English and left means right - oh, The joy of teaching humans how to slide on snow. Rhi Evans is back...
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...
These are the best ski days of our lives, heli or...
My mother used to say "some days are diamonds, some days are stones." Actually, John Denver used to say it, or rather sing it,...
Is there a gender fear difference in skiing? Danielle Brooke thinks...
Having been a ski instructor for a long time, I have observed many women anxiously approach skiing and experience fear even on the gentlest...
5 ways snowboarding can help disillusioned youth
Expelled from one of Adelaide's highly regarded colleges to now coaching snowboarding all over the world, I’ve seen and been a part of many...
Backcountry.com trademarks “backcountry” and then sues everyone
The adventure world is seething after online adventure gear retail giant Backcountry.com trademarked the word "backcountry" for outdoor apparel and more. That specific trademark...
Are you a sole skier, or do you hang with the...
Trying to meet up with friends on the ski hill can be a pain in the proverbial. When your timings off, it's off. What do...
Skiing during a pandemic: where do seasonal snow workers go from...
I was in New York when COVID-19 really hit. It was overnight, as many others have also said. One day, Trump was on CNN...
Mogul skier, Britt Cox – when injury makes you a better...
“I just wanted to win,” I cried to my coach as I was lifted into the sled by six ski patrol. I couldn’t see...
Where’s Johnnie?
An Australian working in Sochi, Johnnie Balfour, posted photos of Sochi two weeks before the games including a video of his living conditions and a...
