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...
Avalanche deaths, burials and near misses in Japan this week
There is a frenzy about skiing and snowboarding in Japan right now. The numbers of western snow lovers making the pilgrimage to the powder...
What does being female in the snow industry mean to you?
NATALIA HAWK. Skier. Snow content producer.
I GREW UP an anxious kid, in a time where anxiety didn’t really exist. I wasn’t sporty, and most sports...
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...
When helicopters and snow don’t mix
We heard the chopper blades before we saw them, the ominous sound of whirring air that signals the change in someone's life circumstance. Helicopters...
Please, please, stop telling everyone how to ski or snowboard!
I wanted to start this piece with kindness and care but, sod it. Stop telling me and your friends and your family and strangers...
Does Freeskier think I should just have sex with my skis?
By the looks of Freeskier's 'gear girl' photo shoot I have been using my skis all wrong, I should have been humping them instead.
Freeskier...
Are we really surprised by the cocaine epidemic in ski towns?
If you think ski towns are class A drug free then you're clearly living in la la land and not in the ski towns...
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...
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...
Five things guaranteed to happen this Australian ski season
With a month to go until ski and snowboard season in Australia, forecasters are making stabs in the dark about the winter snow falls...
Weekend warrior or season worker, who gets more snow?
Who has it better The Weekend Warrior or the Seasonaire? Christie Hampton tells it like it is.
It’s a Friday afternoon in winter. An I.T consultant...
The photographer behind one of Instagram’s most coveted adventure handles
SnowsBest chats with photographer Sarah Hatton, the name behind @ISO100_PHOTOGRAPHY the outdoor loving Instagram account with over 172 000 followers.
Sarah Hatton grew up in...
When parents fail at kids ski school, hilarity ensues…
Kids say the darndest things, I once had a conversation with a child on a lesson that went as such -
Me: What would you...
The true cost of a budget ski trip? It’s not what...
It’s been a week since my 13 year old daughter and I had a last minute snow adventure in Australia. We waited until we...
Wake up Australia, avalanches happen
Avalanches happen. They are not funny, they are not cool and they can kill. Why it's our responsibility to publicise avalanche incidents responsibly and how...
