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Everything skiers and snowboarders need to know to be fit to ski, prevent injury and stay healthy for the slopes.

These tips could save a life (yours) on the slopes this...

As the powder froth hits for another winter we can expect to see the steady flow of injured skiers being stretchered off the resort...

How skiing became my happy place and saved my mental health

Standing on the edge of couloir, tips over the edge, working out my line — from the run out and safe stop at the...

5 reasons to hit up New Zealand for a ski improvement...

So you're thinking about a ski improvement camp. You've heard about them, maybe seen them offered at your favourite ski resort; but you're not...

5 exercises from a Winter Olympian to get you fit to...

As the snow season looms closer, uh, hello, Saturday, so too does the harsh reality that maybe your ski or snowboarding fitness isn’t at...

Help! “Am I the only one who’s forgotten how to ski...

It's happened. The days of COVID lockdowns and travel restrictions seem to be behind us. As a Queenslander, I'm finally free to roam between...

Best ski and board improvement camps in Australia + NZ this...

Snow has fallen early and with the on and off starts of the Aussie ski season for the last two years, it finally feels...

Water workouts to get you ski and snowboard fit fast

Water workouts - a form of exercise used by USA Olympic ski legend Lindsey Vonn - are a great way of getting in shape...

What a ski physio can personally tell you about pain and...

On a bluebird Monday morning in late August just after the last big dump of a season in Australia, my colleague and I were...

Want buns of skiing steel? Try the ultimate bum workout

One of the most crucial muscle groups when it comes to skiing is your glutes otherwise known as your bum, rear, back end, padonkadonk....

R U SNOWKAY? Mental health conversations we need to have

One day in April back in 2017 I lay on my couch in the shiny ski town of Park City in Utah and wondered...

R U OK in a year that is anything but? A...

Like everything in 2020, this article has taken five times longer than it should have to be written. Pandemic paralysis has shot my productivity into...

How to use skiing/boarding to improve life resilience in 2020

As a skier or snowboarder, you have an advantage during this pandemic time. Plenty of people avoid the discomfort that comes with uncertainty, risk...

Want to work a ski season? This is what you need...

Have you ever watched mountain staff cruising around the mountain on their lunch break, and felt immediately envious of their picture-perfect life? Maybe you’ve...

The pain free guide to the perfect ski boot fitting

Peter Clark's family founded Jindabyne Sports in the lakeside ski town in 1967, over fifty years ago. The respected boot fitter has spent his...

5 online fitness programs for skiers and snowboarders in lockdown

Southern Hemisphere skiers and snowboarders in various stages of lockdown can get fit for the slopes in the comfort of their own lounge room...

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...

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