Five ways skiing helps keep my head screwed on

Ten years ago, I’d never set foot in ski boots. Nine years ago, I spent Christmas in the French Alps and was baffled by...

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...

Niseko – the second coming

If you visited Niseko in the past decade you would have found a very different ski town to what you find now. How Niseko...

How to prevent back pain and injury when skiing or snowboarding

Now I know that you are all a well educated, body aware bunch when it comes to skiing related injures of the knee. But...

6 actions skiers can take to help keep our snow

The effects of climate change have been discussed around me for years, and I have often participated in these discussions acting as though I...

How myofascial release can benefit skiers & boarders

SnowsBest fitness blogger Guillaume Tual explains what myofascial release is and why skiers and boarders need it. Hands up if you’re pumped about the ski...

Three week home workout plan to get fit for the slopes

You’re already thinking about bombing down Thredbo’s Supertrail or hiking up the backside of Guthega in Perisher. The only problem is that it’s been...

Mt Dobson, the ski resort you’ve never heard of but should

Briar Peters road trips to New Zealand’s Mackenzie region to hit up Mt Dobson after a snow storm. After a northern winter season in Val...

When Josh went snowboarding in Kazakhstan

An in-between winter fix of sun and adventure, took my partner and I to the beaches of Sri Lanka, the chaos of India and...

The best hot chocolate in the history of hot chocolate

Everyone knows hot chocolate is the panacea for thigh burn, skier/snowboard fatigue and weary kids with sore toes. But not all hot chocolates are created...

Eggs a la Nat Segal, a breakfast recipe for skiers

Big mountain skier, Nat Segal, juggles cooking a damn good breakfast with getting out the door on a powder day.  I am not sure how...

Why you need to ski/board in Korea now

Fourteen Korean resorts in fourteen days in the year twenty fourteen. That's a big ask but if anyone can do it, Kyle Hughes from...

5 Things to do on a Powder Day at Whistler Blackcomb

There is nothing worse than powder panic and when it snows over a meter plus in one week, there is sure to be a...

Who really did the snow stunts in these Hollywood films?

Ever wonder who’s behind some of the movie’s biggest ski scenes? Well, most of the time its kick-ass skiers and boarders not Hollywood actors....

How to quench your cravings for snow

Christie Hampton reveals where to find the next best thing to a ski or snowboard fix while you wait for winter. Autumn is a fickle...

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...
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