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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...

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...

Life lessons learned – when snow life is amazing and snow...

When I was aged 20 years my dad died after a long battle with cancer. Fast forward 25 years and my niece, aged 19, watched...

Happy Canada Day! 8 reasons you should love a Canadian today

Yes, yes, we know you gave the world Margaret Atwood, Neil Young and Justin Trudeau. We know that you've adopted Alexander Graham Bell as...

We need to talk about female representation in ski resort and...

It's a brave brand that takes on the haters before they even know what to hate. Now more than ever in today's world of...

Cardrona and Treble Cone publicly commit to female representation

New Zealand ski resorts Cardrona and Treble Cone ski resorts are publicly committing to equitable gender representation in their social media and marketing with...

Australia’s top 10 ski and snowboard athletes of all time

For a relatively flat country with very little snow, Australia punches above its weight in winter sports. The little red boxing kangaroo has knocked out...

What to do when your loved one doesn’t ski or snowboard…

I lived in ski resorts for many years in my 20s, and so had my pick of love interests with a built-in love of...

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