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Knowing when to stop skiing and snowboarding to save yourself

I'm tired. Scratch that. Exhausted. So exhausted my bones are crying. Not just my bones either, I literally sobbed into a drip filter coffee...

The backcountry guide who survived a deadly snake bite (just)

Picture this. You're in remote outback Western Australia, white water rafting with new found friends, you've settled in to bed down for the night,...

Dear ski son, things I’d teach my snow child

A few months back I wrote an open letter to my imaginary ski daughter, the one I never had. The letter revealed 30 things...

Snowboard guides for chicks in Japan and New Zealand

Fiona Duncan is a snowboard adventure guide with MINT TOURS in Japan and New Zealand. She's also a pilates instructor and surf coach. This...

Spit or swallow on the chairlift?

What's with the guy on the chairlift hacking his lungs out and spitting it out onto the snow slopes below... Chairlift etiquette is sorely lacking...

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...

Why snow sports are integral to combating climate change

Renata Hercok contemplates climate change and the ski resorts we call home.  Snow sports, like all sports, are more than the sum of their parts....

Female adventure expo in Sydney

Australia’s largest outdoor and adventure expo, the She Went Wild Expo, will return to its hometown of Sydney on 3 December to bring the outdoors to women...

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...

Why we all need a little Britt Cox in our lives

The Olympics is a beast. It is like no event you have competed in, attended or reported on before. The logistics alone present challenge...

10 Signs You’re an Aussie Skier/Boarder Abroad

It's no secret that us Aussies love our snow sports and will travel far and wide to do it. You'll find us swamping Japan...

What the world can learn from Torah Bright

Ten reasons to follow Torah Bright for life. This was going to be a post about young girls and why they should look to Torah...

Medaling parents, what the world can learn from David Morris’ family

Belle Brockhoff's father releases ill timed attack on AOC & OWIA, while Shane and Margaret Morris show the world the meaning of team. Imagine wearing...

Season to season: the torrid love affair of life in a...

Seasonal living was made for me, an all or nothing girl. I'm either rich with disposable cash or poor searching for coins in my...

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...

Some Kiwis don’t like the way Aussie tourists drive

A New Zealand petition calls for tourist drivers to wear T-plates when driving. If you've ever driven the roads to ski fields in New Zealand...

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