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...
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...
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...
Hot tips for the weekend warrior powder stash and dash
Oh the Weekend Warrior. Just the very thought of it fills my heart with apathy. Or is it empathy? Because now it’s Southern Hemisphere...
How Facebook can make or break your 2018 ski season
Facebook is more temperamental than snow forecasts of late, promising one thing, delivering another, showering you with snow love then slapping you down with...
When ski town life leads to depression or worse
Few in search of paradise in ski towns think they will, instead, find the black dog lurking in the woods waiting to pounce and...
Female ski jumper wins shampoo pack while male takes home $5000
Who says inequality in sport doesn't exist? Not seven-time world champion Katharina Schmid and two-time Winter Olympic silver medalist and the only ski jumper,...
Going gay in Sochi
I loathe writing about a person's sexuality because it really is irrelevant. Who cares who you love, it just matters that you do.
It is...
Let’s get real about the cost of skiing and snowboarding in...
The outrage this year that snow sports are, shock horror, expensive has gone next level across social and mainstream media in a world where...
Women of the mountain unite this Saturday at Cardrona
Yo, skiing and boarding girls, ladies, women, dames. This Saturday is your Saturday with Cardrona dedicating the mountain to you all.
Yes, it is the second...
REAL TALK: Snow holiday travel with a toddler, is it worth...
I have to admit: they warned me. Every parent I spoke to said the same thing - that 18 months to 3 years is...
7 reasons I don’t ski with my snowboarding husband
Juliette Sivertsen loves her husband but doesn't love skiing with him. Here's her story.
My husband gazed at me adoringly in the car, reached over...
Dear snow world – do you even know that plus sized...
The snow world has taken up a large part of my life, though I still question if I truly belong. Growing up, every winter...
Skiing during a pandemic: where do seasonal snow workers go from...
I was in New York when COVID-19 really hit. It was overnight, as many others have also said. One day, Trump was on CNN...
What I wish I knew before I became a snowboard instructor
If you've ever thought, "I want to become a snowboard instructor" it's probably because you imagine powder riding every day and partying every night....
#privilegedskierproblems – have you got them?
Forget #firstworldproblem #privilegedskierproblems are taking over a mountain near you.
Let's be honest, if you ski or snowboard you're rich. No, I won't hear your...
