When the snow heals
When troubled teenagers meet the snow.
The rain has been falling for a good few hours. It is cold, even colder when the wind hits...
#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...
Dear IOC we need to talk about Torah and Sarah
Sarah Burke's death went to the heart of the freestyle ski and snowboard community but the IOC doesn't want to see her name.
It started...
That time Freeskier asked a world champion to pose in a...
Jen Hudak opens up about her body image issues in elite competition and the moment she knew her #1 competitor Sarah Burke had died...
Why you’re not going to find your soulmate in a ski...
Snow addict Jen Houltham gives SnowsBest readers her ski bum unqualified life advice.
You’ve just booked your working holiday in Canada. You’re psyched - you’ll be...
Five things guaranteed to happen this Australian ski season
With a month to go until ski and snowboard season in Australia, forecasters are making stabs in the dark about the winter snow falls...
The Australian skier who knows how to fly
Olympic gold and bronze aerial skier medalist, Lydia Lassila, tells her story on the big screen with the launch of The Will to Fly in...
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...
Why can’t Hollywood make a decent ski film?
The world of ski and snowboard movies has long been divided into ski and snowboard porn with no plot but plenty of powder, mainstream...
An inside review of Burton Snowbroads at The Remarkables
I discovered The Burton Snowbroads and the Volkl Ski Queens clinic at the Remarkables in Queenstown New Zealand while googling 'snowboard clinics for females'....
Loaded handguns at ski resorts, yep, it’s a thing
If you plan to ski or snowboard in the USA then be prepared, guns are real and they're at a ski resort near you.
Forget...
A guide for would-be pro-skiers and boarders wanting media coverage
You've got yourself sponsored, you've secured yourself on a state or national ski or snowboard team and you're ready to start winning medals.
Now the...
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...
21 things snowboard instructors really really don’t want you to do
The life of a snowboard instructor is a fun one, but it comes with its own challenges and most of those challenges are predictably,...
Why too many women end up buying men’s snow pants to...
Ever found yourself buying men's pants just to find snow gear that fits you?
Perhaps, as a woman, you scale what women’s stock the store...
Backcountry Hakuba with Steve Lee – and two Everest legends
Fresh powder snow. It’s the mystical magic gift of nature that many seasoned skiers and boarders dream of. The reality however is that genuine...
