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...
Why you need a holiday to recover from your snow holiday
there's nothing relaxing about a ski or snowboard trip.
Ugh. Monosyllables is about all I can do right now. My body feels like it has...
When helicopters and snow don’t mix
We heard the chopper blades before we saw them, the ominous sound of whirring air that signals the change in someone's life circumstance. Helicopters...
Winning a woman over with skis
The chocolate muffins are on steroids, the size of a moose's head with overflowing tops oozing cocoa. They sit next to puffed up apple...
We need to talk about the coffee
Coffee lovers in Thredbo rejoice. Central Road 2625 has arrived.
I have a love hate relationship with coffee or rather, caffeine. I go off it...
Weekend warrior or season worker, who gets more snow?
Who has it better The Weekend Warrior or the Seasonaire? Christie Hampton tells it like it is.
It’s a Friday afternoon in winter. An I.T consultant...
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...
#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...
10 ways to tell if you’re too old for après…
There was a time where I was the Queen of Après, when the night before was blown from my weary dancing bones by a...
When freeskiers and boarders shoot themselves in the foot
Dana Johannsen's column accusing Kiwi Olympic freeskiers of being on an expensive ski holiday caused outrage. Now fans backlash has let the team down.
If...
Kiwi Olympians blasted for being ‘on an expensive ski holiday’
Kiwi Olympians blasted by NZ Herald columnist for bombing spectacularly and daring to enjoy the Olympic experience. DEAR DANA YOU JUST DON'T GET IT.
Dana...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Where’s Johnnie?
An Australian working in Sochi, Johnnie Balfour, posted photos of Sochi two weeks before the games including a video of his living conditions and a...
