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When girls aren’t pretty or thin enough to ski or snowboard

WHEN I was five I did ballet in the local church hall. I would dress up in my blush pinks and pirouette with what...

Lady shred Cardrona for breast cancer with Olympic medalists

Calling all female skiers and boarders of every age and ability ready to rock the slopes of Cardrona in New Zealand in support of...

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...

Aspen asks millennials to care about those that come after them

Aspen Snowmass has long held a strong social conscience. This year's Give a Flake campaign brings that conscience further into the future with a...

To wear or not to wear a helmet, an in depth...

It had been a bluebird day at Perisher Ski Resort in New South Wales, Australia. Clear skies, fresh snow and plenty of open runs–...

Eat a dick, comments from my readers – a life lived...

Dear readers, beware, this blog post comes with profanities and a shi*&%t load of humour, or not. You have been warned. It's been a hell...

Australian grants available for future women leaders in snow sports

Women Leaders in Sport grants are now open for individuals and organizations with Sport Australia CEO Kate Palmer saying the sporting industry must maintain a...

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...

The true cost of a budget ski trip? It’s not what...

It’s been a week since my 13 year old daughter and I had a last minute snow adventure in Australia. We waited until we...

#showusdagirls to WIN Coalition skis or Nitro snowboard

Calling all female skiers and snowboarders, young, not so young and wildly old and all levels of skill from beginner groomers, to terrain park...

Fat girl ski pants, selfies and the lost soul of skiing

I don’t own bathroom scales. I threw them away over 20 years ago because I had spent too many years asking an inanimate object...

Five Aussie snow bloggers to follow this winter

If you're looking for unique spins on the Australian and New Zealand ski seasons then don't go past this bunch of snow bloggers.  Just bookmark...

How ski resorts can show more girls in their social media...

Miss Snow It All wrote a piece last week that revealed the gender divide in skiing and snowboarding social media content in some ski...

Which is better for Australians, the Epic or Ikon Pass?

In case you missed the memo, multi-day lift tickets are so 2014. No serious skier walks up to the ticket window and forks out $300-plus...

When Aussie ski resorts left New Zealand red faced

What a week in the Australian snow world this past one has been with powder grins in June.  Hotham are claiming 95cms and the best...

Dear Aussie ski resorts, did you know that women actually ski...

As the ski resort marketing went into hyper drive with a 70 to 90 centimeter snow storm over the last few days, you'd be...
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