Para-snowboarder Badenhorst to carry flag
Joany Badenhorst says her achievements are a rebuff to men and boys who had doubted her because of her gender.
The Australian co-captain and star...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Cameron Bolton
Name
Cameron Bolton
Nickname
Cam
Age
21/11/1990/ Aged 31 in 2022.
Hometown
Melbourne, VIC
Home mountain
Mt Buller
Discipline
Snowboard cross
Olympics
2014
2018
2022
Personal bests
Gold at 2019 World Cup in Germany and silver at 2019 World Cup in...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Emily Arthur
Name
Emily Arthur
Age
24/4/1994. Aged 22 in 2022.
Hometown
Woronora Heights, NSW
Discipline
Snowboard Halfpipe
Olympics
2018
2022
Personal bests
Placed in the Olympic finals at PyeongChang, Korea in 2018.
FIS World Cup 2021/2022 season
Two top...
Casey Wright
Name
Casey Wright
Age
23
Hometown
Alexandra, VIC
Discipline
Cross country
Olympics
2018
Personal bests
3rd in the Classic Sprint at 2017 Asian Winter Games in Japan
20th and 27th at the US National Championships in...
Matt Graham wins bronze at FIS World Cup moguls in Calgary
Aussie mogul skier, Matt Graham, won bronze today in Calgary, adding to team mate, Britt Cox's gold podium in the ladies.
Graham qualified 9th for...
Olympic fever spotlight on Sami Kennedy Sim
Australia's Winter Olympians peel back for SnowsBest while everyone else is getting hot and sweaty over in Rio.
First up? Five minutes with Ski Cross...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Sami Kennedy-Sim
Name
Sami Kennedy-Sim
Nickname
SJ, Sam
Age
Born 26/5/1988, aged 33 in 2022.
Hometown
Sydney, NSW
Home mountain
Perisher, NSW
Discipline
Ski Cross
Olympics
2014
2018
2022
Personal bests
8th at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. Placed 2nd at...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Scotty James
Name
Scotty James
Nickname:
SJ
Age
Born 6/7/1994, aged 28 in 2022.
Hometown
Melbourne, Victoria
Home mountain
Falls Creek, Victoria
Discipline
Park & Pipe
Olympics
2010
2014
2018 (3rd)
2022
Personal bests
Bronze at 2018 Winter Olympics, PyeongChang, Korea. Placed 1st, 1st,...
Scotty James wins his third FIS World Champion title
Snowboarder Scotty James has taken out his third consecutive World Championship title, setting down an early unbeatable run at Park City, Utah today.
A year...
Kiwi Sadowski Synnott wins X Games Silver and Porteous scores bronze
It’s a case of déjà vu for New Zealand snow sports with Olympic Winter medallists Zoi Sadowski Synnott and Nico Porteous both claiming X...
Aussie Danielle Scott wins gold at China World Cup aerials
Australia continues a winning weekend on the FIS World Cup circuit with aerial skier, Danielle Scott, scoring gold at Secret Garden in China today.
Scott...
Having a gay old time in Sochi, Russia
Wondering what all the fuss is about the Winter Olympics in Russia and why there's been talk of boycotts, arrests and human rights?
Here at...
Announcing the Australian Winter Olympic Team Sochi 2014
Fifty six athletes (now sixty as of January 28) have been announced today to represent Australia at the Sochi Winter Olympics. This is the...
Olympians with game changing challenges
Could you ski without an ACL?
Survive a stroke then ten months later represent your country?
Compete against your brother or dig deep to find a...
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...
Sochi Olympics viewing guide for Aussies
We have done the event time conversions for you from Russia to Oz and listed the guide according to winter sport discipline so you...
