Insider Guide to PyeongChang and Phoenix Snow Park with Alex Parsons
Alex Parsons is a SnowsBest Contributor and Thredbo ski instructor and is working the season at Phoenix Snow Park in Bokwang PyeongChang. She's working...
Everything you need to know about the 23rd Winter Olympics
Robert Upe gives SnowsBest the lowdown on the when, the where, the what of all the competition in PyeongChang this February.
WHEN
Officially Friday, February 9,...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Abi Harrigan
Name
Abi Harrigan
Age
Born 6/5/2002, aged 20 in 2022.
Hometown
Jindabyne, NSW
Home mountain
Perisher and Thredbo, NSW
Discipline
Freestyle Skiing (Slopestyle, Big Air, Halfpipe)
Olympics
2022
Personal bests
15th at Mammoth Mountain, USA World Cup,...
Two days two medals for Lydia Lassila and Laura Peel
Four-time Olympian Lydia Lassila has claimed silver and team mate Laura Peel has taken bronze at the second Aerial Skiing World Cup in Lake...
Lydia Lassila chats candidly on camera with SnowsBest before PyeongChang
There is a part of me that's always been a little intimidated by Olympian and aerial skier Lydia Lassila. Not because she throws herself...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Nick Timmings
Name
Nick Timmings
Age
Born 29/12/1990, aged 32 in 2022.
Hometown
Perth, Western Australia
Discipline
Skeleton
Olympics
2022
Personal bests
Overall men's skeleton champion for the IBSF's (International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation) North American Cup...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Alexander Ferlazzo
Name
Alexander Ferlazzo
Age
Born 3/4/1995, aged 27 in 2022.
Hometown
Townsville, Queensland
Discipline
Luge
Olympics
2014
2018
2022
Personal bests
Gold at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Canada. This was Australia's first Luge medal at...
North Korea to send twenty two athletes to PyeongChang
North Korea will send 22 athletes to the Winter Games in the neighbouring South next month and both Korean teams will march together in...
400 Russians could still compete in PyeongChang
As many as 400 athletes from Russia could still be going to next month's Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, despite an IOC ban.
The Games, which...
Lydia Lassila wins FIS World Cup gold and Laura Peel bronze...
Four-time Olympian Lydia Lassila has won gold and fellow Flying Kangaroo Laura Peel has taken bronze at the Aerial Skiing World Cup in Lake...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Adam Dickson
Name
Adam Dickson
Nickname
Dicko
Age
Born 1/12/1995, aged 26 in 2022.
Hometown
Jindabyne, NSW
Discipline
Snowboard Cross
Olympics
2022
Personal bests
Bronze at the 2020 World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.
FIS World Cup 2021/2022 season
Best placed 6th...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Matt Cox
Name
Matthew Cox
Nickname
Matty, Matt
Age
Born 9/6/1998, aged 24 in 2022.
Hometown
NSW
Discipline
Snowboard Slopestyle and Big Air
Olympics
2022
Personal bests
5th at 2021 World Cup Cadrona, NZ and 7th at 2021 World...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Valentino Guseli
Name
Valentino Guseli
Age
Born 1/4/2005, aged 17 in 2022.
Hometown
Dalmeny, NSW
Home mountain
Perisher, NSW
Discipline
Snowboard Halfpipe
Olympics
2022
Personal bests
Placed 5th at World Cup, LAAX Switzerland 2022, and 11th at 2021 World...
Australia Beijing snowsports athlete: Cooper Woods
Name
Cooper Woods
Nickname
Coop
Age
Born 7/9/2000, aged 22 in 2022.
Hometown
Cooma, NSW
Home mountain
Perisher, NSW
Discipline
Mogul skiing
Olympics
2022
Personal bests
5th at Deer Valley World Cup, 2022. Placed 15th at 2021 World Championships...
Scotty James wins silver at Snowmass US Grand Prix World Cup
Australian snowboarder, Scotty James, won silver today at the US Grand Prix at Snowmass behind Shaun White's gold.
Scotty James, the current FIS World Champion,...
Shaun White scores perfect 100 at Snowmass World Cup
I'm not even sure how multiple judges see the same run and with no conferring with each other, score 100% for all elements of...
