Beating the Colorado blues
A tale of sitting still and finding Joy while travelling round the world
It's 4.00am and I'm battling the desire to fully awaken. My body is...
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...
Are we really surprised by the cocaine epidemic in ski towns?
If you think ski towns are class A drug free then you're clearly living in la la land and not in the ski towns...
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...
Sizeism, eating disorders and body image in the snow sports world
Sizeism is well and truly alive in the (snow) world. Ask any body that does not fit the one height, one width, one shape...
Meditate, snowboard or sex?
Phil Watt reveals why skiing and snowboarding is as good for you as both meditation and sex.
Regardless if we board or ski, there are...
Mental health fund launched for Vail Resorts communities
Today, Vail Resorts, Inc announced that Chief Executive Officer Rob Katz and his wife, Elana Amsterdam, have decided that the initial focus for their...
Five ways skiing helps keep my head screwed on
Ten years ago, I’d never set foot in ski boots. Nine years ago, I spent Christmas in the French Alps and was baffled by...
Jackson Hole mindful camp to make you a better skier or...
Jackson Hole just upped the ante on their already rocking multi day ski and snowboard camps. For many mindfulness isn't new and the need...
Finding your purpose in skiing and snowboarding
No, I haven't gone all religious and, no, the Mormons haven't got me since moving to Utah. I did, however, spend the day recently...
Snowboarder Belle Brockhoff one of 21 athlete mental health role models
Twenty-one athletes from 13 sports have been selected to be the inaugural Lifeline Community Custodians, a program with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)...
When skiing starts with joy and ends with alcohol addiction
The pure joy that skiing brings is a powerful force, calling people to travel thousands of miles from home to experience that perfect turn....
R U OK in a year that is anything but? A...
Like everything in 2020, this article has taken five times longer than it should have to be written.
Pandemic paralysis has shot my productivity into...
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...
Belle Brockhoff and Andrew Wishart at Mt Buller for beyondblue
Olympic snowboarder and beyondblue Ambassador Belle Brockhoff will be raising awareness of depression and anxiety at Mt Buller on Saturday August 8, as part...
When snowboarding gets you through the tough times
How snowboarding got one transgender woman through the toughest times of her life. Dale Sheridan shares her story with SnowsBest.com.
Throughout the 34 years of my life,...
