Fresh powder at Hotham last weekend. (Photo: Mark Tsukasov)
Readers of Snow It All are in for some exclusive discounted September treats at the snow this season.
I am a snow sceptic from way back. When a snow reporter declares the snow as ‘dry as Co…
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Lachlan McGuiness competing in his sister’s memorial time trial. Photo credit: Randy Wiemen from Hotshots.
When Amelia McGuiness smiled the world was a better place. The vibrant sixteen year old loved to ski and it was what she loved that killed her …
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Let’s get one thing straight, I am not a fan of Lycra on the ski hill. Lycra should be left to those whose bodies have yet to return southward to the ground from which they came.
I have never been big on alpine ski racing, I blame the Lycra. Ski r…
Continue reading …Helicopters may be the new black of the ski world but a little old fashioned foot power is making a comeback and remember you heard it here first.
When I first started skiing I scoffed at those folks in Lycra pants walking up hill with ski poles. I t…
Continue reading …There’s long been a natural rivalry between Aussies and Kiwis, something about pavlova and Phar Lap, and the snow world is no different. The New Zealand marketers have pumped millions of dollars into talking up their snow fields to the cashed-up Aussi…
Continue reading …Every ski resort has a bar you have to be seriously drunk to even consider entering. You know you’ve had a few when you find yourself in the Keller at Thredbo or the Kooroora in Buller with your feet stuck to the alcohol sodden floor.
At that hour m…
Continue reading …Today’s skiers and snowboarders have got it easy. Imagine hiking to the top of a mountain peak in wet woollen pants with leather lace up boots and skis as thin and straight as toothpicks then negotiating powder, ice, slush, crud and hopefully more pow…
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