SnowsBest

Indra Brown, three syllables to remember. The 15 year old Aussie halfpipe freeskier has blown all records in her maiden FIS World Cup taking back-to-back podiums in her first and second events - bronze at Secret Garden and silver at Copper Mountain. We chat with Indra and the leader of her village, Anne Brown, about qualifying for the Winter Olympics, her X Games invite, how she got here and more....

Winter Olympic head snowboard park & pipe judge, Beggsy, lifts the curtain on how judging really works, and how you can nail it from your couch at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games. We unpack where judging went off the rails in Beijing, what’s changed for Milano Cortina, whether AI is the future or a threat to freestyle snowboarding, and what to watch for as the world’s best...

Park n pipe is a subjective judging sport from Big Air to Slopestyle and Halfpipe, podcast host Rachael Oakes-Ash chats with Victoria Beattie, Winter Olympic judge, about how you break it down to ensure the winner really is the winner.  Australia’s official park n pipe ski judge for Milano Cortina 2026, Tori decodes scoring, tricks and all the bits.  Tune in and upgrade your armcha...

How exactly do you judge moguls, dual moguls and aerials at the Winter Olympics? We sit down with Zoe Jaboor, triple Winter Olympic judge and Australia’s official for Milano Cortina 2026, to decode the art (and stress!) of scoring some of the fastest (and bumpiest) skiing on the circuit. Zoe dishes on what separates a winning run from a wobbly one, why remote judging is a minefield, and why...

When Winter Olympians get their freak out, does social media matter for athletes and what happens when your family first find out about your broken back via the media... Three time Winter Olympian, SBX athlete Belle Brockhoff, talks about breaking her back in FIS World Cup season, what life on the road is really like and how her bestie, fellow Winter Olympian Sami Kennedy-Sim (skier x) keeps her s...

What does it take to win Winter Olympic gold? We ask mogul skier Jakara Anthony and her coach, Peter McNiel, because they did just that in Beijing 2022. We talk about life on the road in each other's pockets, how they manage disagreements, stress and her competition season-ending injury last winter, her thoughts on FIS WC Rookie of the Year, fellow teammate, Charlotte Wilson, and what it takes to...

FIS World Cup Rookie of the 24/25 Year Charlotte Wilson made history with a FIS World Cup gold in her first season, beating World #4, #3, #2 and #1 in a dual moguls stand off. The Jindabyne local is heading into this Winter Olympic season with high hopes and her younger sister, SBX athlete Abbey, as her biggest cheerleader. We chat with the Wilson sisters about performance anxiety, where they get...

Triple Winter Olympian, Australia's Jenny Lyons, is making a comeback after 14 years off the competition circuit. The 47 year old, mum of two, talks openly about her decision to give it another go in her beloved skier cross discipline, how perimenopause has impacted her decision to make her fourth Olympics. She reveals her former struggle with alcohol, the documentary she's filming on her peri-com...

Queen of the piste take, Katie Burrell, chats with SnowsBest about Weak Layers, her new feature film set in Palisades Tahoe. What does it take to be funny in the mountains for a living, how to deal with trolls, coaching versus therapy and how to create a cross over film for skiers and non-skiers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trevor Kennison is a legend – the first sit skier to launch into Jackson Hole’s famed Corbet’s Couloir and the first in the world to land a double back flip. His film, Full Circle, took the Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize this year and is a moving tale of post traumatic growth told in the rawest of ways. SnowsBest chats with Trevor about resilience in the face of life changing trauma in t...

SnowsBest chats about risk with Alex Parsons (who is lucky to be alive). The snowboard instructor and backcountry guide was bitten by a deadly mulga king brown snake in outback Western Australia on a remote rafting trip. With no chance of rescue for 12 hours in the dark of night, she should not have survived. Alex speaks publicly for the first time in this emotional and life affirming interview. S...

SnowsBest chats with Kieren Gaul, former ski racer turned snow entrepreneur and founder of North America’s largest cat ski operator, now facing terminal stage IV bowel cancer. He reveals how his mountain learnings are helping him with the hardest life lesson of all, mortality. We take Kieren down memory lane to the old school days of Thredbo, discuss the horrifying avalanche he experienced in Cana...

SnowsBest chats with Mike Williams, snowboard coach for FIS WC Crystal Globe snowboarder Valentino Guseli and FIS World Champion Mia Brookes on how mindfulness can conquer fear and how to find your courage on and off the slopes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SnowsBest chats with Cassie de Colling, the film maker behind world champion snowboarder Spencer O’Brien’s Precious Leader Woman documentary. The doco tells the rollercoaster tale of First Nation O’Brien’s international competitive journey as she wrestles physical and mental hardship and discovers her Indigenous identity. This episode is supported by The North Face. For more info on Cassie, visit:...

SnowsBest chats with sports psych Taylor Rapley,  The North Face  athlete Janina Kuzma, Aussie Olympic coach Kate Blamey and mogul legend Britt Cox who reveal their biggest fears and how they manage them. This episode is supported by  The North Face. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.