SnowsBest delves deep into the emotions and experiences of mountain life for skiers and snowboarders, from first timers to elite athletes and explorers. This series is supported by The North Face. (https://www.thenorthface.com.au/)
SnowsBest It Takes a Village: record breaking freeskier 15-year-old Indra Brown and her mum, Anne Brown
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.
We mention Anna Segal, Russ Henshaw, Daisy Thomas, Abi Harrigan, Valentino Guseli, Luca Harrington, Janina Kuzma, Scotty James, Mikael Kingsbury, Charlotte Wilson.
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17 Dec 2025
SnowsBest It Takes a Village: Adam "Beggsy" Begg Olympic head judge snowboard park n pipe
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 riders throw down this FIS World Cup season.
Tune in, sharpen your eye, and level-up your armchair-judge credentials well before February 2026.
*We mention Max Parrott, Scotty James, Valentino Guseli, Mikael Kingsbury, Matt Graham, Ikuma Hiroshima and more.
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25 Nov 2025
SnowsBest It Takes a Village: Victoria Beattie, Olympic park n pipe ski judge
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 armchair-judge credentials before February 2026.
*We mention Alice Robinson, Janina Kuzma, Cam Melville-Ives, Anna Segal, Tess Coady, Scotty James, Valentino Guseli, Abi Harrigan, Daisy Thomas, Jakara Anthony, Matt Graham, Abbey Wilson (we meant Abbey Willcox), Laura Peel, Dani Scott and more.
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19 Nov 2025
SnowsBest It Takes a Village: Zoe Jaboor Olympic and FIS WC judge
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 pulling up video replays mid-event is a big no-no.
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3 Nov 2025
It takes a village: Olympic besties Belle Brockhoff and Sami Kennedy-Sim
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 sane. From media intrusion to funding at elite level to how to train better for your chosen sport, the two friends reveal it all - humans first, athletes second.
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28 Oct 2025
It Takes a Village: Gold medalist Jakara Anthony + Olympic coach Peter McNiel
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 be on top of the world athlete stage as reigning Olympic champion heading into Milano Cortina 2026.
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22 Oct 2025
It takes a village : Charlotte & Abbey Wilson snow sisters on course
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 their competitive nature from and what they love and loathe about each other.
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19 Oct 2025
It Takes a Village: Jenny Lyons Winter Olympic comeback at 47
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-comeback journey and what it will take to qualify for 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Naysayers, you've been put on notice.
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22 Dec 2023
Keeping it funny (and real) in the mountains with Katie Burrell
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.
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8 Dec 2023
Resilience through life changing trauma in the mountains
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 the mountains.
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24 Aug 2023
When life risks go wrong in the great outdoors
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.
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15 Aug 2023
Vulnerability in the face of mountain mortality
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 Canada and how writing his memoirs, Growth Truth Adventure Love, has stopped him in his tracks.
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5 Jul 2023
Courage, how to find it on and off the mountain
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.
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28 Apr 2023
Precious Leader Woman – snowboarder Spencer O’Brien’s Indigenous story in film
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.
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15 Sept 2022
What are you so afraid of? Fear on the mountain.
SnowsBest chats with sports psych Taylor Rapley, The North Face (https://www.thenorthface.com.au/) 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. (https://www.thenorthface.com.au/)
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