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Working out the right snowboard length for your weight, height and riding style — and what matters more than the number on the size chart.
What to look for before buying a fat tyre electric bike in Australia — motor, battery, range, build quality and the legal side. From the crew who service them.
How to hot wax your own snowboard at home, step by step — the gear you need, the process, and how often it actually needs doing.
Mint Tours are our official travel partners — 20 years of snow travel out of Queenstown and Japan. Here's who they are and where they can get you riding.
Everything worth knowing before you ride Mt Buller — terrain, getting there from Melbourne, the village, and what to have sorted before you go.
Victoria has three major ski resorts within driving distance of Melbourne. Each has a genuinely different character and terrain profile. Here is how to choose the right one for your trip.
Why Buller is Melbourne's default mountain, and how to get more out of it — timing, terrain and the day-trip logistics that make or break a session.
Australia's six major resorts compared — Buller, Falls Creek, Hotham, Baw Baw, Perisher and Thredbo. Which one suits your riding, your group and your trip.
Where to buy a snowboard in Melbourne — what to look for, what to avoid, and why the shop you buy from matters as much as the board you choose. From the team at Twelve Board Store Richmond.
Our honest picks from the Jones range — Flagship, Stratos, Mind Expander, Hovercraft and more — reviewed for Australian conditions by the country's largest Jones dealer and official EPICenter.
The complete splitboard kit for Australian touring — board, bindings (Spark vs Karakoram), skins, the non-negotiable avalanche three, pack, outerwear and essentials — plus the training that has to come before the gear.
How avalanche beacons, probes and shovels actually work — the 15-minute survival window, the three-phase beacon search, the full companion rescue sequence, AST training in Australia and where airbag packs fit.