Matt Barr, Chris Moran and Ewan Wallace have laid lines on mountains that few people will ever lay eyes on. Iran, Lebanon, Greenland, Uzbekistan and Russia are just some of the far flung snowboard destinations they've sampled snow in. We met up with these intrepid snowboard journalists to see if travelling the world to snowboard in exotic ski resorts and then writing about it was officially the best job in the world...

After a long season of working in a ski resort and putting up with the tourists, there is only one thing to do - become a tourist yourself. Dave Scoppa heads deep into British Columbia with a board, beers and some basslines on a snowboarding road trip into interior Canada...

SnowSphere heads north to Scandinavia, to explore inner city snowboarding on Stockholm's slopes of Hammarby Backen, one of Sweden's urban ski areas…

What's it like to give up your country, the lifestyle you love and a dream job in Whistler, one of the most desired locations in the snow sports world, for the love of a woman? Fran Hardy pays tribute to her Canadian Alien...

Part 2 of our season blog series, Ian Fehler reports on the highs and lows of a winter season in Morzine, France...

SnowSphere braves blizzards in the Highlands to get its first taste of snowboarding in Glenshee Scotland, in a search for Scottish powder which results in donating plenty of p-tex to the gods of the Cairngorms... 

Bansko, Bulgaria has been hailed as the next big thing when it comes to skiing and snowboarding. The winter sports media has shouted loud about the large ski area, the extensive freeride possibilities and the low prices that undercut anything in Western Europe. But does snowboarding in Bansko really live up to the hype? Dave Horlock reports...

Editor and founder of SnowSphere Magazine, Sam Baldwin, describes his ongoing affair with a cold hearted lover which has taken him to 9 countries across 4 continents in an ongoing search for snow...

SnowSphere speaks to the legend of Chamonix, Neil McNab - former pro-rider, entrepreneur, student of the mountains and mentor to many a snowboarder...

The SnowSphere crew heads east, to the rust of the iron curtain in search of Slovakian Snow in the Tatras Mountains, and ends up in Poland on a journey to the centre of the Earth…

The first in a series of Season Blogs, we get the inside story of what it's really like to work a winter season. In this introductory post, Ian Fehler and his wife prove that it's not just 18 year old gap year students who can enjoy ski resort life...

Do you call yourself a snowboarder? Yes? So you snowboard for a living? Or do you have all the gear and no idea? What the hell is a snowboarder anyway? SnowSphere takes a look at the reality behind the label...

Join SnowSphere as we head south for an African snowboarding adventure featuring a one legged taxi driver and a number of mules in Morocco's Atlas mountains...

Whether it's whiskey from a hip flask, smoking green in the gondola, or snorting lines of white powder, snowboarders and skiers have been known to dabble whilst on the slopes. We take a look at booze and recreational drugs in snow sports and question the wisdom of their use...

Want to hit the beach after boarding? Fancy some sand with your snow? Rob Gray of Beach and Board Breaks introduces a hot new concept to a cool winter holiday - Viva Espana!

Ever dreamed of travelling the world to teach snowboarding or skiing for a living? Fancy a break from the nine to five, or need a change of direction? Perhaps you just want to add another string to your snow cannon? We hooked up with Rupert Taylor, founder of Nonstop Adventure to find out how...

Canadian pro-skier, Chris Mansbridge pays tribute to his heroes and takes us on the final pilgrimage of his skiing career; France's famed "Cosmique Colouir"...

Q: What do you do when it's so cold your balls are the size of dry roasted peanuts, yet it's still not snowing?
A: You make your own.

Gregg Blanchard of Second Nature Snow Making shows us how to get our hands on the white stuff even when Missie Nature ain't coughing up...

Don't Fukui with us! We're local. SnowSphere hooks up with the Mixture Crew, a posse of Japanese skiers, snowboarders and skaters to discuss global warming, tree spirits and the world's longest rail...

From Chamonix to Zermatt with over 5500m of ascent, crossing 17 glaciers and 10 cols, the Haute Route takes you through some of the most remote, untouched scenery in The Alps and is a snowboard-mountaineering must...