Episode two of the new Aussie snow chat show with Chillfactor editor Reggae Elliss and Ain't That Swell's Vaughan Deadly ..read more

Here we go, the first episode of of Pow!Pow!Reggae, with Reggae Elliss and Vaughan Deadly, a new podcast covering all things white and cold in STRAYA! Is it any good? Well, if you take the 100% elite level knowledge of Australian snow culture Reggae has and combine it with the 0% knowledge of anything snow that Vaughan has, you have an average 50% something worth listening to - which is pretty bloody good, sort of ..read more

In this episode Reggae catches up a with mogul skier Matt Graham, one of Australia’s most successful snowsports athletes. Matt was just 15 years old when he competed in his first World Cup and since that time he has put together an impressive list of achievements that includes World Cup wins, World Championship medals and he is also a three-time Olympian and won the silver medal at the 2018 winter games in South Korea. Matt is about to head off for his 15th World Cup season and has no thoughts of retiring, his eyes firmly set on competing at his 4th Olympics in Milan in 2026 ..read more

In this episode Reggae's guest is Kiwi freeskier and 2022 Freeride World Champion Jess Hotter. Jess grew up in the small North Island town of Ohakune, skiing in nearby Turoa before moving to Wanaka for the NZ winter in 2017 and working as pro patroller at Treble Cone for 3 years. She also started competing in Freeride events chasing events and points in the northern hemisphere winters and qualified for the 2020 Freeride World Tour. Two years later Jess won three out of five events and was crowned world champion ..read more

Chris Benchetler - Reggae catches up with pro skier, artist film maker and designer Chris Benchetler by Freeskiing podcast by Chillfactor Magazine ..read more

In this episode Reggae chats with the legendary Glen Plake, freeskiier, ski mountaineer and an icon of the sport. Glen's a natural raconteur and this conversation covers growing up in Lake Tahoe, mogul skiing, his multiple ski film appearances, his strong connection with Australia, "extreme" skiing, Chamonix and more ..read more

Reggae's guest is Australian World Cup park skier Cameron Waddell, a born and bred Jindabyne local who grew up skiing Perisher from the age of two. Cam's competitive career started as a mogul skier but when he was 13 he followed his old brother Thomas into the Perisher park, started hitting the jumps and mogul skiing was done. 10 years later Cameron is our lone male skier on the FIS Freeski World Cup Tour and has been through the highs and lows of elite sport, now focussed on consistent top 10 finishes, his sights set on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy ..read more

In this episode Reggae Ellliss' guest is Kiwi Professional Freeskier and mountaineer Sam Smoothy who talks about life growing up in Wanaka, his path into big mountain skiing and filming and his next ambitious project to climb the highest peaks in New Zeland ..read more

Reggae Catches up with Andrea Binning, Australia's first internationally renowned big mountain skier, winner of the 2000 World Extreme Championships in Alaska who enjoyed a lengthy professional skiing career competing and filming in some of the biggest and steepest mountains in the world ..read more

Reggae's guest in this episode is Austrian/Australian professional freeskier and 2017 Freeride World Tour Champion Lorraine Huber. Lorraine was born in Austria but moved to Australia with her Australian mother when she was eight years old and grew up in Torquay and went to school in Geelong. So how does a girl from Torquay become Freeride World Champ? Well, every Christmas holidays Lorraine and her sister would head back to Austria to spend time with their father in Lech, a ski resort in The Arlberg where their dad was a ski instructor. Lorraine’s skiing developed every year and she also becam ..read more