312: Rachael Oakes-Ash, Founder Snowsbest.com

About this episode

An interview with Rachael Oakes-Ash, founder of Snowsbest.com, discussing her experiences in snowsports and promoting women in the industry.

Today’s special episode is an interview with Rachael Oakes-Ash – founder of the Southern Hemisphere’s leading snowsports website, Snowsbest.com . Rachael – aka Miss Snow It All – is also a best-selling author, publicist, documentary producer, social media guru and podcaster. In this interview, we speak about her experiences reporting from the Winter Olympics in Italy, raising $200,000 for Snow Aid Australia, her work to promote women in the snow industry and her journey from novice to ski expert. This episode is the latest in an ongoing series of interviews with high-achieving women in the world of snowsports. Previous episodes in this series have included conversations with Vicky Gosling, CEO of GB Snowsport, BBC Ski Sunday’s Chemmy Alcott, the first person to ski the seven summits, Kit DesLauriers, founder of YSE Ski, Fiona Easdale, as well as the Team GB freestyle skiers Zoe Atkin and Kirsty Muir. SHOW NOTES Winter Olympics mention-itis (2:30) Comparing Livigno with Pyeongchang in 2018 (4:30) Empty slopes in Livigno (7:30) Working alongside Team Australia (10:00) Why were Australia so successful at the Winter Olympics? (14:00) Working with Dame Edna Everage (17:00) In 2000…

People in this episode

Guest: Rachael Oakes-Ash

Topics covered

• snowsports
• women in sports
• Winter Olympics
• skiing
• interviews

Keywords

• Rachael Oakes-Ash
• Snowsbest.com
• Winter Olympics
• women in snow sports
• ski expert

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Snowsbest.com, Snow Aid Australia, Team Australia

Books & works: Good Girls Do Swallow, Anything she can do, I can do better

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