How athletes can improve their brain power with food – Contributing article If you’re a hard-working athlete, it’s not uncommon to experience symptoms like mental fatigue, irritability, low mood or even poor memory...
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Sports Injury Recovery: Ten tips to reduce healing time
How to reduce healing time from sports injuries Sports Injuries suck! There is no way around it. When you are doing what you love and hear that pop, feel that snap, or sense that first shooting pain, it’s hard to know what hurts...
Diet Culture: The pressure on female athletes to be thin
Diet culture is so deeply entrenched in American society that it’s easy to miss It Have you ever been so far inside something that you couldn’t see you were even in it? After living the majority of two years in...
Patagonia Provisions Review – Delicious organic camp food for adventures
Patagonia Provisions are making healthy, organic camp food! Yup, you read that right. Patagonia, the awesome company leading the charge for sustainable production, fair trade, supporting grassroots environmental causes and...
Ski mountaineer Kit Deslauriers’ superfood turmeric tea recipe
Superfood turmeric tea Top performing mountaineer Kit Deslauriers is all about the turmeric, and for good reason Kit Deslauriers is a bad-ass American ski-mountaineer. She was the first person to ski down the Seven Summits...
Big wave surfer Ian Walsh shares his intense morning smoothie recipe
Ian Walsh’s HANAH morning smoothie This was originally published on HANAH‘s website – ingredients of many top athletes. I watched this smoothie recipe and couldn’t believe he actually eats all that...
Subscription Food Boxes – Are they worth it?
Dinner at your door – A guest post by Laurie Guthrie There has been a lot of hype lately around subscription food boxes. Touted as the new way to help save you time or money and keep your healthy meal plan in check...
Healthy eating on a budget – 8 tricks & tips to save money
Heathy eating on a budget You know the many benefits of eating healthy? Well now the challenge is to apply that knowledge to your monthly food budget. Health food supplements and eating organic is expensive but there are...
Pro kiteboarder Sensi Graves chocolate cherry smoothie recipe
OMG! This smoothie recipe looks delicious. Sensi Graves is a ripper kiteboarder as well as the owner of the fabulous swimwear company Sensi Grave bikinis. Still Stoked got to test Sensi’s awesome bikinis out in Costa Rica...
20 questions with Tarnea O’Meara – Surf idols, recipes & rituals
Tarnea O’Meara is a professional surfer from the Sunshine Coast, Australia. She is currently competing on the World Qualifying Series (WQS) for a spot on the Championship Tour (CT). After the WQS event in El...
Pro Snowboarder Helen Schettini’s daily green smoothie recipe
Helen Schettini is a pro snowboarder from Whistler, Canada. Passionate about nutrition and giving her body what it needs to perform a high level, this green smoothie recipe is one of her go-to daily meals. After sharing...
Surf fitness and exercises with pro surfer Paige Hareb
Paige Hareb is a professional surfer from New Zealand with an wicked sense of humour and envious, globe trotting lifestyle on all the best waves. We met through the Girl Surf Network and ran a small riot in Manly, during...
Silvia Mittermüller’s YOLOwich sandwich recipe – so many veggies!
Following on from our great interview with pro snowboarder Silvia Mittermüller on her GMO-free, mindful vegetarian diet, Silvia shared a few of her fav recipes with us. One of her go-meals in addition to her pumpkin soup...
Silvia Mittermüller’s pumpkin soup recipe
Silvia Mittermüller is a pro snowboarder from Germany that maintains a super healthy, GMO-free, clean, vegetarian diet. She shared her thoughts on the importance of maintaining a mindful, conscious and healthy diet on a...
Be A Good Human – Silvia Mittermüller on her clean, GMO-free diet
When I was younger, I used to watch these snowboard edits from this European crew called iSenSeven. There was this one chick, Silvia Mittermüller, that got a section in these films. She RIPPED! Over the years, through...
A protein-packed cauliflower rice recipe from snowboarder Helen Schettini
After breaking her legs 3 years in a row, Helen Schettini looked deep into her diet and nutrition for answers. She shared her experience and advice for healthy eating with Still Stoked in a previous interview and was super...
Pro snowboarder Helen Schettini dicusses the link between diet & injury
The relationship between injury and poor nutrition, a healthy diet and athlete staying power; Helen Schettini knows a thing or two about both these things. After breaking her legs three times over three consecutive...
High protein Mexican black bean recipe with tomato, avocado and onion
Who says you can’t eat healthily on a budget? It is totally possible and not to mention delicious, you just need to get a few good, go-to recipes. This cheap and healthy black bean recipe has been a staple of mine...
What does Ronda Rousey eat in one day?
We are big fans of Ronda Rousey. Not only because she is a huge inspiration with her achievements in UFC, but because she actively promotes women in sport, a positive body image for athletes, and a healthy/normal lifestyle...
The importance of Vitamin C for ligament repair
Injured? Get clued up on Vitamin C. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), is a vitamin that you need a constant supply of. Being a water soluble vitamin, left over amounts not used by your body end up in the toilet water. It is...
Your protein diet needs when training
Getting ready for winter involves a lot of training and strength work. You need to be ready for long days riding and more importantly, ensure your body is injury proof. I am even more focused and motivated to get strong for...
Ultimate protein balls recipe: Almonds, cashews, chia, cacao, dates and more
By far, my FAVOURITE protein balls recipe! These little babies are an AWESOME, healthy snack and an excellent nutrient-dense food to take with you backcountry skiing, or on any expedition when you need an instant, healthy...
Healthy California Chicken – Easy chicken recipe with peaches
My grandma’s recipe :-) This is a really easy chicken recipe to make in large batches. At the top of the week I’ll cook this up and portion out and freeze it for easy post-gym meals. It’s also a really...
Pro wakeboarder Angelika Schriber shares her breakfast omelette recipe
Pro wakeboarder Angelika Schriber not only kills it wakeboarding, but also in the kitchen! If her wakeboard accomplishments aren’t reason enough to want to know more about her athlete diet, check out how fit her body...
Day in the Life – Snowboarder Christy Prior talks nutrition, training and yoga
The diet and fitness of one of snowboarding’s leading ladies, Christy Prior. Being a professional snowboarder requires so much more than just time on snow. New Zealand snowboarder and mega shredder Christy...
Life Hack: Make your own yogurt in a jar
This is a sponsored post on behalf of EasiYo Yogurt. I’m not much of a dairy farmer. In fact recently I haven’t even been much of an eater, let alone cooking anything that requires effort. When the opportunity...
Roast Tomato Soup Recipe with Chorizo and Lentils
Soups go a long way! I am a huge fan of soups. Not only are they easy to make but they are great to freeze in batches for future meals as well as light on the tummy for late night dinners (why is yoga class at...
Healthy Avocado Hummus Recipe with Zucchini
Working with Australian supermarket chain Woolworths last year on creating awesome recipes for their YouTube channel, I got to work with an amazing food team that came up with some DELICIOUS recipes. A few definitely stuck...
Bone Broth Recipe: How to make it and why it is good for you
When injury strikes, I look immediately to my diet to help heal ligaments, tendons and bones. Bone broth has been, and is consistently recommended to me by trainers, nutritionists and other athletes as something...
Wakeboarding’s Golden Girl – Angelika Schriber on competing, diet & new tricks!
Personally, I’m a terrible wake park rider. I always knock myself out on the corners! Angelika Schriber on the other hand has it dialled. She has been killing it on the wake park scene for quite sometime. What she...
How to prepare for a long haul flight
Tips for a long haul flight Like every other English chick living in Australia, we tend to fly home on the regular. Next week is my mum’s 60th birthday and two of my best friends are getting married. I personally...
How to make a green juice recipe
Juicing is a great way of consuming lots of heathy fruits and vegetables without having to overload or chew on them for days. In a way juicing helps relax your gut because of the way juicers separate the liquid from the...
Clean & healthy chicken soup recipe with spinach, leeks & yummy goodness!
There is nothing quite like a delicious, protein-filled chicken soup! Pro surfer and fitness inspiration Sally Fitzgibbons makes sure she has a batch made up at the beginning of the week so she can have a bowl mid-morning...
Sally Fitzgibbons – The fitness, workout and diet of a champion surfer
Sally is a remarkable role model for anyone chasing their dreams – Layne Beachley, 7-time ASP World Champion Sally Fitzgibbons is one of, if not THE fittest surfer on the women’s professional surf tour. She has been...
Snowboarder Travis Rice shares his diet, fitness tips, hydration and yoga
Travis Rice talks about fitness and longevity in snowboarding Snowboarder Travis Rice is one of, if not the best snowboarder in the world. Known for his film work with Red Bull Media House and Brain Farm to produce...
Injury Sucks: The best food & vitamins for ligament repair
Are you injured? Get the best vitamins for ligament repair Find out what to eat for a ligament injury and make sure you get the best vitamins for ligament repair I’m in a moon boot. The physio says I can’t move...
Surfer Girl Hair – 10 foods you need to eat for healthy hair
What to eat for luscious, surfer girl hair We all want surfer girl hair that’s healthy. Long, shiny, glistening locks. Hair that can withstand the beating of the sun and saltwater. Sure there are products you can use...
Green juice recipes made easy
Delicious Green Juice Recipes Being healthy is not supposed to be hard. It’s our natural state. I used to question one of my best friends; Xanthe, when she drank green juices. Why would you eat something you don’t like the...
Kelly Slater Diet – Nutrition & sustainable living
Kelly Slater Diet – a key driver of his success? At 42 years old and still dominating the World Surfing tour, Kelly remains an outspoken advocate for healthy eating, clean living and sustainable choices. ...