AUSTIN TONER
STORIES FROM INSIDE SNOW CULTURE.
Austin Toner has spent more than 20 years working, skiing and building a life across the Australian and Japanese snow industries.
From Falls Creek and the French Alps to Niseko and Hakuba, his stories explore the people, places and questionable decisions that shaped that journey.
SNOWACTION CONTRIBUTOR • PODCAST HOST • INDUSTRY INSIDER
PUBLISHED IN SNOWACTION
Long-form stories from more than two decades inside snow culture - written with lived experience, industry knowledge and Austin’s characteristically unfiltered perspective.
SNOWACTION • 4 SEPTEMBER 2026
WORDS & IMAGES: AUSTIN TONER
WHATEVER IT TOOK
A season in the French Alps was supposed to be the dream. Instead, it showed Austin why Japan had become home - and why he was determined to get back.
SNOWACTION • 29 JULY 2026
WORDS & IMAGES: AUSTIN TONER
WHY WE ALL KEEP GOING BACK TO JAPAN
Austin reflects on two decades of Japanese winters - from credit-card-fuelled season life and secret powder stashes to building a home, family and career in Hakuba.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
SNOWACTION ARCHIVE • 5 NOVEMBER 2021 • FEATURING AUSTIN TONER
CORTINA: HAKUBA TREE-SKIING HEAVEN
SnowAction sent its 2013 J Team—Austin Toner and Sam Perry—to explore Cortina’s tree skiing, sidecountry and deep Hakuba powder, with photography and reporting by Matt Hull.
GUESTS, MEDIA & PARTNERSHIPS
WORK WITH AUSTIN & THE SHOW.
For guest pitches, media interviews, speaking opportunities, collaborations or commercial partnerships involving Austin Toner or Only Friends on a Pow Day, contact producer Elyshia Toner.