The International Olympic Committee has officially begun its search for the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
“National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have been invited to submit the name of a city within their jurisdiction as an applicant to host the Games in a little under nine years’ time,” the IOC said in a statement. (reuters)
Potential bids [...]
There comes a point in your life where you think, “perhaps I’m a little too old for this”. That time when you stop playing with your Transformer toys once your voice starts to break. Or that time when you stop taking your Cabbage Patch Doll to bed (shudder). Or even that time you wake up [...]
The impending launch of the 2009/10 brochures for Crystal Ski and Crystal Finest has brought an air of nostalgia here at ski buzz. Indeed, a recent clean up uncovered some old brochures, the oldest being 27 years old. Once we blew the dust from front cover of the 82/83 edition, we were, let’s say, dazzled. [...]
Not content with creating robots who dance better than us, engineers in Japan have developed a robot to better identify joint motions when turning on the slopes. To keep the experiment realistic, engineers at Kanazawa University attached the two legged robot with skiis at one end and a “large waist” at the other. The state [...]
From trying out the latest skiing gear at exclusive test camps in Tignes, to snow-heads “tubing their rides” – not to be confused with any kind of snow equipment pimping – check out this weeks snow news roundup.
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THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES
New Six Seater Chairlift Leads Courchevel News [...]
