In a week where the Winter Olympics came to an end, the main skiing news unsurprisingly came from the slopes and streets of Whistler Blackcomb and Vancouver. But, don’t despair. If after 2 weeks you’ve had enough of staying up late to watch another yet member of Team GB not make the podium (apart from [...]
A new study by the University of California Davis has determined that creating a ski run by clearing trees and foliage manually but leaving the underlying eco-system otherwise intact is better than using heavy machinery to re-grade the slope.
Rock slides blocking prominent alpine routes have become a prominent issue in the Alps. Due to global warming, the permafrost is unfreezing by degrees, giving way to a fast erosion of high peaks like the Swiss Matterhorn.
What is it? Freestyle ski/board event
Where is it? Tignes, France
When is it? March 10th-12th, 2010
So, the Winter X Games will finally land in Europe. It’s about time. But will the inaugural Winter X Games Europe be as good, if not better than, its transatlantic cousin? Of course it will be, so you better be there.
Panorama ski area in Canada’s British Columbia was sold for an undisclosed sum by former owners Intrawest recently.
The centre has a number of new initiatives for this year including the new Showoff Terrain Park alongside the Mile 1 Quad. This new freestyle terrain has quickly been rarted the biggest and best in the Rockies [...]
In a week where Amy Williams romped home with an Olympic gold medal, the rest of the world has been getting busy with all sorts of ski stuff. The snow leopard is ready to ski, Italy will welcome skiing soldiers to the World Winter Games and there’s another new iPhone ski app. It’s hard to [...]
