Ski Blog » Uncategorized http://ski-buzz.co.uk Latest ski & snowboard news Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:28:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Craving a real adrenaline rush this winter? Salomon Grom Camps land in Tignes http://ski-buzz.co.uk/2010/09/21/solomon-grom-camps-goes-european-%e2%80%93-the-no-1-freestyle-skiing-camp/ http://ski-buzz.co.uk/2010/09/21/solomon-grom-camps-goes-european-%e2%80%93-the-no-1-freestyle-skiing-camp/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:14:19 +0000 admin http://ski-buzz.co.uk/?p=9127 Freestyle Skier on Grom Camp

We’ve all been skiing with one of ‘those skiers’. They never really push themselves, definitely don’t do anything off piste and never give you the impression they’re on the slopes for the love of fresh powder. They’re usually the…

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The S.A.T.A (ski lift company) which runs the lifts and maintains the pistes at Alpe d’Huez has earned three separate levels of certification for its service management.

The company is now certified in terms of quality (ISO 9001), as…

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Red Mountain resort in British Columbia as announced it will be investing more than $5 million in two projects: the revitalization of the resort’s 110 year-old day lodge and the second phase of its accommodation development at the base…

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More than 15,000 people have signed a petition organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), calling for an end to heli-skiing in Switzerland.

The group report that more than 15,000 heliski flights a year take place taking skiers…

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Whistler Blackcomb’s Crud 2 Mud race is back this month to celebrate the “transition season” mixing the end of the ski and snowboard season with the start of the bike season.

The event will be staged on May 22nd,…

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Want to know what’s happening on the slopes, you read snowboard blogs. Looking for advice on where to go this winter, snowboard blogs can help. What’s the best new iPhone snowboarding app? Check out a snowboarder’s blog.

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There are more signs that lift construction in the US is picking up ahead of winter 2010-11 after very little new construction took place last summer.

The Summit at Snoqualmie located in the Cascade mountains located country’s northwest will…

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Momentum Ski Camps will feature some of the world’s best skiers coaching at their summer ski camp at Whistler Blackcomb in Canada.  2010 Olympic Freestyle Skier Alex Bilodeau, the first Canadian to win a gold medal on home soil,…

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The 1984 Winter Olympic venue of Sarajevo which became a war zone in the 1990s during the Balkan conflict has at last seen an upgrade to its lift network.

The ski area of Jahorina, which is located in the…

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Four college students have been jailed in South Dakota, USA for using forged lift passes for the local ski hill.

The four, all aged 21 or 22, and studying engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and  Technology,…

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