30th August 2026
UK Sport withdrew the funding it directed through GB Snowpsort for elite athletes. It had lost confidence in GB Snowsport and chose to fund the athletes directly. NEW
28th August 2026
The world’s best alpine skiers & hopefully some GB racers will come together in the Swiss Alps to battle for World Championship glory across the full range of alpine disciplines from the 1st to 14th February, 2027. NEW
2nd August 2026
The New Zealand runner Sophie Woods became the fastest person to complete the 2,000km (1242-mile) Via Alpina ultramarathon beating both the men’s and women’s record.
12th July 2026
From ski gates to back-to-back Wimbledon champion. Jannik Sinner, once a rising talent on the slopes has done it again by defending his Wimbledon title. NEW
8th July 2026
Five Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympians, including gold medallists Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale, headline the GB Snowsport Moguls, Ski Cross, and Snowboard Cross World Cup squads for the 2026/27 season.
7th July 2026
Nordic Combined was at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924. Freeride emerged as a sport in the 1990s. UPDATED
3rd July 2026
GB Snowsport has confirmed the selection of thirteen World Cup squad athletes to compete in Nordic and Telemark competitions through the 2026/27 season. NEW
1st July 2026
Switzerland has hosted the Games twice and is bidding to follow the 2034 Winter Olympics set to be held in Salt Lake City.
26th June 2026
The Winter Olympics were followed by around 2.6 billion people worldwide, and the International Olympic Committee says it set new benchmarks in fan engagement.
25th June 2026
SkiMo has been officially included as an additional sport on the programme for the next Winter Olympics. The decision was taken by the 146th International Olympic Committee Session held in Lausanne.
25th June 2026
Two misdemeanor drug charges filed against former US Olympic skier and gold medalist Bode Miller have been dismissed. UPDATED
24th June 2026
The Olympic gold medalist and former World Cup champion was arrested in Idaho on drug-related charges, according to court documents. NEW
20th June 2026
Val d’Isere has been confirmed as the recommended host of some of the alpine skiing events at the next Winter Olympics in France. The other venues have been revealed.
20th June 2026
Some face the axe from France 2030 and new ones could be included as the IOC gathers this week to decide.
19th June 2026
The France Winter Olympics will have two official emblems built around the core creative concept of “a mountain revealed by light”. NEW
14th June 2026
It made its debut at the Milan-Cortina Games in 2026 and looks set to be included and expanded for France 2030.
11th June 2026
In a bitter election that has split the organisation down the middle Johan Eliasch has been ousted. It was the narrowest of margins: 65 to 64. UPDATED
8th June 2026
At stake is the very future of the body that governs elite snowsports. On Thursday a new President is due to be elected in a contest that has split FIS down the middle. Some fear the organisation may even break up. UPDATED
7th June 2026
There has been a move by some of the major ski nations to oust the current FIS President Johan Eliasch. Now the CEO has stepped down after reported disagreements with Eliasch.
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5th June 2026
Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher lost her life in a helicopter crash during a military training exercise in Sourton, near Okehampton, Devon on Wednesday. Tributes are being paid.
4th June 2026
As an ambassador he will engage with members of the Ski Club through its content, online talk and an indoor ski workshop.
4th June 2026
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation says Audi will continue as the title sponsor of the FIS Alpine World Cup and as an official partner of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
3rd June 2026
Nordic combined and snowboard parallel giant slalom face a battle to retain their Winter Olympic status for the 2030 Games in France. Freeride and Ice climbing may replace them.
27th May 2026
There are some new names in the Tenzing GB Snowsport Alpine World Cup, Europa Cup, and FIS Development squads for the 2026/27 season.
26th May 2026
He most recently worked as Men’s Alpine Head Coach for US Ski and Snowboard team from 2023-26. Tilston returns to British Alpine system having been Alpine Head Coach and Performance Director for a decade leading into the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. NEW
22nd May 2026
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation runs elite snowsport competition across the world and is in a bitter power struggle ahead of upcoming elections.
21st May 2026
31 year old Bartek Ziemski reached the summit of Everest and then skied back to Base Camp. He is only the second person to ski down Everest without bottled oxygen.
15th May 2026
The FIS Council has held its Spring Meetings in Portorož, Slovenia and decided on key steps for upcoming editions of the FIS World Championships.
11th May 2026
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup starts in Soelden in Austria in October and ends in March 2027, at the Finals in Sun Valley in the USA.
2nd May 2026
The end of every season is tinged with sadness as some much-loved faces ski off into the sunset.
26th April 2026
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation has invested heavily in its digital output and it appears to be paying off. NEW
24th April 2026
The incumbent, Johan Eliasch, has made many enemies in his five years in charge with four people now running against him. The head of GB Snowsport, Vikky Gosling, is in the heated election to run the International Ski & Snowboard Federation. UPDATED
19th April 2026
The Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won the most amoung the men with €741,254 (£645,372). The US skier, Mikaela Shiffrin, topped the women’s earnings with €615,167 (£535,595).
4th April 2026
He made sporting history earlier this year with Great Britain’s first Winter Olympics gold on snow. Huw Nightingale, Olympic Champion in the Mixed Team Snowboard Cross, has been speaking to PlanetSKI about that magic moment and how he wants to inspire young snowsport enthusiasts.
4th April 2026
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation that runs elite competition looks back at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup tour of 2025/26.
2nd April 2026
A new national competition for young British skiers and snowboarders has had its debut in the Austrian Alps. For the first time, the British Snowboard & Freeski Championships, The BRITS, held a separate contest for the under 12s and, for some kids, it was their first taste of real snow. PlanetSKI was there. UPDATED
29th March 2026
For the second successive year the British Snowboard & Freeski Championships – The BRITS – are being held in Mayrhofen. The action takes place this week, and there are some exciting new developments for 2026. PlanetSKI is slopeside.
28th March 2026
FIS Freeride World Tour by Peak Performance concludes with a final show at the 30th anniversary of the YETI Xtreme Verbier. NEW
24th March 2026
The YETI Xtreme Verbier set to crown the 2026 FIS Freeride World Tour Champions this weekend. UPDATED
24th March 2026
The Italian resort is hosting the longest giant slalom in the world. World Cup stars, ski legends, young talents and amateurs battle it out in the Dolomites.
19th March 2026
Great Britain’s Carrick-Smith brothers are gearing up for their final ski races of the season. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster with mixed fortunes at the Junior World Championships.
17th March 2026
GB Snowsport athletes are competing in FIS and Snow League competitions this week. We also report results from key FIS competitions last week.
10th March 2026
Check out the GB Snowsport athletes competing in FIS competitions for the week commencing 9th March 2026. NEW
9th March 2026
British Winter Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Bankes claimed victory in the women’s snowboard cross at the World Cup event in Erzurum, Turkey.
6th March 2026
The country only had one athlete who was due to participate, cross-country skier, Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei. NEW
4th March 2026
Russia’s exile from world sports events ends as its athletes compete under their national flag despite its war with Ukraine. Many countries boycotted the Opening Ceremony and it has over-shadowed the start of the Games. UPDATED
4th March 2026
As the 2026 Winter Paralympics starts this weekend the US/Israeli attack on Iran continues with conflict spreading across the Middle East. UPDATED
3rd March 2026
The International Paralympic Committee is closely monitoring the situation unfolding in the Middle East and assessing potential repercussions for the Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy. NEW
26th February 2026
Snowsports events accounted for nearly half of all medals awarded at the Milan-Cortina Games. The International Ski & Snowboard Federation is hailing it a triumph. NEW
22nd February 2026
It was GB’s most successful Winter Olympics with 3 Golds, 1 Silver and I Bronze. Our snowsport athletes delivered two and, though they should arguably have won more, there is much hope for the future.
22nd February 2026
It came in the ski halfpipe competition on the final day of the Games. It’s GB’s first ever Olympic medal in the halfpipe event and is the fifth for GB at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. NEW
16th February 2026
GB’s greatest alpine ski racer Dave Ryding has brought the curtain down on his long Winter Olympic career with 17th place in the slalom at the Milan-Cortina Games. It is his fifth Olympics. UPDATED
15th February 2026
It’s Team GB’s first ever Winter Olympic title on snow as they top the podium in the mixed snowboard cross.
5th February 2026
Team GB has some realistic medal chances and is hoping for its best ever Winter Olympics. Check out the PlanetSKI rolling Olympic blog. UPDATED
4th February 2026
Lindsey Vonn tore her ACL in a high speed downhill crash at a World Cup event in Crans-Montana last week. She has not ruled out taking part in next weekend’s Olympic Downhill in Italy. NEW
4th February 2026
The first ever FIS Freeride World Championships has taken place in Andorra. It marks a landmark moment for the sport of freeriding.
3rd February 2026
PlanetSKI was slopeside at the Swiss resort last weekend for the final World Cup races before the Winter Olympics get underway this week.
31st January 2026
Ordino-Arcalís in Andorra will hold the first-ever FIS Freeride World Championships on Tuesday. It is a landmark moment in the development of the sport of freeride. UPDATED
31st January 2026
Lindsey Vonn says her “Olympic dream is not over” after being airlifted to hospital following a crash in the World Cup downhill at Crans-Montana. The Winter Games start next weekend.
29th January 2026
Four weeks after the fatal fire in a bar at a New Year’s Eve party the resorts is hosting an alpine ski World Cup event ahead of the Olympics. Thoughts remain with those who died or were injured.
