7th April 2021
The former GB ski racer who was unceremoniously sacked as secretary General of FIS now wants to be elected to the top job. She has put her name forward as a candidate in the June election.
6th April 2021
Valentino Guseli from Australia has jumped 7.3 metres from the superpipe in Laax in Switzerland. He breaks the previous record of 7 metres set in 2010 by the American multiple Olympic champion and snowboarding legend, Shaun White.
2nd April 2021
The UK snowsports industry wants to hear from you. The national governing bodies are gathering information to try to improve diversity and inclusivity.
1st April 2021
The head of the International Ski Federation has given his thanks for a competitive season which saw 300 World Cup events take place, despite the problems posed by Covid-19. He has praised the ‘entire ski family’ for its efforts.
25th March 2021
Most of us may not have set foot on the slopes this winter but skiers and snowboarders representing Great Britain have been doing their country proud. PlanetSKI reviews the season.
24th March 2021
40-year old Julie Pomagalski has died in an avalanche in Switzerland. She was a two time Olympian and granddaughter of Jean Pomagalski, who invented the first ski lift in 1934.
24th March 2021
The Swedish Olympic Committee President, Mats Årjes, has put his hat in the ring for the top job. His fellow Swede, the billionaire Johan Eliasch, was nominated by GB Snowsport last year. The Swiss Ski President, Urs Lehmann, is also in the contest.
20th March 2021
The 16-year-old is the new star of GB Park & Pipe. She’s picked up her first World Cup medal, coming second in the ski slopestyle at Aspen in Colorado. It’s only her fourth World Cup competition.
20th March 2021
Today is the last day to cast your choice between two potential emblems for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Which do you prefer?
18th March 2021
The World Titles are up for grabs and there’s fresh powder snow for the final of the FWT 2021 this week. There’s a Brit in the final and Cody Bramwell has already stood on top of the podium this season. The event is now set for Tuesday 23rd. UPDATED
15th March 2021
There have been some stellar performances from Great Britain’s top skiers and snowboarders, with a host of personal bests and a World Championships medal.
8th March 2021
There is a host of world class freestyle action this week with a World Champion and two Olympic medallists representing Britain. You can follow it all live on the BBC if you are in the UK. UPDATED
8th March 2021
The 25-year old US skier was speaking to CNN Sport ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. China has been heavily criticised for its record on human rights.
5th March 2021
Her win in the World Cup event in Bakuriani in Georgia comes after she was crowned World Champion last month. Bankes remains a strong contender for an Olympic medal next year. Check out the video of her thrilling run as she comes from behind to win on the line. UPDATED
3rd March 2021
The Ski Sunday presenter and GB former alpine racer has been subjected to personal abuse on social media. Her co-presenter Ed Leigh described the comments as ‘vile’.
24th February 2021
The BBC presenter has revealed he had surgery three weeks ago after badly smashing his knee in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland. He carried on with the job and kept the injury from viewers.
22nd February 2021
Ordino-Arcalis in Andorra s hosting back to back FWT contests with the second stop taking place just five days after the opener. Can British snowboarder Cody Bramwell take another win? NEW
20th February 2021
Cody Bramwell took top spot in the first edition of this season’s Freeride World Tour in Arcalis in Andorra. Check out the video of his winning run.
20th February 2021
The men’s race director, Markus Waldner, received death threats following the parallel giant slaloms at the Cortina Alpine skiing world championships.
18th February 2021
The FWT is set to get under way in Andorra with some of the world’s best freeriders. The season opener is scheduled to take place this Friday, 19th February. LIVE BROADCAST ENDED
11th February 2021
Charlotte Bankes takes gold in Sweden. She used to compete for France but then switched to the British team. Checkout the video of her winning run in a very tight finish.
8th February 2021
An 18-year-old British bobsleigh athlete has been accepted on a mentoring programme thanks to funding from a sponsor of The Ellie Soutter Foundation.
6th February 2021
The racing in Cortina d’Ampezzo should have begun on Monday, then Tuesday and then Wednesday. Bad weather has wreaked havoc on the first few days of the Championships. Competition has now started and it’s on the BBC. UPDATED
4th February 2021
In exactly one year’s time the Beijing Winter Olympics begin. Team GB has its best ever medals prospect as it continues its quest to become a Top 5 snowsport nation by 2030. Which skiers & snowboarders are our hopes pinned on?
4th February 2021
The countdown is on to the next Winter Olympic Games that starts on February 4th 2022. Activities today are being done mainly online & digitally in these Covid-19 times. We examine how Beijing was awarded the Games and what they may may look like.
31st January 2021
She was competing in the ski slopestyle in Aspen, Colorado. She was taken to hospital after a crash on her 4th run but is none the worse for the accident. NEW
26th January 2021
The biggest event in the freestyle calendar kicks off on Friday and four Brits will be flying the flag for Britain. The Canadian, Mark McMorris, is out of the event after testing positive for Covid-19. He is the most decorated Winter X Games athlete of all time. UPDATED
26th January 2021
The Rocket was back in action in the Schladming night slalom. It was a surreal event without the crowds and heavy snow was falling. It wasn’t to be for Dave Ryding but some fabulous skiing was on display and it cast our mind back to this time last year. UPDATED
20th January 2021
He is Britain’s most successful speed skier in recent history and a world record holder. Jan Farrell has announced he’s hanging up his skis after 10 years at the top.
16th January 2021
The GB skier Dave Ryding came 7th in the rearranged slalom in Flachau in Austria. He goes again on Sunday.
15th January 2021
It comes after an outbreak in the linked Austrian ski resort of Jochberg as the Hahnenkamm races approach. NEW
11th January 2021
One of the most anticipated World Cup alpine racing meetings of the ski season has been called off. There’s been an increase of cases of coronavirus in the Swiss resort many traced back to a single British visitor with the mutated strain of the virus.
10th January 2021
It’s back on TV & for most of us it is likely to be the closest we get to skiing anytime soon. Our editor, James Cove, can’t remember the last time he saw the programme recently as he’s always out in the Alps away from TVs. He did though see its very first episode back in 1978. So, what did he make of it?
10th January 2021
GB’s No 1 racer puts in one of his trademark second run charges to take 3rd place. He confirms himself as our greatest ski racer ever and congratulations continue to pour in.
8th January 2021
The slopes have been illuminated to mark the occasion as the countdown moves into its final stage. It is set to be the main event of the alpine ski racing calendar this winter and a dress rehearsal for the 2026 Olympics.
24th December 2020
Two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug is as famous in his country as David Beckham is in the UK. He drove at speeds of 125mph in his Jaguar and filmed the episode on his phone.
21st December 2020
The British number one produced a solid performance to make the top 10 in his first World Cup outing of the 2020-21 season in Italy on Monday. He was unable to match that in race two on Tuesday, finishing just outside the top 20.
16th December 2020
It’s the best ever result for a GB nordic skier and follows his bronze last weekend. And our best alpine skier Dave Ryding has started his season well with a top 10.
12th December 2020
Andrew Young is on the podium in Davos Switzerland in a World Cup cross country sprint race.
3rd December 2020
The Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish cross country ski teams have all been withdrawn from the next two World Cup events.
19th November 2020
The ski and snowboard programme for 2020-21 has suffered more disruption for both Covid-19 and weather-related reasons. But there’s some good news too. UPDATED
16th November 2020
The International Olympic Committee has said the planned international test events that were scheduled to place in the 2021 season will not now take place. NEW
5th November 2020
It comes as no great surprise given international travel restrictions. The organisers say they will re-schedule the events to Europe, but question marks remain over whether the FWT will take place at all.
17th October 2020
It had been long anticipated and well planned – the opening of the racing season. New names made the podium, but it was very different with no spectators & Covid-19 restrictions in place.
15th October 2020
Tignes and Les2Alpes opened their glaciers on Saturday as the first World Cup ski races took place in Soelden Austria. It will be a winter season like no other as skiing & snowboarding continues to get underway.
11th October 2020
Mikaela Shiffrin has injured her back and will miss the opening race in Soelden, Austria, this week.
3rd October 2020
It saw off the challenges from Crans-Montana in Switzerland, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany 2025. Trondheim in Norway is awarded the Nordic Championships unopposed.
18th September 2020
The International Ski Federation has finalised the details for this winter’s World Cup alpine races with a host of changes made due to Covid-19.
18th September 2020
The two ski jumping hills to be used at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games are nearing completion and will be used for two World Cup events in February.
16th September 2020
Skiing and snowboarding are often seen as high-risk and injury prone sports. Apparently they are less risky than football, rugby, tennis, cycling and, er golf.
2nd September 2020
The park and pipe skiers and snowboarders who will represent Great Britain in 2020-21 have been announced and three Winter Olympic medallists are among them.
29th August 2020
Once again the mountain stages will be fascinating but it will be strange without the crowds. And costly for the resorts as they loose out on valuable income.
25th August 2020
One of the biggest names in snowboarding, Iouri Podladtchikov, aka I-Pod, has dropped into the halfpipe for the last time as a competitor. Thanks for the memories…
23rd August 2020
The Alpine World Cup skiing events have all been cancelled, but what about other disciplines? Apart from the World Cup there’s the small matter of the Dew Tour and the X-Games. The Burton Snowboarding Championships were called off a while back.
17th August 2020
There’s not much of it around so it’s great to see some fabulous photos and video footage coming out of New Zealand. The Obsidian team event that is replacing the 2020 Winter Games NZ looks like it’s delivering.
17th August 2020
The retired skier Petter Northug is one of Norway’s most famous athletes with multiple World and Olympic titles to his name. The drugs were found after he was stopped for speeding and police searched his home.
4th August 2020
The International Ski Federation has sent technical staff to venues due to host World Cup ski and snowboard events next winter. NEW
4th August 2020
It will be one of the first snowsports competitions in the world to be held in the pandemic and will have social distancing measures in place.
3rd August 2020
A new snowsports event will be held in New Zealand this month in place of the Winter Games NZ, which usually attracts stars from across the globe.
24th July 2020
In June 2019 the International Ski Federation decided to make the change. Things are moving forwards and nearing completion.
