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One of the true pioneers and legends in British ski racing has passed away. Konrad Bartelski remembers Stuart Fitzsimmons.

Following a 2018/19 season with some podium performances, this season’s GB Parasnowsport squads have been selected.

A favourite wins the men’s race but the women’s GS race saw a surprise as the usualy all-conquering Mikaela Shiffren came second.

That’s the record prize money that will be awarded to the winners of the Hahnenkamm races next season in Kitzbuhel.

The Snowsport England initiative to get people to try skiing or snowboarding is back. It’s underway this month.

The International Ski Federation has had joined the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework and made it part of its sustainability policy.

Crowds of volunteers were sprayed at a test event in Japan. Snow guns may be used to keep people cool at next summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

They are no strangers at the Winter Games but are to be tested & perhaps deployed at the Summer Games Tokyo 2020.

A UK police force is paying for youngsters to have ski or snowboard lessons in a bid to deter them from crime.

GB Snowsport is looking for an athlete who could join the GB Para Snowboard programme.

Alpine racing has lost one of its very best as one of the greatest of all time hangs up his skis. PlanetSKI looks back.

The 30-year old is one of the greatest ski racers of all time and he has called premature time on his career.

She stood on top of the podium at the Winter Games NZ for the second day in a row. It follows other medals for Great Britain.

One of the greatest ski racers of all time is reportedly about to call it a day. He’ill make an announcement this evening on TV.

Zoe Atkin was on the podium in the Women’s Freeski event at the World Cup in Cardrona, New Zealand.

GB’s No1 female snowboarder Katie Ormerod made her long-awaited return in the Big Air in New Zealand. It could hardly have turned out better.

First, we brought news that GB’s top skiers were competing in a World Championships. Now the results and some fab photos.

Nearly 40 skiers & snowboarders will compete for Britain in Park & Pipe events in 2019-20. And some big names are back.

The Chinese Ski Association has formed a new Roller Skiing Development Committee as the sport catches the imagination of the country.

These two Brits are world champion skiers: water skiers, that is. And they’re in action in the World Championships this week.

After her life-threatening blood clot, GB freeskier Madi Rowlands has suffered another setback. She’s lost her main clothing sponsor.

It all starts later this month and the countdown is underway. International snowboarding competitions in the Winter Games NZ.

Eight-time world champion Marcel Hirscher has cancelled a press conference as his future remains uncertain. PlanetSKI reports.

Athletes should be given greater voice & culture must change’. So a report tells the US Olympic Committee.

PlanetSKI looks at the luke warm bidding process that led to the 2026 Games going to Italy. It’s been a long & hard road for the IOC.

The bid from Milan-Cortina has triumphed. It beat Stockholm-Ã…re in Sweden to host the next but one Winter Games.

GB’s golden Paralympic girls are training on a tandem to tackle the Yorkshire 2019 Para-cycling International in September.

The decision is made today for the host city for the next but one Winter Games. Will they be held in Italy or Sweden? PlanetSKI reports. UPDATED

FIS has started a campaign to introduce the venues and promote interest with the countdown under way to 2022.

The three Swedish regions which will host events if Stockholm-Ã…re is awarded the 2026 Winter Games have backed the bid publicly for the first time.

Seven years after her death, freestyle skier Sarah Burke’s legacy lives on as another young skier wins a scholarship in her name.

The skiers who will be in Britain’s squads next season have been announced. So who’s in?

Winter’s over and it’s officially the best in terms of results for British skiers and snowboarders.

14-year-old freestyler Kirsty Muir is on the podium for the second time at the Junior World Championships. Bronze in the Big Air adds to Slopestyle silver.

Winter Olympics hero Billy Morgan celebrates his 30th birthday on top of the podium after more than a year’s break from competition since his Big Air bronze in Pyeongchang

It follows the arrest of 5 athletes at the Seefeld World Championships as investigations continue.

Police claim to have broken an ‘internationally active doping network’. PlanetSKI reports from Seefeld. UPDATED

GB’s Dave Ryding has a good record in the parallel slalom knockout format but it wasn’t to be in Sweden on Tuesday night.

British snowsports athletes have clocked up a series of strong results as World Championships season continues.

It’s his best result at a World Championships and is thanks to a brilliant second run after a disappointing first.

Telemark skier Jasmin Taylor has clocked up her 29th podium, equalling the all-time British record.

A campaign to save one of the oldest dry ski slopes from closure has suffered a setback. The council wants to build houses on the site.

In a recent social media post the greatest current female skier outlines her philosophy. We re-produce it here.

The greatest female skier of all time has ended her career on the podium in a fairytale finish. PlanetSKI pays tribute & looks ahead to her future.

GB skier James ‘Woodsy’ Woods has taken the title in ski slopestyle at the Freestyle World Championships in Utah.

Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the Super G as her career ends at 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden.

At the Freestyle World Championships Charlotte Bankes won silver and Izzy Atkin bronze. Watch the video of their medal-winning runs.

The Queen of Speed hangs up her race skis after the World Championships in Sweden next week.

It is early days but a look at the results being clocked up by British skiers and snowboarders show the dream is still on.

More than 150 girls from 36 schools have taken part in the 60th edition of the British Schoolgirls Races in Flaine.

The British team of young winter athletes for Sarajevo 2019 is dominated by skiers and snowboarders.

Menna Fitzpatrick & guide Jen Kehoe have gold in the Super G to go with their downhill victory at the Para Alpine Worlds.

GB Snowsport has announced its squad for the World Championships which begin in Utah this week.