14th November 2019
WELCOME TO WINTER
The President of the International Ski Federation looks ahead to the competition season as winter approaches.
14th November 2019
The President of the International Ski Federation looks ahead to the competition season as winter approaches.
13th November 2019
One of the true pioneers and legends in British ski racing has passed away. Konrad Bartelski remembers Stuart Fitzsimmons.
1st November 2019
Following a 2018/19 season with some podium performances, this season’s GB Parasnowsport squads have been selected.
28th October 2019
If you have been watching the Rugby World Cup & been tempted, you’re not the only one. We look at the influence the tournament may have on skiing.
23rd October 2019
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.
17th October 2019
That’s the record prize money that will be awarded to the winners of the Hahnenkamm races next season in Kitzbuhel.
26th September 2019
The Snowsport England initiative to get people to try skiing or snowboarding is back. It’s underway this month.
26th September 2019
The International Ski Federation has had joined the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework and made it part of its sustainability policy.
15th September 2019
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.
8th September 2019
They are no strangers at the Winter Games but are to be tested & perhaps deployed at the Summer Games Tokyo 2020.
6th September 2019
A UK police force is paying for youngsters to have ski or snowboard lessons in a bid to deter them from crime.
6th September 2019
GB Snowsport is looking for an athlete who could join the GB Para Snowboard programme.
4th September 2019
Alpine racing has lost one of its very best as one of the greatest of all time hangs up his skis. PlanetSKI looks back.
4th September 2019
The 30-year old is one of the greatest ski racers of all time and he has called premature time on his career.
2nd September 2019
56-year old Blanca Fernandez Ochoa disappeared more than a week ago according to police. Officials said on Sunday that a black Mercedes A-Class car that Ms Fernandez was last…
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2nd September 2019
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.
30th August 2019
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.
28th August 2019
Zoe Atkin was on the podium in the Women’s Freeski event at the World Cup in Cardrona, New Zealand.
22nd August 2019
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.
19th August 2019
First, we brought news that GB’s top skiers were competing in a World Championships. Now the results and some fab photos.
19th August 2019
Nearly 40 skiers & snowboarders will compete for Britain in Park & Pipe events in 2019-20. And some big names are back.
14th August 2019
The Chinese Ski Association has formed a new Roller Skiing Development Committee as the sport catches the imagination of the country.
13th August 2019
These two Brits are world champion skiers: water skiers, that is. And they’re in action in the World Championships this week.
9th August 2019
After her life-threatening blood clot, GB freeskier Madi Rowlands has suffered another setback. She’s lost her main clothing sponsor.
1st August 2019
It all starts later this month and the countdown is underway. International snowboarding competitions in the Winter Games NZ.
27th July 2019
Eight-time world champion Marcel Hirscher has cancelled a press conference as his future remains uncertain. PlanetSKI reports.
25th July 2019
Ellie took her own life a year ago and a foundation in her name is supporting promising young athletes.
19th July 2019
Athletes should be given greater voice & culture must change’. So a report tells the US Olympic Committee.
25th June 2019
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.
24th June 2019
The bid from Milan-Cortina has triumphed. It beat Stockholm-Ã…re in Sweden to host the next but one Winter Games.
24th June 2019
GB’s golden Paralympic girls are training on a tandem to tackle the Yorkshire 2019 Para-cycling International in September.
20th June 2019
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
14th June 2019
FIS has started a campaign to introduce the venues and promote interest with the countdown under way to 2022.
13th June 2019
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.
11th June 2019
Seven years after her death, freestyle skier Sarah Burke’s legacy lives on as another young skier wins a scholarship in her name.
10th June 2019
The joint 2026 bid from Stockholm & Åre has reiterated its pledge to deliver the first climate-positive Winter Olympic Games.
9th June 2019
Sainsbury’s has apologised after refusing entry to a store in London to John Dickinson-Lilley. UPDATED
24th May 2019
The skiers who will be in Britain’s squads next season have been announced. So who’s in?
15th May 2019
A top GB snowboarder commited suicide. Now attention is being to being paid to the pressures as a national campaign is launched.
1st May 2019
Winter’s over and it’s officially the best in terms of results for British skiers and snowboarders.
9th April 2019
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.
8th April 2019
PlanetSKI meets up with some special people at the BRITS – the UK Armed Forces Snowsport & Parasnowsport teams.
22nd March 2019
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
21st March 2019
It follows the arrest of 5 athletes at the Seefeld World Championships as investigations continue.
27th February 2019
Police claim to have broken an ‘internationally active doping network’. PlanetSKI reports from Seefeld. UPDATED
19th February 2019
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.
18th February 2019
British snowsports athletes have clocked up a series of strong results as World Championships season continues.
17th February 2019
It’s his best result at a World Championships and is thanks to a brilliant second run after a disappointing first.
14th February 2019
Telemark skier Jasmin Taylor has clocked up her 29th podium, equalling the all-time British record.
13th February 2019
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.
11th February 2019
In a recent social media post the greatest current female skier outlines her philosophy. We re-produce it here.
10th February 2019
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.
7th February 2019
GB skier James ‘Woodsy’ Woods has taken the title in ski slopestyle at the Freestyle World Championships in Utah.
5th February 2019
Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the Super G as her career ends at 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden.
3rd February 2019
At the Freestyle World Championships Charlotte Bankes won silver and Izzy Atkin bronze. Watch the video of their medal-winning runs.
1st February 2019
The Queen of Speed hangs up her race skis after the World Championships in Sweden next week.
31st January 2019
It is early days but a look at the results being clocked up by British skiers and snowboarders show the dream is still on.
30th January 2019
More than 150 girls from 36 schools have taken part in the 60th edition of the British Schoolgirls Races in Flaine.
30th January 2019
The British team of young winter athletes for Sarajevo 2019 is dominated by skiers and snowboarders.
30th January 2019
Menna Fitzpatrick & guide Jen Kehoe have gold in the Super G to go with their downhill victory at the Para Alpine Worlds.