28th February 2025
GB’s greatest ever alpine ski racer, Dave Ryding, has taken a big step towards protecting his body this season. The 38-year-old tells PlanetSKI he’s upgraded his traditional foam-padded racesuit for something more high-tech.
24th February 2025
GB Snowsport athletes competing in FIS competitions in the coming week, as well as key results from the previous week’s competitions.
23rd February 2025
The US ski superstar has won the 100th World Cup race of her career. She topped the podium in a slalom race in Sestriere, Italy.
18th February 2025
There are more GB athletes in action this week with some strong recent results. NEW
16th February 2025
Zoe Atkin finished second at the Calgary Freeski Halfpipe World Cup and in doing so secured a share of the Crystal Globe title. It comes as GB snowboarder Charlotte Bankes wins again. UPDATED
10th February 2025
The 9th edition of the Asian Winter Games has taken place with the next one in Saudi Arabia in 2029. The Games reflect the continued growth in snowsports on the continent. PlanetSKI reports from Asia. UPDATED
10th February 2025
GB Snowsport athletes are competing at FIS World Cup and World Championships competition events this week. We also have the recent major results.
7th February 2025
Mia Brookes has won the 2024/25 Freestyle Snowboard Big Air Crystal Globe. She repeats the feat she achieved last season.
6th February 2025
It is underway in Saalbach in Austria with the BBC covering the main action.
3rd February 2025
GB Snowsport athletes are competing at FIS World Cup, World Championships &Junior/U23 World Championship competition events this week. Plus we post World Cup results from last week.
3rd February 2025
GB Snowsport athletes are competing at FIS World Cup, World Championships &Junior/U23 World Championship competition events this week. Plus we post World Cup results from last week. NEW
2nd February 2025
Charlotte Bankes has taken her second Snowboard Cross World Cup victory of the weekend in Beidahu, China. Zoe Atkin, wins the Freestyle Halfpipe World Cup in Aspen. UPDATED
31st January 2025
The US superstar skier was competing in Courchevel following a serious injury last November in the USA. She is bidding for an unprecedented 100 World Cup wins.
28th January 2025
The most spectacular freeride competition in the world has taken place in France for the first time since 2017. It went ahead on Wednesday morning in sunshine and deep, fresh powder. Jane Peel has been in Val Thorens in the build-up to the competition.
27th January 2025
It’s another big week of action for GB Snowsports skiers and snowboarders, including the spectacular Schladming Night Slalom on Wednesday and the return of freestyle skier Kirsty Muir to World Cup action after a long injury lay-off.
24th January 2025
Jaz Taylor and Mia Brookes have taken podium places in Telemark World Cup and X Games competitions. Jaz Taylor has another gold and Mia Brookes has won a silver and a bronze.
24th January 2025
Mikaela Shiffrin will return to the Alpine Ski World Cup on January 30th after she was injured in a high speed crash at the beginning of the season.
23rd January 2025
Winter Games NZ, the largest snow sports event in the Southern Hemisphere, will no longer be held in its current format. Adverse economic conditions have impacted the financial viability of the event.
22nd January 2025
A squad of 20 from Great Britain is heading to the 2025 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival in Georgia next month. The athletes will be among 1,600 from 48 countries.
21st January 2025
There’s a big programme of sporting action for GB skiers and snowboarders over the next 7 days, including two men’s slalom World Cups and the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. We have the full calendar and all the recent results.
18th January 2025
The snowboarder has taken first place at the Laax Open Slopestyle World Cup in Switzerland.
17th January 2025
Eight male and six female athletes have been selected across six Alpine disciplines. It is the largest British Team selected for an Alpine World Championships in recent history.
14th January 2025
We detail the GB Snowsport athletes competing at FIS competition events this week, as well as World Cup results from last week. NEW
7th January 2025
A former GB Para Nordic Ski team member has become the first person with a disability to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole.
6th January 2025
The first World Cup competitions of 2025 have taken place and there’s already been a victory for GB. But there’s much more action for GB skiers and snowboarders coming up over the next week.
6th January 2025
The 17-year-old gave another brilliant display of Big Air snowboarding to win the Klagenfurt World Cup in Austria on Sunday. That’s two in row for the teenager.
27th December 2024
The international celebration takes place this 2024-25 winter season on Saturday March 1st, 2025 and marks the 11th year since it began.
25th December 2024
26 year old Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche in Arosa. Tributes are being paid to a life cut short. UPDATED.
23rd December 2024
Check out the GB Snowsport athletes competing at FIS competition events in the coming week and in week commencing 30 January, as well as World Cup results from last week.
21st December 2024
Zoe Atkin in the Freeski Halfpipe and Jaz Taylor in Telemark have secured two World Cup podiums. It follows on from earlier GB medal success. NEW
21st December 2024
She marked her World Cup return after more than five years away from the sport with an impressive 14th place in the Super G at St Moritz in Switzerland.
20th December 2024
The top podium spots for GB Snowsport athletes came in Telemark and Para Alpine races. It’s a great start to the season for Britain’s most successful skier, Jasmin Taylor, and for Neil Simpson with his guide, Rob Poth.
18th December 2024
GB athletes scheduled to compete for GB Snowsport at FIS competition events in the coming week and World Cup results from last week.
12th December 2024
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation, FIS, has rejected a $420m proposal from CVC Capital Partners. Nearly 60 athletes, executives & FIS council members have urged a re-think.
10th December 2024
A British man is hoping to become the first snowsports athlete with Motor Neurone Disease to compete at the Winter Paralympics.
9th December 2024
It’s a busy time in the ski and snowboard calendar with many World Cup and Europa Cup competitions ahead for GB Snowsport athletes. Among them is Dave Ryding who’ll be in the starting gates in Val Isère.
8th December 2024
Val Thorens held its inaugural Ice Cross race in the centre of the resort. A British/Canadian skater triumphed. So, what’s the sport all about?
6th December 2024
The 40-year-old American legend is back on the World Cup circuit. She has a wildcard entry after racing a Downhill and a Super G in Colorado and skiing as a forerunner in Beaver Creek. UPDATED
5th December 2024
The Snowboard Cross World Cup season gets underway this weekend and GB’s Charlotte Bankes has taken 4th spot. She is trying to reclaim the Crystal Globe after missing out last year. UPDATED
3rd December 2024
This winter is the final season before the 2026 Winter Olympics. We have some realistic medal hopes and PlanetSKI is following closely the progress of the GB Snowsport athletes ahead of Milan-Cortina.
3rd December 2024
The Austrian legend who is now back and racing for the Netherlands tore his ACL in training. He says he may not race again. An ACL injury is one of the most common amoung recreational skiers and we look at what it is. UPDATED
1st December 2024
The snowboarder takes top spot in the FIS World Cup Snowboard Big Air. It cements a good start to the season as she looks ahead to the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in 2026.
30th November 2024
GB Snowsport has launched the GBS Alpine Foundation, a new initiative to support young British ski talent in the build up to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics and beyond.
28th November 2024
She fell heavily in the GS in Killington where she had hoped to take her 100th World Cup victory. She has no bone or ligament damage but there is a puncture wound into her abdomen, and severe muscle trauma. UPDATED
26th November 2024
The inaugural FIS Freeride World Championships is set to take place in Andorra in February 2026. It is the next step on Freeride becoming an Olympic sport.
23rd November 2024
The Rocket comes 7th in Gurgl at the men’s slalom. As well as watching & reporting on the race PlanetSKI has a video interview with Dave.
22nd November 2024
The US skier was competing in the slalom at Gurgl in Austria and came away with another emphatic victory. PlanetSKI was slopeside.
21st November 2024
It’s our first trip of the season and we couldn’t have timed it better. Fresh snow has fallen & the temperatures have dropped. We’re in Gurgl this weekend for World Cup ski racing. UPDATED
19th November 2024
From November 22nd to 24th, Innsbruck kicks off the winter season with Snowfest 2024 – Rock A Rail Ski & Snowboard Contest.
17th November 2024
GB’s greatest alpine ski racer is competing for the first time this season at the opening slalom race in Levi, Finland. He was 5th after the first run but had a disappointing second run and came 16th. UPDATED
16th November 2024
It was her 61st title in slalom, and a record eighth triumph on the slope in Levi, Finland. She is moving ever closer to her target of 100 wins. UPDATED
14th November 2024
Three-time Olympic skiing medalist Lindsey Vonn is returning to the sport more than five years after she retired. She is 40 years old. UPDATED
10th November 2024
The safety measure by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation will come into effect for both categories in the coming 2024/25 season.
9th November 2024
The visual identity that will be at the venues is inspired by the new “Italian Spirit” drawing from Italy’s culture and values.
3rd November 2024
It has been set up by the family of the19-year old Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi who died in a training accident last week.
31st October 2024
The film tour is only in its second year, but to us at PlanetSKI it already feels like a regular autumn event that means only one thing. Winter is around the corner.
30th October 2024
The 19-year-old Italian racer Matilde Lorenzi has died in a fall in training. She was a promising member of the reserve squad. NEW
25th October 2024
There was drama, surprises, records, returning veterans and pure excitement as the World Cup season kicked off in Soelden at the weekend. UPDATED
19th October 2024
The FBI is hunting for Ryan James Wedding, a Canadian citizen who was living in Mexico and is on the run. NEW
16th October 2024
They are the Balich Wonder studios, Filmmaster and G2 Eventi-Casta Diva Group. The Torch Relays will be produced by AlphaOmega in collaboration with RNK.
