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The Freeride World Tour returns to France with a new stop in Val Thorens. The first FIS Freeride World Championships set to take place in Andorra in 2026.

The International Olympic Committee has posted about the likely ones to watch and they include alpine skier Dave Ryding and snowboarder, Mia Brookes.

This season is an Olympic qualifying year with GB hopes riding high for Milan-Cortina 2026.

GB’s most successful alpine skier is training hard ahead of the approaching season. The first slalom races are in Levi, Finland, and Gurgl, Austria, in November. PlanetSKI will be slopeside in Austria.

The recruitment of volunteers for the Milan-Cortina Games has begun. Around 18,000 “Team26” volunteers are required.

It’s the first time the snowboarders have been competing at elite level in China since the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

As the Paris Summer Games ends our eyes are on Milan-Cortina 2026. Some of the athletes expected to be in Italy were watching in Paris. So, what’s in store for 2026? UPDATED

ESPN has named who it believes are the top Olympic athletes.

The US skier who has the most World Cup victories, 97, of any ski racer comes in at 44th on the list compiled by ESPN.

The International Olympic made the announcement in Paris ahead of the Summer Games. UPDATED

The outcome was a dead cert and comes as no great surprise. UPDATED

An announcement is about to be made in Paris ahead of the Summer Olympics. But the outcome is a near dead cert and will come as no great surprise. NEW

The event is run by the charity Snow Camp and will take place 24th – 27th April 2025 in Val Thorens.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee has proposed seven sports to the IOC session. Acceptance of this proposal is considered mandatory.

The French Alps has been put forward for the 2030 Winter Olympics with Salt Lake City in Utah in line to host the 2034 Games.

The International Ski & Snowboard Federation announced the decision at the FIS General Assembly held in Reykjavik in Iceland.

The gold medal winning curler from Scotland has been appointed Chef de Mission for Milan-Cortina 2026.

Despite limited funding the team had one of its best seasons ever. In a night of celebration in Mayfair its patron, HRH Prince Edward, attended to congratulate all involved. PlanetSKI was the only media outlet invited to attend.

It’s a familiar mix but with some new additions, as the International Ski & Snowboard Federation releases the updated provisional calendar.

It is firm favourite to be awarded the Winter Games at the Summer Games in Paris in July. The IOC has just been on a 5-day visit to the Alps and the French Riviera. UPDATED

With the 2023/24 season at an end we look back at a campaign that saw much success for GB’s elite skier and snowboarder athletes.

Record overall World Cup winner Marcel Hirscher ended his career 5 years ago racing for Austria. He plans for a comeback to alpine ski racing at the age of 35.

France has been selected as a so-called ‘preferred host’ for the 2030 Olympics. We look at what a France Games may look like. UPDATED

It’s a familiar mix but with some new additions. Some changes are expected as feedback is given.

As climate change impacts snowsports the UK’s most successful alpine skier says races should be moved further up the mountain.

The cross- border ski race has been unable to take place for the past two years. It has now been dropped from the calendar for the 2024-2025 season.

17-year old Mia Brookes wins the Dew Tour on her debut, as 28-year old Charlotte Bankes tops the snowboard cross podium again. And there’s a silver for GB freestyle skier, Zoe Atkin. UPDATED

The Snowboard Cross athlete has picked up the top spot at the latest World Cup competition. While Team GB had two slalom skiers in the Top Ten in Aspen. UPDATED

Earlier the GB athlete took bronze at the Calgary Freeski Halfpipe World Cup and now she has gone one better. Atkin has now made the podium in every World Cup competition entered this season.

Great Britain’s halfpipe skier, Zoe Atkin, has won World Cup bronze.  It adds to her impressive tally of medals so far this season. NEW

Charlotte Bankes took top spot in the World Cup snowboard cross in Gudairi, Georgia. It is the latest success for GB winter athletes. UPDATED

16-year old Zak Carrick-Smith has added a silver medal to the gold he won in the men’s combined race at the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games in South Korea. UPDATED