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.
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.
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.
15th July 2020
In a summer message the International Ski Federation says it has a number of scenarios for next winter depending on covid-19.
9th July 2020
The International Ski Federation has re-emphasised its values following the Black Lives Matter movement and growing concerns about equality.
6th July 2020
The sport’s governing body in the UK has been given a massive boost to its ambition to become one of the best snowsports nations in the world. We look who will be helping them get there.
3rd July 2020
The money comes from UK Sport and is aimed to deliver medal winning performances at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and beyond. UPDATED
2nd July 2020
The Italian Winter Sports Federation made a formal request to postpone the 2021 event until March 2022. That request has been rejected.
17th June 2020
The International Olympic Committee and the International Ski Federation have praised the organisers after video conference calls. Concerns are rising though about international tensions with China following covid-19 & events in Hong Kong.
4th June 2020
The death of the young extreme skier Hugo Hoff in a fall on Mont Blanc shocked the world of skiing. Here, the 21-year-old’s club and the French resort of Les Arcs pay tribute.
27th May 2020
Already the Cortina 2021 Ski World Championships are looking to move to 2022 and other event organisers are already looking ahead to whether they can go ahead next season amid possible covid-19 restrictions.
26th May 2020
The Italian hosts believe it is the best way to avoid disruption and a possible cancellation. The organisers think things may not be back to normal for next winter.
24th May 2020
It could take place in November 2022 and comes as the iconic Lauberhorn race in Wengen has been threatened by a row over money.
23rd April 2020
The UK’s skiing and snowboarding governing body is taking action to end the stigma around mental health.
21st April 2020
Reports earlier this week suggested the Olympic medallist and GB Snowsport athlete had called time on his competitive snowboarding career at the age of 31. Not quite, he tells PlanetSKI.
20th April 2020
The foundation set up in memory of the young British snowboarder has awarded funding to another GB team snowboarder and one of Ellie’s good friends.
10th April 2020
GB Snowsport has named its World Cup and Europa Cup Alpine Ski Team for next season which will mark the start of Olympic qualification.
26th March 2020
The winners have been announced following the cancellation of Verbier Xtreme, the Grande Finale of the Freeride World Tour.
24th March 2020
World Cup skiing and snowboarding ended abruptly and prematurely this season, thanks to the coronavirus crisis. We round up your 2019-20 champions.
10th March 2020
The 22-year-old Briton has been confirmed as the overall World Cup Snowboard Slopestyle Champion. She’s the first British woman to win a Crystal Globe and the first snowboarder.
10th March 2020
Thomas Gerken-Schofield has put his name in the sporting history books. He is the first British skier to win a World Cup medal in the event.
5th March 2020
Mikaela Shiffrin has made the announcement on social media. She is heading to Scandinavia but will make a final decision once there.
4th March 2020
The GB Snowsport para snowboard team has picked up three World Cup medals, including two golds.
2nd March 2020
Six promising alpine skiers have been selected for the GB Squad at the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships that get under way in Norway this week.
24th February 2020
A team of 6 will represent GB Snowsport at the FIS Nordic Junior & under-23 Cross-Country World Ski Championships which start later this week.
21st February 2020
Aksel Lund Svindal will be going a bit slower than usual. He’s not returning to downhill or super G action. He’s taking part in a gruelling cross-country ski race.
20th February 2020
The freestyle skier, Winter Olympian and former junior World Championships medallist is retiring from competition for health reasons. She is just 24. Her former team mates pay tribute.
17th February 2020
The snowboarder has been on the World Cup podium in four successive events and is leading the slopestyle standings with one competition to go.
15th February 2020
The former US skier who now competes for Team GB is on top of the podium. Gus Kenworthy has won gold at the FIS freestyle Halfpipe World Cup in Calgary, Canada.
14th February 2020
Imagine skiing downhill at speeds of more than 150kph – at night. The fastest men & women on the planet – including GB’s Jan Farrell – have just done it.
10th February 2020
It’s the full set of medals for British athletes competing at the prestigious Dew Tour in Colorado. They’re on the podium in both para snowboard and freestyle skiing.
8th February 2020
The 22-year old French racer, Clement Noel, has won the Kandahar World Cup slalom race in Chamonix. Cue wild celebrations, but there was disappointment for Dave Ryding. PlanetSKI was in the finish area.
6th February 2020
The competition is Snowsport England’s premier alpine event and the biggest British week of winter ski racing. It’s on in Bormio this month.
3rd February 2020
Skiers Izzy Atkin and Jasmin Taylor win silver & snowboarder Katie Ormerod continues her impressive comeback with her third World Cup podium in a row. She’s top of the slopestyle standings.
3rd February 2020
The 2020 event saw more than 150 young ski racers from 54 schools take part in the French resort of Flaine.
28th January 2020
The Rocket came 8th – his second Top Ten of the season. PlanetSKI is slopeside in Schladming at one of the highlights of the racing season.
28th January 2020
The great Norwegian ski racer has been answering questions from PlanetSKI. He was in Kitzbühel for the infamous Hahnekamm races but this time, he was watching.
27th January 2020
Downhill has the Hahnenkamm + the Lauberhorn. PlanetSKI is in Schladming for slalom’s biggest night, and party, of the winter.
26th January 2020
The British number one alpine racer is still looking for his second top 10 of the winter. He’s 20th in Kitzbühel where he achieved his first World Cup podium three years ago.
26th January 2020
She’s the most successful British skier of all time. The telemarker has more World Cup podiums than any other GB skier.
24th January 2020
The Sochi Olympics silver medallist is competing at the prestigious Aspen X Games under the British flag for the first time since switching allegiance from the USA. NEW
23rd January 2020
The most dangerous downhill ski race in the world takes place in the Austrian resort of Kitzbühel this weekend. Eight decades on it has lost none of its appeal, but why no women?
22nd January 2020
The series of races that are seen as key in the development of young female ski racers, return to the French resort this week.
22nd January 2020
The 15-year-old freestyle skier from Aberdeen takes GB’s only individual medal at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics. She’s on the podium in the Big Air.
