18th March 2021
The World Titles are up for grabs and there’s fresh powder snow for the final of the FWT 2021 this week. There’s a Brit in the final and Cody Bramwell has already stood on top of the podium this season. The event is now set for Tuesday 23rd.
15th March 2021
There have been some stellar performances from Great Britain’s top skiers and snowboarders, with a host of personal bests and a World Championships medal.
8th March 2021
There is a host of world class freestyle action this week with a World Champion and two Olympic medallists representing Britain. You can follow it all live on the BBC if you are in the UK. UPDATED
8th March 2021
The 25-year old US skier was speaking to CNN Sport ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. China has been heavily criticised for its record on human rights.
5th March 2021
Her win in the World Cup event in Bakuriani in Georgia comes after she was crowned World Champion last month. Bankes remains a strong contender for an Olympic medal next year. Check out the video of her thrilling run as she comes from behind to win on the line. UPDATED
3rd March 2021
The Ski Sunday presenter and GB former alpine racer has been subjected to personal abuse on social media. Her co-presenter Ed Leigh described the comments as ‘vile’.
24th February 2021
The BBC presenter has revealed he had surgery three weeks ago after badly smashing his knee in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland. He carried on with the job and kept the injury from viewers.
22nd February 2021
Ordino-Arcalis in Andorra s hosting back to back FWT contests with the second stop taking place just five days after the opener. Can British snowboarder Cody Bramwell take another win? NEW
20th February 2021
Cody Bramwell took top spot in the first edition of this season’s Freeride World Tour in Arcalis in Andorra. Check out the video of his winning run.
20th February 2021
The men’s race director, Markus Waldner, received death threats following the parallel giant slaloms at the Cortina Alpine skiing world championships.
18th February 2021
The FWT is set to get under way in Andorra with some of the world’s best freeriders. The season opener is scheduled to take place this Friday, 19th February. LIVE BROADCAST ENDED
11th February 2021
Charlotte Bankes takes gold in Sweden. She used to compete for France but then switched to the British team. Checkout the video of her winning run in a very tight finish.
8th February 2021
An 18-year-old British bobsleigh athlete has been accepted on a mentoring programme thanks to funding from a sponsor of The Ellie Soutter Foundation.
6th February 2021
The racing in Cortina d’Ampezzo should have begun on Monday, then Tuesday and then Wednesday. Bad weather has wreaked havoc on the first few days of the Championships. Competition has now started and it’s on the BBC.
4th February 2021
In exactly one year’s time the Beijing Winter Olympics begin. Team GB has its best ever medals prospect as it continues its quest to become a Top 5 snowsport nation by 2030. Which skiers & snowboarders are our hopes pinned on?
4th February 2021
The countdown is on to the next Winter Olympic Games that starts on February 4th 2022. Activities today are being done mainly online & digitally in these Covid-19 times. We examine how Beijing was awarded the Games and what they may may look like.
31st January 2021
She was competing in the ski slopestyle in Aspen, Colorado. She was taken to hospital after a crash on her 4th run but is none the worse for the accident. NEW
26th January 2021
The biggest event in the freestyle calendar kicks off on Friday and four Brits will be flying the flag for Britain. The Canadian, Mark McMorris, is out of the event after testing positive for Covid-19. He is the most decorated Winter X Games athlete of all time.
26th January 2021
The Rocket was back in action in the Schladming night slalom. It was a surreal event without the crowds and heavy snow was falling. It wasn’t to be for Dave Ryding but some fabulous skiing was on display and it cast our mind back to this time last year. UPDATED
20th January 2021
He is Britain’s most successful speed skier in recent history and a world record holder. Jan Farrell has announced he’s hanging up his skis after 10 years at the top.
16th January 2021
The GB skier Dave Ryding came 7th in the rearranged slalom in Flachau in Austria. He goes again on Sunday.
15th January 2021
It comes after an outbreak in the linked Austrian ski resort of Jochberg as the Hahnenkamm races approach. NEW
11th January 2021
One of the most anticipated World Cup alpine racing meetings of the ski season has been called off. There’s been an increase of cases of coronavirus in the Swiss resort many traced back to a single British visitor with the mutated strain of the virus.
10th January 2021
It’s back on TV & for most of us it is likely to be the closest we get to skiing anytime soon. Our editor, James Cove, can’t remember the last time he saw the programme recently as he’s always out in the Alps away from TVs. He did though see its very first episode back in 1978. So, what did he make of it?
10th January 2021
GB’s No 1 racer puts in one of his trademark second run charges to take 3rd place. He confirms himself as our greatest ski racer ever and congratulations continue to pour in.
8th January 2021
The slopes have been illuminated to mark the occasion as the countdown moves into its final stage. It is set to be the main event of the alpine ski racing calendar this winter and a dress rehearsal for the 2026 Olympics.
24th December 2020
Two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug is as famous in his country as David Beckham is in the UK. He drove at speeds of 125mph in his Jaguar and filmed the episode on his phone.
21st December 2020
The British number one produced a solid performance to make the top 10 in his first World Cup outing of the 2020-21 season in Italy on Monday. He was unable to match that in race two on Tuesday, finishing just outside the top 20.
16th December 2020
It’s the best ever result for a GB nordic skier and follows his bronze last weekend. And our best alpine skier Dave Ryding has started his season well with a top 10.
12th December 2020
Andrew Young is on the podium in Davos Switzerland in a World Cup cross country sprint race.
3rd December 2020
The Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish cross country ski teams have all been withdrawn from the next two World Cup events.
19th November 2020
The ski and snowboard programme for 2020-21 has suffered more disruption for both Covid-19 and weather-related reasons. But there’s some good news too.
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.
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March’s Ski News in Brief - Live & Updated:
2,000 Women Take the Swiss Government to Court Over Climate Change
https://planetski.eu/2023/03/01/march-ski-news-in-brief-live-and-updated/
We’re Backing Paltrow!
The Hollywood actress is involved in a ski collision court case. She's been ridiculed after she bemoaned losing half a day of skiing due to the incident.
Time on snow is irreplaceable in our view and should never be restricted.
https://planetski.eu/2023/03/30/were-backing-paltrow/
This is @MikaelaShiffrin season in numbers 🤯
31 races 🏁
18 podiums
14 wins
3 globes 🏆🏆🏆 (SL, GS, Overall)
3 World Championships Medals 🥇🥈🥈
2206 World Cup points
Meanwhile:
📌 Most all-time World Cup victories 8️⃣8️⃣
📌 Women’s all-time podium record (1️⃣3️⃣8️⃣)
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