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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.

The US skier was competing in the slalom at Gurgl in Austria and came away with another emphatic victory. PlanetSKI was slopeside.

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

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

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

The safety measure by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation will come into effect for both categories in the coming 2024/25 season.

The visual identity that will be at the venues is inspired by the new “Italian Spirit” drawing from Italy’s culture and values.

It has been set up by the family of the19-year old Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi who died in a training accident last week.

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.

There was drama, surprises, records, returning veterans and pure excitement as the World Cup season kicked off in Soelden at the weekend. UPDATED

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.

The US skier will concentrate on slalom, giant slalom and super-G next winter. It follows an injury in the downhill last season.

There are seven candidates including the President of the International Ski & Snowboard Federation, Johan Eliasch.

The Swiss racer, Niels Hintermann, has lymph node cancer and will miss the upcoming season.
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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.

Val Gardena in Italy will host the Championship two years later. The 2029 Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships heads to Zhangjiakou in China, but the proposed FIS Games for 2018 suffers a setback.

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