10th May 2018
CRUNCH TIME FOR TELEMARK OLYMPIC BID
It’s the world’s oldest ski discipline and is growing in popularity but Telemark is not in the Olympics. This week there’s an attempt to change that.
10th May 2018
It’s the world’s oldest ski discipline and is growing in popularity but Telemark is not in the Olympics. This week there’s an attempt to change that.
24th April 2018
Think hiking instead of snow shoeing, biking instead of skiing or snowboarding and climbing up, instead of sliding down.
23rd April 2018
You may be packing away your skis for the summer but young snowsports fans are being urged to look to the future – the Futures Project, that is.
11th April 2018
Calgary city council has voted to continue with Winter Olympic & Paralympic bid process following concerns last week. NEW
8th April 2018
Tiny, talented and tipped for the top. PlanetSKI meets Mia Brookes and Kirsty Muir, the freestylers who have what it takes to be the best in the world.
7th April 2018
The Speed Skiing World Cup ends with a Brit coming 5th overall as they reach speeds of 200 km/h. PlanetSKI looks at the sport. NEW
6th April 2018
It was a bluebird day in the Swiss resort of Laax for the final two events of the British Snowboard and Freeski Championships. PlanetSKI was slopeside.
5th April 2018
PlanetSKI catches up with Billy Morgan on day three of the BRITS to find out how life is treating him after his Winter Olympics bronze medal.
4th April 2018
Surely some mistake? Our chief reporter is runner-up in the masters category of the British National Skiercross Championships at the BRITS.
3rd April 2018
The first day of the British Snowboard and Freeski Championships saw tough fought contests in ski big air and snowboard cross with the young and not so young taking part. PlanetSKI is there. NEW
22nd March 2018
As they prepare to hang up their skis at the end of the season, two of GB’s Olympic skiers have been talking to PlanetSKI at their final World Cup in Tignes.
21st March 2018
The GB Winter Olympic bronze medalist Billy Morgan was visiting some of Scotland’s ski resorts last weekend. UPDATED
20th March 2018
The ski racing reason ends but there’s one big date left for GB skiers. The British Alpine Championships get under way this week. UPDATED
18th March 2018
Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe are top of the podium in the women’s visually-impaired slalom at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang.
17th March 2018
Izzy Atkin picks up another medal – silver at the slopestyle World Cup in Italy. James ‘Woodsy’ Woods also gets on the podium. NEW & UPDATED
13th March 2018
The competition season is reaching its climax but several GB skiers & snowboarders are still hoping to make their mark, including an Olympic medallist. NEW
8th March 2018
Jan Farrell takes bronze at a World Cup event. It’s the first British podium in Speed Skiing since 2004.
8th March 2018
Another day, another medal for GB at the Paralympics as visually-impaired skier Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe take silver in the giant slalom. UPDATED
2nd March 2018
In 12 years’ time Britain is wants to be up there with the world’s best ski & snowboard nations. With two medals from Pyeongchang, is that even possible?
1st March 2018
The most dangerous sports in the Winter Olympic Games revealed.
1st March 2018
Scotland’s mini Winter Olympics has been declared a huge success with thousands of people taking part. NEW
26th February 2018
PlanetSKI was at Heathrow to meet Team GB’s record-breaking Winter Olympians as they arrived home (and get our hands on a medal!)
25th February 2018
It’s all over with Team GB home. Billy Morgan, wielded the flag for GB as the 23rd Winter Olympics closed. We review the best & worst bits.
24th February 2018
The snowboarder has taken the bronze medal in the inaugural Olympic Big Air competition. It’s officially GB’s most successful Winter Games.
23rd February 2018
Britain’s ski cross racer Emily Sarsfield got to the Olympics at the third attempt and she’s made it count, getting through to the quarter finals.
21st February 2018
Britain’s best alpine skier Dave Ryding came 9th at the Olympics but the big shock is that both Marcel Hirscher and Henrik Kristoffersen skied out.
21st February 2018
Snowboarder Billy Morgan is through to the final of the first men’s Olympic Big Air competition. Also on day 12, Lindsey Vonn misses out on gold.
20th February 2018
British halfpipe skier Rowan Cheshire finishes 7th in the Olympic final – a huge achievement after the heartbreak of Sochi and an injury-hit four years.
19th February 2018
The newest and most spectacular sport to be included in the Winter Olympics has landed. It’s Snowboard Big Air and Austrian Anna Gasser is a hot favourite.
18th February 2018
Britain’s James Woods put on a superb display in the ski slopestyle Olympic final but finished just out of the medals in fourth.
17th February 2018
The greatest show on earth has taken place & we’ve been looking at anything quirky, off beat or newsy that’s caught our eye in PyeongChang. Here’s Week Two. NEW & UPDATED
17th February 2018
Izzy Atkin is the first British skier in history to win an Olympic medal. Her bronze in the slopestyle kicked off Super Saturday with GB winning a gold and another bronze.
16th February 2018
It’s bronze for Dom Parsons in the skeleton – the first time Britain has won an Olympic medal in the men’s skeleton for 70 years. But Andrew Musgrave has a shocker.
15th February 2018
The American Mikaela Shiffrin failed to get on the podium in the Olympic slalom a day after her gold in the giant slalom.
14th February 2018
The American superstar was in tears as he became the first snowboarder to win three Winter Olympic golds in the toughest competition of his life.
13th February 2018
It’s heartbreak at the Winter Olympics for short-track speed skater Elise Christie as she crashes out in the 500m final. She’d been tipped to take GB’s first medal.
12th February 2018
With more alpine ski races postponed and snowboarders taking hard falls in the Olympic slopestyle final, are the gusty conditions ruining the sport?
11th February 2018
Andrew Musgrave has come 7th in the best ever Olympic result for a British cross-country skier – and his favourite event is yet to come.
10th February 2018
Britain’s three men all fell in Olympic slopestyle qualification and failed to make the final but was Jamie Nicholls’ robbed by the judges?
9th February 2018
The greatest show on earth is underway & we look at anything quirky, off beat or newsy that catches our eye in PyeongChang. NEW & UPDATED
8th February 2018
Snowboarder Katie Ormerod had a real chance of two medals for Team GB but has been ruled out after suffering a serious injury.
8th February 2018
GB’s first Winter Paralympic champion Kelly Gallagher will be in the squad for the Pyeongchang Games after initially failing to be selected. NEW
8th February 2018
We’ve been talking about the Winter Olympics for months, years even, but now they’re here. Read on for all you need to know.
6th February 2018
If the Winter Olympics inspire you then see here for where you can try the sports you’ll be watching.
5th February 2018
Russian athletes & coaches that have been cleared of doping offences by the Court of Arbitration for Sport will not be allowed to take part at Pyeongchang. NEW
1st February 2018
The Scottish resort is holding its own version of the Winter Olympics this month to capitalise on Olympic fever.
1st February 2018
The winter athletes who were banned from the Olympics for life for doping offences at Sochi have had their suspensions overturned. The IOC has condemned the decision.
30th January 2018
Scottish snowsports have received a big financial boost to promote Scotland as a destination of choice for skiing and snowboarding. NEW
28th January 2018
Izzy Atkin takes silver in the women’s Ski Slopestyle and James Woods bronze in the ski Big Air. Check out how other GB athletes did too. UPDATED
25th January 2018
GB’s squad of Winter Olympian skiers and snowboarders is pretty much as expected, but there’ll be a few disappointed athletes out there. We look behind the headlines.
25th January 2018
An independent investigation has been ordered after a female snowboarder made allegations of bullying and discrimination in British Parasnowsport.
25th January 2018
The skiers & snowboarders have been announced. It’s a record number: 25 athletes will compete across alpine, cross country + freestyle.
24th January 2018
On a wild and windy weekend in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, the second leg of the ISMF took place. NEW
23rd January 2018
The selectors have met and on Thursday we’ll know which skiers and snowboarders will represent Team GB at the Winter Olympics. NEW
20th January 2018
The GB slalom racer was in action in the night race at Schladming. It follows a Top 10 in Kitzbuehel including the fastest run of any racer. UPDATED
20th January 2018
They’ll compete in 5 disciplines & 3 sports including alpine skiing. The two Koreas will march together at the Opening Ceremony with a joint ice hockey team. NEW
15th January 2018
Freestyle skier Izzy Atkin and Telemark’s Jasmin Taylor picked up a pair of podiums each at the weekend.
13th January 2018
The GB slalom specialist Dave Ryding blamed only himself after a bad day racing in Wengen on Sunday. NEW & UPDATED
12th January 2018
Izzy Atkin takes bronze in the Slopestyle at Aspen as World Cup events across the discipines continue. NEW & UPDATED
10th January 2018
An ‘Olympic participation meeting’ for North and South Korea has been called by the IOC. NEW