25th May 2023
It would take place every 4 years and would be the biggest event of its kind outside the Winter Olympics. The International Ski & Snowboard Federation is already asking potential host areas to submit bids.
25th May 2023
Ski Egypt is a first time World Snow Day host and staged a well-rounded event last season. It picked up a prize of CHF 10,000 – £8,940. NEW
25th May 2023
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation says that sustainability is central to the federation’s mission. The new director is Susanna Sieff. NEW
14th May 2023
Many of the early season events last season had to be cancelled as there wasn’t enough snow. There were calls at the time to make changes.
10th May 2023
Winter Games NZ has secured a five-year funding commitment from New Zealand Major Events to support the event annually through to 2027.
29th April 2023
Greenpeace accuses the International Ski Federation of ‘greenwashing’ while FIS says tackling climate change is top of its agenda.
15th April 2023
24 teams of four are battling it out in a series of fun events on snow. It’s all done to raise money for the charity, Snow Camp, that is celebrating its 20th birthday. PlanetSKI is at the event. UPDATED
12th April 2023
The charity that helps underprivileged youngsters find a path in snowsports is celebrating its 20th birthday. It is hosting a fabulous fund-raising event in Val Thorens & PlanetSKI is joining the event and reporting back. NEW
7th April 2023
The President of the International Ski Federation looks back at the 2022/23 season. Climate change and sustainability are highlighted. NEW
6th April 2023
It went to independent arbitration after £7.2m was awarded to support the Ski and Snowboard programme and £4.7m for the Para Ski & Snow programme. The money is for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. NEW
2nd April 2023
The long awaited return of The Brits to Scottish snow took place at the weekend with the organisers claiming it a great success. PlanetSKI was slopeside in Scotland.
30th March 2023
Even before the season was over, British skiers and snowboarders had, for the first time, won medals in every discipline at elite level competitions. Now it’s a wrap and they’ve made it to the big FIVE-O.
28th March 2023
Preparations are well under way at the UK’s biggest ski area for the British Snowboard & Freeski Championships which take place this weekend. The BRITS is returning to its roots and our Scotland reporter, Rod Frazer, has been checking out progress.
28th March 2023
Widespread avalanches have left the Bec des Rosses unsafe for freeriding after tests this morning. It’s only the second time in its history that the Xtreme Verbier has been cancelled. NEW
26th March 2023
Charlotte Bankes won the overall Snowboard Cross World Cup for the second time despite finishing fifth in the final race of the season in Canada.
22nd March 2023
The French skier Simon Billy set a new World Record with 255km per hour in Vars, France. That’s a staggering 157mph and beats the speed record set 7 years ago.
20th March 2023
Bad weather led to the YETI Xtreme Verbier being called off for Saturday. The organisers hoping it will run on Tuesday as the weather clears. UPDATED
17th March 2023
With plenty of fresh snow in parts of the Alps now is the time to improve your technique off piste. We have asked our friends at Maison Sport for some top tips.
4th March 2023
The 20-year-old X Games Champion was just pipped to the top spot, but took silver in the ski halfpipe final. It was the only medal for GB on the final day of the Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia and adds to the two snowboard gold medals earlier this week.
2nd March 2023
Snowboarders Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale are Great Britain’s latest World Champions. It’s the second gold for GB at the Freestyle World Championships in Georgia.
27th February 2023
The 16-year-old has taken the snowboard slopestyle title in her first senior World Championships. And she’s made sporting history twice over in the process.
23rd February 2023
The International Olympic Committee has issued a statement marking a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. It condemns the ‘brutal warfare, human suffering, killing and destruction’.
21st February 2023
Every single ski and snowboard discipline under the GB Snowsport banner has now delivered a World Cup, World Championships or X Games podium this season. And it’s not over yet.
4th February 2023
GB’s Dave Ryding had a ‘did not finish’ at the World Cup slalom Kandahar race in Chamonix on Saturday. He is likely disappointed with his performance. PlanetSKI is not, in fact we celebrate just watching The Rocket race.
2nd February 2023
The UK’s official Snowboard and Freeski Championships will take place in Cairngorm in Scotland April 1st and 2nd.
2nd February 2023
143 girls from 26 schools spent two days racing in excellent conditions, with crowds of teachers, parents, coaches and other racers cheering them on at the base of the Calcite piste in the centre of Flaine.
26th January 2023
The 20-year-old has claimed one of the biggest prizes in freestyle snowsports, a gold medal at the X Games, Aspen in Colorado. Less than 24 hours later, the British teenager Kirsty Muir won her second bronze medal of these X Games.
25th January 2023
The GB snowboarder will miss the rest of the 2023 season after having further surgery on her ankle. It is another blow to an injury-affected career.
24th January 2023
The 27-year-old American superstar, Mikaela Shiffrin, has done it! She’s broken Lindsey Vonn’s record and now has more World Cup victories than any other woman. She clocked up number 83 in the giant slalom at Kronplatz in Italy on Tuesday and made it 84 on Wednesday.
24th January 2023
Dave Ryding has been back in action, just two days after winning silver at Kitzbühel on Sunday. It’s the Schladming night slalom – one of the most exciting events of the year. UPDATED
22nd January 2023
Dave Ryding put in one of his trademark second run charges to burst onto the podium in Kitzbühel. He was close to winning the world’s biggest slalom race for a second consecutive year but was pipped by Switzerland’s Daniel Yule. Earlier the young GB snowboarder Mia Brookes finished in a brilliant second place in the Laax slopestyle for her first World Cup podium.
21st January 2023
The legendary retired ski racer, Lindsey Vonn, has put her skis back on to become the first woman to ski the infamous Kitzbühel downhill course – and the first to dare to take on the Streif at night.
20th January 2023
GB’s Dave Ryding is preparing to race at Kitzbühel, one year on from his historic victory. Can ‘The Rocket’ find the form to tame the slalom course on the infamous Hahnenkamm mountain and win for a second time? UPDATED
8th January 2023
Mikaela Shiffrin, the 27-year-old American superstar, had to settled for second place in the night slalom in Flachau on Tuesday. But surely it is only a matter of time before she takes lead. She is currently tied on 82 Women’s World Cup wins with Lindsey Vonn.
6th January 2023
The trailblazing British organisation was founded 100 years ago this month. A group of formidable skiers, among them the best racers of the time, formed the world’s first ski club for women. NEW
31st December 2022
Thomas Bach, has described 2022 as ‘successful as it was turbulent’. The year saw the Winter Olympics take place in Beijing, China, amid Covid-19 and political controversy. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. NEW
30th December 2022
The 27-year-old American remains just one victory away from equalling the great Lindsey Vonn’s record for the most World Cup victories by a female alpine ski racer. She came 6th on Saturday in Slovenia but goes again on Sunday. UPDATED
22nd December 2022
The Japanese city and the country’s Olympic Committee has announced it is putting its attempt to win the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games on hold. The decision is partly in response to the damage caused by the Tokyo 2020 corruption scandal.
22nd December 2022
The President of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has hailed 2022 as a great season, despite having its share of challenges.
21st December 2022
‘So what?’ you may ask. It sits in the centre of town & is set to be the diamond in the crown of the high-altitude French resort – an integral part of its future. PlanetSKI was at the official opening on Wednesday.
20th December 2022
Intersport has over 700 ski hire shops across the Alps. With the special PlanetSKI discount code rent award-winning skis & snowboards at fabulous prices.
8th December 2022
FIS is acquiring the FWT properties for an undisclosed amount. The two organisations will join forces starting from the 2022-2023 season.
7th December 2022
The International Olympic Committee is postponing its decision on who will host the next but one Winter Olympics and Paralympics, partly in response to climate change.
5th December 2022
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has said it will be a climate-positive organisation for the second consecutive season.
26th November 2022
The Thanksgiving Holiday weekend in the USA has seen a multitude of ski resorts open for the season. Some have the best early season conditions in years. UPDATED
24th November 2022
The paralympic skier is taking a rest. She has been one of GB’s most successful winter athletes. NEW
17th November 2022
They take place in Meribel & Courchevel next February. The neighbouring resorts of Les Menuires and Saint Martin de Belleville are stressing their advantages.
17th November 2022
Snow Factor at XSite Braehead, in Renfrewshire, will be shut until further notice following a court order.
15th November 2022
The independent ski and snowboard instructor provider is partnering with a number of providers in the UK and across the world. It says this will enhance the booking experience and drive growth.
12th November 2022
A cross country sprint ski race is being moved from Milan in Italy to Livigno as making artificial snow has been deemed to be too expensive.
11th November 2022
It comes as seven out of eight World Cup races of the season have been cancelled due to unfavourable conditions. Warm temperatures have played havoc with the schedule and some question whether the season should start later.
7th November 2022
Despite the snow of the weekend warm temperatures are set to return to the Alps. This has led FIS to cancel next weekend’s parallel GS events in Lech, Austria.
31st October 2022
There are those that coach the elite athletes in World Cup racing and those that operate at the grass roots level. Congratulations to the winners & all those nominated.
27th October 2022
There’s alpine ski racing, ski jumping, freestyle, cross country, snowboarding and much else besides including tobogganing. Why not combine your ski holiday with one of the major sporting events? NEW
23rd October 2022
They were to have been the flagship races of the new season and the first between two countries. A lack of snow has caused the cancellation. It begs the question whether it was sensible to schedule them so early in the season in the first place. UPDATED
22nd October 2022
The men’s GS race in Soelden in Austria took place on Sunday. Heavy rain in the Austrian resort led to the women’s GS race being called off on Saturday. UPDATED
20th October 2022
The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 reached a global broadcast audience of more than 2 billion people, according to independent research conducted on behalf of the International Olympic Committee.
15th October 2022
Alpine ski racing gets underway in Soelden in Austria Next Weekend. The International Ski Federation has published its look forward to the season ahead.
14th October 2022
This weekend’s GS Races in Austria have been given the go ahead as more resorts have fired up some lifts in the Alps and Scandinavia. Snow making is also underway in the USA with A-Basin set to open this weekend. UPDATED
11th October 2022
It aims to be the biggest Alpine Fundraiser for the Snow Camp Charity. It all takes place in Val Thorens in April 2023 and promises an experience like no other.
