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Natasha Richardson died skiing without a helmet

Thursday, 03. 19. 2009  –  Category: Skiing

It’s been all over the news today that actress Natasha Richardson has passed away a few days after hitting her head in a skiing accident.
I’m not familiar with her work - as to be honest, I know very little about the acting world and don’t watch many movies - but it’s always sad to hear [...]

ski.co.uk and snowboard.co.uk sold for £100k

Friday, 11. 28. 2008  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

Just spotted via Twitter (follow me here), ski.co.uk and snowboard.co.uk have just sold at auction for quite hefty sums.
snowboard.co.uk fetched £20,000 and ski.co.uk reached a mighty £80,000.
Compared with some other major .co.uk domain purchases in the last 18 months these might be a couple of bargains. cruises.co.uk sold for £560k in February 08, smashing the [...]

Win tickets for the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show

Tuesday, 10. 21. 2008  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

Owing to a balls up - I left the tickets at home - I can’t send them out today, so have to scrap this. Drop me a line via the contact form if you’re able to pick up 2 tickets from South London tomorrow and you can have them free.
The Metro Ski & Snowboard Show [...]

Metro Ski & Snowboard Show 2008

Wednesday, 10. 1. 2008  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

The season is on its way alright. The Metro Ski & Snowboard show kicks off in about 3 weeks time. The show runs from 22nd to 26th October at Olympia, London (not Earls Court as I previously stated).

Always a good way to build the stoke…

check out new gear by most of the [...]

Snowboard luggage airline costs

Tuesday, 09. 30. 2008  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

About this time last year I posted up a link to a piece of research into the costs charged by each of the major airlines flying from the UK to ski airports in Europe for checking in your skis or snowboard.
Well, APH have updated their research and things have changed! RyanAir now costs a [...]

Sauna ski lift

Tuesday, 09. 2. 2008  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

This must get a bit sweaty when you’re wearing your full winter gear…

Travel Weekly has posted images of a gondola/bubble lift done out as a sauna, and asks the question: which country is this in?

Wild Snow backcountry blog

Thursday, 03. 29. 2007  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

New to my Bloglines feed subscription list is WildSnow.com. I love the site already having only read a few posts.
Mainly I love it cos of the unashamed SEO (search engine optimisation) thrown at it (SEO is my day job). Stuff like “Lou Dawson’s Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog and Website” is brilliant SEO overkill.

I [...]

Alps Avalanche Analysis

Monday, 11. 13. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding, Video

Looking forward to some off-piste action this season? You’d do well to read the analysis report published by Pistehors.com into the the significant rise in avalanche related deaths in France in the 2005-06 season.
The winter of 2005-2006 was the deadliest since 1970 term of French avalanche deaths. 55 people were killed in the five [...]

National Ski and Snowboard week

Monday, 11. 13. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

It is National Ski and Snowboard week here in the UK. Going with the super lame slogan: Give snow a go!
Well, its cheesey, but lets give them the benefit of the doubt. It looks like there’s a load of offers and freebies up for grabs, which is what this is all about [...]

Ski and board hire in the UK

Tuesday, 10. 24. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

Do you often find the gear you hire at the resort is shite? Sweaty boots with dodgy laces and big heel lift? Crappy bindings that come loose? Board more flexible than a credit card and not in your preferred size?
I met a company at the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show on Sunday [...]

Electric EG.5 and EG1 goggles: what’s the difference?

Monday, 10. 23. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

Click here to buy Electric EG.5 goggles - $94.95
Click here to buy Electric EG1 goggles - $79.95

I bought a pair of Electric EG1 goggles online back in February, just before my last trip as it turned out. Unfortunately the postman must have nicked them, as they never arrived.
I phoned up the website and got [...]

Exercises to get fit for the ski season

Tuesday, 09. 26. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

I’ve been telling myself since my last snowboarding trip that I’d be super fit ready for the new ski season. Only 8 weeks til my next trip, so I’m going to join a gym today.
J2Ski have posted about their ski fitness tips from Graham Bell.

Ski & Snowboard Show 2006

Sunday, 08. 27. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

The Ski Show is on its way. Just got this email…
COUNTING THE DAYS TILL THE END OF THE FLIP-FLOP SEASON?
Feeling like winter is just around the corner? It might seem now that this just heralds the beginning of a long and dreary stretch till next summer but the colder and darker it gets the closer [...]