Les Arcs has announced it will be staging a festival celebrating Slacklining during the Easter holidays, from 6-8 April, 2018. Slacklining involves using a piece of webbing, usually between 2-5cm (1-2 inches) wide, attached between two points or in the case of Les Arcs, two peaks at altitude, and then daredevils walk across them. Members…
More InformationTeams of firefighters dressed in full fire-fighting attire took to the ski slopes of Sunday River in Maine at the weekend to compete in the resort’s annual firefighters’ ski race – one of several staged at ski areas around the world each year. This was the 28th staging of the race at Sunday River. Teams…
More InformationPark City Mountain in Utah, the largest ski area in the US, and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation have announced a special day to raise funds towards the battle to conquer cancer. The special day on Saturday, March 24th, to be based at the canyons base village, has been christened Pink Park City. The plan is…
More InformationThe sixth edition of the BMW Winter Golf Cup will return to Val d’Isère, France, from 22nd-25th March 2018 , bringing together professional players, celebrities, and a whole group of people who are passionate about the game. The four-day programme comprises amateur competitions, street golf and a day of Winter Golf presented by the Ryder…
More InformationFrom March 2 to 4, 2018 the SuddenRush Banked Slalom LAAX 2018 hosted by Terje Haakonsen & Nicolas Müller will happen in LAAX, Switzerland. 350 riders between 6 and 66 years anticipate a pleasure racing the freshly shovelled course on a new location up in the wide white area of LAAX. The organizer and its…
More InformationLes 2 Alpes, which claims to have the largest skiable glacier in Europe, has announced it will launch its summer skiing season with an Outdoor Festival for the second year. The resort says the festival will run from the 22nd to 24th June 2018 and will offer both pros and non-pros the chance to try…
More InformationPop In the City, the women-only urban race is heading to the slopes of Les Menuires this March! On the 10th of March, 200-300 women will take to the mountains, completing challenges and activities in small teams during an action-packed day. Throughout these activities, they will learn about, engage with and explore the local area,…
More InformationThe long-running British Freestyle Ski and Board Championships mix music, fun and world-class snowsports competition for all comers. Hopefully it will be in a celebratory mood post-Pyeongchang the-brits.com
More InformationThe 2018 Winter Olympics are here in South Korea. It’s that time, once every four years, when we become obsessively interested in winter sports we perhaps don’t watch quite so much the rest of the time, along with those we do. Although some winter sports come and go (they didn’t even have downhill skiing events…
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