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Intersport Ski Hire Code 2025

by iain on Jan 22, 2025 • No Comments

Simply use the Intersport ski hire discount code ‘SKIPODCAST’ to save £££s this winter. Alternatively, you can just take this link and your discount will automatically be applied, saving you money at the checkout. Intersport is the main sponsor of The Ski Podcast for the second consecutive year in winter...

Resorts

Exclusive: Is Vail Resorts about to buy Flims Laax in Switzerland?

by iain on Aug 27, 2024 • No Comments

The latest ski destination to be linked heavily with Vail Resorts is Flims Laax in Switzerland. After their acquisitions of Crans Montana and Andermatt Sedrun, it’s believed the company is keen to add further resorts to their portfolio of 42 ski areas across the world. Is Flims Laax next on...

Ideas / Tour Operators

The sad demise of the catered chalet ski holiday

by iain on Sep 25, 2023 • 8 Comments

Looking through a recent survey from Le Ski, I was struck by one stat in particular. While it was encouraging to read that the number of UK skiers and snowboarders is predicted to grow by 14% in winter 2023/24, the fact that only 13% stay in catered chalets highlighted how...

Ideas

Will ChatGPT make ‘ski experts’ redundant?

by iain on May 11, 2023 • No Comments

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is changing fast. A few years ago, it was just the name of one of Steven Spielberg’s less good movies, but in 2023 AI has moved from the world of ‘futurologists’ into the mainstream. The chances are that even if you haven’t tried ChatGPT (or Google’s ‘Bard’),...

Iain / Ideas / Tour Operators

‘Parrots in the Snow: the rise and fall of Bladon Lines’ – article in ‘Ski+Board’ magazine

by iain on Mar 8, 2023 • 2 Comments

Iain’s article ‘Parrots in the Snow: the rise and fall of Bladon Lines‘ has now been published in ‘Ski+Board’ magazine. My first experience of working in the ski industry came 35 years ago when I went to Chatel in the Portes du Soleil to be a ‘SAS Officer’ for Bladon...

Iain / podcast

The Ski Podcast wins ‘Best Wintersports Podcast’ Award

by iain on Apr 1, 2022 • No Comments

The Ski Podcast has been voted ‘Best Wintersports Podcast’ in the 2022 Sports Podcast Awards. The prestigious Sports Podcast Awards honour the best global sports podcasts, with 25 categories up for grabs. There were entries from 13 countries, and the shortlisted finalists were announced on 07 January 2022. Over 20,000...

Iain / Resorts

Ski Touring in Morocco: A Photo Essay

by iain on Feb 8, 2019 • No Comments

Iain from Skipedia recently went ski touring in Morocco. Flying into Marrakech, and then travelling to Imlil (1740m), Iain then spent three nights at the Refuge des Mouflons (3207m), ski touring to different 4000m peaks. Ski hire was from Braemar Mountain Sports, guiding and logistics were organised by Toubkal Guide. You...

Resorts / Tour Operators

‘I’m a modern-day Batman’ says anti-ESF campaigner

by iain on Nov 2, 2014 • No Comments

These are difficult days for the ESF in the UK. The current legal cases against Simon Butler and Le Ski have stirred up plenty of negative sentiment within the British market against the ESF. Both cases – which deal with different aspects of the law – are currently at different...

Tour Operators

Why do chalet girls bake a cake every day?

by iain on Aug 13, 2011 • 2 Comments

Okay, not strictly anything to do with marketing, but just for fun… So why do chalet girls bake a cake every day? As far as I know chalets have always left out a cake for their guests to tuck into for ‘afternoon tea’. After a long day on the slopes,...

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Resorts

Tignes and Sainte-Foy to join forces

by iain on Jan 23, 2025 • No Comments

The French ski resorts of Tignes and Sainte-Foy have announced that they plan to join forces, forming a new lift company to be called ALTTA (Alliance Locale pour la Transition des Territoires d’Altitude). Transition will be complete by June 2026 The new company has already been formed to take over the management of their ski areas but will...

Iain / Ideas

Chemmy Alcott interview for Welove2Ski

by iain on Jan 22, 2025 • No Comments

The latest in Iain’s series of ‘Chairlift Chat’ interviews for snowsports website welove2ski.com is now live, featuring BBC Ski Sunday presenter, Chemmy Alcott. You can read this article here. You can listen to Iain’s entire interview with Chemmy Alcott in podcast format at The Ski Podcast or on Spotify:

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Verbier article in Fall Line Skiing Magazine

by iain on Jan 16, 2025 • No Comments

Iain’s article on his trip to Verbier in March 2024 has now been published in the January 2025 issue of Fall Line Skiing Magazine. Freeride meets sustainability in Verbier The focus was on the efforts Verbier is putting in to sustainability. Iain travelled by low-carbon train via the hub at Le Chable and spoke to...

Branding

Will a Lamborghini snowboard make you faster?

by iain on Dec 28, 2024 • No Comments

The Italian ‘supercar’ manufacturer Lamborghini has announced the release of ‘Warpspeed’ – a new snowboard. The ‘Warpspeed’ has been designed in collaboration with Capita, using Falcor composite fastenings. The front and back of the boards have been shaped to resemble recent Lamborghini supercars, coloured with a special purple finish. It also comes adorned with the...

Iain

Dave Ryding interview on welove2ski.com

by iain on Dec 16, 2024 • No Comments

In the most recent of Iain’s series of ‘Chairlift Chat’ interviews for snowsports website welove2ski.com, he spoke to Dave Ryding, Britain’s most successful ski racer. You can read this article here. You can listen to the full interview in Episode 199 of The Ski Podcast:

Events / Iain / Resorts

Les 3 Vallées article on welove2ski.com

by iain on Dec 12, 2024 • No Comments

Iain travelled out to Les 3 Vallées in December 2024 for the opening days of the season in Courchevel and Méribel. His report from the weekend has now been published on welove2ski.com: You can watch Iain’s video reports from the weekend at the Skipedia YouTube channel:

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