Knowledge Is Powder Ski Podcast – Episode 7
For this episode of the pod, Iain and Jim are joined by Vanessa Fisher, a PR specialist in the UK ski industry. Sadly, the sound on this podcast Vanessa isn’t ideal. We blame her dad’s broadband and the fact that it had to be a ‘one-take’ podcast, as it was recorded two days before Christmas....
Murren Inferno article in Skier & Snowboarder Magazine
In January 2017, Iain from Skipedia took part in ‘The Inferno‘ – the largest amateur downhill ski race in the world – in Murren in the Swiss Alps. His article was recently published in Skier & Snowboarder Magazine: Iain travelled to Murren as a guest of Switzerland Tourism and Murren Schilthorn ski resort. The 75th...
Claudia. Winkleman. You. Will. Get. Skiing.
What is it with popular TV presenters and skiing? Last year Davina McCall did her uninformed best to put people off skiing, with unsubstantiated claims about the risk of injury. This year Claudia Winkleman has launched her own diatribe against the sport, apparently for ‘humorous’ purposes. In her column in ‘The Sunday Times’ she asks...
The Knowledge is Powder Ski Podcast – Episode 6
For this episode of the pod, Iain and Jim are joined by Steve Angus from TDC in Val d’Isere. Steve describes the snow he can see from his window, shares a few tips on where to ski and gives the team a lowdown on the developments in Val d’Isere, including revealing the location of a...
The Knowledge is Powder Ski Podcast – Episode 5
Creator of ‘The Courchevel Enquirer‘, Alex Irwin joins Iain and Jim to discuss his tips for creating perfect genepi and whether it’s still possible to go on a pub crawl in 1850. The pod also discuss Aldi’s new ski range and the collapse of Powdair, plus Jim pitches the Skroom in our Dragons’ Den section...
Lies, Damn Lies and Ski Statistics
We all like a stat. Whether we realise it or not, we like numbers. They help us understand the world…when they’re used correctly. We noticed a couple of examples of dubious data while reading two of this month’s ski magazines. Absolute numbers are just totals In Snow Magazine, Pete Coombs rightly laments the lack of...