Freeze Big Air Brings Snowboarding to London Olympic Stadium
Big news for British snowboard and freestyle fans as the long-rumoured Big Air competition in London has now been confirmed. And the super-exciting news is that it will take place on Saturday 14 November 2015 at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Stadium – helping to keep the Olympic theme after the success at Sochi 2014. World...
Iain Martin – Ski Industry Speaker and Presenter
Iain Martin – founder of Skipedia and presenter of The Ski Podcast – is a regular speaker, presenter and moderator at different industry events and forums. Iain curates the forum at Ski Launch – the annual event that kick-starts the winter for the snowsports industry in the UK. He is regularly a moderator at LISTEX...
19 Soundbites from the LISTEX Summer Session 2015
Earlier this month saw the 2nd LISTEX Summer Session, held at The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead. The event saw a record turnout and standing room only for the forum events. Here’s 19 soundbites to give you a flavour of the day: I still don’t know why shops don’t let you lick skis –...
‘Meet the Ski Experts’ from 1986…
We love this flyer from 1986 we found tucked away in at the back of a cupboard. If the chance to go skiing for ‘only £3.50’ wasn’t good enough, check out the list of the ‘ski experts’ you can meet for a chance to book your 1986/87 ski holiday. Who remembers Yugotours, Intasun, Sunmed, Horizon...
Airbnb turn Courchevel cable car into chalet for night
Only last month we noted on Skipedia how Airbnb were targeting French ski resorts, with a goal of having 10,000 listings by the end of the season. Spectacular guerrilla marketing This week however Airbnb have pulled off one of the most spectacular pieces of guerrilla marketing in a ski resort we’ve seen for some time...
The Alternative Snow Awards
Last week the London Ski and Snowboard Show was held at Earls Court. Normally we’d write up a ’23 Snippets from the Ski Show’ type of post, but in the wake of the World Snow Awards we thought we’d announce our own award winners, based on our observations last week. Biggest Newcomer to the Industry...