Freeze Big Air Festival in London postponed
Just over a week ago, the Freeze Big Air Festival planned for the Olympic stadium in Stratford, London was announcing Nile Rodgers and Chic as their headline act. Yesterday they confirmed on Twitter – one month before the event – that it will not take place at all: We announce the postponement of Freeze...
Interview with the London Ski Show on their move to Battersea
42 years ago it all started at the Chelsea Horticultural Society, but this year’s London Ski & Snowboard Show will be the first in many years not to be held in either Earls Court or Olympia. We asked the Suzanne Bayliss, Marketing Manager for the Show, about how the organisers have managed the change and...
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...
