14 Takeaways from LISTEX 2019
The 7th annual London International Ski Trade Exchange took place at The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead early this year. The following stats came from the annual SportPursuit and Weski research by Duplare: The UK ski market is estimated to be 1 million regular skiers and 1 million who identify as skiers 95% of under-35s...
Chemmy Alcott interview on J2Ski
Iain interviewed BBC Ski Sunday presenter Chemmy Alcott at the London Ski & Snowboard Festival in October 2019. The four-time Olympian revealed her fitness tips and how she got back to ‘fighting weight’ after having her second child. She also offers advice for new mums wanting to get back into the sport.
‘Ski A&E’ article by Skipedia on InTheSnow.com
Iain’s interview with John Quinn and Sean Doherty from North One TV about their new TV programme ‘Ski A&E’ was recently published by InTheSnow.com. Iain interviewed John and Sean for Episode 43 of The Ski Podcast. You can listen to it here (14 minutes in):
Ten Facts You Should Know About The Rise Of Podcasting
Are you listening to podcasts yet? If not the chances are you will be soon… New research from Adobe Analytics shows that more people are tuning into podcasts and are heavily engaged with this audio content. Podcast mobile app usage has increased 60% in the US since January 2018 A quarter of current podcast listeners...
Ski Flight Free article in The Telegraph
Iain’s article about his rationale for starting the Ski Flight Free campaign has recently been published on The Telegraph website: Iain has previously written for The Telegraph about the gender gap in skiing (interview with Chemmy Alcott) and about the world’s first paraplegic piste basher driver.
Lies, Damn Lies and Ski Statistics from the Department for International Trade
It’s taken us a while to write this one up, but that might be because we’ve been in shock. Politicians lie, who knew? To be fair, this one is probably down to the civil servants. UK skis sold ‘across the globe’ Presumably it was a confused pencil pusher at the Department for International Trade who...