Carv 2: Interview with founder Jamie Grant
Jamie Grant, founder of Carv, tells Iain about Carv 2 – the digital ski instructor – in this excerpt from Episode 224 of The Ski Podcast. You can listen to over 230 episodes of The Ski Podcast at www.theskipodcast.com
How to travel Flight Free from UK to Portugal…
Iain travelled to Portugal in June 2024 to take part in the European Duathlon Championships as part of the British Age Group team. Having pledged not to fly during 2024, this meant a journey by train, ferry and car, with his time-trial bike to Coimbra in Portugal. Iain wrote about his experience in this piece...
Exclusive: Planks Clothing for sale prior to appointment of liquidator
We are extremely disappointed to confirm that Planks Clothing – the British snowsports brand – is currently seeking a buyer prior to the appointment of a liquidator. Planks Clothing assets and IP for sale Investors were advised by letter last month that the company had not been successful in their latest attempt to raise capital...
10 Things We Learned from the latest Ski Club of Great Britain Consumer Report
Last week, we attended the annual LISTEX & SASTEX online event, organised by the Mountain Trade Network. The two-day event started with a presentation by James Gambrill, General Manager at the Ski Club of Great Britain. He revealed the results of the end-of-season consumer report. We take a look here at some of the main...
8 Takeaways from the 2024 International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism
Last month, alpine tourism specialist Laurent Vanat, released his 16th annual International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism. We look at 8 takeaways from the report. Full access is limited to crowdfunding supporters or copies can be purchased online. Winter 2022/23 was a ‘very average’ season Total skier numbers for the 2022/23 winter season were 372m...
The Best Ski April Fools in 2024
The first day of April often brings sunshine, sometimes brings snow, but always brings a round of ‘April Fools’ gags, albeit of varying quality. Here’s our pick of the best of this year’s ski April Fools: Méribel: Most Effort You’re on the slopes, it’s lunchtime, but the queue for the mountain restaurant is way too...