New ski fitness app launched

Are you ski fit?

With the ski season almost upon us, it’s time to get off the sofa and get fit for skiing! To help you, there’s a new ‘SkiFit8’ app on the market – a bite-sized workout ahead of your … Read More

The Mont-Blanc Ultra Trail starts today in Chamonix

The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 2015 starts in the French town of Chamonix at 5.30pm today.  It is the ultimate mountain team endurance race, taking in 7 valleys, 71 glaciers, 400 summits as thousands of runners from around the globe participate … Read More

Top season for British Ski and Snowboard athletes

After the success of our British athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games last year, expectations for the 2014/15 winter season were especially high across all snow sport disciplines, but the British Ski and Snowboard Teams didn’t disappoint.  In fact, … Read More

Billy Morgan lands first-ever snowboard Quad Cork

British Snowboarder Billy Morgan landed himself in the world record books and opened a new chapter in snowboarding history yesterday by successfully landing a Backside 1800 Quadruple Cork.

https://youtu.be/ntANrBQ7e24

For those unfamiliar with “shredder-speak”, this crazy jump contains four off-axis … Read More

Visually-impaired skier Millie Knight makes history

Visually impaired skier Millie Knight (age 16) and her ski guide Jennifer Kehoe have won the Overall World Cup GS in St Moritz, Switzerland.  No British skier, disabled or non-disabled, has ever won a ski racing Crystal Globe in any … Read More

From The Snow Centre to The Jump

The Jump airs at 7pm on Channel 4 tonight for its second series. As with the first series, the celebrity competitors all discovered their skiing legs at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead before jetting out to the Austrian Tirol to … Read More

The Jump returns to Channel Four

The Jump returns to Channel 4 this Sunday 1 February for its 2nd series ,and here at FamilySkiNews.com we can’t wait… it’s not so much car-crash television as ski crash TV, and just wait till you see the line-up! This … Read More

What’s in a piste?… What makes the Lauberhorn so special?

This weekend dozens of racers will push off from the tiny wooden hut at the top of the Lauberhorn – to compete in the oldest, longest, fastest, and arguably the most beautiful downhill racecourse on the World Cup circuit.   But what … Read More

It’s World Snow Day this Sunday

World Snow Day is taking place on Sunday (18th January) – 645 events are scheduled across 45 countries, to celebrate all things on snow and to get more families involved in winter sports.  Many of the activities on offer will be free.

The … Read More

Win a Caring Cancer painting of Jenny Jones

If you’re going to the London Ski and Snowboard Show this week (at Earls Court 2 from 30 October until 2 November), be sure to visit the Caring Cancer Trust stand (stand J46) and purchase … Read More