December, 2009 // Posts published in December, 2009
Air and Style 2009 – Video
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Red Bull sponsored Marko Grilic has claimed the top ‘Ring of Gold’ title at the Billabong Air + Style, in Innsbruck. Grilic had to fight off Peetu Piiroinen, Andreas Wiig and Iouri Podlatchikov in the second Air+Style of 2009. His Switch bs 1080 puts him at the top of the Swatch 6Star TTR tour. Here’s...
Snow Report
By Rob DownhamAlpine Elements French Office, Chamonix: The first day of opening at les Contamines (near Chamonix) saw excellent conditions on Piste – infinitely better than the same time last year! Recent snowfalls had been very well prepared to make a packed powder on the marked runs and plenty of off piste skiers and boarders...
Innsbruck Air + Style – Live Webcast Tonight
That classic of the Snowboard calendar is with us one again – The Billabong sponsored Air + Style. Built on the huge Innsbruck Ski Jump hill, this year’s version has brought back the crowd pleasing Straight Jump. There’s a Live Webcast going out tonight, click on Read More for the link – forget the X Factor, this...
Ski Helmets
Helmets – a good idea. Ok, they’re ‘not cool’, they ‘make my head itch’, they ‘never fit’. If you ride a bike in London (say) there’s a good chance that you’ll wear a bike helmet. Why? Because all drivers in London are a potential DEATH (© Terry Pratchet) on four wheels. Obvious, really. Well, a...
FIS New Web Sites
The FIS have just announced that their new Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined websites are now online. These join their existing Alpine and Cross Country sites, and in some respects better them. There’s a huge amount of information, with videos, and some darned nice pictures. Having been less than impressed by the FIS Live Timing...
Saint Jean D’Aulps Ski Resort
Saint Jean D'Aulps in the Portes du Soleil is a very small but charming little resort situated just an hour from Geneva airport and with access to the largest ski area in the world and over 650 kms of pistes
Snowstorms hit the Alps
Saint Jean D'Aulps is one of the lowest resorts in the Alps with an altitude of only 1450 metres and look, at December 2nd - it's ready to ski! The slopes are even freshly groomed too!
FIS Live Timings on your phone
The FIS’s Live Timing site goes mobile. Promising to provide up-to-the minute live timings of the various FIS Olympic disciplines, and links to useful areas such as results and the upcoming FIS calendar. This should help to slake the thirst of you competition junkies out there. I say ‘should’, unfortunately this has to be one...
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