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Denver FIS Snowboard Big Air results are in
In a first for the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Rocco van Straten claimed the top slot in the first ever city centre FIS Big Air on US soil.
Big Air Day in Denver
The LG Snowboard FIS World Cup rolls into Denver (Co) today, January the 26th with a Big Air event. It's the start of the Mile High Snow Week.
Easyjet review policy on charging for extras
It was bound to happen: As passengers found ways to avoid the notorious Budget Airline Extras, so the airlines revenue from such charges falls. Easyjet have seen a 2.7% fall year-on-year in this revenue source.
TV coverage of the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011
Saturday the 15th of January sees the 9th running of FIS’ World Championships in La Molina, Spain. Eurosport 2 are covering it on numerous platforms - TV, Computer, Mobile.
New Scottish ski slope?
A project to develop a new ski area in Scotland that was first considered during the 1980s, is being dusted off. Glencoe opened it’s slopes to the public before Christmas - the earliest for 10 years (see picture). The then Conservative Government shelved plans which would have seen a new ski area on the 1,046m high Ben Wyvis mountain.
Featured Chalet of the Week: Chalet Waterloo, Tignes Les Brevieres
The Waterloo is a smashing Alpine Elements ‘Luxury’ rated chalet on the edge of the Espace Killy, with links to Tignes via the Sache telecabin, and Val d’isere.
BA Cabin staff meet today – action to intensify?
After a lull in recent months there could be an upscaling of the Unite union's action to get cabin staff's travel perk reinstated. the union's General Secretary elect, Len McCluskey, is due to address a meeting at Kempton Park today
Ski Sunday returns to BBC2
Lurching slightly between a 4.45pm and 5.15pm, the alpine fest that is Ski Sunday rag-dolls it’s way back to our screens. The first show (Jan 9th) majors on FIS World Cup skiing from the Swiss resort of Adelboden. There should also be a bit on the ridiculously named ‘Oakley and Shaun White Present Air & Style Beijing 2010’ from back at the beginning of December last year. *Spoiler* If you need the excitement of not knowing who won skip the last paragraph!
Snowboard FIS World Cup – Bad Gastein
This Sunday (Jan 9th) sees the final LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Parallel Slalom, in Bad Gastein, before the World Championships. The final head-to-head roinds will be under floodlights on the Buchben slope, which finsihes in the town centre. It should be spectacular.
The FIS Ski World Cup City Event proves a hit
It looks as if the recent FIS competition in Munich’s Olympic Park went pretty well. The FIS Audi Ski World Cup held it’s first ‘City Event’ in front of a 25,000 crowd, who saw the top 16 male and female racers going head-to-head on a 18 gate Parallel Slalom course.
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