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| Another indoor resort planned for Middle East - in Israel Posted on:23-07 at 09:19 |
| Following on from the success of Ski Dubai, another indoor ski and snowboard resort is being planned, this time in Israel. To be called the Sha'ar HaGilboa Center, it will be located on top of Mt. Gilboa in northern Israel, an hour and a half from Tel Aviv. The $20 million project has been approved by the Israeli Ministry of Interior and will feature a 375-acre indoor resort, including night skiing, gondolas, and a ski school. It is expected to open in 2009 ... :: Read more |
| Ski with Britain’s best at Chill Factore Posted on:19-07 at 11:23 |
| You and your company could ski with the British Alpine Ski Team at Chill Factore this September. Snowsport GB and Snowsport England are taking over the slope for the Corportate Ski Challenge on 4th September. And, you could take part, whatever your level of skiing. Teams of 4 will join up with 1 elite skier, and race to raise funds for the British and English Alpine Ski Teams, to help them in their quest for International success in the 2008/2009 season ... :: Read more |
| New qualification standards for ski cross World Cup Posted on:19-07 at 10:57 |
Since ski cross has been added to the Olympic Winter Games program, interest in the event has escalated. So, the FIS Freestyle Committee has introduced new qualification standards for entry into the ski cross World Cup, which will be valid from the 2008/09 season. To be entered into the FIS World Cup ski cross events, competitors will either be able to use their Freestyle FIS points or Alpine FIS points. A competitor with 100 Alpine FIS Points or less in any alpine event will be qualified to participate in the FIS ski cross World Cup. The ski cross Freestyle FIS point level is set at 20 – 40 Freestyle FIS points for the basic quota and more than 40 FIS points for additional quota spots. ... :: Read more |
| Carving skis seem safer than straight skis Posted on:17-07 at 14:35 |
| Injuries seems to be less common with carving skis than straight skis, according to research from Austria. Scientists at the Department of Sport Science in Innsbruck University looked at the effects of modern ski equipment on injury in alpine skiers. They wanted to see whether the introduction of carving skis and related equipment has altered the overall injury rate and/or the pattern of injury location. ... :: Read more |
| Big Air is coming to Battersea Power Station Posted on:15-07 at 18:01 |
This October, London will have its very own snowboarding World Cup event - the Big Air tour is coming to Battersea Power Station. The new season’s LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Big Air competition is taking place in five big cities around the world, and with a new format. Ten finalists will have three runs each, and the first event will take place in Battersea on Saturday 25th October 2008 ... :: Read more |
| Kirkwood ski resort to get 20 wind turbines Posted on:15-07 at 17:47 |
The Kirkwood ski area in the US is planning to install 20 wind turbines to provide the resort with pollution-free power. The 100-foot tall wind turbines should be running by 2010. The spinning blades will provide 6,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity daily – enough to satisfy about 20 percent of demand during the peak winter season and virtually everything needed in the summer.
The turbines would make Kirkwood the first US ski resort to get a significant amount of its electricity from renewable energy generated on its own property. While other US resorts are also using wind power, much of it is generated by turbine farms several states away from the resorts. ... :: Read more |
| Saas Fee Freeride 08 next weekend Posted on:13-07 at 21:51 |
The 2008 Saas Fee Ride will take place next Saturday, and this year it’s even bigger. Some of Europe's top new school freestyle skiers from various international teams will take part in a Big Air competition and an expression session Rail Jam. The competition will be held at the Allalin glacial terrain park on the Saas Fee glacier (Switzerland). ... :: Read more |
| Another ski resort for Bulgaria Posted on:10-07 at 12:20 |
| Bulgaria will soon have another ski resort, at a cost of about €50 million. It is to be built near to Chepelare by Rhodoppe Mountain and will be called Mechi Chal. Construction is expected to take 5 years and will be split into three stages, the first of which is scheduled for completion before the end of 2008 ... :: Read more |
| Sochi relocating two Olympic venues for ecological reasons Posted on:10-07 at 12:08 |
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced that ecological concerns were more important than expense with respect to relocating two 2014 Winter Olympics venues. Sochi was chosen last year to host the games, despite complaints from environmentalists that some planned construction would damage the region's complex ecology. Now, triggered by recommendations from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Putin has called for the bobsleigh and luge tracks, and the athletes' village to be relocated to other sites after consultation with the International Olympic Committee. ... :: Read more |
| The Australian ski season finally gets underway Posted on:07-07 at 17:06 |
| At last, the ski resorts in New South Wales and Victoria have got some snow, and just in time for the school holidays. The conditions in New South Wales (e.g. Perisher Blue, Thredbo) are pretty good now, with moderate cover. In Victoria (e.g. Falls Creek, Hotham, Mount Buller), several centimetres of snow fell at the end of last week. And, while the conditions still aren’t great, more snow is forecast to fall all week ... :: Read more |
| Ski resort style cable cars for London? Posted on:07-07 at 16:24 |
London may get a network of cable cars over the Thames, according to reports today. London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, is considering ski resort style cable cars to carry commuters over the Thames. Eight river crossings are being proposed to help cope with developments in east London, such as the 2012 Olympics' sites.
Apparently, the cable cars would be a cheap alternative to conventional crossings, such as bridges, which would either need to be high or have hydraulic lifting systems to allow large boats to pass under them.
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| Ski area in Chile evacuated as volcano erupts Posted on:03-07 at 08:46 |
Chile evacuated all the occupants of a southern ski area, as Llaima volcano spewed lava for a second day. The volcano is one of South America's most active, and locals are worried that the eruption could cause snow on the volcano to melt, resulting in torrents of water and even landslides. The lava flow stretches about 2k down the slopes of volcano and, yesterday, the Chilean government ordered a 15k exclusion zone around it ... :: Read more |
| Austria has best season ever with over 10 million visitors Posted on:02-07 at 09:25 |
For the first time, Austria had more than 10 million winter vistors from abroad. Nearly half a million of these came from Great Britain. It was, apparently, the best winter season Austria had even seen, helped by excellent snow throughout the season, and represented an increase of 2.7% compared to the year before.
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| The Canyons finally sold – for $123M Posted on:02-07 at 09:04 |
The long-awaited sale of The Canyons ski resort in Utah has finally gone through. The resort was bought for $123 million on Monday by Talisker Canyons Finance Co. LLC, a subsidiary of the Toronto-based real estate development and investment company Talisker Corp. The Canyons Resort was the final vestige of the American Skiing Co. empire. ... :: Read more |
| Learn to ski faster with camera-less Fusion Motion Capture Posted on:01-07 at 14:40 |
| Professional skiers can now learn how to ski faster with the help of a new system used to capture 3D motion of alpine ski racing, but without using a camera. Known as Fusion Motion Capture (FMC), the first study of its use has been published this week in the journal, Sports Technology. The pilot study, carried out by researchers from Massey Univeristy in New Zealand, found that the new technology can overcome the technological difficulties associated with athlete performance monitoring in an alpine environment. ... :: Read more |
| Ras al Khaimah plans outdoor ski slope in desert Posted on:30-06 at 09:41 |
An outdoor ski resort with snow that can withstand heat of around 35°C is being planned for Ras al Khaimah (one of the United Arab Emirates). Sounds ambitious, but it will mean you’ll be able to ski in your swimsuit all year round. The outdoor slope would be the centrepiece of a plan to transform Ras al Khaimah into a year-round venue for winter sports.
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| Boy's family settles skiing suit out of court Posted on:26-06 at 09:06 |
| The man who sued an 8-year-old boy and his family for injuries suffered in a ski accident at Beaver Creek (US) has settled the case for $25,000. US District Court records show that David Pfahler and the boy's father, Scott Swimm, agreed to dismiss the case on Tuesday. ... :: Read more |
| Welcome snow falls on New Zealand resorts Posted on:24-06 at 10:54 |
| 25cm of fresh snow has fallen at Mt Hutt, 15cm at the top of Coronet Peak and 10cm at the peak of The Remarkables, as wintry storm fronts cross New Zealand’s South Island ski areas. The snow has fallen to lake level in Queenstown, just in time for the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival, which opens on Friday. ... :: Read more |
| French ski mountaineer, Jean-Noel Urban, lost on 8000m Himalayan mountain Posted on:23-06 at 09:06 |
French ski mountaineer, Jean-Noel Urban, has been lost on the 8068m Gasherbum I (Himalayas), after falling into a deep crevasse. Reports are that, on June 18th, Urban was descending from camp 2 of his planned route, when he fell through a thin snow crust. A futile search was attempted the next day, and the depth of the crevasse and subsequent heavy snow led to abandoning any further recovery attempts. ... :: Read more |
| No snow means summer activities at Victoria’s ski resorts Posted on:23-06 at 08:46 |
| The slopes are still bare of snow in Australia, and bike riding or bushwalking are more the order of the day than skiing. In fact, Victoria's ski resorts will revert to their summer activity schedules to try to keep youngsters occupied when they descend on the alps once school holidays start next week ... :: Read more |
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