Freestyle Skiing At PyeongChang 2018
…th the Sheffield Sharks Ski Club, eventually finding my love for freestyle skiing and attending the Salomon Freeski Grom Camps. After competing regularly around the UK and at the British Championships for the next few years I made the next step and started competing on a higher level around Europe. At the last halfpipe competition of the season in 2014, we were in Tignes, France, and that’s the competition where I realised this was the discipline…
9th July 2017read full article
Skiing for Ireland
…er – and my two younger brothers, with one of them being – a ski racer :). Skiing has always been a part of my life. The first ski lessons I had at the age of three in Kindergarten. This is pretty much standard around here, in the Austrian Alps! As part of the local ski club team, I entered my first regional competitions at the age of 8. The exceptional ski training at WSV Ramsau am Dachstein helped me improve my ski racing skills steadily over th…
23rd June 2019read full article
Biathlon: Skiing, Shooting and Sacrifice
Sam Cairns
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Deafblind skier on path to the Paralympics
…way round. Without my hearing-aids, I am completely deaf. When it comes to skiing, it can often be quite challenging, not only not being able to see, but also not being able to hear, as wearing hearing-aids can also interfere with the use of our headsets! Not naturally coming from a skiing background, with no family that have ever skied before either, financing such an expensive sport has proven tricky. In my time outside of sport I study Medicine…
12th December 2016read full article
Glencoe Mountain Snow Making Project
…season to patch up runs where required and ensure we always had some great skiing and sledging right through until the May bank holiday weekend. Having an opening and closing date and being able to guarantee snow during the whole season will allow us to better support our local schools, clubs, athletes and provide a massively improved experience for you, our amazing customers. It will also have an incredibly positive affect within the local econom…
5th September 2017read full article
Tongan Skier on the Road To Pyeongchang 2018
Kasete Naufahu Skeen - Tonga
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Cross country skier – The Need for Speed
…rformance in cross country skiing at the 2018 Olympic games! Cross country skiing is an endurance sport in which, to do well, competitors must ski downhill at break neck speeds, uphill with lung bursting effort and along flat terrain with near perfect efficiency. Races range from one to ninety kilometres and elite competitors are amongst the fittest athletes in the world. The decisive factor in races is the average speed at which skis glide across…
23rd September 2016read full article
Irish Alpine Skier | Olympic Bid
…alom and Slalom. If you’ve never encountered the sport before, it involves skiing downhill through a course made up of red and blue gates. You can reach speeds of up to 160km/h. Being a ski racer in Ireland poses an infinite number of obstacles: It doesn’t snow much in our country; we don’t have many high altitude mountains; there is no national team support or coaches; and training involves expensive flights abroad. Despite this battle against th…
19th September 2016read full article
Brodie Murray | Youth Olympic Dream
…s well as another similar position at a local swimming pool. Cross-country skiing is one of the most demanding of all Olympic sports, with skiers propelling themselves at speeds that exceed 20-25 km per hour over distances as long as 50 km. Yet the difference between winners and losers in these grueling races can be decided by just the tip of a ski. I train 6 days a week, which includes strength and conditioning, core, endurance & stamina, techniq…
3rd November 2016read full article
Dreams are never too big
…n 2004, building my love for Ireland with regular trips to my second home. Skiing has always been a part of my life. The first ski lessons I had at the age of three in Kindergarten. This is pretty much standard around here, in the Austrian Alps! Later, in primary school, I started training with our local ski club, WSV Ramsau am Dachstein. As part of the Ramsau ski club team, I entered my first regional competitions, participating in the U8 to U16…
27th August 2018read full article