Mürren’s status as the birthplace of Alpine ski racing in the years following the first world war is reflected in a succession of centenary celebrations in the car-free village at the heart of Switzerland’s beautiful Jungfrau Region.
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The return of the Parsenn Derby ski race celebrates historic British ties with Davos Klosters
Davos Klosters’ is usually in the headlines for hosting world leaders at the annual World Economic Forum or when members of the British Royal family head there for a winter holiday, but the area has so much more to offer than this newspaper fodder and it is one of Switzerland’s snowsport capitals.
Introducing British racers Robert and Charlotte Holmes
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The Skier & Snowboarder magazine has joined forces with British ski racers Robert and Charlotte Holmes to provide readers with a more comprehensive coverage of the ski racing scene.
The brother and sister team will be supplying regular news and views on training and racing from grass roots level up to the UK’s elite athletes. Their reports will appear in the racing section of the Skier & Snowboarder website.
The Zermatt-Cervinia World Cup Downhill 2022: All you need to know
The Zermatt Cervinia World Cup Downhill race will start in Switzerland and finish in Italy
Ed Mannix of the Zermatt-based Matterhorn Chalets talks to Iain Martin about the World Cup Downhill races taking place in Zermatt and Cervinia in October and November – the first time in FIS history a cross border competition has taken place
Ski world cup racing squad members take action to save season after UK sport withdraws funding programme
British skiers Dave Ryding, Charlie Guest, Charlie Raposo, Billy Major and Laurie Taylor jointly launched a Crowdfunding Campaign on 14 August in an effort to keep their dreams of success alive following a decision by UK sport to withdraw funding for Alpine, Cross-Country and Para Nordic athletes as the organisation deem the three disciplines to not be investible for World Class Programme support.
British Alpine Squad for 2022/23 season named
GB Snowsport has confirmed the 42-athlete Alpine squad which will represent Britain for the 2022/23 season, with Charlie Guest, Billy Major, Charlie Raposo, Dave Ryding, Laurie Taylor, and Alex Tilley all once again named in the nation’s World Cup squad.
Teams challenged to compete for the 3 Valley Rally Cup as part of youth charity’s 20th anniversary celebrations
To celebrate the charity’s 20th Anniversary, Switch180 is putting on a special event to raise funds for its Snow Camp programme. The youth charity, which provides life changing services to young people claims the 3 Valley Rally will be its biggest, most exciting, and most ambitious alpine event yet.
The exciting story of Franz Klammer’s dramatic and historic 1976 Olympic gold medal winning run captured in a new movie
by Skier & Snowboarder editor Frank ‘Scoop’ Baldwin
Back in November 2009, I was invited to interview Austrian ski legend Franz Klammer in front of a large audience during a weekend organised by Inghams in Warwickshire to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary.
Queen awards MBEs to Beijing Paralympic gold medal winning brothers
Skiing brothers Neil and Andrew Simpson from Banchory in Scotland have been made MBEs in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee birthday honours list.
Gold medallists Neil and Andrew Simpson pictured at the Beijing Paralympics after their gold medal winning run
The pair became the first male Team GB skiers to win gold when they triumphed in the Super-G during the winter Paralympics 2022 in Beijing
Snowsport England provides more opportunities through cross discipline development programme
Snowsport England has launched a new domestic cross discipline pathway which will begin this summer (2022).
The new programmes, supported by GB Snowsport, will build on the success of the current ‘Futures’ Park & Pipe project. They will encourage increased participation in moguls and ski cross, and create further opportunities for athletes looking to develop skills that are applicable to multiple disciplines.
Kitzbühel gondola named in honour of Dave ‘the Rocket’ Ryding
The famous Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel has named a gondola cabin on the Hahnenkamm-Bahn lift after British skier Dave Ryding – an honour bestowed on all winners of the famous race down through the years.
Dave ‘the Rocket’ Ryding unveils centenary memorial to first ever slalom race in Mürren before heading for home
After finishing his World Cup racing season in the French resort of Méribel last Sunday (20 march), British slalom skier Dave Ryding didn’t let the snow melt beneath his feet.
Dave inspects the Kandahar trophies with former club president Cleeves Palmer
He jumped in the car and sped through the Alps to the Bernese Oberland at the invitation of the Swiss resort of Mürren and its British ski racing club, the Kandahar, which counts Dave among its members.
First ever Trace de Grands in Chamonix attracts more than 400 ski tourers
Competitors get underway in the timed race
The inaugural Trace de Grands ski touring event, held in Chamonix recently, attracted more than 400 competitors who participated in three different races in the French ski area depending on their abilities.
From cow bells to wedding bells… the Skier & Snowboarder magazine catches up with Dave ‘the Rocket’ Ryding
Lisa Young (left) met up with British slalom skier and Winter Olympian Dave ‘The Rocket’ Ryding who recently made history by becoming the first GB skier to win a world cup race. She joined him on the slopes of Obergurgl in Austria’s Tirol region just hours after he was on the world cup podium again after finishing third in Garmisch (27 February 2022). Lisa chatted with the 35-year-old on a sun-drenched terrace at the Hohe Mut Alm piste-side restaurant, at the top of the Obergurgl’s Hohe Mut Bahn II gondola. In a one-on-one interview she spoke to ‘The Rocket’ about what he does when he is not skiing, his recent Beijing Olympic experience, wedding bells, ski racing future, his café, and life after skiing.
Ski race champion moves from start gates and race courses to starters and main courses in Gstaad
MARK NICHOLLS heads to Gstaad where he meets downhill champion Bruno Kernen to discuss his career, Swiss cuisine, and an unexpected British success
Bruno Kernen in front of a painting bearing his number 29 bib during his world cup race win in 1983
As I walk into the Hotel Kernen, the host is moving effortlessly from table to table, checking that diners are enjoying their food, pausing for a friendly chat, or greeting regular customers.
Excitement mounts as Südtirol Gardenissima slalom races return to Val Gardena
The Südtirol Gardenissima, which claims to be the most demanding Giant Slalom in the world, is back. It returns to the slopes for the 24th time, along with the Gardenissima Kids race, on 2 and 3 April 2022.
There’s no catching Bankes in race for Snowboard Cross Crystal Globe
Charlotte Bankes on the winner’s podium in Reiteralm
TeamGB Snowboarder Charlotte Bankes has lifted the Crystal Globe for being the overall winner for the season after winning her fourth Snowboard Cross World Cup competition of 21/22, at Reiteralm in Austria recently.
Paralympics Beijing 2022: Debutant Ollie Hill wins ParalympicGB’s first ever Snowboarding medal
Bronze medallist Ollie Hill
ParalympicGB Snowboarder Ollie Hill, making his Winter Games debut, won Bronze in the Men’s LL2 Snowboard Banked Slalom – ParalympicsGB’s first ever Snowboarding medal.
Sitting in 3rd after the first run, Hill’s time secured him a place on the podium less than two years after starting out in the sport.
Paralympics Beijing 2022: Golden Simpson brothers pick up another medal in the Super Combined
Brothers Neil Simpson and Andrew Simpson followed up their Day 2 gold with a bronze in the Men’s VI Super-Combined after a blistering Slalom leg catapulted them into the medal spots.
Sitting in fifth after the Super-G stage, the pair were fast out of the gate and put enough on the board to hold off the challenge of others above them in the first-stage standings, their medal position confirmed when France’s Hyacinthe Deleplace, leading from the first stage, lost time to a huge error in the upper half of the Slalom. Italy’s Giacomo Bertagnolli claimed the gold.
Paralympics Beijing 2022: Simpson brothers strike gold for GB in Super G
Gold medallists Neil and Andrew Simpson
Paralympics GB’s medal tally climbed to three as Britain grabbed a gold and a silver in the Super-G on a day where British Paralympic history was made.
Neil Simpson, guided by his brother Andrew Simpson, became the first man to take a Winter Paralympic title with the performance of a lifetime in the Men’s Visually Impaired Super-G.