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.
Racing
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.
Paralympics Beijing 2022: Knight and Wild win first medal for GB in Para Alpine Skiing
Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild won ParalympicsGB’s first medal on the opening day of competition at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games by securing bronze in the Women’s Downhill Visually Impaired.
Dave Ryding steps on to the World Cup podium for the fifth time
The Alpine World Cup season got back into full swing following the Beijing Olympic Winter Games during February, and British slalom skier Dave Ryding followed up his recent history making world cup triumph with another World Cup podium in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Chamonix hosts new event for all lovers of ski touring and epic descents
La Trace des Grands, which unites lovers of ski mountaineering and epic off-piste descents is being hosted by Chamonix Mont-Blanc in France on 19 & 20 March 2022.
The event, which is being organised by the association Outdoor Legacy, is expected to attract some of the world’s best freeride skiers. And the weekend will also include ski touring for all abilities.
Beijing 2022: Kenworthy bows out of competitive skiing with an 8th place in halfpipe final
Team GB’s freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, who came eighth in the men’s halfpipe final, was competing at his third and final Olympics.
Gus Kenworthy in action during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Genting Snow Park. Photo by Sam Mellish / Team GB
Gus previously competed for the USA by qualifying through his American father, but he also has an English mother and was born in Essex which enabled him to switch to the GB team.
Beijing 2022: Ollie Davies makes British debut in Olympic ski cross
Team GB’s Ollie Davies became the first British man to compete at the Olympics in ski cross. He finished fourth in his race with only the top two progressing to the quarter-finals.
The 24-year-old from Guildford in Surrey said: I’m pretty gutted. I made a mistake at the start and I was playing catch-up from then onwards.
Beijing 2022: Zoe Atkin calls her sister Izzy for advice after falling in first two runs of halfpipe final
Despite falling on her first two runs Team GB freestyle skier Zoe Atkin finished ninth in the women’s freeski halfpipe final after scoring 73.25 on her third run. Zoe had qualified in fourth place the previous day with a score of 86.75.
World Cup winner Ryding sets his sights on another important event after finishing 13th in Olympic mens slalom
Slalom skier Dave ‘The Rocket’ Ryding, who recently won Britain’s first ever world cup race in Kitzbuhel, was unable to replicate his history making heroics at the Beijing Olympics.
Dave Ryding
The 35-year-old made a small mistake during his first run which left him in 16th position. In the second run it appeared he may have pulled off something special as his time of 50.44 put Ryding at the top of the standings and in the gold medal position. But the gap to the first run’s frontrunners proved too much and saw him finish in 13th position.
Beijing 2022: Slopestyle finalists Muir and Summerhayes make plans for the future
Team GB’s youngest competitor at the Beijing Olympic Games, freestyle skier Kirsty Muir, finished eighth with a best score of 71.30 in the freeski slopestyle final on Tuesday.
Her team mate Katie Summerhayes, who finished seventh at previous Olympics in Sochi and PyeongChang, was one place further back in ninth with 64.75.
Beijing 2022: Ormerod overcomes her demons to compete in Snowboard Big Air
Although Team GB’s Katie Ormerod was left disappointed after she finished 25th in qualification for the women’s snowboard Big Air, as only the top 12 progressing to the final, her appearance in the Beijing Olympics marked a welcome return following a serious injury which almost ended her career.
Beijing 2022: Muir and Summerhayes both make it through to slopestyle final
Team GB’s freestyle skiers Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes have both qualified in the top 12 for the slopestyle final. Muir, who came fifth in the Big Air final earlier in the Games, finished sixth in qualifying with a best run of 70.11 and Summerhayes, who missed out on making the Big Air final by one place, progressed in 10th spot with 66.56.
Beijing 2022: Sixth place for Charlotte and Huw in inaugural mixed team snowboard cross
Team GB’s Charlotte Bankes and Olympic debutant Huw Nightingale managed sixth-place in the inaugural mixed team snowboard cross. Before the team event, Bankes finished ninth in the women’s individual snowboard cross on Wednesday, and Nightingale finished 30th in the men’s.
Beijing 2022: Nightingale looks forward to mixed snowboard cross
Team GB’s Huw Nightingale made his Winter Olympic debut in the men’s snowboard cross in Beijing on day 6 but went out in the 1/8 finals. The 20-year-old will get another chance to compete in the mixed team competition with team mate Charlotte Bankes on Saturday (12 Feb 2022).
Beijing 2022: No final place for Bankes in snowboard cross, and slalom skier Guest has to settle for 21st position
Charlotte Bankes, one of Team GB’s brightest hopes for an Olympic medal, was left disappointed when she was just beaten into third place on the line in the quarter-finals of the women’s Snowboard Cross when only the first two finishers go through.
Beijing 2022: Fifth place for Olympic debutant Kirsty Muir in Big Air final
Team GB’s Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir finished in an impressive fifth place in the first-ever women’s Big Air final.
Kirsty Muir pictured at a previous X games. PHOTO: GB Snowsport
Kirsty, who was making her Olympic debut and at 17 years old is Team GB’s youngest competitor at the Winter Games, will now compete in the slopestyle competition on Sunday.
Beijing 2022: Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir in Big Air final but James Woods bows out during qualification
Team GB’s Kirsty Muir will compete in tomorrow’s Big Air final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after finishing seventh in the qualification round. Team mate Katie Summerhayes narrowly missed out after finishing 13th with the top 12 progressing.