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Archive for February, 2010
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New iPhone applications for skiers
Apple has come up with new iPhone applications which will come in handy for skiers. The applications will show the snow report, weather forecasts and also suggest a place to go for lunch on the mountain. With the iPhone’s GPS capabilities, other programmes provide advanced reality piste maps and GPS tracking of skiing. Users of these applications have [...] -
Red mittens are Olympic ‘must-have’
There is plenty of sporting gossip to be had at Vancouver’s Winter Olympics, but one passion appears to have swept through the city, uniting fans, athletes, supporters and reporters – a pair of pillar-box red knitted mittens. The practical garment has become the must-have souvenir of the 2010 Games, but although the brightly-coloured accessories can always [...] -
Untrained skiers risking injury
More than 50% of skiers are risking injury by hitting the slopes without any tuition, a survey has shown. The decision to buck lessons was made by 8% of skiers because they ‘couldn’t be bothered’ according to insurance company InsureandGo. Almost a quarter of people said the cost of lessons led to them not taking any, while [...] -
Woman and son rescued from glacier
A woman spent nine hours in sub-zero temperatures with her son after losing their snowmobile group on an Icelandic glacier trip, it has been revealed. Beata and Jeremy Scott, from Edinburgh, used their snowmobile as shelter after they lost their group on the glacier on Sunday, according to reports. The pair were taken to hospital in Reykjavik [...] -
Jeans genius from snowboarding team
The US snowboarders in the Vancouver Games have been showing off their jeans as well as their prowess. The team members wore their blue Ski jeans, made just for practice, on Cypress Mountain, near Vancouver. Burton, the company providing the team’s gear, supplied the garments on the eve of the Games. More traditional race pants from [...] -
49 of 50 US states wake up to snow
Snow has covered the majority of states in the US, making almost all of the huge country a skier’s paradise. Some 49 out of 50 states have snow on the ground with Hawaii being the one exception. The Global Snow Lab is looking at records to find out if there has ever been snow on the same [...] -
Winter Olympics: Any UK skiing hopefuls?
It is true that when it comes to funding and available facilities, those UK participants for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games may not be met with the same luxuries as their other competitors, but their spirits are that much stronger. In fact it is true that even despite these obstacles at least one or two [...] -
Village gets best skiing for years
As the British team prepares for the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a group of skiers in Northumberland are enjoying the best snow for decades. The hills around Allenheads, one of England’s highest villages, have been covered in snow for most of the winter. The former lead mining village, which is an area of outstanding [...] -
Probe after snowman crushes boy
Police are investigating after a two-year-old boy was crushed by a snowman in a ski resort in Austria. Louis Nisbett-Vindal, from Hertfordshire, struggled to breathe after the three-metre high figure fell on top of him, the local tourist board said. It took his parents, Yves Vindal and Michelle Nisbett, more than five minutes to rescue him with [...] -
Swiss parties to boost ski host bid
Swiss ski resort St Moritz has said it will throw a party for every medal the country wins at the Winter Olympics to boost its campaign to host the 2015 Alpine Skiing World Championships. Bid leaders think twin US resorts Vail-Beaver Creek are the International Ski Federation favourites to win the hosting race, after they came [...]