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Eat smart for better skiing
Eat smart for better skiing A hangover and a large cup of coffee for breakfast might seem like the best combination for “surviving” a skiing trip, but after a couple of hours on the slopes you’ll be needing to head home for a nap and a good feed. Instead, why not take on board a [...] -
A beginners’ guide to skiing lingo
You might be new to skiing but there is no way we’re going to let you out on the slops without knowing the skiing lingo. Afterall, as every newcomer to a sport knows, you can get away with looking less than skilful if you’re using the right kit, wearing the right clothing and understand the [...] -
Top tips for new skiers
Skiing is fun! That’s what all your friends have been telling you. But you’re still not convinced. The lessons at your local dry ski slope were, er, okay, but that was on a short and easy slope. And now, there you are on your first skiing holiday, and looking around, all you can see are [...] -
The ups of night-time skiing
“It’s like skiing through your own fairy tale winter wonderland,” one fan said. “The slopes are so empty you feel like you have the resort to yourself,” said another. Night-time skiing is taking off – and it’s easy to see why the the beauty of being out on the slopes when everyone else is tucked [...] -
Exclusive Q&A with moguls champ Ellie Koyander
We caught up with Ellie Koyander, Great Britain’s Number One Freestyle Mogul Skier and Team GB Olympian to find out more about her life as a skier and her aspirations for the future. Ellie is 20 and hails from Tideswell, Derbyshire, England. At what age did you start skiing? “I first began skiing on a [...] -
Top tips for a successful family ski holiday
After years of ski holidays as a couple or with grown-up friends you have decided to go for the family ski holiday. There are so many benefits, you tell yourself. Quality time with the kids; the chance for your youngsters to learn a new skill; health and fitness for all the family. All these points [...] -
Champion skier Finlay Mickel’s top tips for kids
Finlay Mickel is one of Scotland’s highest achieving skiers and finished 10th in the World Cup downhill event in 2006. He coaches the Scottish ski team and lives I Scotland with his young family. Finlay first took his young son Jenson, now aged four, on to the slopes before he turned two. His daughter Mila, aged [...] -
New Scotland ski alerts
When the sun is shining, the skies are blue and the snow has come, skiing in Scotland is awesome. But with more unpredictable days of weather than many other European countries, skiers and snowboarders need to keep a close eye on the forecasts for Scotland. Now Ski Scotland is offering a new on-line facility for the [...] -
Ski headwear Fashion Police
Inspired (is that the right word?, Blog Ed) by the truly ludicrous collection of skiing outfits in a previous blog Ski Wear Fashion Police we started “researching” skiing hats. Well, when we say “researching, what we mean is wasting a bit of down-time having a laugh at some truly ridiculous ski headwear found on Google. While [...] -
Learn to ski jump. It’s not as mad as you might think
Ski jumping for beginners. Ski JUMPING? For BEGINNERS? Surely we have gone mad here at SimplyPiste. But no! Ski jumping really isn’t that difficult to learn and you certainly do not need to be an adrenaline-pumping skiing expert to give this snowsports activity a go. What equipment do you need for ski jumping? Essentially the kit you [...]