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From "What's the best ski insurance package?" to "Where's the best powder?" and from "How I survived the snowtrain" to "Ryanair ate my hampster", whether you ski, snowboard, blade or just build snowmen (just?!), someone at snowHeads knows something that can help you and the chances are you'll know something that can help someone else too.
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| Telus pulls sponsorship for the World Ski and Snowboard Festival Posted on:13-05 at 19:22 |
The World Ski and Snowboard Festival, held in Whilstler every year, is looking for a new sponsor, since the Canadian telecommunications company Telus has announced the end of its 13-year title sponsorship of the event. The festival has taken place for the past 17 years, but news of Telus' decision has raised questions about the future of the festival. ... :: Read more
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| Snowless skiing in Aspen for Climates Impact Day Posted on:13-05 at 18:59 |
Aspen Mountain joined 1,000 other events in 100 countries last week to participate in Climate Impacts Day. The day was organised to promote climate awareness and highlight the link between climate change and extreme weather events. Aspen held a snowless ski race to demonstrate how terrible the future will be if the global community does not take action to address global warming ... :: Read more
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| Visits to US ski resorts down by 10 million in 2011/12 Posted on:13-05 at 18:53 |
Many resorts in the US opened late and closed early due to lack of snow, and the visitor numbers show it. Almost 10 million fewer skiers and snowboarders visited US resorts during the 2011-2012 season, than during the previous season ... :: Read more
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| Sochi Olympics - Terrorist Attack foiled? Posted on:11-05 at 08:28 |
Russian authorities said on Thursday that security agencies had foiled a plot by Islamic militants to attack the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The weapons planned for the attack included portable surface-to-air missiles, two anti-tank guided missiles and 36 mortar bombs, as well as a flame thrower, grenade launchers, explosive devices, and anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. ... :: Read more
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| Sheffield Ski Village Fire - not good Posted on:29-04 at 11:10 |
Sheffield’s Ski Village building has been destroyed after fire broke out in the early hours of today. Firefighters were called to the centre just before 1am, and arrived to find the main wooden constructed building well alight.
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| GB bobsleigh athlete provisionally suspended after failing doping test Posted on:25-04 at 12:21 |
A British bobsleigh athlete has tested positive for a banned substance, the sport's governing body has confirmed.
UK Anti-Doping informed the athlete on 28 February and imposed a provisional suspension, pending a hearing ... :: Read more
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| Gloucester Slope for sale (again) Posted on:12-04 at 09:24 |
The Gloucester Ski & Snowboard Centre is again on the market, having failed to find a buyer two years ago. Jupiter Hotels, the owners, wrote to all 51 staff two Weeks ago saying the slope no longer fits into their future plans.
The staff have since made an offer to buy the slope with external financial backing from a small number of ski enthusiasts and will hear if the offer is accepted in the next fortnight ... :: Read more
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| Langlauf hits headlines as Pippa prepares for 90km race Posted on:29-02 at 01:57 |
Newspapers from the Telegraph to Blick, Switzerland's tabloid, to the Washington Post have picked up on the story of Pippa Middleton's cross-country ski challenge this weekend. On Sunday, Prince William's sister-in-law - along with her brother, James Middleton - will be among 15,800 people to race in the Vasaloppet in Sweden ... :: Read more
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| Bode Miller cuts short his season - again Posted on:28-02 at 23:24 |
After an injury in Sochi, Russia, the US racer is out of action for the rest of this winter's World Cup. Miller, 34, raced 10 days ago in Bansko, Bulgaria, but that aggravated an injury to his left knee sustained at the future Olympic venue, Sochi, a week earlier, where he missed the podium by 0.02sec ... :: Read more
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| Avalanches claim lives both sides of the Atlantic Posted on:22-02 at 00:40 |
The last week has been a grim one for avalanches. On Sunday, three people were killed in one incident in Washington State when some members of a group of highly experienced skiers, all carrying safety equipment, were caught by an avalanche that travelled 1km. Among the dead is Jim Jack, the Freeskiing World Tour head judge and a former competitor. One survivor in the group of 13 said she was saved by activating her airbag and another held onto a tree ... :: Read more
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| There are nearly 30,000 snowHeads! Posted on:09-02 at 01:28 |
Birthday-bashers will have something extra to celebrate Almost exactly eight years to the day since snowHeads was set up on 5 February 2004, the same month as Facebook, the UK's biggest snowsports forum is poised to celebrate the registration of its 30,000th member ... :: Read more
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| New app for improving mountain rescues Posted on:31-01 at 23:12 |
A new emergency app has been developed by the Tyrol mountain rescue control centre that can pinpoint the exact location of a stranded skier. People will be able to download the app so that, if they run into difficulty, a simple click of the app will notify rescuers and will automatically send them the coordinates of where the person is, what altitude they are at, and their mobile phone number.
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| World Cup racer, Tina Maze, strips down to bra in protest over underwear controversy Posted on:24-01 at 21:17 |
Slovenian Alpine racer, Tina Maze, stripped down to her bra in front of TV cameras while waiting in the leader's box during Sunday's World Cup super-G race. The white sports bra had a message on it: "Not your business", written in black marker. Her action was in protest at having to submit her underwear to the FIS for testing, after the Swiss complained about it, saying the plastic level in Maze's one-piece garment exceeded FIS rules, giving her an aerodynamic edge ... :: Read more
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| British woman first to ski alone across Antarctica Posted on:24-01 at 21:02 |
The British adventurer, Felicity Aston, became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica this week. It took her 59 days, during which she hauled two sledges around crevasses and over mountains into endless headwinds, past the South Pole and onward to the coastal ice shelf. The journey was 1,744K, from Leverett Galcier to Hercules Inlet ... :: Read more
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| Youth Olympics under way in Innsbruck Posted on:14-01 at 20:22 |
The first Winter Youth Olympics Games (13-22 January) is in full swing after athletes aged 15 to 18 from 70 countries gathered in Innsbruck yesterday for the opening ceremony. Franz Klammer was one of the celebrities present to light the first Winter Youth Olympic flame at the Bergisel Stadium ... :: Read more
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| Champion Freestyle Skier Sarah Burke dies after an accident Posted on:11-01 at 07:40 |
Sarah Burke, 4 times X Games Superpipe champion, is in a coma in hospital today after an accident during training in Park City. It appears she landed a trick in the base of the pipe and 'bounced' onto her head ... :: Read more
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| Shimmy shakey Chemmy an explosion of excitement, say judges Posted on:09-01 at 14:16 |
Britain's number one skier Chemmy Alcott scored 16 points for her first performance in Dancing On Ice. The 29-year-old, who is on the road to recovery from injury, was praised by judges in the ITV programme, which began a new series yesterday evening ... :: Read more
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| Avalanche deaths in Graubunden and Tirol Posted on:03-01 at 16:11 |
A teenager and a German couple have died after being buried in avalanches in the past week. A 14-year-old boy died yesterday in hospital, four days after being caught in a slab avalanche near Celerina in Switzerland's Engadine region ... :: Read more
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| Holy house of snow opens in Germany Posted on:29-12 at 20:14 |
We've heard of igloo hotels and ice bars - now ice and snow have been used to build a church. The 17x16m structure, complete with spire, was blessed and opened yesterday in the village of Mitterfirmiansreut in Bavaria, near the Czech border ... :: Read more
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| Baby born in Austrian ski lodge at 1850m Posted on:25-12 at 22:31 |
A young woman was taken by surprise at the birth of her baby on Christmas eve - in a ski lodge at 1850m in Wagrain in Salzburg Pongau. A doctor, mountain rescue workers, a paramedic and an emergency medical technician all hurried to the scene to find mother and baby doing well. They were transported down the mountain via heated snowcat to the middle station of the gondola "Flying Mozart", and then in an ambulance to hospital.
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