One of England’s highest flushing loos has been completed and christened in a mountain ceremony with a difference.

Standing at 2,500 ft on the flanks of Raise near Helvellyn, the Lake District’s third highest mountain, this is no bog standard privy. In fact, it has taken 75 years to bring the convenience to one of the most inconvenient locations in the land. But then the water closet’s creator, Lake District Ski Club, thrives on endurance and challenge. Continue reading ‘Lake District Ski Club Celebrates 75 Years with New Loo’

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It seems the association between technology and skiing seems to get ever stronger. Along with the many uses resorts are currently finding for gps and social networking and Google’s infamous annual company ski holidays, it was recently revealed that Apple has been applying North American ski resort names as internal company code for new operating systems.

Continue reading ‘Why are Apple and Google so enamored with ski resort names?’

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It's official. The longer, less sidecut skis proposed because of safety concerns will be implemented as planned. The FIS made the announcement Dec. 7 on its' webpage. Continue reading 'New ski specifications officially approved by FIS'  Print This Post

Whew…that was a busy 10 days. The first chunk of races are finished! The first Downhill race in Lake Louise was quite the success for me. I had my best ever World Cup career result (8th place) and it was in my first race back from my injury. I can’t explain how happy I am with that result. It meant so much to me to get back in the races so soon let alone get a top ten. I was hoping that I would place top 20 but I had my doubts that would even happen. It is a huge weight off my shoulders to know that when I dial things in and execute I can still be fast, it’s hard to know if you can still do it when it’s been almost a year since your last race. After only getting 10 days in gates before the race I was feeling ready but not totally confident in my skiing, after Lake Louise I feel a lot better about my skiing but I know I still have a lot of things to work on. Continue reading 'McKennis Blog: Back At It'  Print This Post

Ivica Kostelic has made his reputation on slalom, and although he branched out last season enroute to the World Cup championship, slalom is still his bread and butter. He demonstrated that at Beaver Creek Thursday (Dec.8) in a make up race from Val d'Isere, coming from behind to overtake Marcel Hirscher and pull away from Cristian Deville for the first slalom win of the season.

Kostelic said he was happy to have “removed the curse of Beaver Creek,” after having been removed from the course by the ski patrol in previous visits. “I really wanted to win this race. I had to settle some old issues with this course. I've had three surgeries from falls here and have been dreaming of the day I would beat this course.”

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It used to be that ski writers would earn a pretty good keep. Things have changed quite a bit and some of the best names have had to steer away from the industry due to waning sales and publications. But that didn’t stop Jules Older one bit. Continue reading ‘All-Star lineup of ski writers come together for E-book’

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Everyone of us has had to manage that sudden urge of needing a toilet while skiing and wondered where the best place to go is? Continue reading ‘Best place to ‘Go’ when skiing’

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