LooKING at Life

LooKING at Life Skiing Comes First

It amazes me how much news is padded out with research into something none of us care about; and I thought, what about ski research?

On the Snow has teamed up with US Ski Team to show us a thing or two about ski fitness: This gym ball challenge is not supposed to be easy.

The longest day of the year has come and gone. Usually this milestone marks the start of British summer and the Festival season.

Working on core strength, sculpting your abs and testing your lats, this exercise is a ‘Pullover’, that’s ‘Pullover exercise’ not ‘sweater’!

A research company has analysed the habits of the UK’s skiers vs snowboarders to uncover the real differences or similarities between us.

We chose a short easy waterfalls hiking route just up the valley near Hippach to fill a couple of hours before going supermarket shopping!

As you travel on ski lifts through the trees you can often see the immense dangers that tree wells pose to off-piste skiers.

I’ve been with guides who have shown me the principles of how to use a transceiver and probe and avalanche safety techniques.

Making Germknodel will never replicate the experience of eating one on the mountain, but if you are miles from Austria, give it a go.

Start windmill arm stretches as part of my ‘two minute tooth brush tone up’ series, today; twice a day, every day.