Two physios from Loft41 share their recommended ski fitness; a five exercise regime, with the team from Tirol. You don’t need any special equipment, but you have to embrace the ‘Super Sets’ approach.
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If you need to do some snow driving in the mountains in icy conditions, then you could do worse than drool over this list of perfect vehicles for snow driving pulled together by Freeskier. I’ll take Jon Olssen’s Audi R8 please!
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A couple of years ago I wrote about Klaus Obermeyer, a man aged 95, oo old to ski, but who was still skiing every day. Now, I’ve just discovered a Klaus trump-card, 101-year-old George Jedenhoff, surely he is too old to ski.
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When skiing in Winter it is usual to have very little skin exposed to the elements. Come Spring, and you may be tempted to expose a little more. If you do, please take heed of this research by Columbus Direct, supported by their brand ambassador, Chemmy Alcott.
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When your ski season is over for another year, but you are missing the sight of snow, the answer might be to watch a movie. Suspend your beliefs, of both the snow and the storylines, and enjoy a good, or bad, snow day movie.
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Not wishing to miss the opportunity of Valentine’s Day to spread a little love, many ski resorts are proud to be renowned for their romantic ski breaks.
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You may recall that, just before the start of the ski season, the operators of the Cairngorm Ski Resort announced the ‘temporary’ closure of their funicular mountain railway due to structural problems. Now, the resort is offering skiers discounted ski passes and free parking. They have opened all the drag lifts and have invested around £1 million in snow-making equipment.
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In Uzbekistan, near Tashkent, they are building a world-class mountain and ski resort from scratch! Work on creating the ski resort of Amirsoy has begun and the first phase of it will be open for the 2018-19 season. The full programme of works is due for completion in 2022. The resort will be 900 hectares on the northern slopes of the Maigashkan mountain.
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We opted for a Thule roof rack with Snowpack L ski carrier (L = Long = 75cm). We opted for the long version as we have quite fat skis and occasionally have friends join us so need to carry more than two pairs of skis.
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Before They're Forever Banned? pop quiz: the lyric above is from what song and artist? clue: Peter, Paul and Mary had the first hit, but they will always be Bob’s words. Back in the 80s, the world
