X Games 2012 highlights

Check out this latest clip of highlights from the X Games Europe 2012. The somersaults on skidoos are extraordinary.

Happy memories of last season’s tricks!

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Phoning home from 35,000 feet

Virgin Atlantic is to become the first British airline to provide passengers with a service to make and receive phone calls in flight.

This technology will soon be available in all cabins on Virgin’s new A330 aircraft which currently fly from London to … Read More

Book now for the best family ski deals

Looking for a family ski holiday? Hurry up and book today for the best early-bird deals.

There are some great family ski offers out there, and plenty of early booking sweeteners on offer, but many of the major tour operators … Read More

Where to ski in Europe in June

Now the main ski season is well and truly over, the only lift-served skiing in the Alps is on the glaciers.  However only some are currently open.

At the moment, Zermatt and Titlis in Switzerland; the Presena in Italy; and … Read More

End of Scottish Ski season

The 2011/2012 ski season in Scotland finally ended this weekend.  What an odd season it’s been, with skiing so late into May after what was, quite frankly, otherwise a pretty forgettable season.

In fact, it ended a while ago, but … Read More

Chemmy back on skis

Chemmy back on skis

Great news!  Chemmy is back on skis…

29-year-old Chemmy Alcott is Britain’s number one female alpine ski racer, competing on the World Cup circuit in all five ski disciplines – downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom and … Read More

Kenton Cool’s Olympic Everest pledge

Kenton Cool has summited Everest for the tenth time – more times than any other British mountaineer. 

This climb was particularly significant, as he took with him an Olympic Gold Medal that was presented to Arthur Wakefield for his part … Read More

Russian Green Marathon

While everyone focuses on the imminent London Olympics starting in 63 days, preparations are already well underway for the next Games – the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014, which starts in just 624 days.

Thousands of … Read More

Disabled skier carries the Olympic torch

The Olympic torch is currently making its 70-day journey around the country. 

It is being carried by 8,000 torchbearers, from all walks of life.  These include a number of Britsih snow sports athletes – Chemmy Alcott, Ed Drake, Katie Summerhayes … Read More

New Mount Everest record

A Japanese woman stunned the mountaineering world this morning by successfully climbing Mount Everest at the age of 73, setting a new world record for the oldest woman ever to reach the summit. 

Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker, scaled … Read More