GB Winter Olympic medal targets

Snowboarder Jenny Jones won Britain’s first and only Olympic medal on snow at the last Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014, when she won a bronze medal in Slopestyle.  Now, for PyeongChang, we’re sending our biggest team ever.  So can … Read More

Tongan shirtless in PyeongChang subzero temperatures

He was possibly the most talked about athlete at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, but now Pita Taufatofua is back for the Winter Olympics and once again shirtless…

Tongan athlete Pita Taufatofua made a name for himself at … Read More

Norway’s crazy curling trousers are back

Here at FamilySkiNews, we’re delighted that team Norway’s curling pants are making an appearance once more at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. 

The Norwegian curling team first sported their trademark jazzy pants at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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PyeongChang Winter Olympic highlights for TeamGB

As the Winter Olympics gets underway for 2018 in PyeongChang in South Korea, with a packed schedule and 102 gold medals to be won, here’s the FamilySkiNews.com guide to help you watch and enjoy all the action.     

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Snowboarder Katie Ormerod ruled out of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Katie Ormerod is out of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, following two injuries sustained during training.  It was to be an Olympic debut for the 20-year-old British freestyle snowboarder but she has now been ruled out of the competition… before it’s … Read More

Mountaintop matrimony at Loveland

Loveland Ski Area counts among the highest ski areas in Colorado, USA and, since 1936, it’s always been one of the first resorts to open each season.  It’s also one of the most romantic ski areas… with Valentine’s Day rapidly … Read More

Combatting the cold in Pyeongchang

How is this Winter Olympics likely to be different from previous Games? Well, Pyeongchang promises to be a particularly cold venue, and with first-time winter games teams arriving from such hot countries as Ecuador, Eritrea, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore, here’s … Read More

Long weekend in Anzère

With so much snow in the Alps, who’s up for a long weekend of skiing, snowboarding or even airboarding?  Our FamilySkiNews editor, Teresa Fisher, recently took her teenage son out to the small, characterful and little-known Swiss resort of Anzère for … Read More

“I’m a journalist, get me out of here!”

The FamilySkiNews editor, Teresa Fisher, recently found herself trapped in a house in the Swiss resort of Anzère… intentionally!  Yes, Anzère is the first resort in Switzerland offering the latest game craze, HouseTrap – could this be a whole new … Read More

Ice maidens victorious

A team of British soldiers has become the first all-female group to cross Antarctica unpowered. 

Starting on November 20, 2017, it took just 62 days for the army’s Ice Maiden Expedition to reach the finish line at the Hercules Inlet … Read More