How to avoid ski injuries

Here’s some excellent advice from our medical advisor, Dr Sarah Brook, on how to prepare for your ski holiday and how best to avoid muscular injuries once on piste.     

Ski holiday fitness really needs to start a … Read More

Try The Jump’s sports for yourself in the Austrian Tirol

Many of us sit glued to The Jump on Sunday evenings, holding our breath as top athletes and soap stars converge on the slopes of Igls in the Austrian Tirol, battling it out in the skeleton, ski cross and ski … Read More

World Snow Day highlights (or ‘anything goes… even skiing in your back garden’)

Anything goes on World Snow Day as long as you’re out and about and having fun in the snow. that’s the message on the World Snow Day official trailer which warns “Mothers, fathers, grandparents, uncles, aunts and all families take note; … Read More

Ski Jumping competition cancelled

Sunday’s World Cup individual ski jumping competition in Oslo had to be cancelled at the weekend, due to bad weather.  Just one and a half hours into the competition on the Holmenkollen, with only two jumps on the scoreboard, the jury decided … Read More

Beth Tweddle injures neck in The Jump [update]

“Surely this is the last series of the channel 4 reality show The Jump?” asks FamilySkiNews, as the third contestant leaves the show injured… and it’s only week 2.

Olympic bronze medal-winning gymnast Beth Tweddle, 30, is the latest … Read More

World Snow Day – a kids view

Check out this World Snow Day interview with some little shredders from Skis.com.  Kids really do say the funniest things…

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Fifth World Snow Day is a global success

The fifth edition of the FIS World Snow Day was a huge global success with a record 625 events in 42 countries and an estimated 620,000 participants.

The purpose of World Snow Day is to get as many … Read More

Celebrate National Breakfast Week Swiss-style

With National Breakfast Week falling at the peak of the ski season, there’s surely only one breakfast to consider feeding your kids before school this week.  It’s also possibly the most nutritious breakfast in the world.  It’s “Bircher Muësli”.

This naturally sweet cereal dish … Read More

Henry Worsley dies during ShackletonSolo attempt

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Henry Worsley, who was attempting to become the first man to cross the Antactic landmass alone and unaided.

Henry Worsley set out in November, following in the footsteps of Ernest Shackleton, … Read More

The Jump returns to Channel Four

Yes, it’s back! It’s undeniably cringeworthy, yet it’s utterly compelling…it’s Channel 4’s “The Jump”.

The long-awaited line-up of celebrities has been announced, with stars from Eastenders to Westlife, from TOWIE to Made in Chelsea, not to mention a scattering of … Read More