Schumacher ski video: crash was just 3-6 metres from the piste

Experts have been analyzing the film footage from the camera attached to Michael Schumacher’s ski helmet when he fell and seriously injured his head last month (click HERE for more details of the accident).

Even though he was wearing a … Read More

Arctic blast brings coldest temperatures in two decades

Parts of America and Canada are braced for an especially icy Arctic Blast over the next few days, with temperatures reaching already record-breaking lows.

“The coldest weather in years will be making its presence known from the Upper Midwest to … Read More

Breaking news: Lindsey Vonn out of Winter Olympics

Lindsey Vonn has just announced that she will not be able to compete in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi next month.

America’s top woman downhill skier, and the 29-year-old girlfriend of golfer Tiger Woods, has just posted onto her … Read More

New celebrity ski show coming to Channel 4

Big Brother”… “Splash”…. whatever next?

A celebrity snowsports competition?… Surely not!

Actually… believe it or not, one is about to start!

Next month Channel 4 will be broadcasting a new celebrity series called The Jump.  It will feature twelve celebrities, who … Read More

Schumacher photographic evidence

A camera that Michael Schumacher was wearing on his helmet when he was seriously injured in a skiing accident last Sunday has been handed to French authorities in the hopes that it might shed light on what happened.

The seven-times … Read More

“Let’s Ski-Twist again”

Forget the New Year’s Day concert in Vienna, with all its pomp and circumstance…

Here’s a little end-of-year musical treat for skiing fans young and old instead.

It’s a hilarious video made by the Austrian former professional slalom skier, Hansi Hinterseer.

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A snowy white Christmas… and New Year

There’s been heavy snowfall across the Alps over Christmas, plus up to 30cm more at the weekend, and now there’s plenty of fresh powder and bluebird skies.  What more could anyone ask for!

However, this considerable new dump of whitestuff … Read More

Sochi security fears deepen following another terrorist bomb

A suicide bomber blew himself up on a rush-hour electric bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd this morning, killing 14 people.

It was the second bombing in less than 24 hours.

Yesterday, another suicide bomber killed 17 people at the … Read More

Schumi’s condition remains critical following ski accident

The latest Michael Schumacher report from the Grenoble hospital stated this morning that the F1 racing driver is “still in a critical condition”.

Schumacher suffered a major trauma to the right side of his head, when skiing in the French … Read More

More Alp avalanche fatalities

It has been a shocking start to the ski season with three more deadly avalanches just this weekend in Italy – the latest in a stream of fatalities over the past few days across the Alps.

A teenage boy was … Read More