The Ski Podcast11 Loka 2021

80: St Anton, 007, Beijing 2022 & How To Choose Ski Boots

We have lots of ski-related chat in this episode, including a St Anton update, how to find the right ski boot for you, Graham Bell on Beijing 2022, the latest update on Covid rules and whether it's possible to take all your holidays flight free.

Iain was joined by Andy Butterworth from Kaluma Travel, first time guest Helen Coffey, travel editor at The Independent, as well as regulars Katie Crowe from Battleface Travel Insurance and equipment expert Al Morgan.

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SHOW NOTES

‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ was filmed in Murren, Switzerland
The Piz Gloria revolving restaurant was the location for Blofeld's base in 1969
Find out more about James Bond in Switzerland
Listen to our special episode focussing on the Inferno downhill race
Andy hopes to ski in Hintertux, following their fresh snow last week

https://twitter.com/Chaletline/status/1446030206603571201

Helen skied in Sierra Nevada
Iain was joined by Katie Crowe from Battleface Travel Insurance
There is no pre-return test required for double vaccinated travellers from 04 October
The Day 2 PCR test will be replaced by a Lateral Flow test by the end of this month
Travel to the USA should start again soon
It looks like the Pass Sanitaire will not be required to ski in France this winter
The situation for children in Austria is less clear
Find out about 'Trav-min'
Helen recently took a mega-trip to Morocco by train, having signed the Flight Free UK pledge
Iain is a signatory to Tourism Declares and founded the Ski Flight Free campaign
Find out about The Independent's policy on travel coverage

Google are now including carbon emissions totals for flights:

https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1446387406618386445

Ruka ski resort is in Finland
Listen to our Travelski interview in Episode 79
Andy is based in St Anton
Kaluma Ski are facing some challenges of recruiting post-Brexit
Iain hosted the Olympics sessions at the recent Ski Launch event in London. Please let us know if you’d like to hear more of this by emailing me at theskipodcast@gmail.com
Non-vaccinated athletes will have to quarantine for 21 days to compete at Beijing
Listen to our Ski Podcast Special with Jon-Allan Butterworth about his conversion to snowboarding and his time on The Jump
The Jump was our lead story in Episode 1 of The Ski Podcast four years ago in 2017
Beth Tweddle is sueing the show.
Read and watch more equipment reviews from Al Morgan at SkiKitInfo.com
Al mentioned the Lange XT3 Tour ski boot
I spoke to author Kimberley Kay about her new book: Ski A-Z: An Illustrated Guide to Skiing
Alex Irwin reported from Courchevel on the damaged Saulire cable car

https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1446031205976186886

Reviews

Joe McHugh: "Thanks Ian for keeping the skiing vibe on life-support during Covid times"
Inside Morzine: "Well worth a listen.. Iain’s #podcast are ALWAYS essential listening"
Greg Hilton: .

Thanks also to Mike Greenland, who pointed out Lauterbrunnen is part of Jungfrau (I was confusing it with Adelboden)

I really do appreciate reading all feedback about the show, so please do email me theskipodcast@gmail.com and if you can give us a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes it
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