The Ski Podcast23 Joulu 2022

165: Orelle, Uzbekistan, Madesimo & 'Le Board' in Val Thorens

We discuss skiing in destinations as diverse as Orelle, Madesimo and Uzbekistan, find out about the new sports centre in Val Thorens, plus we have snow reports from across Europe and some words from a World Champion.

Iain was joined by Sophie Ibbotson and regular guest, Mike Richards.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Episode 165
4:30 Snow Reports
10:00 Les Gets smoking ban
12:15 Orelle
17:00 Val Thorens
24:00 Uzbekistan
35:00 Madesimo
41:30 Team GB
42:50 Alexis Pinterault
46:00 Ski Touring
49:30 Skiing in Wales

SHOW NOTES

Both Mike and Sophie were on ‘The Ski Podcast Live’ panel at the National Snow Show in Birmingham
In Episode 90 Mike told us about skiing in Turkey (2:00)
The Ski Podcast is sponsored by L3V - the largest ski area in the world
Charles Leocha in the book 'Ski Europe describes it: 'On paper, the area is overwhelming, in person it's mind expanding' (3:00)
Andy Butterworth of Kaluma Ski reported from St Anton (4:30)
Robin Shah is in Verbier (7:14)
Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching is in Les 2 Alpes (9:20)
Les Gets smoking ban: A territory without butts (10:00)
Iain visited Orelle, travelling by train (12:15)
The new Orelle-Cime gondola opened in December 2021 (15:00)
Iain travelled as a pedestrian from Orelle to Val Thorens (17:00)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImfJK9dPG0o

Iain visited the new sports centre in Val Thorens, ‘Le Board’ (18:00)
Eric Blancot is the commercial director at the Val Thorens Tourist Office https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1604430159637106688
Amirsoy is the new ski resort in Uzbekistan (24:00)
Ubekistan has five UNESCO world heritage sites (31:15)
Laurent Vanat produces the International Report on Snow and Mountain Tourism (33:15)
This excellent article on Uzbekistan by Tristan Kennedy appeared in Snow Magazine
Felix Milns told us about parachuting above the Eiger in Episode 98 (34:15)
You can find out more about Madesimo in this article from Fall Line (35:00)
This is the official Madesimo website (39:00)
Double podium for Charlotte Bankes in back-to-back Cervinia World Cups (41:30)
Andrew Musgrave took his second World Cup podium
Andrews Musgrave and Young appeared in this special episode of the podcast) (42:00)
Makayla Gerken Schofield’s 6th in Idre Fjall, Sweden was her best ever result
Kirsty Muir took 5th in the Copper Mountain Ski Big Air World Cup
Alexis Pinterault is the most successful French ski racer of all time (42:50)
Listen to the full interview with Alexis here
The Alpine Ski World Championships take place in Courchevel and Meribel from 06-19 February (46:00)
You can listen to how Al and Iain decided on Atomic Prime Hawx ski boots in Episode 163 (46:45)
Iain’s skis from Intersport Ski Hire were Atomic Backland 86s – great skis! (47:00)
Listen to Mike talking about skiing in Wales (49:30)

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