169: Ed Leigh, BBC Ski Sunday presenter
The Ski Podcast10 Helmi 2023

169: Ed Leigh, BBC Ski Sunday presenter

Ed Leigh has been the co-presenter of BBC’s Ski Sunday since 2007. We caught up with him in Les 3 Vallées prior to the 2023 World Championships, which are taking place in Courchevel and Méribel from 06-19 February.

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SHOW NOTES

· Ski Sunday has already featured races in Adelboden, Wengen, Kitzbuhel and Schladming

· The season had a bad start in December 2022 with many resorts limited to strips of snow (4:30)

· Lauren MacCallum from Protect Our Winters appeared in Episode 168 of The Ski Podcast (5:00)

· You can raise money for Disability Snowsport UK by donating 10-100% of the sale price to them on ebay (6:45)

· You can find out when Ed lists his snowboard by following him on Instagram (9:15)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QigEVZcJni4

· Ski Sunday returned to Chamonix for the Kandahar Slalom (15:00)

· Ed bought the Courchevel ski touring lift pass (15:45)

· Ed is a big fan of FatMap (17:45)

· The Breche de la Portetta is spectacular (19:00)

· Iain reported on his stay in an unmanned refuge in Méribel in Episode 167 (19:15)

· The Alpine Ski World Championships take place in Courchevel & Méribel from 06-19 February (22:00)

· Matt Barr presents the ‘Looking Sideways’ podcast (25:15)

· Find out more about the ‘Natural Selection’ tour (26:30)

· Ed and Graham presented High Altitude as part of Ski Sunday (30:00)

· Ed took Simon Le Bon sailing in Sweden (33:00)

· Listen to Iain’s interview with Mia Brookes in Episode 158 (37:00)

· Iain interviewed Chemmy Alcott when the Ski Sunday team were based in Laax in Episode 67

· During the 2021 season in Laax, Ed dislocated his knee cap and broke his tibia (42:00)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLp2Pqxsy9Q/

· Ed is based in Wanaka, New Zealand outside of the northern winter

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