248: Sheffield Ski Village, Women’s World Snowsports Summit & ‘Way2Snow’ for new skiers

Today we look at a new project to help first-time skiers, find out about the Women’s World Snowsports Summit and learn about plans to reopen of the UK’s most iconic dry ski slopes, Sheffield Ski Village.

Host Iain Martin was joined live by guests Kimberley Kay and James Gambrill and down the line by Tim Justice, Alex Armand and Luca, Zak and Freddy Carrick-Smith.

SHOW NOTES

Kim was last on the podcast in Episode 229 (0:30)
James Gambrill is COO of the Ski Club of Great Britain
The Mountain Travel Symposium took place at Aspen Snowmass this year (4:00)
Find out more about Iain’s ‘25 in 25 Snow Camp Challenge’ (5:00)
He will be skiing all the UK’s indoor snow centres in a single day to raise funds for Snow Camp
You can sponsor Iain on his JustGiving page (7:45)
Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching reported from Les 2 Alpes (8:20)
Listen to our Ski Jobs Special Episode to find out more about the ‘Youth Experience Scheme’ (9:30)
The Ski Podcast sponsors ‘Team Carrick Smith’ (10:00)
Iain spoke with Luca, Zak and Freddy on their end of season surfing break (10:30)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Team GB skier Molly Butler (19:15)
Tim Justice is chairman of the Sheffield Sharks Ski Club (22:20)
Sheffield Ski Village closed in 2012 (23:00)
There are plans to redevelop Sheffield Ski Village (25:00)
Find out more about the Revive Sheffield Ski Village campaign (29:00)
Find out more about the new ‘Way2Snow’ initiative (31:00)
Kimberley’s ‘Ski A-Z book’ is a great intro for newcomers to the sport (39:30)
James Gambrill is also organiser of the London Snow Show (40:00)
The show takes place at Olympia in West London in October (41:00)
Iain will be presenting at the show with our equipment expert Al Morgan (43:00)
Find out about apres-ski at the show (44:00)
Kimberley was at the inaugural World Women’s Snowsports Organization (WWS0) Summit (45:30)
It was held at Kitzsteinhornin Austria, near Kaprun in April 2025
54 women from 12 countries attended (47:00)
We covered 'Project Fear' in Episode 229 – looking at the extent to which fear is a factor in snowsport gender imbalance (50:00)
You can sponsor Iain on the ‘25in25’ on his JustGiving page (58:00)

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