33: Drug Dealers in Ski Resorts, Mogul Technique, French Pyrénées & Skiing at 220 km/h
The Ski Podcast3 Apr 2019

33: Drug Dealers in Ski Resorts, Mogul Technique, French Pyrénées & Skiing at 220 km/h

In Episode 33, we find out the latest on the drug dealer behind the Courchevel fire, Iain finds out about lift pass marketing in Ax 3 Domaines and Jim discovers who the La Clusaz liftie was with The Ski Podcast sticker. Dave reveals his tips on how to ski moguls, we look at a different guiding philosophy and (surprisingly) discover that The Ski Podcast is officially one of the best Olympic podcasts in the world! Show Notes - It turns out that the La Clusaz liftie with The Ski Podcast sticker was a friend of Chloe at the Tourist Office. We're pretty sure that it's Chloe who features in this video, covered by Iain on Skipedia in Sep 2018 - Ski lift etiquette – have you ever pushed in to a ski lift queue? - The latest news on the Courchevel fire reveals it was a drug dispute between an armed cocaine supplier and his local dealers - Jacques Murat, is Commercial Director of the resort of Ax 3 Domaines. Iain wrote about his trip there last week for Planetski. - ‘Mur’ means 'wall' in French ;-) - Dave Burrows from SnowPros shared his advice on technique for handling moguls - Iain competed a couple of times in the ‘European Mogul Challenge’ series that took place in the 90s: - The Ski Podcast is officially one of the Top Five Olympic Podcasts! Long time listeners will recall that we ran a daily podcast during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics - Thanks to Huski and Dave Moore for their reviews - This is Jan’s very kind review on iTunes. Please do leave us your reviews as they help other people find us. - Thanks to Lee for his detailed email and all his comments, particularly the confirmation that we are indeed boring. Some great suggestions though and we are definitely going to include some of them in future episodes - Mark from Snowonly visited Samoen and the properties Jim was looking at can be found here. - Jim interviewed ski guide Yvan Dorier from Alter Ego Ski School - Dave Ryding finished 12th at the World Cup Finals and 9th overall in the end of season rankings - Charlotte Bankes was 4th at the World Cup Finals and finished 4th overall. Added to her Silver at the World Champs it’s a successful first season for Team GB. We interviewed Charlotte about her switch from France in Episode 25 - Charlie Guest became the first Brit to win a Europa Cup race - Jan Farrell logged a shocking 220.85 km/h to finish 12th in the speed skiing world champs - You can watch ‘The Horn’ – about the Zermatt air rescue team – on Netflix - Val d'Isère, Les Arcs, Tignes and La Plagne are organising an anti-Brexit rally in Bourg St Maurice on Saturday 06 April Coming up in Episode 34: - Jim will be trying cross-country skiing for the first time - Iain will be reporting on Yoga Week in Les Menuires - We have an interview with Frank Baldwin, publisher of ‘Skier and Snowboarder Magazine’

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5: Powdair, Courchevel and Human Curling

5: Powdair, Courchevel and Human Curling

In this episode we chat to longterm seasonnaire Alex Irwin about his 20 years in Courchevel, making Genepi and human curling. We also talk about how Powdair the dedicated airline for skiers won't be hitting the slopes this winter. On top of that, we look at how our athletes are getting on in the build-up to the Winter Olympics, the new Aldi ski range and a portable broom. To subscribe to Alex's youtube channel got to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrYz48gTOY_l542GySjWVcA.

30 Nov 201735min

4: Jamie Barrow talks about his snowboard trip to North Korea

4: Jamie Barrow talks about his snowboard trip to North Korea

In this episode the Uk's fastest snowboarder, Jamie Barrow drops in for a chat about his recent adventure to ride the new ski resort in North Korea. We also discuss the launch of ski airline Powdair, chat about Ed Sheeran's new music video and look at ski poles that you can fill up with booze.

15 Nov 201734min

3: London Ski Show 2017 Special, with Graham Bell and Ed Leigh

3: London Ski Show 2017 Special, with Graham Bell and Ed Leigh

The ski show special. In this episode, we look at The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard show 2017 and get opinion from Ed Leigh, Emily Sarsfield, Chris Moran, Simon Shaw, Rosie Barcroft, Alan Morgan, Cat Weakley & snowboarder Jamie Barrow. We find out what Graham Bells favourite ski run would be and we also allow the inventor of Tip Tap Touch to pitch his Ideas to us in our Wasp den.

1 Nov 201735min

2: Planes, trains and no mention of Snowmobiles

2: Planes, trains and no mention of Snowmobiles

In this edition, Iain and Jim look at the collapse of Monarch and how it could affect your ski holiday. We also ask the question are all ski resort basically the same? Bust some myths about eating cake after skiing, finding out if your boot needs a glove and chatting to our guest Dave from Ifyouski about selling ski holiday.

17 Okt 201731min

1: The Jump, London Ski Show & LISTEX

1: The Jump, London Ski Show & LISTEX

In the first episode of the Knowledge is Powder podcast Iain reveals that the name is absolutely nonsensical which is a great start and probably a sign of what is to come. We also get some inside knowledge on the temporary axing of Channel 4's The Jump. There is chat about the upcoming ski show and we talk about the 2018 Winter Olympics. We would love to know if you are looking forward to the winter games and you can tell us by leaving a comment on the podcast.

3 Okt 201727min

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