215: Australia Focus (inc Thredbo's half pipe), London Snow Show & SBIT
The Ski Podcast5 Juli 2024

215: Australia Focus (inc Thredbo's half pipe), London Snow Show & SBIT

We discuss the latest ski news from Australia, get an update on summer skiing in Tignes and Val d’Isere and find out about this autumn’s London Snow Show.

We also look into how SBIT are lobbying for more trains to the Alps and the possible Youth Mobility Scheme, which would be great news for young people wanting to do a ski season.

Iain was joined by Australia specialist and founder of the Snowbest.com website, Rachael Oakes-Ash and Diane Palumbo, Sales and Marketing Director at Skiworld and down the line by Alex Irwin, John Yates-Smith and Lindsey Coleman.

SHOW NOTES

Rachael’s vote goes to Whitewater in Canada (2:20)
Diane is voting for Jackson Hole (2:45)
Check out Corbet’s Couloir (3:15)
Alex from the YouTube channel 150 Days of Winter was in Tignes (5:20)
John Yates Smith from YSE Ski is based in Val d'Isère (7:00)
There has been major flooding in Zermatt, which was cut off for 24 hours (8:00)
The village of Berarde, in the Ecrins National Park, was devastated by floods (8:15)
Lindsey Coleman is Event Director of the National Snow Show (9:15)
The show will take place at Excel in London from 19-20 October (10:00)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Bode Miller (10:45)
You can still secure free tickets using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’
Snow Travel Expo takes place in Sydney and Melbourne in May each year (14:00)
SBiT stands for Seasonal Businesses in Travel (15:45)
Find out more about train travel at Ski Flight Free (18:45)
Skiworld offer 68 catered chalets and employ 120 staff (20:45)
Why we have seen price inflation in UK ski holidays (22:00)
Listen to Episode 180 to find out more about how to get a ski job in a ski resort (23:00)
A Youth Mobility Scheme has been suggested within the EU (24:00)
Rachael was last on the show in Episode 97 (27:45)
For info about skiing in Australia check out Rachael’s website Snowsbest
Australia and New Zealand have seen fresh snowfall this week (30:30)
Listen to Iain’s episode about Perisher and Thredbo (32:00)
Thredbo have opened their new luge (32:30)
There’s also a new Olympic half-pipe (33:15)
Scotty James is an Olympic medal winning Australian snowboarder (34:00)
Perisher is owned by Vail Resorts (37:00)
Lift queue memes in Perisher (38:30)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Mike Goar from Vail Resorts (39:45)
Climate change is affecting Australian ski resorts (40:00)
The slow Aldi ski sale reflects the cost of living pressure on Australian skiing

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