Another week has flown by, and it’s time for our second Festive Friday Giveaway! This week, one lucky winner will get their hands on a pair of Oakley Flight Deck Goggles – Prizm Sapphire Lens. (Size available: XM, M, L). Enter below: Want to know a little bit more about Oakley’s Flight Deck Goggles? Keep …
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Budget Friendly Ski Resorts
The Post-Office has just released its annual Travel Money Ski Report, and many good-sized Italian resorts have hit the top rankings, offering prices on par with Bulgaria, but with higher mountains and larger ski areas. Price falls in all six Italian resorts surveyed made them the best value for UK skiers among the ski ‘big …
Ski Trip Packing List 🧳✅ | What to Pack for Your Ski Holiday
What do I Need to Pack for My Ski Holiday? There’s no better way to throw a spanner in the works of your ski holiday than forgetting a critical bit of kit. In addition to the inconvenience it causes, once you’re in a ski resort you’ll often find yourself paying over-the-odds to replace things you …
Last-minute ski holiday swaps
As France has effectively banned British holidaymakers, and Austria has tightened up entry requirements, a lot of determined skiers are making last-minute swaps to new destinations where the atmosphere is a bit more relaxed. Rest assured, if you want to go skiing this winter, it’s definitely possible, no matter what kind of holiday tickles your …
Austrian Ski Resort Emoji Quiz
To celebrate Austrian ski resorts opening up, we’ve prepared this emoji quiz of well-known Austrian resorts. How many can you name? To see the answers, scroll down. Answers Saint Anton = saint + ant + on Kitzbuhel = cats + bull Axamer Lizum = axe …
WATCH: “The Ultimate Run” – The Most Insane Ski Run Ever Imagined
“Sometimes my mind goes kind of crazy about skiing and I ask myself, what if…?” What if you could link every powder turn, every rail, every cliff drop, every comp run and every kicker nailed into one ultimate run? Well, Markus Eder did just that in ‘The Ultimate Run’! This is Markus’ Magnum Opus, a …
Emoji Quiz – Ski Resort Names – How Many can YOU Guess?
COVID 19 has put an end to the ski season, but we can still have a little skiing and snowboarding fun! Skiers and snowboarders of the world: just because we’re all stuck at home hiding from coronavirus instead of on skiing holidays – enjoying slushy spring hot-laps on the mountain – doesn’t mean we can’t …
How many calories does skiing burn?
Is skiing good exercise? How many calories does skiing burn? For most people, downhill skiing burns between 300 and 600 calories per hour of activity. Riding chairlifts and sitting down for lunches don’t count. In reality, though, things are a bit more complicated than that. Let’s start with some guarantees. Skiing definitely burns more calories …
A Brief History of Skiing
Who invented skiing? Some say the Austrians. Most say the Norwegians. But you’d be wrong on both counts. No, skiing is far older than you probably imagine and dates back even further than the wheel, to Central Asia, some 22,000 years or more. Yeah, that’s right. I was surprised, too. In his book, Two Planks …