The Ski Podcast

We find out about one of Austria’s most famous ski resorts, Kitzbühel, plus go cat skiing in Georgia and consider if Brides-Les-Bains is the way to ski in Les 3 Vallées without breaking the bank.
We also have snow reports from Courchevel, Les 2 Alpes and the Via Lattea and an Olympic catch up with Chemmy Alcott.
Iain was joined in the studio by Anna Nirkow from Kitzbühel Tourism and freelance journalist Mike ‘The Snow’ Richards. 
SHOW NOTES

Mike was last on the show in Episode 294, discussing skiing in Pra Loup (1:45)
Skiing on Hay Bluff in Wales (4:00)
Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching is in Les 2 Alpes (5:00)
Alex Irwin from YouTube’s ‘150 Days of Winter’ is in Courchevel (5:45)
James and Sinead from Sauze Online are in the Via Lattea (7:15)
This year was the 86th edition of the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel (9:30)
Around 80,000 spectators attend across the three days of racing (10:30)
Every year there’s a slalom race as well (12:30)
Dave Ryding won in 2022 (13:30)
There’s a gondola in Kitzbühel with Ryding’s name on it (14:00)
You can visit the ‘starthaus’ at the top of the Streif (15:45)
The ski area has 233km across 90 pistes (16:45)
Bergbahn Kitzbühel is a regular winner of ‘World’s Best Ski Resort Company’ (17:00)
The KitzSkiWelt Tour offers 88km of skiing in the world’s longest ski safari (18:00)
Travel by train to Kitzbühel (20:00)
Cross country and ski touring options (20:45)
Anna’s favourite mountain huts include the Bärenbadalm, Melkalm, Rasmushof, Panorama Alm, Sonnenrast and BichlAlm (22:45)
And for apres ski try the Legendencafe and The Londoner (23:15)
Emily Sarsfield – Olympian & TNT Sport commentator – joined Iain for our Winter Olympic specials (25:00)
Guests included gold medal winners, Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes, as well as Chemmy Alcott, Graham Bell, Ed Leigh, Eddie The Eagle
BBC presenter Chemmy Alcott shares her thoughts on the Games (25:30)
Zak, Luca and Freddy Carrick-Smith share their thoughts on the future (29:15)
An epic trip on a four-day Interrail from Rail Europe (31:00)
Iain stayed for the first time in Brides-Les-Bains, connected by the Olympe gondola directly to Meribel (32:00)
Mike talked about a trip to Guadari in Georgia in Episode 37 (33:30)
Mike booked with the Powder Project (36:00)
Bakhmaro is 1900m with cat served skiing up to 2750m (37:00)
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Colin Tierney: “The joy of having to work is being able to record the Olympics and fast forward through the bits that don’t entertain me and Sweden (Episode303) sounds great.”

Richard Baker: “Listening to Episode 305 and I agree that Zoe Atkin may have deserved the silver” 
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In our 10th and final Winter Olympics Special, Emily and Iain celebrate a bronze medal for Zoe Atkin in the Ski Halfpipe, discuss a photo-finish in the Men’s Skier Cross and look at the potential legacy from the Games for British snowsports.
We also pick our highlights from the Games, with contributions from Rachael Oakes-Ash, Betony Garner and Zak, Luca and Freddy Carrick Smith. 
SHOW NOTES

Zoe Atkin won Bronze in the Women’s Ski Half Pipe (1:00)
This is GB  Snowsports best ever return in a Winter Olympics (3:00)
Men's Ski Cross (4:15)
The photo finish for silver (7:30)
Team GB is one only three countries that don't pay for gold medals (9:30)
Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood on the legacy for GB snowsports (10:45)
The closing ceremony (13:45)
Olympic tattoos (15:00)
The highlights of the Games…
Rachael Oakes-Ash reported from Livigno for Snowsbest.com in Australia (17:00)
Betony Garner was working for Team GB (21:00)
Zak, Luca and Freddy Carrick-Smith (25:00)

Finally, many of the athletes will be going home now as Olympians and will have memories that will last forever. There’s something lese that will last forever – an Olympic rings Tattoo? I think I’m right in saying that you’ve got one Emily – now tell us, is this something they offer in the Olympic village?

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Iain and Emily discuss the Women’s Ski Cross, Michaela Shiffrin’s dominating performance in the Slalom and a best ever Team GB performance in cross country, plus we look ahead to Zoe Atkin’s chances of a medal in the Ski Half Pipe and reflect just how tough Skimo looks!
Iain Martin was joined by Olympian and former Team GB Skier X athlete Emily Sarsfield. 
SHOW NOTES

Emily commentates for TNT Sport on Skier Cross (0:30)
Silver medallist Fanny Smith could have been winning a medal for Team GB (1:00)
Ollie Davies is representing Team GB in the Men’s Skier Cross (2:45)
Michaela Shiffrin’s margin of 1.5 seconds was the largest in Olympic alpine since 1998 (9:00)
She is the winningest World Cup skier of all time with 108 wins (9:15)
Andrew Musgrave and James Clugnet finished 5th in the Team Sprint Relay – Britain’s highest ever finish in cross country (10:00)
Is Skimo ‘snow’s answer to triathlon’ (12:00)
Emily Harrop won silver for France, but is another Brit that got away (13:30)
The Men’s Ski Halfpipe features Gus Kenworthy, who qualified for the final in 9th place (14:00)
Zoe Atkin goes for a medal in the Women’s Ski Half Pipe on Saturday, having qualified in 1st place (14:15)
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We find out about the ski resorts of Isola 2000 in France - combined with a city break in Nice - and Stöten in Sweden.
We also learn about ‘un/para/ld’ - a new project to improve outdoor clothing for disabled people and we hear how the recent SIGB ski test went with our equipment expert, Al Morgan.
Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by Ben Nyberg, MD at Ski Scandinavia, and Alice Sainsbury, founder of ‘un/para/ld’
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Tirol in Austria sponsors The Ski Podcast, which means this winter we’re are finding out more about some of the great destinations in Tirol, and how you can connect with the Austrian way of life: ‘Lebensgefühl’ – that you’ll find there.
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SHOW NOTES

Ben Nyberg was on the show in Episode 221, discussing skiing in Sweden (1:30)
Ben skied in Trysil in Norway (4:30)
Tim Hudson from Inspired Italy reports Val Gardena (5:00)
Jen Tsang from That’s La Plagne is in La Plagne (6:40)
Andy Butterworth from Kaluma Ski is in St Anton (8:20)
Huw Nightingale, Charlotte Bankes, Chemmy Alcott, Graham Bell, Ed Leigh, Eddie The Eagle have all featured in our Winter Olympic Special Episodes (10:00)
Chapeau to Dave Ryding – listen to Iain’s interview with Dave in Episode 199 (10:45)
Iain took the night train from Paris to Nice, spent a day in Nice, then went to the ski resort of Isola 2000 (11:45)
Incredible views from the train on the Cote d’Azur (12:15)
Caterina Prochilo speaks of the long history between Britain and Nice (13:00)
After Nice Iain went to Isola 2000 (16:00)
Iain was guided by Manon Degli Innocenti to the Tete Merciere (16:30)
Ben is MD of Ski Scandinavia (17:00)
Norway and Sweden are experiencing a surge in interest from British skiers (18:15)
 Ben is based in Stoten (19:00)
Who’s Stoten suitable for? (21:45)
The transfer from the airport is only 25 minutes (22:45)
Is Sweden more expensive than the Alps? (24:00)
Try ‘fika’… (25:00)
Alice Sainsbury is founder of 'un/para/ld' (27:30)
"The outdoor clothing industry has failed disabled people. It is time for something new."
Iain spoke with Heather Davies from the Re-Action Collective in Episode 255 (31:00)
Working with Re-Action on a film shoot (33:30)
Alice and the 'un/para/ld' project will be at the Paralympic Winter Games (34:00)
How can people get support UN/PARA/LD and get involved? (35:15)
Al Morgan reports from the annual SIGB (Snowsports Industries of Great Britain) ski test in Champoluc (37:40)
Listen to our previous equipment special episodes  
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In our latest Winter Olympics Special, we discuss Kirsty Muir just missing out on a medal in the Ski Big Air, plus Chemmy Alcott shares her predictions for the Women’s Slalom. We also find out what life is like in an Olympic Village, plus we look at the new sport of SkiMo.
Host, Iain Martin, was joined by Olympian and former Team GB Skier X athlete Emily Sarsfield. 
SHOW NOTES

Kirsty Muir finished 4th in the Ski Big Air (1:00)
Why Kirsty opted to go big for her final trick (2:00)

“The judges have ranges for tricks. She had already nearly maxed out the available score for trick A and while the score for trick B was high, it wasn’t that clean a jump, so had more scope to increase. That trick has scored in the 96/7 range before. Plus on run three she tried to add in a new grab that, had she landed, would have asked serious questions of the judges.”
Listen to Iain’s interview with Kirsty Muir (3:30)
#pintrading (5:30)
Spare a thought for Atle Lie McGrath (8:00)
Chemmy Alcott shares her predictions for the Women’s Slalom (8:30)
Zoe Atkin is taking place in the Women's ski half pipe (10:30)
The SkiMo is a new event, look out for it on Thursday (11:00)
Listen to Iain’s interview with British SkiMo athlete Iain Innes (11:45)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Andrew Musgrave (12:00)

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