This week Ski Tips host Josh Foster takes some time off from ski teaching to show us around his home ski resort: Big White, British Columbia, Canada’s largest ski-in/ski-out village and home of an average 7.5 metres of dry powder annually.
Sneak a peek at elite freestyle skiers as they flip and soar through the air at Canada’s acrobatic training centre. Home of trampolines, five water ramps, and 10 adjustable kickers, Canada’s aerial, mogul, slopestyle and halfpipe skiers use this spectacular facility to become the best in the world.
In this week’s ski travel video, Claire Challen takes us to the snowy Swiss town of Champéry, where she boards a cable car for a memorable ski tour of Les Portes du Soleil.
Blizzard’s Dak Williams takes us through the ski company’s lineup of 2016 skis and Tecnica boots, including the new Blizzard Zero G ski for alpine touring.
In Nordic Roots, we trace the origins of Nordic Combined, an Olympic snow sport combining the power of ski jumping with the grace of cross-country ski racing.
Coming up in March 2016: Ski Tour Canada. It’s a 12-day, eight-race, cross-nation event in five iconic locations including the Plains of Abraham, Mount Royal and Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park. Billed as a Tour-de-France-style Nordic ski race, it’s one of the largest cross-country ski events ever to be hosted in Canada. Chandra Crawford explains.
This week we check in with Atsuko Tanaka and Taylor Henrich, two members of the women’s Canadian Ski Jumping Team. Now part of the official Olympic program, women’s ski jumping is a prime opportunity for North America’s female skiers to make their mark.
In this week’s video, Claire Challen teams up with big mountain freerider Izzy Lynch to explore Mica Heliskiing, one of Canada’s top heliskiing experiences, situated in British Columbia.
With its truly diversified offer, Tremblant is the perfect place to play and stay this summer. Whether it’s for leisure sports, training or high-level competitions, every Tremblant escapade turns into a memorable experience well worth sharing.
Meet Canada’s Dufour-Lapointe siblings — a.k.a. The Three Sisters. Since their spectacular showing at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, these women have earned their place as freestyle skiing’s media darlings.