Ski-buzz

This year’s Crystal Ski Fest 2011 in Sestriere was a great success, with the team all buzzing when they came back in the office yesterday!  Find out about all the goings-on here. On the piste, skills were polished in the race training sessions, as well as general ski technique – under the watchful eyes of [...]

After some great feedback from our last Q&A session with BASI, we’ve got the answers to some more of your FAQs. There’s plenty for snowboarders this time – with board questions answered by Ben Kinnear, Snowboard Director and Vice Chairman of BASI. Not to leave out the skiers, there are some more words of wisdom [...]

Notebooks at the ready people? Here, as promised are our chosen top tips to improve your ski and board technique from our good friends at BASI. BASI’s Chairman Gareth Roberts and Alpine Director Alex Leaf are both BASI trainers. Read through their answers below to pick up some pointers to get that carving up to [...]

With the Crystal Skifest in Sestriere just around the corner, we’re all keen to get our skiing technique in top condition. However, not all of us are lucky enough to be out on the slopes at the moment, enjoying the fresh snowfall across Europe and getting some well deserved practice, so we are being inventive [...]

[zdvideo width="450" height="350"]http://www.youtube.com/v/pFYKB1MWvVQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&[/zdvideo] Jon Olsson pulling off a dj flip 12, cork 7 to underflip or switch double cork 1260. Depending on who you listen to. It looks pretty good whatever it is.