Two drug smugglers who tried to cross the North Sea from Holland on a jet ski with £200,000 of cocaine, before running out of fuel and having to be rescued by a helicopter, have been jailed for a total of 14 years. Steven Brogan, 36, and Anthony Reilly, 34, both of Skelmersdale in Lancashire, took the … Read more
Christina Anstead thanks her ex-husband Tarek El Moussa for letting her ‘borrow’ his mother Dominique for a ski trip to Deer Valley with the kids By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 00:40 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 00:40 GMT, 16 February 2021 She’s a proud member of a ‘modern family’ bringing her ex-mother-in-law along … Read more
A ‘deeply claustrophobic’ French film depicting a teenage skiing champion being sexually exploited by her male coach is shedding a light on the darker side of the mountain sport. Slalom, which premieres on Curzon Home Cinema on February 12, is the debut feature film for French director and co-writer Charlène Favier and follows 16-year-old Lyz Lopez, … Read more
Don’t eat the ORANGE snow! Plume of Saharan sands turns the ski resorts of the Alps ski resorts deep apricot after being blown thousands of miles from Africa Cross-country ski track in Val Ferret, Switzerland, was scattered with the sand A skier in the Pyrenees also captured the blanket of sand covering the snow The … Read more
Don’t eat the ORANGE snow! Plume of Saharan sands turns the ski resorts of the Alps ski resorts deep apricot after being blown thousands of miles from Africa Cross-country ski track in Val Ferret, Switzerland, was scattered with the sand A skier in the Pyrenees also captured the blanket of sand covering the snow The … Read more
Scotland’s ski slopes are seeing the best conditions in years after weeks of ‘high quality’ snowfall – as they remain shut due to to lockdown rules. Glencoe Mountain has reported its best snowfall ever – while Cairngorm Mountain has seen ‘high quality snow’ on its popular slopes in recent weeks. But snow sports enthusiasts are unable … Read more
A 13-year-old schoolboy is following in the footsteps of his hero Eddie The Eagle by ski-jumping in his back garden in the hopes of competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics. George Brown took up skiing after his hopes of making the British gymnastics team were dashed when he was aged nine. His hero is Michael … Read more
A 13-year-old schoolboy is following in the footsteps of his hero Eddie The Eagle by ski-jumping in his back garden in the hopes of competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics. George Brown took up skiing after his hopes of making the British gymnastics team were dashed when he was aged nine. His hero is Michael … Read more
Sir Richard Branson’s former ski instructor launches funding drive to expand his SkiYodl travel booking app in bet on holiday boom next winter By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 23 January 2021 Sir Richard Branson’s former ski instructor has launched a funding drive to … Read more
A group of 26 British skiers is in isolation in a French resort after 16 tested positive for Covid. Villagers in the tiny commune of Vallorcine, in the Chamonix Valley, have branded the party ‘irresponsible’ for escaping UK lockdown to go skiing. The Brits, described as gap-year students who paid £8,900 each for the ten-week … Read more