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January 24, 2025 42 mins
We finding out about driving to the Alps in an electric vehicle, discuss Courmayeur in Italy, plus we have an entrepreneur focus talking to the founders of two snowsports companies.

We also have our regular snow reports, your feedback, news on more World Cup wins for Team GB plus an update from Dave Ryding ahead of the World Champs in Saalbach.

Iain was joined by Erin Flynn, founder of the clothing company Ruanua and Simon Hooper, founder of Whitestorm, the ski hire company in Courchevel and Meribel. 

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SHOW NOTES

Iain was in Les 2 Alpes in April 2024 (1:30)
Catherine Murphy reported on the new Jandri 3S lift in Episode 232 (2:30)
Iain reported on snow conditions in Chamonix last weekend (4:30)
Before that he was skiing in Courmayeur, Italy (5:00)
Mike Richards reported from Erciyes in Turkey (5:30)
Floss Cockle reported from Tignes (6:45)
Mia Brookes won the Slopestyle at the Laax Open (8:00)
Jasmin Taylor took a gold and silver in the Telemark World Cup (8:45)
Dave Ryding was talking about the World Champs coming up in Saalbach (9:00)
Regular listeners may recall I took the Flight Free UK pledge in 2024
Iain is taking the Flight Free Pledge again in 2025 (12:15)
Iain founded Ski Flight Free in 2019 (12:00)
Iain drove a BMW iX M60 electric vehicle to Courmayeur and Chamonix (13:00)
For charging, Iain used the Ionity network all the way (15:00)
For more advice on EVs in the Alps there’s an excellent page on SNO.co.uk website (16:00)
Ruanua is a new resortwear brand (18:00)
Erin worked as a ski instructor in Saalbach (19:30)
Ruanua uses stock fabric which is already made and unused (22:45)
Garments are made PFC-free with RDS certified Down (24:45)
Ruanua launched in autumn 2024 (27:00)
Simon founded Whitestorm in 2012 in Courchevel 1850 (30:00)
He now employs 21 staff (33:00)
The trend to ski rental as baggage fees have increased (34:45)
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