Iain was joined by Amirra Blackwood and Dan Keeley from Snow Camp, Zahia Shaw from Skimigos and Burhan Ali from the Muslim Ski Club.
SHOW NOTES
Dan was last on the show in Episode 98 (1:20)
Find out about Dan’s epic run to Rome (2:20)
Amirra and Dan were at the AJ Bell Three Valley Challenge in Val Thorens (4:00)
Dave Ryding has announced that he will retire at the end of the 25/26 winter (6:15)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Dave in Episode 199 (8:00)
Find out how Iain’s ’25 in 25 Snow Camp Challenge went (8:30)
You can donate at Iain’s JustGiving page (9:00)
Around 1000 inner city young people join Snow Camp each July (10:45)
Amirra’s journey with Snow Camp started in 2001 (12:00)
Snow Camp are taking on 16 apprentices this year
Amirra’s first placement was with Ellis Brigham
She has just finished working at the Ski Club of Great Britain? (14:45)
Skimigos took 100 people to Les 2 Alpes in March (18:00)
Zahia (Zee) Shaw set up Skimigos in 2019 (19:45)
Zee uses the Skimigos Instagram to tackle objections people come up with (22:00)
Addressing “it’s not for people like us” (22:45)
Skimigos apres ski is off the charts… (25:00)
Burhan is the founder of the Muslim Ski Club (27:30)
This year the club travelled to Erciyes in Turkey (30:00)
“Apres-tea over apres-ski” (30:25)
The club is organising ‘Eid in the Alps’ in Avoriaz in 2026 (32:30)
Snow Camp has been organising indoor taster sessions for young Muslims (34:00)
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