Host Iain Martin was joined by the expert on skiing in Australia and New Zealand, founder of the Snowsbest website, Rachael Oakes-Ash, and the founder of MGG clothing, and the man single-handedly behind the ski ballet revival, Tom Bata.
SHOW NOTES
Rachael enjoyed great conditionsat the Australia opening weekend (1:30)
Iain skied all five of the UK’s indoor snowdomes in May (2:45)
Big Sky featured in Episode 235 of The Ski Podcast (3:00)
Svalbard featured in Episode 218 of The Ski Podcast (5:00)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Xavier De Le Rue (7:00)
Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter reported from the opening weekend in Tignes (8:00)
Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching reported from Les 2 Alpes (9:15)
The new AUD26 million chairlift in Perisher (10:45)
Listen to Iain’s report from Australia in Episode 182 (12:45)
The Epic Pass in Australia (15:00)
The new 4 day pass in in Australia (17:00
The Thredbo Alpine Coaster (19:30)
The Soho ski area in Cardona will make it the largest NZ ski area (21:20)
Cardrona is opening a new freestyle training centre (23:20)
Mt Dobson and Ohau are for sale (27:00)
MGG (Mont Gele Gear) is based in Verbier (28:45)
MGG incorporate a Radical Transparency Label (30:45)
Take a look at one of the RTL labels (32:00)
What is ‘ski ballet’? (33:30)
Watch MGG’s film about ski ballet (34:45)
Did Tanner Hall made his start in ski ballet? (35:00)
Will ski ballet ever come back into the mainstream (40:00)
Feedback (41:30)
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