Browsing entries tagged with Competition
24 Feb 2020
Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with French skiwear rental service Les Petits Montagnards to offer one lucky reader a voucher for €100 to spend on renting ski kit for their holiday in France.…
3 Feb 2020
Where to Ski & Snowboard has teamed up with our favourite sock manufacturer FALKE to offer one lucky reader a three-pack of SK4 ski socks worth £90. FALKE sells a range of ski and snowboard socks…
9 Jan 2020
Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with Danish ski and snowboard goggle manufacturer Messy Weekend to help your next ski trip go with a bang. The company’s latest goggle, the Float XE2, is made…
10 Dec 2019
Want to ski the Alps and get paid for it? You have until Christmas Eve to enter a competition by SkiBro, the ski instructor booking platform, to review ski lessons across the Alps while being paid £600…
8 Oct 2019
UPDATE The winners of the three pairs of tickets have been drawn from the hat, and they are: Angus Frazer Debbie Morris Alun Perkins. Team GB skiers and snowboarders, along with the World’s Greatest…
7 Feb 2019
Britain’s top skier James “Woodsy” Woods has won the Big Air World Championships in Park City, Utah. Woodsy took the ski slopestyle 10-man final on Wednesday after taking the lead in the second run…
6 Feb 2019
Where to Ski & Snowboard has teamed up with new clothing brand H. Holderness to give away a £75 voucher to spend towards any of the brand’s versatile kit. H. Holderness makes thermal base layers…
3 Jan 2019
British eyewear brand SunGod has launched a new goggle for the coming winter, the ‘Vanguards™’ offering uninterrupted, near-180-degree field of view. SunGod Vanguards™ feature a new over-sized…
23 Nov 2018
Ski and snowboard luggage brand Snokart has this year overhauled for the first time since it was developed in 2008 by founder Christian Williams. The brand, sold in independent shops and online, includes…
28 Sep 2018
Start your winter off next month with discounted ski and snowboard sessions thanks to Snowsport England’s “30 Days of Snowsport” initiative this October. 30 Days of Snowsport (30daysofsnowsport.org.uk)…
1 Aug 2018
Summer Ski Jumping World Cup to take place on the 10th and 11th of August The Summer Ski Jumping World Cup is set to visit Courchevel over the weekend of the 10th and 11th August. The women competitors…
27 Mar 2018
Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with glove manufacturer 10 Peaks on a competition to offer five lucky readers a pair of brand spanking new high-performance ski or snowboard gloves. Although now…
4 Feb 2018
Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with BUFF® to give away a hat and neckwarmer from its new Midweight Merino Wool range — worth a total of £53.50. The leading multifunctional head and neckwear…
8 Jan 2018
Time is running out to enter our competition to win a fantastic pair of waterproof Muck Boots perfect for the current snowy ski season — and winter at home in the UK. We are giving away either a pair…
16 Nov 2017
Have you got your copy of Where to Ski in Austria yet? The brand new book went on sale last month, and you can order it through the website for just £7.50 plus P&P, though it’s available through…
20 Oct 2017
A clothing brand from Finland has launched campaign to get children outdoors more — especially during the winter months — with the chance for one lucky family to enjoy a winter holiday in Lapland.…
9 Oct 2017
Big Air competitions, expert talks, Olympic ski and snowboarding stars and the latest cutting-edge gadgets and kit are just some of the reasons to head to London later this month for the Telegraph Ski…
2 Oct 2017
It’s competition time again and we have a pair of top-of-the-range SMITH I/OX goggles to give away — worth £220. Thanks to their extra-large spherical lens, SMITH’s I/OX goggles offer unparalleled…
28 Jul 2017
Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with SkiA Ski Trainer to offer one lucky reader the chance to develop their technical skills, balance and core strength for the coming ski season. The SkiA Ski…
27 Jun 2017
Time is running out for readers to enter our competition to win a pair of Dragon Alliance sunglasses. Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with Dragon Alliance to offer readers the chance to win a…
12 May 2017
The world’s best slackliners will converge on the French ski resort of Les 2 Alpes next month, in an attempt to break the slacklining world record during the resort’s brand new, high-octane Outdoor…
13 Apr 2017
Time is running out to enter our competition to win a pair of polarised ski goggles from PANDA Optics. Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with PANDA Optics to offer one lucky reader the chance to…
15 Mar 2017
It’s your last chance to win our fabulous competition with young British company Burnt Custard with whom we’ve teamed up to give away two sets of their funky customised base layers worth £134.98…
31 Jan 2017
This week’s opening event of the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix has been cancelled due to unsafe conditions. The first event of the tour that pits the world’s best freeride skiers against each other…
26 Jan 2017
Not on the slopes this weekend but want to pretend you’re in the mountains? How about taking part in a record attempt at creating the world’s longest ski lift queue? If you live in London, or happen…
24 Jan 2017
Now that the snow is starting to fall, and more is forecast, we’ve teamed up with Monarch Airlines to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of flights to the slopes this season. Start the New…
9 Dec 2016
The French ski resort of Valmorel is this season celebrating its 40th birthday — and offering free ski passes for anyone celebrating their 40th birthday, too. The Tarentaise resort opens on 17 December…
1 Dec 2016
Following on from Eddie The Eagle chairlift promotion in Waterloo station with Austrian tourist office, Londoners will be again treated to a bit of ski fun, this time from Swiss International Airlines.…
21 Nov 2016
What ski or snowboard kit would you buy with a £100 in Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports? A Christmas present for yourself or for a loved one? It’s time to stop thinking and start entering — our latest…
17 Nov 2016
Fancy winning a long weekend skiing in the French Alps for you and eight friends and helping raise money Children In Need at the same time? Ski Weekends has teamed up with Children In Need to offer a four-night…
7 Nov 2016
We’ve teamed up with Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports to give away this EB Team Edition 195cm Double Wheelie Ski Bag worth £95 to one lucky reader. The ski bag is part of Ellis Brigham’s extensive ski…
13 Oct 2016
The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard Show runs from 27-30 October in London and we have a pair of tickets worth £40 to give away. For the second year running, the show takes place in Battersea Park with…
4 Oct 2016
Japan is to host the first ever international freeride competition next January. The Freeride World Tour (FWT) this week announced a qualifier for the tour will take place in Hakuba, high in the so-called…
19 Sep 2016
This Saturday ski slopes across England will offer free or discounted ski and snowboard sessions as part of a ‘30 Days of Snowsport’ initiative aimed at getting more people on into winter sports. At…
23 Mar 2016
Atomic has released a limited edition ski to coincide with the release of the new film Eddie the Eagle. The ARC ski is based on Atomic’s Redster XTi – a mix of a slalom and GS ski, and signed by the…
8 Mar 2016
Pro skier Matilda Rapaport and clothing brand Peak Performance have filled the “radical job” post they advertised in January. Clothing brand and sponsors of the World Freeride Tour, Peak Performance,…
5 Feb 2016
The Swiss resort of Verbier has announced a brand new ski and music festival to celebrate the end of the season. “Verbier Impulse” will run over two weekends — 8-10 April then 15-17 April with ski…
19 Jan 2016
With December’s snow drought firmly behind us in the Alps (with snow forecast all week and next weekend), we’ve teamed up with Monarch, one of the UK’s leading independent airline groups, to offer…
11 Jan 2016
Got the January blues and thinking of applying for a new job? Why not go for one carrying the skis of professional freeskier Matilda Rapaport on her Alaskan leg of the Freeride World Tour? You might think…
24 Nov 2015
Ski tour operator Peak Retreats has teamed up with Helly Hansen to offer skiers the chance to win a ski outfit for the coming season. Helly Hansen provides uniform for 40,000 ski and mountain workers in…
2 Oct 2015
Exclusive skiwear brand Peak Performance is re-launching in the UK this winter, and to celebrate it is running a pre-season warm-up competition. After a couple of years’ absence from the UK market, the…
31 Jul 2015
China will be an enthusiastic host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, says ski instructor Warren Smith, following the news that Beijing will host the Games, despite concerns about a lack of natural snow. China…
11 Jun 2015
Four ski shops in the Austrian resort of St Anton have been fined €419,200 (nearly £305,000) between them after being found guilty of fixing prices for the past 12 years. On 28 April, the Cartel Court…
17 Mar 2015
Europe’s first snowball fight competition took place in the French ski resort of Avoriaz last week. Two teams of seven players lined up for the battle — looking remarkably like American footballers…
4 Mar 2015
Fancy sleeping at the top of a ski jump? Yes, you read that correctly. Following on from its stunt with the Saulire cable car in Courchevel, Airbnb is offering a night at the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo…
20 Feb 2015
A unique competition takes place in the Swiss ski resort of Adelboden next month — igloo building. The resort, which shares a ski area with nearby Lenk, will host its annual Igloo Festival on 14 and…
4 Feb 2015
Think you could sleep at 2,740m in the French Alps? If so, read on. The ski resort of Courchevel in the Three Valleys has teamed up with accommodation website Airbnb to offer four people the chance to…
12 Jan 2015
Prices in ski resorts across Europe have plunged by up to 23 per cent, according to a survey by Post Office Travel Money. The survey, which was compiled using prices from 27 resorts in Europe and North…
25 Nov 2014
Fancy a new outfit this season? One that no one else has? Crystal Ski holidays has teamed up with Avalanche to give three lucky skiers and snowboarders the chance to win a bespoke jacket for themselves…
11 Nov 2014
Violinist Vanessa Mae and has been banned from competitive skiing for four years, along with five officials from Slovenia and Italy, in a race-fixing scandal that is making headlines around the world.…
13 Oct 2014
Fancy winning a ski pass for Les Menuires for the next 50 years? On 12 February, 2015, Les Menuires in the Trois Vallées will celebrate its 50th birthday. To celebrate, the resort is giving away a ski…
10 Oct 2014
Winter is most definitely coming. Ski resorts across Europe and North America have been inundating us with pictures of the first snowfalls and the news that their snow-making has cranked in to life. In…
8 Oct 2014
Does your child have what it takes to run a hotel? Badrutt’s Palace in St Moritz, one of the most famous hotels in Switzerland, wants to find a Junior General Manager to help upgrade its appeal to families.…
24 Sep 2014
The winner of this year’s WTSS competition to win a free week in a Lagrange apartment has just booked his trip to La Toussiere, France. Jim Reed, 66, won a week’s stay in a Lagrange prestige apartment…
9 Sep 2014
Where to Ski and Snowboard was officially launched last night — 20 years since the first edition was published. Tour operators, ski journalists, long-standing readers and contributors, advertisers and…
16 Jul 2014
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has challenged US skier Lindsey Vonn to a mystery competition involving a mountain. The pair are apparently genuine friends, regularly attending each other’s competitions…
14 Jul 2014
Four Slovenian ski federation officials have been suspended for allegedly rigging the points given to violinist Vanessa Mae to allow her to compete in the Winter Olympics. Vanessa competed for Thailand…
19 Apr 2014
The UK’s first ever real half-pipe competition is being held at CairnGorm Mountain today. Skiers and snowboarders are competing side by side in “Bag the Pipe” on the 18ft half-pipe above the Ptarmigan…
18 Mar 2014
The Colorado ski resort of Aspen will tomorrow play host to a snowboard competition never seen before. From 19 to 23 March, the first ever double halfpipe competition will be held at the base of Buttermilk…
14 Feb 2014
With all the excitement over the Sochi Olympics, how about something a little different — the Naked Sledding World Championships? For the first time, Britain is fielding a team at the unusual event.…
23 Jan 2014
A British snowboarder who works in central London during the week and commutes to the Alps at the weekend has come second in the first stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour (FWT). Sascha Hamm, 37, is…
6 Jan 2014
Just a month ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics, freeskier Rowan Cheshire has won gold in a halfpipe FIS World Cup event in Calgary. The 18-year-old freeskier is the first ever British woman to win the…
11 Dec 2013
Former Pusscat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, broadcaster Anthea Turner and five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave are among the celebrities taking part in Channel 4’s new winter sports TV show, The…
28 Aug 2013
Skier Chemmy Alcott has broken her leg training. It is yet another setback for the 31-year-old whose career has been dogged by injury — but she maintains she will still race in the 2014 Sochi Winter…
22 Aug 2013
Details of the first ever Olympic slopestyle course have been released by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The course, for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games (7-23 February 2014), will be 635m…
9 Aug 2013
One of the biggest and most popular snowboarding events in Davos will not take place this season. The 6* TTR O’Neill Evolution, which since its 2006 launch kicked off the new competition year will…
15 Apr 2013
Speed skiers have descended on Verbier this week in the hope of beating the current world record. All of this week, the world’s fastest skiers will be racing in the XSPeedSki, on a 60° slope running…
27 Mar 2013
British snowboarder Billy Morgan says he is “stoked” to have won his first World Cup medal — bronze in slopestyle at the finals in Sierra Nevada, Spain, last weekend. The 23-year-old from Southampton…
6 Feb 2013
Ski racer Lindsey Vonn is said to be in “good spirits” and plans to get back to full fitness to compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, following a crash in “brutal” conditions yesterday at…
29 Jan 2013
The Californian ski resort of Heavenly has opened its competition-quality halfpipe after a five-year break. It is the only halfpipe on the south shore of Lake Tahoe. The 18-foot halfpipe and redesigned…
25 Jan 2013
French skier Johan Clarey has broken the downhill ski speed record of 100mph, during a World Cup race in Wengen. The 32-year-old skier, who eventually finished fifth in the FIS World Cup event last weekend,…
15 Nov 2012
Do you want to win a two-week, all-inclusive holiday to Canada? Ski Solutions have launched a completion to win the holiday of a lifetime. Skiers will have the chance to ski from east coast to west, trying…
16 Oct 2012
One of Britain’s most successful ski racers, Noel Baxter, has retired from international competition. He cites the withdrawal of funding from the British ski team in 2010 as a major factor. Mr Baxter,…
14 Oct 2012
The London Ski and Snowboard Show begins in just under three weeks, and we have ten pairs of weekday tickets worth at least £36 a set to give away. The show kicks off at London’s Earls Court on 31 October,…
12 Jan 2012
In a racing-meets-orienteering style challenge event, which hails from the USA originally, the Big Mountain Battle is coming to Europe for the first time. And the host is Les Gets in France. On four dates…
12 Sep 2011
Team Europe has won the Swatch Cup Freeski competition in Chile. The team held their own against the favourites, Team Americas, with a 14-10 final score in the inaugural freeski competition in Valle Nevado.…
3 Feb 2011
The Aspen edition of the Winter X Cross games has taken place during the past week or so, with good news for British slopestyle rider Jenny Jones. Jones won silver in the slopestyle contest at the 15th…
4 Dec 2010
The new Where to Ski and Snowboard photo competition gallery at Snowpix.co.uk is launched! This season Where to Ski and Snowboard is offering all budding photographers the chance to win a super prize,…
11 Oct 2010
Thanks to Erna Low, you and three friends could be driving away to the French Alps for free this winter, winning a splendid week’s skiing holiday worth £2,700! Check out this competition: Self-drive…
11 Oct 2010
Ten Where to Ski and Snowboard readers will be on their way to the London Ski and Snowboard Show for free next week … the lucky winners of our competition draw. Congratulations to those readers drawn…
21 Sep 2010
North America specialist Ski Independence is offering one lucky winner, and a companion, the chance to jet off to Whistler for free this season. The company is giving away a holiday to Canada worth £20,000,…
7 Apr 2010
Great news! Where to Ski and Snowboard is offering one lucky reader, and up to three friends, the chance to win a week’s luxury lodging in one of 11 top French resorts next winter – courtesy of…
2 Feb 2010
As Winter Olympic Games fever builds, two excited youngsters will be on their way to Vancouver shortly to live their dream as McDonald’s Champion Kids. Nicole Ritchie and Tom Walsh, both 15, won the…
15 Dec 2009
Are you a graduate? And from the classes of 2006-2009? Well, if you don’t mind completing a questionnaire about your job, then you could be the lucky winner of a holiday to Val d’Isère –…
28 Nov 2009
The lucky winner of the latest competition from Jet2.com will receive three months’ worth of ski flights. The Golden Ticket competition begins at midday on 1 December. And you’ll have the chance to…
12 Oct 2009
Skiing4all is running a competition to offer one person with learning disabilities the chance to enjoy a free skiing break in Austria this November. All entries need to be submitted before 25 October.…
8 Oct 2009
Picture three months in a ski resort, living it up at someone else’s expense? Great, eh? You might go skiing or boarding every day, race around on a snow mobile, play VIP for a while, write a few blogs…
24 Sep 2008
Think you know your ski resorts? Just a few correct clicks of your mouse and you could be winning a trip for four to the mountains this winter.Jet2.com has launched a web-based game to win a holiday…
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