Browsing entries tagged with Record
26 Sep 2017
A pub in Park City is aiming to break the world “Shot Ski” record next month, by enlisting the help of more than 1,250 willing beer drinkers. The ski resort of Park City is locked in a battle with…
27 Jan 2017
It’s official – Mammoth has the most snow in North America. Mammoth Mountain has more snow than anywhere else in North America. So far this month, the Sierra Nevada resort has received a record-breaking…
30 Mar 2016
An Italian speed skier has broken the record for the fastest man on snow — hitting 254.9kph (158mph) at the weekend. Ivan Origone broke the world record on a specially groomed piste in the French ski…
28 Mar 2014
A skier from Edinburgh has broken the Guinness World Ski Record for skiing the most number of countries in one month. Jamie Stevenson, who works for Ski Independence, raised more than £3,000 for Disability…
10 Jul 2013
British snowboarder Jamie Barrow has set the world’s first indoor snowboard speed record. Jamie reached a speed of 69.4kmph on the 520m indoor slopes at SnowWorld in Landgraaf, Holland, on Saturday,…
8 Jul 2013
Nearly 300,000 “skier days” were had in Scotland’s ski resorts last season, giving the country one of its best winter seasons on record. Between them, revenue from the five ski centres injected about…
11 Jun 2013
Missing your snowboard? Why not have a go at kitesurfing? Snow-Camp, the charity that uses skiing, snowboarding and life skills programmes to support inner-city young people, is putting together a record-breaking…
26 Apr 2013
Thirty freestyle skiers in Canada have tried to set a world record for performing a simultaneous backflip. The skiers got together last weekend at Mont Saint-Sauveur in Quebec, organised by freestyle skiing…
9 Apr 2013
UK snowboarder Jamie Barrow is hoping to reach speeds of 160kph (100mph) in an attempt to set the first British speed snowboarding record later this month. On 19-20 April Jamie, a former British junior…
20 Oct 2012
The man who first skied down Mount Everest wants to be the oldest person to now climb the peak. Yuichiro Miura, who skied down Everest in 1970 aged 37, is often described as “the godfather of extreme…
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