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The Best Gear to Improve Your Skiing

Technology, design and engineering processes are advancing at the quickest rate in history, helping to improve and enhance products all over the globe. These advances are filtering through to the world of ski equipment resulting in safer, more comfortable and ability boosting gear.   We take a look at some of the latest developments in ski […]

How To Wax Your Skis

Why would anyone want to wax their skis at home? Well if you’ve skied for a long time, you’ve probably come to realise that taking them into a shop can be expensive. Of course taking them into a shop on occasion can be beneficial, but with a few bits of equipment and about 15 minutes […]

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Why Peisey-Vallandry Ski Holidays Are Fab

Peisey-Vallandry is a real hidden gem. But often it’s pushed aside in favour of its big brother resort, Les Arcs. With beautiful, traditional mountain villages, masses of tree skiing and more back-country than you could ask for, why not visit this winter? Peisey-Vallandry Ski Holidays What’s Peisey-Vallandry like? This stunning ski resort comprises the villages […]

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Why We Love Snowboarding in Avoriaz

Avoriaz and snowboarding go hand-in-hand, like an elderly couple holding hands down a promenade on a vibrant Autumn’s day, you can see a strong relationship from a mile away and feel the love as soon as you strap in for that first run.  Snowboarding has long been an untameable obsession for many a resident of […]

An Insider’s Guide to Skiing Tignes

Tignes offers a bit of everything, from open pistes to park, accessible trees to amazing off-piste. At an altitude of 2100m in town Tignes is a snow sure resort providing skiing from early November well into May (and even June for tourers and those willing to hike!). This makes Tignes the go-to resort from the […]

7 Reasons We Love Skiing in Avoriaz

Still debating where to head on your ski hols this winter? Don’t leave Avoriaz off the list. We’re offering a full catalog of lessons there for the first time this winter and here’s all the reasons why. We’re excited to explore more of this fab resort this winter, and show you all the reasons why […]

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How to Layer For Skiing

Oh, to master the technique of layering for a day of skiing. If you can ace it, you’ll be warm, dry and happy all day. It has taken us some time to get this down to a science. But if you layer for skiing properly, you’ll feel comfortable for a day out on the slopes […]

Why Your Ski Holiday Never Goes to Plan

The perfect ski holiday. Everyone dreams about the snow capped mountains, mulled wine by the open fire and sunny lunches on the mountain. Yet somehow something always seems to go wrong. You end up with more faff than relax on your ski holiday. And we’ve seen it all. But we’ve got a few tips on how […]