A piste of history
The first British Ski Championship, Jan 6/7 1921
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Le Carré: ‘far and away the best ski cartoonist in the business’
“I have only ever written by hand. The lapsed graphic artist in me actually enjoys drawing the words.” John le Carré, The Pigeon Tunnel (2016) In all the tributes that have proliferated over the last 48 hours, I have neither … Continue reading
Race day at Crans Montana
It’s a typical Crans Montana morning: dazzling. The confident forecast is hard and fast racing conditions for the early starters in the Momentum City Ski Championships slalom; slush for the après midi skier and serious sunburn for those who forget … Continue reading
Peter Lunn and the psychology of ski racing
“The longer one has skied the less one enjoys it.” This may seem a surprising assertion from a man who began skiing at the age of two and kept at it until he was 96. But the words stare defiantly … Continue reading
100 years of Swiss winter sports
“Revelers gathered in the Bernese Oberland town of Mürren Sunday to mark what many view as the birth of modern Swiss winter sports – 100 years since a British businessman opened a funicular to bring tourists to the slopes.” (www.swissinfo.ch) … Continue reading