It’s not Rocket Science. When an untrained person starts any exercise program, he or she gets fitter, almost no matter...
Injury
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Spinal injury for UK’s top female slalom skier
Charlie Guest, the UK’s No.1 female alpine slalom skier, landed on a boulder while on a training session in Sweden...
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Schumacher goes home.
After his accident in December, Schumacher was treated in Grenoble and then at the CHUV hospital in Lausanne. He was placed in a...
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Treewell risks highlighted
While Schumacher’s accident has had the skiing world talking about off-piste skiing and helmets, two deaths this week have highlighted...
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Speculation that Meribel could be Sued?
There are questions over whether Meribel could be sued in relation to Schumacher’s accident. In an article in BMFTV today,...
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It’s not off-piste, it’s just a little off to the side
I tweeted earlier about the summary of the Austrian avalanches in the 12/13 season, on the blog of Franz Trimmel, a...
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Could fat skis cause knee problems in the longer term?
As skis get fatter and fatter and are beginning to be used everywhere both off-piste and on, could this fat...
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New knee ligament discovered
The dreaded ACL tear is one injury many skiers are familiar with. If you’re not suffered it yourself you probably...