Year-round freestyle ski centres with jumps at the bottom of the run are getting more and more common, some countries now having more than one. These facilities allow freestyle skiers and boarders to practice their tricks in the air whatever the weather, landing either in a pool of water (sometimes even a river) or on to a big air bag.

A new theme park planned for Malaysia will incorporate the world’s longest dry ski slope yet, at 1.2km (3/4 of a mile), descending 220 vertical metres. The new Escape Cameron Highlands theme park in Pahang will also be carbon-neutral and is set to open from 2023.  The “European-themed” park will cover 60 acres initially and be built in to a

Sunkid, the world’s leading manufacturer of moving carpet lifts and supplier to numerous dry ski slopes worldwide is celebrating 25 years in business. The company was conceived in 1996 initially to provide a solution to ski instructors and beginner skiers who had no ski lift really adapted to beginners. As a result everyone spent more time and energy on the

Dry slope produced Proslope have teamed up with four-time Winter Olympian Chemmy Alcott to create a special movable ramp system that can be installed at any existing slope. “Chemmy came to us needing a one stop resolution to her CDC Training teams requirements, and we were more than happy to lend our expertise,” said a Proslope spokesperson. The ramps (fabricated

World famous ski jumper Eddie The Eagle was guest of honour at the re-opening of the dry ski slope  at Folkestone Sports Centre in southern England. The former Olympic ski jumper, real name Michael Edwards, officially opened the centre’s refurbished ski slope which has a new surface and a new sprinkler system. Eddie, who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics

The famous Italian ski resort of Livigno has added a terrain park with artificial slope surface as an attraction this summer. The Snowpark20 Freestyle area has been created using Neveplast material has begun operating in the centre of the village. It has been designed by the local Snowpark Twenty crew to enable both established and aspiring riders to learn and

JF Dryski is a new generation of dry ski mat brand founded by Mr. Jian Feng in China in 2007. A key element in the mat’s design, which is different to others created around the world over the previous 50 years, is that its appearance is similar to that of enoki mushroom, hence the nickname ‘mushroom needle mat’.  It is

A new ski simulator centre is set to open in the city of Pewaukee in Wisconsin, USA, later this year. Urban Slopes will feature four ski/snowboard simulators – stand-on machines with video screens in  front, requiring skiers to move according to the conditions they see in front of them. The machines provide ski fitness training, rehabilitation and ski/snowboarding training. Ski

Work is underway building a multi-action-sport, creative education and entertainment centre incorporating a Proslope ski and snowboard terrain park in Santa Ana, California. Launching on the tail end of a year of social isolation, and right before the first summer Olympics to host skateboarding and surfing, the company behind the facility, DIVERTsessions, say they aim to bring the life lessons

Skitrax World was established in 2008 to provide a quality solution for dry ski slopes all over the world. The company’s development, sales and main production sites are all based in the famous German ski resort of Oberaudorf and Skitrax World’s patented products proudly bear the global top quality reputation that “Made In Bavaria” and “Made in Germany” bring with