A large freestyle jump onto a Big Air Bag is under construction in Switzerland. The Leysin Big Air Bag is being built 27 metres high and will feature two ramps and three slopes. Fondation Leysin Big Air Bag has ordered 717.2㎡ of JF Dryski mat to cover the slopes for year-round use, although it appears there’ll be snow covering the

A new £15 million leisure centre currently under construction at Barnstaple in North Devon will feature an indoor conveyor ski machine. Work on the new Tarka Leisure Centre began during the pandemic began. It is being funded by North Devon Council, Sport England and the Coastal Communities Fund. The conveyor slope will be a top-of-the-range SkiMachine by Alpine Engineering, the

For many years, Bergbahn Kitzbühel (Austria) has been using Lifttrax SP sliding mats for the lift entry and exit of many chairlifts. These are not just standard dry slope matting, but a special, softer product designed for this very purpose. The resort has the longest season of any non-glacier resort in the Alps opening at the end of October using

A remarkable new hotel has opened in Italy’s South Tyrol region with a whole host of activities on offer – including year-round skiing on an artificial slope that descends from the roof. The Falkensteiner Family Resort Lido has been completely transformed from an earlier incarnation, re-opening at the weekend after a multi-million Euro makeover. Now unique in the world, the