There are now more than 120 indoor snow centres in over 30 countries on six continents around the world. Unlike conventional outdoor ski areas these centres can be open 12-16 hours a day and see skiers and snowboarders using the sane small area over and over, so one of the issues they all race is rapid wear to the snow
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A group of skiers and snowboarders have launched a crowd funder to try to raise at least $40,000 to install a dry ski slope at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, USA. Naming the slope Lake Lahontan Ski Resort, the dry ski slope is intended to be “an interactive art installation that brings Radical Inclusion to snow sports!” say the
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A dry ski centre that has battled through several periods when closure seemed to be on the cards, has made it through and is now celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Ski Rossendale, located in Lancashire, north of Manchester, opened in September 1973, at the time it boasting the longest artificial ski slope and largest facility of its kind in
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The SkiStar group, which runs Scandinavia’s largest ski resorts has announced the a ski slope made from sugar cane will be a new attraction this summer at their Sälen resort. Sugar cane can be used to produce a type of bioplastic called polylactic acid (PLA), which is a biodegradable and compostable material. The process involves converting the sugar from sugar
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Neveplast has been one of the big success stories in dry slope skiing worldwide over the 25 years since it was established. Still a family run business based in Bergamo, it continues to ensure its products are made in Bergamo, but has an ever greater focus on sustainability. “A green soul has always been part of Neveplast’s DNA and over
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JF DrySki have completed a new ski slope for the Colorsnow Ski Club in Nanshan District, Shenzhen in Southeastern China. The new facility, located in heart of the city’s Pengrunda Commercial Plaza, has two slopes served by a 33m-long magic carpet. One of these is a 4 metre wide and 33 metre long slope with an airbag, the other a
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Briton Engineering Developments has announce the first major Snowflex® slope to be built in Sichuan Province, China in Wufengxi Park, Chengdu. Wufengxi Park is a new mixed outdoor sports and tourism project being developed by Shanghai Xueyu Sports Management on behalf of Chengdu Culture Tourism Wufengxi Investment Management. The new snowsports area will consist of a main and nursery Snowflex®
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Work on a new year-round ski jump facility for freestyle skiing and boarding is reported to be due to start imminently in Australia. The $6.5m project is being funded by the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, state and federal governments and the Australian Olympic Committee. The project was first mooted about a decade ago and nearly went ahead in 2017
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A Danish dryland slope running off a power plant has finally been completed, after several delays An artificial surface ski slope, which runs down the sloping side of a power plant, has been completed, at least in terms of top to bottom coverage, in the past few days. The ski-slope-on-a-power-plant project, near Copenhagen, has attracted global coverage since it was first
Read moreA new ski school catering for skiers and boarders with disabilities, is to open in southern England The new adaptive snowsports school is being set up by Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK) at Sandown Sports dry slope in Esher, Surrey. The move follows a £131,000 donation from the UK’s largest ski holiday tour operator, Crystal Ski Holidays, which is the largest
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