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

A new dry ski centre, “Skigarden Val di Sole” is opening in Italy’s Trentino region later this month. The new facility complete with beginner and intermediate level ski runs, has been created using Neveplast surface material. Although the Val di Sole is a famous winter ski region, this marks the first time that people have been able to ski in

Norfolk Snowsports Club have won a £5,000 grant from car-manufacturer Toyota to help more disabled people to try snowsports. The Club has been running adaptive ski and tubing sessions at its dry slope in Trowse, one of the UK’s largest, for several years but badly needed to replace aged specialist equipment. “The £5,000 received from Toyota Parasport Fund will be

Dry ski slopes have now been with us nearly 100 years, with special artificial surfaces designed especially for skiing on manufactured for the past 60 years. But many of the very longest slopes in the world have appeared in just the past few years, here’s the 24 longest on the planet at present. (1) 1,130m Veduchi, Russia This very long

The ski slope at Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland has had a major upgrade during the country’s second lockdown. Dry slope specialists MK Enterprises were sub-contracted to install a new Skitech surface.  It is the second time the two companies have worked together with MK Enterprises also recovering Ski Llandudno two years ago.  The all-new ski slope is approximately 120 metres