This episode is a Snow Show special, including interviews with Dave Ryding, Chemmy Alcott and others at the 2024 London Snow Show, Northern Snow Show and the industry event LISTEX. 

We discuss the upcoming World Cup season, the Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach, the growth of the Magic Pass and there’s big news about the future of the London Snow Show itself. Plus we have a new competition where you can win some great prizes.

Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by Jamie Grant – the founder of Carv. 

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Jamie was first on the podcast in Episode 193 (1:00)

The Carv team were testing the Carv 2 in Valle Nevado, Chile in September (1:30)

Glencoe is planning a new £26 million gondola (3:00)

Listen to Iain’s report from Glencoe earlier this year in Episode 203

GB Snowsport athlete Mia Brookes came 5th in the Snowboard Big Air at Chur (3:30)

The new GB Alpine Foundation has already raised over £160,000 (4:00)

Listen to Iain’s interview with GB Snowsport CEO Vicky Gosling in Episode 222

Dave Ryding chat (5:15)

Dave has moved to Head Skis (6:00)

Chemmy Alcott chat (7:00)

Marcel Hirscher is back representing the Netherlands (8:15)

Could Lindsey Vonn make a comeback (8:45)

Ski Sunday schedule for 2025 (9:00)

Neil McQuoid, Racer Ready Magazine (11:00)

Julia Eder, Salzburgerland (13:45)

The World Champs will take place from 04-16 February in Saalbach (14:15)

The Ski Podcast sponsors the Carrick-Smith brothers – Zak, Freddy and Luca (16:15)

Zak Carrick-Smith (16:30)

Luca Carrick-Smith with Phil Smith (18:30)

Freddy Carrick-Smith (21:20)

Iain presented at the London Show about ‘How to Ski Flight Free' (22:15)

Iain has taken a Flight Free Pledge for 2024 (22:30)

Dom Winter, Protect Our Winters (23:00)

Find out about POW’s Carbon Literacy Courses (25:00)

Inghams are celebrating their 90th anniversary this year

Helen Taylor, Inghams (25:30)

Listen to Iain’s special interview with Lesley McKenna

Lesley McKenna, Wandering Workshops, Aviemore (27:45)

Mike Richards reported from the new Northern Snow Show (31:00)

LISTEX is a B2B event that took just before show, organised by MTN (32:30)

Iain moderated a panel on how the industry can help skiers make better choices (33:00)

The Mountain Travel Network is taking over the London Snow Show (33:15)

James Gambrill from MTN (33:45)

Jamie Grant, founder of Carv (37:00)

Carv 2 launched on 14 October (37:15)

Buddy Passes mean that the Carv can now be shared with friends (41:45)

Carv uses data from over 500 million turns (43:00)

The algorithm for 24/25 is 6% more accurate than last year (45:45)

Ski IQ is now different values for different terrains (46:30)

Carv 2 is available at £159 until 28 October (51:00)

Sebastien Travelletti, Vice President at Magic Pass (52:00)       

COMPETITION – WIN A CARV 2 and more (57:45)

Simply complete our short survey to be included in the draw to win prizes including a Carv 2, Vallon Aviator Sunglasses, Wild Caper underlayer, Atomic Atom Hydrogen water bottle, Verbier beanie, Val d'Isère Opinel and more.

The survey is open until the end of November, so just take this to get your name in the draw.

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