Iain is joined by Tim Warwood: BBC snowboarding, skateboarding, BMX reporter, and generally ‘very loud voice’ (his words).

We discuss how snowboarding took him from Tamworth to Colorado to commentating around the world on the sport. 

Among the many stories Tim shares, he tells us how he persuaded Bill Nighy to lipsync to Kim Wilde, what’s it’s like being a “professional snowballer” and the truth behind that infamous moment when Jenny Jones won bronze at Sochi.

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Tim is not 50 years old, despite what it says on FamousBirthdays.com

He started snowboarding at Britain’s first indoor snow centre, the Tamworth Snowdome (6:00)

Tim’s first season was in Winter Park in Colarado (8:45)

Listen to Iain’s interview with Pat Sharples, GB Snowsports Head Coach (9:00)

Listen to our interview with pioneer snowboarder Chris Moran (14:20)

He did definitely finish 3rd in the Banked Slalom at the 2023 Brits (14:50)

Tim may or may not be current British snowboard slalom champion… (15:00)

The Brits took place in Aviemore in April 2023 (16:00)

Tim was working in Vail when he started making snowboard movies (19:00)

Adam Gendle is Tim’s long-time film-making partner (21:30)

Jeremy Sladen at the Snowboard Asylum sponsored the first set of movies that Tim and Adam produced (23:00)

Titles includes ‘Proper’, ‘Big Ass Big Airs’, ‘Show Offs’ and ‘Terminal Ferocity’ (23:45)

Check out Tim’s 2006 Brits Video (25:00)

Watch the movie ‘Chalet Girl’ (26:45)

And definitely watch the closing credits… (28:30)

Tim presented ‘Freesports on 4’ (31:30)

Iain interviewed Ski Sunday’s Ed Leigh in Episode 169

It featured events the Xbox (Gumby’s) Big Day Out (33:00)

The London Freeze took place at Battersea Power Station (34:00)

In 2014, Tim was asked to join the BBC Sport team to cover the Sochi Winter Olympics (35:00)

Who wouldn’t want to be a “professional snowballer” (36:20)

Jenny Jones won Team GB’s first ever Olympic medal on snow in the snowboard slopestyle (37:45)

Ed Leigh, Aimee Fuller and Tim got rather excited… (38:30)

The ‘Daily Mail’ described the commentary team as  “Immature idiots” (39:20)

Tim was a reporter for the BBC at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 (43:00)

Being a reporter is more than just an “eyes and teeth” role (47:00)

Tim also reported from the Commonwealth Games for the BBC (50:00)

Beijing was a different experience as Tim was located in Manchester (52:00)

Tim filmed a feature on splitboarding for Ski Sunday in Scotland (55:00)

Look out for the hare when Tim went snowboarding in Weardale (59:15)

Find out about Yad Moss in Episode 88 of The Ski Podcast (1:00:00)

Enjoy ‘Gravity Grandma’ on YouTube (1:01:45)

Catch up with more of Tim’s work on ‘The Indestructibles‘ (1:03:00)

Watch ‘The Nearly Men’ with Marc Webber (01:03:45)

Find out more about Tim’s ‘Famous First Words’ game show tour (01:05:00)

Read White Lines’ defence of the infamous Jenny Jones commentary

 

“Riding switch is like writing left-handed while wearing a chip hat and being attacked by seagulls” (01:08:30)

We find out about National Snow Week, train travel to Austria and driving in an EV to Val d'Isère.

Iain was joined live by Babsi Lapwood from the Mountain Trade Network and Stephen Morgan from Raccoon Events, organisers of the National Snow Week and ‘down the line’ by Hannah Zajic from the Austrian Tourist Board and Simon McIntyre from Iglu Ski.

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Babsi skied in Banff, Sunshine Village and Panorama in Canada (1:30)

The Ski Podcast is sponsored by Les 3 Vallées - the largest ski area in the world

Skiing continues in Val Thorens until La Grand Derniere on 08 May (05:00)

Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter reported from Val Thorens (5:30)

The Tour de France comes to Les 3 Vallées in July

Dan Keeley from Snowcamp is running from the UK to Rome to raise funds for CALM (7:00)

Find out about Dan's run at hometorome.com (7:30)

The Ski Podcast was shortlisted in the 'Wilderness' category at the Sports Podcast Awards (8:00)

Doug Newman from Ski Weekend interviewed Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards (8:30)

LISTEX Luxury is a B2B event in London in July

National Snow Week is a consumer event taking place this October (11:15)

Steve was last on the show when Iain spoke to him at the NEC in Episode 158 (13:00)

The last London Ski Show was held at Battersea Evolution in 2019. We reported from there in Episode 42 (14:30)

The Ski Podcast did offer to become the new sponsors of the O2-Excel cable car (16:45)

The London Snow Show will take place at the Excel centre on 21/22 October (18:00)

Listen to Iain’s interview with Mia Brookes in Episode 158 (19:30)

The 13th edition of annual trade event LISTEX will also take place at Excel (24:45)

You can get free tickets to National Snow Week by using the code 'SKIPODCAST' at https://nationalsnowweek.com (26:30)

Iain will be at both the London and Bham Shows presenting ‘The Ski Podcast Live’

Hannah Zajic is from the Austrian National Tourist Office in London (27:00)

Yvonne Rosentstatter from Salzburgerland joined us in Episode 90 (27:45)

OBB's Nightjet service connects 25 European cities (28:00)

Accessible resorts from the Innsbruck train include Kuhtai & Solden, as well as St Johann and Mayrhofen with an earlier exit at Worgl (31:00)

Fares start at €49 with a couchette in 6-berth, €59 with a couchette in 4-berth, €89 with a bed in a 2-bed sleeper or €129 with a single-bed sleeper all to yourself (34:00)

Iain has driven to the Alps in an EV several times (39:00)

Simon McIntyre from Iglu Ski travelled to Val d'Isère in a Mercedes with a ‘real range’ of 220-230 miles

Find out more about low-carbon travel options at Ski Flight Free (48:00)

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 Lynsey: "Episode 173 was a great podcast once again"

Joe: "Thanks very much for the interesting feature on action cameras"

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We go behind the scenes at BBC’s ‘Ski Sunday’ with presenter Chemmy Alcott. We discuss unscrewing 100-year-old skis from a wall so she could try them out on snow, wanting to go grass skiing with Dave Ryding and what’s it’s like taking on a downhill course a decade after you’re retired from racing. 

We also discuss the many, MANY injuries she suffered over her 20-year racing career…

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Chemmy helped celebrate the centenary of Ladies Ski Club in Murren in February (03:00)

Chemmy interviewed Dave Ryding in Austria last summer (09:00)

Dave Ryding had a gondola named after him in Kitzbuhel (10:00)

Dave is a very fast Parkrun runner (13:30)

Watch out for Chemmy’s feature on Ski Joering next winter (14:45)

Watch Chemmy’s Meribel downhill run here (15:30)

The run took place at the Courchevel Meribel 2023 World Ski Championships

Chemmy took part in ‘Dancing on Ice’ in 2012 (22:30)

Chemmy’s injuries include a dislocated jaw, broken neck, broken back, broken ribs, groin tears, two ACLs, compound tibia/fibula fracture and a broken ankle (24:30)

Find out more about the Ski Mojo (30:45)

The new Ski Mojo designs (35:00)

This blog looks at the value you can get from the Ski Mojo (37:30)

Tignes is great in summer for families (38:45)

Tim Warwood travelled to Scotland for a Ski Sunday feature last winter (39:00)

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Iain chats with Team GB freestyle skier Kirsty Muir. Kirsty has enjoyed an impressive first two senior seasons, including being Britain's youngest competitor at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, multiple World Cup podiums and medalling at the X Games.

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Joe Tyler has been Kirsty’s coach since she first went to the Brits

Red Bull invited Kirsty to join their team in 2022

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfGUoeLtW9/?hl=en

We discuss backcountry skiing in Scotland, Pays de Gex in France and the Freeride World Tour final in Verbier.

Iain was joined by ski journalist Catherine Murphy, instructor and film-maker George Treble and founder of British Backcountry, Blair Aitken.

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You can vote for ‘The Ski Podcast’ as ‘Best Wilderness Podcast’ in the Sports Podcast Awards (0:30)

Catherine was last on the show in Episode 99 telling us about the ski scene in Ireland

George is based in Morzine and is an instructor at the Avoriaz Alpine Ski School

Dave Burrows (SnowPros Ski School) reported from Glacier 3000 in Switzerland (3:45)

Andy Butterworth (Kaluma Ski) is based in St Anton, Austria (5:15)

Rob Rees was out in the Aosta Valley in Italy (07:45)

Simon Burgess was reporting from Andermatt in Switzerland (08:30)

The Ski Podcast is sponsored by Les 3 Vallees - the largest ski area in the world (9:30)

Iain spoke to Tom & Olivier in Episode 172 about Les 3 Vallees Enduro

Listen to Iain’s report on the Dynastar X3 Triathlon in Episode 93 (10:00)

You can watch ’10 in a Weekend’ here (10:30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWqb4CHQEEI

Find out more about action cameras and iPhones in Episode 171 (17:30)

This is the cover shot of the film, showing Blair abseiling down Angel’s Face (19:30)

Blair runs British Backcountry, with his business partner, Gav Carruthers (23:00)

The Brits took place in Cairngorm last weekend (27:30)

Olympians who turned out included Murray Buchan, Lesley McKenna and Kirsty Muir (28:00)

Our next episode will be a special interview with Kirsty Muir

Find out more about Pays de Gex in France and the ski areas (29:00)

Iain reported from Abruzzo in Episode 170 (31:30)

Try the zip wire in Pays de Gex (33:30)

Jane Shah reported from the Freeride World Tour final in Verbier (36:00)

Jane spoke with multiple winner at Verbier, Reine Barkered (39:00)

Nicolas Hale Woods is the co-founder of the Freeride World Tour (40:00)

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The Comfortable Spot Podcast: "Loved your chat with Ed and the episode about Afghanistan"

 

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We discuss the famous Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt, plus we look in detail at Verbier in Switzerland. Iain was joined by ski journalists Katie Bamber and Tristan Kennedy.

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Katie was last on the show in Episode 168 talking about #VanLife (0:30)

Read Katie’s piece about Jackson Hole, Wyoming here (1:00)

Tristan was calling in from the Hotel Suisse in Champery, Switzerland (2:15)

Please vote for The Ski Podcast in the ‘Best Wilderness’ category in the Sports Podcast Awards (4:30)

The Ski Podcast is sponsored by Les 3 Vallées - the largest ski area in the world

Winter Legacy event in Courchevel is organised by Alexis Pinterault (5:15)

In Episode 98 Emily Sarsfield spoke about the AJ Bell Challenge (5:30)

Olivier Desaulty and Tom Herbst from Les 3 Vallées joined us to discuss the ‘Enduro’ (6:00)

The Les 3 Vallées Enduro takes place on Sunday 02 April

Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter reported from Courchevel (14:45)

Betony Garner was in Courmayeur in Italy (15:45)

Simon Burgess was skiing in Yad Moss in England on 11 March (16:45)

Find out more about Yad Moss in Episode 88 of The Ski Podcast

Sian Grigg from Pyrenean Odysseys reported on the current situation there

Iain travelled to Verbier by train (18:30)

Intersport Ski Hire gave Iain some Rossignol BlackOps Sender skis (19:30)

Read Al Morgan’s review of the BlackOps (19:45)

There were several major avalanches the day Iain arrived in Verbier (20:00)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tcENVVgHJrY

Robin Shah has reported for the podcast from Verbier on several occasions (21:30)

Iain and Robin skied the Three Fingers Couloir from Attelas (28:30)

Listen to our in-depth interview with Warren Smith in this special episode (29:00)

Can all ski resorts be categorised as either ‘fur’ resorts or ‘Goretex’ resorts? (33:30)

The final of the Freeride World Tour takes place in Verbier on 25 March (34:30)

Iain ate at two excellent restaurants: Le Rouge and La Nonna (35:00)

Dr. Michel Payot made the first ski crossing from Chamonix to Zermatt in 1903 (38:00)

The Patrouille des Glaciers race goes from Verbier to Zermatt (39:00)

Katie's trip on the Haute Route was organised by Adventure Base

Tristan travelled a new variant of the Haute Route (46:00)

Tristan recommends earplugs if staying in a refuge! (50:00)

There was double gold in the World Cup Snowboard Cross for Charlotte Bankes (56:00)

Mikaela Shiffrin has set a new World Cup skiing record with her 87th win (56:30)

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We find out about action cameras (GoPros and their equivalents), including how best to film, how to edit and how to go viral. Plus we discover whether the Carv helped Iain ski better, and about the world's most sustainable ski trip.

 

Iain was joined by Anna Hughes (founder of Flight Free UK), Chris Moran (Intersport Ski Hire) and podcast regular Al Morgan (SkiKitInfo.com)

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Steve Angus works a ski instructor in Val d'Isere (5:50)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q37Gp0xge74 

 

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Richard Sideways: "Really good interview with Ed Leigh. His passion for the mountains and the sport really comes across"

Ryunis: "Excellent pod with Ed Leigh. Possibly my favourite yet"

Dale Hardman: "170 was a great episode"

Tom Thorp: "Thank you for all your work creating interesting episodes & insights"

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We discuss skiing in Roccaraso in the Italian Appenines, take a look at skiing in Hokkaido, Japan and look at the impact of climate change on La Plagne.

 

Iain was joined by Jen Tsang in La Plagne and podcast regular, Mike Richards in Niseko, Japan.

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Jen was on the show talking about La Plagne in Episode 99

You can read Jen’s guide to La Plagne here

Mike most recently joined us in Episode 165, discussing Madesimo

Andy Butterworth (Kaluma Ski) reported from St Anton in Austria (3:30)

Dave Burrows (SnowPros Ski School) has news from Villars in Switzerland (7:00)

Jen updates us on the snow conditions in La Plagne (9:30) 

Listen to Jen talking about the changes on the glacier in La Plagne in Episode 99 (13:45)

Will summer skiing in Europe be affected by low snowfall this winter? (16:00)

Ski racers have signed an open letter to FIS asking for more action on climate change (18:00) 

Mike spoke from Niseko in Hokkaido, Japan (20:00)

Rusutsu is one of Mike’s favourite resorts (23:00)

Lucy Aspen-Kean from Telegraph Ski & Snowboard recently visited Japan as well

(26:00)

Mike also recommends basing yourself in Furano (28:00)

Roccaraso is in the Appenine mountain range in Italy (29:00)

Naples and Pompeii are easy side trips to combine with the ski area

Iain interviewed Bonaventura Margadonna, head of the Alto Sangro ski area (31:00)

Fiona from Ski Abruzzo was Iain’s translator (33:00) 

Iain will report on the Carv in discussion with Al Morgan in Episode 171 (36:00)

The GB Bobsleigh team picked up silver at the World Champs (37:00)

Jasmine Taylor took her first podium of the season in telemark

Charlotte Bankes won the Cortina World Cup in Snowboard Cross

Kirsty Muir and Zoe Atkin took World Cup podiums in Ski Slopestyle & Big Air

The Freestyle World Champs are on right now in Bakuirani, Georgia (38:00)

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Laura Hargrave: "Loved the feature on van life in Episode 167"

Ian West: "Loved the refuge stay in Les 3 Vallees: you could tell you enjoyed it"

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Ed Leigh has been the co-presenter of BBC’s Ski Sunday since 2007. We caught up with him in Les 3 Vallées prior to the 2023 World Championships, which are taking place in Courchevel and Méribel from 06-19 February.

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·       Ski Sunday has already featured races in Adelboden, Wengen, Kitzbuhel and Schladming

·       The season had a bad start in December 2022 with many resorts limited to strips of snow (4:30)

·       Lauren MacCallum from Protect Our Winters appeared in Episode 168 of The Ski Podcast (5:00)

·       You can raise money for Disability Snowsport UK by donating 10-100% of the sale price to them on ebay (6:45) 

·       You can find out when Ed lists his snowboard by following him on Instagram (9:15)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QigEVZcJni4

·       Ski Sunday returned to Chamonix for the Kandahar Slalom (15:00)

·       Ed bought the Courchevel ski touring lift pass (15:45)

·       Ed is a big fan of FatMap (17:45)

·       The Breche de la Portetta is spectacular (19:00)

·       Iain reported on his stay in an unmanned refuge in Méribel in Episode 167 (19:15)

·       The Alpine Ski World Championships take place in Courchevel & Méribel from 06-19 February (22:00)

·       Matt Barr presents the ‘Looking Sideways’ podcast (25:15)

·       Find out more about the ‘Natural Selection’ tour (26:30)

·       Ed and Graham presented High Altitude as part of Ski Sunday (30:00)

·       Ed took Simon Le Bon sailing in Sweden (33:00)

·       Listen to Iain’s interview with Mia Brookes in Episode 158 (37:00)

·       Iain interviewed Chemmy Alcott when the Ski Sunday team were based in Laax in Episode 67

·       During the 2021 season in Laax, Ed dislocated his knee cap and broke his tibia (42:00)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLp2Pqxsy9Q/

·       Ed is based in Wanaka, New Zealand outside of the northern winter

We discuss next year's kit, travelling to the mountains by train & EV and solar panels in Méribel. Plus we have new snow reports, a Team GB update and a snippet from our forthcoming interview with Ed Leigh.

 

Iain was joined by Lauren MacCallum and Lindsey Dixon from Protect Our Winters and equipment expert, Al Morgan from SkiKitInfo.com

 

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BobinCH: "James was a great listen in Episode 166"

Kat Ryb: "How have I not come across this before? Just listened to the two recent episodes and they are great!"

Joe Childs: "I am completely addicted to your podcast. I really like the mix of content, alongside the frequent sustainability features, equipment reviews & snow reports. Having watched the first episode of Ski Sunday of the season (probably my favourite TV programme) on 8th January, I searched Spotify for something similar and found The Ski Podcast. Since then, I have listened to 41 of the episodes and I have no plan to slow down.”

 

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