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An 80 year old man broke his leg on Monday when attempting a two metre ski jump on a black run at Mt Buller ski resort in Australia.

Asked by medics why he had attempted the jump, he is reported to have replied, "Life's too short."

The man was flown by air ambulance to Melbourne for treatment after his friend raised the alarm.
Courtesy of and © Snow24 plc

J2Ski would like to wish this Ski Hero a speedy recovery and many more years of going for it!

Switzerland's Jungfrau ski region, one of the world's oldest and most beautiful ski areas, has announced that three new chair lifts will go in to service next winter.

The largest new lifts, a six seater chairlift, is the Eigenordwand on the Arvengarten to Eigergletscher route above Grindelwald and Wengen and will go in to service from 12th December.

The other two lifts both open a week earlier on 5th December. The new Allmiboden double chairlift at Murren will be joined by the Winteregg quad chairlift which makes the ascent in half the time of the previous lift (in service from 5 December 2009).
Courtesy of and © Snow24 plc

Compagnie Des Alpes Reports Record Sales for Winter 2008-9

The Compagnie Des Alpes (CDA), the world's largest ski lift operator which runs more than a dozen leading French ski areas, has released its third quarter results which include the last month of the 08-09 ski season – April 2009.

The group reported record business with ski-lift ticket sales up 38% thanks mostly to the occurrence of Easter weekend during the month.

Thanks to the strong April business combined sales for winter 2008-9 were up 3% overall for the company, 2.3% for ski lifts ticket sales alone, from 2007-8, which had itself featured record visitor numbers.

"This steady activity in ski areas despite the general economic climate illustrates the resilience of our business line, which has experienced uninterrupted organic growth for more than ten years." said a company statement.

In addition the company reported that its wholly owned subsidiary SwissAlp SA, has reached agreement with the municipality of Bagnes to sell the totality of its stake in Téléverbier SA (20.3%) for about 13.8 million Euros.

"Acquiring its stake in 1999, CDA brought its widely recognized expertise to Téléverbier's development and governance. However, CDA has since determined that the particularities of the company and its environment prevent CDA from fully carrying out its role of industrial operator in the medium term." said a company statement.

CDA's Dominique Marcel commented, "The sale of the Group's stake in Téléverbier is in line with the more active asset-management policy that I announced at the end of 2008. The sale is being carried out under excellent financial conditions, providing a very satisfying return on CDA's initial investment."

"The capital gain yielded by the sale, about 1.5 million Euros, will have a positive impact on consolidated net income for the current financial year, helping pay down Group debt and making the Group more flexible both strategically and financially."

www.compagniedesalpes.com

mfc wrote:1/ why do i have to scroll down on ths site ever time i would like to read something or log on?

What browser and OS are you using, and what screen resolution? Can you send me a screen-grab by PM?

mfc wrote:2/Is their a ski show in November that everyone goes to?

There are usually several in October and November. The largest is at Olympia, London (21st to 25th October for 2009), and there are usually others (e.g. Birmingham, Manchester).

mfc wrote:6/ Do we get free tickets on here for entry?

Only if a) they actually send us any and b) if you win some kind of humiliating or naff competition that we get to make up... :twisted:

mfc wrote:7/ How bored are you without skiing?

Too busy to be bored... 8)

BASS Chamonix becomes a Licensed Course Provider (LCP) for the Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors (IASI)

The Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors (IASI) have set up an historic agreement with BASS Chamonix Limited, making it the first Licensed Course Provider (LCP).

This means that for season 2009/10 BASS Chamonix Limited will be organising and
running IASI Level 1 and Level 2 Alpine Ski Instructor Courses. These courses will be run by the instructor training arm of BASS Chamonix Limited which is "Parallel Dreams Training".

IASI courses are very well respected and recognised by the international community and the organisation has a system in place that equates to the highest qualifications of the alpine countries giving instructors a pathway from part time instructor on artificial surfaces right through to professional status that allows you to work in Europe.

Parallel Dreams Training has been involved with training ski instructors for a number of years helping lots of people develop their skills and knowledge to help them pass instructor exams in a number of different systems. The Parallel Dreams web site www.paralleldreams.co.uk is home of "Parallel Dreams Alpine Skiing" the technical book that supports the IASI system, the PD Vault a 24/7 online resource and Parallel Dreams Training; Instructor training courses.

Commenting on this historic agreement, BASS Chamonix Director Derek Tate said, "this is a great step forward for both IASI and for BASS Chamonix allowing people from a wider geographic area to access these excellent instructor courses. IASI has developed its instructor award system over the last few years and has successfully gained membership of the leading international bodies for snowsport instruction; ISIA, IVSI and Interski.

And at BASS Chamonix with our ski instructor training arm, Parallel Dreams
Training, we are ideally placed to organise and deliver these courses having established ourselves in the Chamonix Valley over the last five years. We have an excellent track record for organising great skiing courses and boast several IASI trainers on our ski school staff".

British Alpine Ski School Chamonix
www.basschamonix.com

Ian Wickham wrote:I'm sorry it's the beer you know 8)

Fixed it for you... 8)

bandit wrote:I've no interwebby, and will have to go to a bar )

...right, so you'll be on here more often than usual then... like Wickers? 8)

Coop wrote:Does anyone affliated with skiset know when this booking system will be up and running again?

We'll have an answer for you very shortly... watch this space. 8)