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Winter Sports
Mpora’s guide to ice climbing
If you thought ice climbing was like rock climbing but with ice… you’d be right. But there’s a little more to it than that as Mpora explained in their ice climbing guide: It might seem like you can put your pick anywhere, making it far easier than the finite number of good holds on a …
Millie Knight on her experiences with blind alpine skiing
The Winter Paralympics is well underway now but a few weeks ago, Bloomberg spoke to the three-time Paralympic medalist Millie Knight about her challenges with blind alpine skiing and her relationship with her guide, Brett Wild. And congrats to Millie for her bronze medal in the women’s downhill, vision impaired event yesterday!
Skiing / Sport / Winter Sports
Skiing in Turkey
What’s “shoop, shoop, shoop” in Turkish?
Marbled skis made from melted down plastic bags
Could we see plastic bag skis on the slopes in Milano Cortina 2026?
Watch the trailer for Dear Rider, the Jake Burton Carpenter story
Dear Rider celebrates the life and legacy of Jake Burton Carpenter. Watch the trailer here.
Shout out to Benjamin Alexander, the first Jamaican alpine skiier at the Winter Olympics
Alexander joins a host of Jamaicans who have featured at the Winter Games, but he has the distinction of being the first in alpine skiiing.
The dangers of Olympic sledding
Sled head is still a WIP for scientists studying the dangerous sports of bobsleigh, skeleton, and luge.
Photos from the first 12 Winter Olympics
Travel back in time with this photo series, showcasing the first 12 Winter Games.
TIL: Ski ballet was a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics
‘In essence, ski ballet is figure skating on skis. Can you do it on a flat surface like an ice rink? No, because you need some downward momentum to be skiing but it’s a very gentle slope. A short run is two minutes and a long run is four minutes.’
Montell Douglas and Mica McNeill: bobsledding at Beijing 2022
History will be made in the two-woman bobsleigh team for Great Britain.
Can you pick all 15 African nations that have participated in the Winter Olympic games?
Can you get more than half?
Erin Jackson: the first Black woman to win individual gold at Winter Olympics
Black girl magic: on ice!
Shout out to Samuel Ikpefan, the only Nigerian athlete at Beijing 2022
Ikpefan is the second consecutive Nigerian Olympian at the Winter Games, after Seun Adigun appeared in two-women bobsled in 2018.
Jonathan Abrams on the need for speed in winter sliding sports and the tracks made to protect them
Watch your step, kid (protect ya neck, kid).