Walking at night can feel like discovering a new world on your doorstep. Here’s our guide for some inspiration and information to get you started on your after-dark adventures.
Live in the city but belong on the trails? We know the feeling. But all's not lost when you've got big goals or a tough event but can't get out there - check out these great tips from our friends at Salomon for working your training plan around city life.
Looking for some workout inspiration, motivation or a few tips to help keep you fit and ready for when we can head for the mountains once again? Look no further.
How To Transfer Skills From The Pistes To Off-Piste
Heading off-piste for the first time can be daunting, but with the right preparation and safety precautions, going off-piste can be a real highlight of any ski trip. Ski Club of Great Britain have put together some handy tips for any first-timers hoping to go off-piste this ski season.
With peaceful pistes and early-season offers aplenty, Christmas is a great opportunity to improve your on-piste skiing precision. Dynastar Ambassador and TDCski Coach Giles Lewis, based in Val d’Isere, France, shares some of his top tips for optimising technique, performance and enjoyment:
Skiing powder should be like skiing on clouds. Soft, untouched snow helps skis glide over the surface; powder, however, can be a daunting prospect for a beginner, but there many who attempt the off piste before they master the techniques. University of Southampton Dry Slope Race Squad skier, Chloe Taylor, who learnt how to ski on her Winter Season 2015/16, shares her top tips for your first time skiing on powder.
It is deeply engrained within our human nature, especially in those who partake in our adrenaline-fuelled sports, not to follow the path set out for us. However, on the mountains and without the proper knowledge, ducking the rope and leaving the piste to find new and exciting routes presents a unique set of challenges and dangers.
With great conditions in much of the Alps and more fresh snow forecast this week, Dynastar ambassador Giles Lewis from The Development Centre, Val d’Isere, gives us his top tips on how to ski powder compared with firm snow, and how to make the most of fresh snow.
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