318: Chemmy Alcott on Lindsey Vonn & Dave Ryding, Pila in Italy & Oz/NZ Snow Reports

Today we go behind the scenes of the BBC’s Olympics coverage with Chemmy Alcott, hearing what it was like to be on location for Lindsey Vonn's awful accident, as well as Dave Ryding's final race, plus we find out about the ski resort of Pila in Italy.

We also have the latest from the start of the season Down Under in Australia and New Zealand and updates from GB Snowsport’s new generation of alpine racers, Luca, Zak and Freddy Carrick Smith.

Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by four-time Winter Olympian and BBC Ski Sunday presenter, Chemmy Alcott, as well as freelance journalist, Rob Rees.

SHOW NOTES

Rob was last on the show in in Episode 262 discussing the Skiwelt in Austria (2:00)
Rachael Oakes-Ash runs the website snowsbest.com and the expert on Australia and New Zealand skiing (5:00)
There has been fresh snow in Australia on Friday 03 July (5:30)
Episode 312 is a special interview with Rachael (7:30)
Guy Beatson is based in Whakapapa, NZ (8:00)
Alex Irwin from the YouTube channel 150 Days of Winter skied last week in Tignes (10:00)
Kendra Scurfield reports from Sunshine Village in Canada (12:00)
“Too many of us life in our comfort zones” (13:45)
Chemmy on Mia Brookes (14:15)
Chemmy on Lindsey Vonn and her awful accident (16:30)
Will Vonn ever ski again, or even race again? (23:15)
Watching GB Snowsport win their first Gold medal (24:30)
Dave Ryding’s last race…with champagne on ice (25:45)
Dave gatecrashing Chemmy’s piece to camera? (26:15)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Dave Ryding in Episode 199 (27:00)
Recent FIS elections: Johan Eliasch beaten by Alexander Ospelt (27:15)
GB Snowsports’ Vicky Gosling election to the FIS council (28:45)
Luca Carrick-Smith (29:45)
Freddy Carrick-Smith (31:45)
Chemmy on what Luca, Zak and Freddy need to do to take it to the next level (32:45)
In Episode 311, Katie Bamber discussed Champoluc in the Aosta Valley (35:15)
Where is Pila and Aosta? (35:30)
Staying in Aosta (36:30)
Aosta’s Roman history (37:30)
Staying in Pila (39:00)
Pila’s new lift (40:15)
Who is Pila suitable for? (42:15)
Other resorts in the Aosta Valley (43:00)
Which were the first rocker skis? (48:15)

Feedback (47:00)
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