http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=15 Latest en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:47:43 +0300 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:47:43 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/ METROsnow.co.uk info@metrosnow.co.uk (info) info@metrosnow.co.uk (webmaster) http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=409 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:39 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=409 The visibility could have been better but the low light couldn't stop the slopestyle girls pitching it high at the X Games elimination round in Tignes this morning.Fourteen girls were up on the slopestyle course early doors but all them seemed to be struggling with landings in the poor vis. ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=408 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:06:51 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=408 On 26 March in a town that just skirts the Arctic circle in northern Finland an epic battle is about to take place. It's the 15th European Championships of Yukigassen (the Japanese word for snowball fight) in Kemijärvi. Held over two days, it will see the continent's best and toughest ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=407 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:24:10 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=407 Forget Japanese pow or even Whistler's 10m snowfall, this season's winner has got to be Scotland.Nevis Range, Glencoe, Glenshee, Cairngorm and The Lecht  make up Scotland's five resorts and all of them have had a bumper season. So much snowfall has consistently loaded the east faces of the mountains that ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=311 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:07:51 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=311 The world's best freestyle skiers and boarders will be descending on Tignes in March 2010, for the first Winter X Games Europe.The annual Winter X Games in Apsen, is one of the world’s top events for pipe and slopestyle competitions. It attracts the best winter action sports athletes, including Metrosnow.co.uk's ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=406 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:50:40 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=406 Words Fraser Wilkin Winners, losers and what’s to comeThere were crazy scenes in Scotland last week following 4-6 feet (nearly 2m) of fresh snow across the highlands. All five ski centres were cut off and when resort workers in Cairngorm finally got through, many of the lifts were completely buried. ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=405 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:11:08 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=405 After 17 days of action-packed competing It's over, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics finished with a spectacular closing ceremony on Sunday. Canada stormed to victory in a dramatic men's ice hockey final, beating the US 3-2. Team star Sidney Crosby scored the final goal in overtime and secured the Olympic ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=404 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:09:13 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=404 Canada's ladies have women their third Olympic gold in a row in the women's ice hockey. The Olympic hosts beat the US 2-0 in Thursday's final, so the Americans settled for silver and Finland took the bronze.Wednesday's dramatic first leg of the women's giant slalom, saw Vonn crash and ruin ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=403 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:36:55 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=403 Day 12 has not been a great day for Team GB. Britain's men's curling team lost their play-off with Sweden and were knocked out of the a chance to win a medal. Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke's sled flipped over coming out of turn 12 in the women's two-man bobsleigh. ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=402 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:27:51 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=402 The Red Bull Illume competition invites photographers from across the globe to enter sport and adventure shots to win international acclaim and a €30,000 camera with lenses.Both amateur and professional photographers have been submitting pictures that capture the passion and dedication of athletes. The competition is judged by a panel ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=400 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:09:16 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=400 It's the first Winter Olympic gold for Great Britain since 2002  and Amy Williams won it in the skeleton despite the fact that the UK doesn't even have a sliding track. The 27-year-old from Cambridge, who had led after two runs on Thursday, set a new track record of 53.68sec ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=401 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:35:22 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=401 Two-time World champion racer Bode Miller secured his first Olympic gold medal in the men's super combined. The 32 year-old, who won Olympic super-G silver and downhill bronze last week, clocked a combined total over the downhill and slalom of 2min 44.92sec, 0.33sec ahead of Croatian silver medallist Ivica Kostelic. ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=399 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:22:07 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=399 Our very own Amy Williams smashed the Whistler track record in the women's skeleton last night. The 27-year-old flew down the course at 143.3kph setting a new record of 53.83s.The skeleton competition is held over two days and is assessed on a total of four runs. In the first day ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=397 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:05:41 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=397 Torah Bright won Australia’s first gold of the Vancouver Olympics in the women’s halfpipe last night at Cypress Mountain.It wasn’t an easy win, as she fell badly on her first run which put her last and meant she had to go first on the second run. Despite the pressure, she ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=396 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:50:57 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=396 Pre-race favourite Lindsey Vonn won gold in the women's downhill at Whistler last night. It's the first time an American has won the downhill at the Olympics and the US managed a 1 and 2, as team mate Julia Mancuso took the Silver. Bronze went to Austria's Elisabeth Goergl. Vonn ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=395 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:17:48 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=395 GB's Ben Kilner stood little chance against pipe virtuoso Shaun White in last night's half pipe competition at Cypress Mountain. White easily claimed his second Olympic gold on his first run, scoring 46.8 out of a possible 50.  No other rider could come anywhere close to that on their second ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=394 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:59:58 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=394 Words Fraser Wilkin Winners, losers and what's to come Wow! The past fortnight has seen the best conditions in the Alps all season although it has been brutally cold especially in France. Lots of snow has fallen and with such frigid temperatures, it has been about as light and fluffy ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=393 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:08:54 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=393 The host nation won its second gold medal yesterday when Canadian Maelle Ricker coasted to victory in the women's snowboard cross final at Cypress Mountain. After a great start Ricker took an early lead and the rest of the field failed to catch-up. France’s Deborah Anthonioz claimed the silver and ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=392 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:57:46 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=392  A German snowboarder who was stranded on a chairlift for six hours saved himself by setting fire to his cash to attract attention. The Spiegel Online  reports that Dominik Podolsky was riding the last chair down the mountain in the Austrian resort of Hochzillertal when the lifts stopped for the ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=391 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:30:35 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=391 Downhill Swiss skier Didier Defago raced down the 3105m Dave Murray course on Whistler mountain to claim gold in the Men's downhill yesterday. It's the first men's downhill gold for Switzerland since 1988. Defago clocked 1min 54.31secs beating Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway by 0.07seconds who took silver, and ... ]]> http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=390 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:23:53 +0300 http://www.metrosnow.co.uk/index.php?id=36&article_id=390 The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics got off to a shaky start when a 21-year-old Georgian athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili, crashed out of the luge track and lost his life on a training run. Happening just a few hours before the opening ceremony it was a sobering start to the games. However ... ]]>