China’s Rapidly Growing Ski Industry China has become the new kid on the block in the ski and snowboard world, and they are determined to achieve recognition during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. China’s successful bid to host the Winter Olympics has helped set off the rapid growth of China’s ski industry. Related: The Countdown Begins! China Celebrates 1,000-Days to Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 […] Industry News Taliana Potts | August 2, 2019 1 Comment
Former Gurkha Close to Being First Ever to Climb the 14 Tallest Mountains in Under a Year After completing Phase I and Phase II of his 14 mountain mission, Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja has just 3 mountains left before breaking the most impressive record in mountaineering. Nims is a former Gurkha soldier, a group of British-hired Nepalese soldiers who have a reputation of fearlessness. He certainly embodies this reputation as he nears his goal of smashing the existing […] Climbing Joseph Phillips | August 1, 2019 0 Comments
Mechanical Issue Causes Huge ‘Tsunami’ Wave at Chinese Waterpark Injuring 44 [arve url="https://youtu.be/Zxu6uUZPkg4"] SwellBrains | August 1, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
The Countdown Begins! China Celebrates 1,000-Days to Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 Last Friday China on launched its 1,000-day countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympics with a lavish song-and-dance celebration, as Beijing prepares to become the only city in the world to have hosted both a Summer and Winter Games. Related: Skiing Big Air One of 7 New Events Added to 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Actor Jackie Chan took part in the […] Olympics SnowBrains | May 17, 2019 0 Comments
Did the 2015 Earthquake Shrink Everest? Nepalese Team to Settle Exact Height Once and For All We have put a man on the moon, landed a craft on Mars and just took a picture of a black hole. But, a little closer to home, we still don’t know how high Mount Everest is. What we do know is that it is the highest mountain on our planet, and the current measurement we have, 29,029-feet, or 8,848-meters, […] Brains SnowBrains | April 17, 2019 0 Comments
The Perfect Athlete | China to Use Genetic Screening to Choose 2022 Winter Olympic Competitors “Every person is born with the right to participate in sports,” says Wang Huan, a researcher with the China Institute of Sports Science in Beijing. Wang commented in response to China’s plans to establish a “lab standard” for selection of athletes to their national teams. A document posted by the Ministry of Science and Technology stated that athletes with potential […] Olympics Jenah MacGrain | September 21, 2018 0 Comments
China Building the World’s Largest Indoor Ski Resort in Shanghai Having been awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics, it seems like China is taking this winter sports thing seriously. After yesterday’s announcement of a possible acquisition of Amer Sports by a Chinese consortium, it emerges that KOP Properties is building the world’s largest indoor ski resort in Shanghai. The park, called Wintastar Shanghai, will cover almost 1 million square feet of […] Industry News Steven Agar | September 14, 2018 0 Comments
SIA Calls For Action To Oppose Government Tariffs The U.S. Government’s Chinese tariffs have not been popular with anyone that manufactures goods overseas. The bike industry has been hit extra hard, with Trek reporting the tariffs will cost the brand $30 million a year and force them to raise prices. That’s too much money to eat even for a billion dollar company. The snow sports industry has come […] Mike Lavery | August 29, 2018 3 Comments
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