Dust Storm from the Sahara Turns European Ski Resorts a ‘Mars-Like’ Orange Skiers and snowboarders were met with orange-tinted snow in Sochi, Russia, this weekend. The usually powdery white snow turned colors due to a sandstorm that blew across the Sahara Desert in North Africa in a phenomenon that happens only once or twice a decade. It’s no wonder that so many spectators described the snow as Mars-like because very little white […] Weather Steven Agar | March 26, 2018 0 Comments
Nearly Half Of The Sochi Olympics’ Russian Medalists Were Doping According to the New York Times, nearly half of Russia’s medal-winning athletes from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, where Russia led the medal count, were doping with illegal performance-enhancing drugs at the time of the Games. This doping was planned years in advance to ensure the dominance at the Olympic games. This breaking news leaked as a result of revelations from Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, the director […] Industry News Chris Wallner | May 12, 2016 0 Comments
IOC Says Number of Injuries in Olympic Slopestyle is “Unacceptable” Ski and snowboard slopestyle debuted for the first time in the Olympics this year in Sochi, Russia. The course was big and intimidating. So much so, that legendary snowboarder, Shaun White, pulled out of slopestyle just days before the competition. Maybe Shaun was right… The […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2014 5 Comments
Weather
Industry News
