Will Hughes

I am a cross-country skier, competing as part of the British Performance Pathway affiliated with GB Snowsport. Last season, I lived in Lillehammer where I was a full-time athlete competing in the Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish junior cups. I started skiing in the UK when I was 14 as I was exposed to the sport from a young age being half Norwegian. At age 16 I was selected for the British Nordic Development Squad and last year I was chosen to be on ‘Project Lillehammer’. Being the only male athlete in the M19/20 age category in the British Performance Pathway and coming from London where there is no snow also motivates me to overcome the odds of competing in the hardest endurance sport in the world. I look forward to racing in Lillehammer this season as well as balancing university which I start this September at Newcastle.

Matthew Chronicle

Matthew Chronicle (22) first started skiing 3 years ago through the GBS/ British Biathlon Talent ID scheme whilst at university. He developed his skills at talent camps and with Wessex Biathlon and Nordic Ski Club. His goal for next season is to reach a top 50 result at the World under 23 championships.

Sian Grigg

Sian is the owner of Hotel Les Templiers & Hotel des Cimes in Luz St Sauveur in the French Pyrenees and the tour operator Pyrenean Odysseys. She has a doctoral thesis in climate modelling and has been a strong advocate of taking the train for many years.

Sian has spent 20 years in the Pyrenees watching the weather each winter, giving her some perspective on the issues mountain towns face with the changing climate and its impact on winter and summer tourism.

Tristan Kennedy

Tristan Kennedy is a British writer based in the Dolomites, specialising in stories about adventure travel, outdoor sports, and the climate crisis.

Having cut his teeth as deputy editor of Whitelines, Tristan went to edit the Mpora, before moving to VICE to head up their travel site. These days he splits his time between editing Snow and writing for publications including WIRED, Outside, The Telegraph and the Financial Times.

Tristan has been snowboarding for more than 20 years, and splitboarding for more than a decade. He wishes he was better at both.

Hannah Zajic

Hannah was born in Innsbruck, Austria and has been living in the UK since 2017 inspiring Brits to holiday in Austria in her role as marketing manager for the Austrian National Tourist Office.

James Wilcox

James Willcox is the Founder of the adventure travel company Untamed Borders. He launched the company in 2007, running bespoke trips and small group adventures to some of the world’s most interesting and inaccessible places – such as Afghanistan, Pakistana and Iraq.

James organised the first ever international ski trip to Afghanistan in 2011 and has organised regular ski trips to the country ever since. He also played an important role in the development of skiing in Iraq.

Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke’s talent was noted early on in his career in 1996 when he won the BBC New Comedian Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He is now regarded as a major comedy, writing, and acting talent, performing stand-up nationally to sell-out audiences on tour.

Marcus is the master of satirical comedy and has proved to be blisteringly funny over a wide range of topics including; climate change, religious extremism, immigration, loans companies, the Special Relationship, compensation culture, women’s magazines, the EU, and David Blaine, not to mention his own personal battle against his middle-class roots.

Marcus has notched up an impressive list of TV credits including his role as team captain on Argumental (Dave), and host of The Late Edition and I’ve Never Seen Star Wars (BBC Four). Other appearances include; Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Have I Got News for You (BBC One), Mock the Week (BBC Two), QI (BBC Two), Sorry, I’ve Got No Head (BBC One), The Late Edition (BBC Four), and The 11 O’Clock Show (Channel 4).

Angelos Epithemiou

Unwitting star of Shooting Stars (BBC2), Dave’s One Night Stand and Channel 4’s The Angelos Epithemiou Show, cult favourite Angelos Epithemiou takes a giant leap into the spotlight yet again in this shambolic, weird and wonderful show. Think Little Britain meets Vic and Bob meets a smattering of Ivan Brackenbury and then lower your expectations and get on board.

Angelos Epithemiou is the creation of critically acclaimed performer, Dan Renton Skinner, who has starred in such blockbuster films as The Spy Who Dumped Me, High Rise, and Swallows and Amazons for BBC Films and such TV serial-classics as The Tracy Ullman Show, Friday Night Dinner, and The Wrong Mans.

Olivia Lee

Olivia Lee is a female comedian and writer. After training at The Central School of Speech and Drama, Olivia got her big break on Channel 4’s hit comedy show Balls of Steel with her own slot called Prank TV with Miss Lee, where she demonstrated her fearlessness and ability to boldly go where many others would not dare. Off the back of this success she was offered to write and star in her own comedy vehicle for Channel 4, Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits. This led to her own series, Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny – a showcase for Olivia’s comic characters which launched Comedy Central UK.

The first series of Dirty Sexy Funny proved to be a hit, leading to an even more audacious second series. The USA soon came calling and Olivia was invited to regularly appear on NBC’s The Tonight Show With Jay Leno where she wrote and provided her own brand of outrageous comedy for the show. She has also hosted the comedy game show Battle of the Bods which ran for 3 season on the FOX network in the US and was hand picked by Nigel Lythgoe to host his talent show on E! called ‘Opening Act’. That led to truTV giving Olivia her own comedy pilot ‘The Olivia Lee Show’ – which she wrote and shot in 2016.

Harry Stachini

Stachini is the comedian to watch in this new decade. Slowly but surely climbing up the ranks of the stand-up comedy world, Harry has established a reputation as an exciting young comedian with an impressive easy-going style. His warm and friendly stage presence comfortably leads us through hilarious and skilful storytelling which is beyond his years.

Harry performs at the UK’s finest comedy clubs and festivals having hosted the prestigious ‘Bound and Gagged’ ‘AAA’ Comedy Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival in 2017. He returned in 2019 to perform his debut solo show ‘Tigers Don’t Cry’ to sold-out audiences.

Justin Moorhouse

As seen on Live At The Apollo, Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and Coronation Street Justin is also a regular on The Premier League Show and 5Live’s Fighting Talk.

Justin then brought back tiger-faced Young Kenny for the record-breaking run of Phoenix Nights Live at The Manchester Arena, which raised over £5 million for comic relief, told fantastic tales about Australia and Manchester on Live At The Apollo, won The Champion of Champions on BBC 5Live’s Fighting Talk, and appeared as Dean the rival cricketing landlord on Coronation Street. All this as well as hosting his own critically acclaimed podcast About 30 Minutes, No More Than 45, which has been downloaded over a million times.

His comedy has taken him on tour to Australia, China, Japan and the Middle East. He has performed stand up comedy on television a number of times including, several series of The Comedy Store (Comedy Central), One Night Stand (Dave) and was Michael McIntyre’s guest on his Blackpool leg of the Comedy Roadshow (BBC1).

Other TV/ Film credits include, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric, Max and Paddy’s Road To No-Where, Shameless, and he was a winner of Celebrity Mastermind.

Jack Gleadow

Jack Gleadow is a rising star in the world of comedy, known for his energetic and quirky performances that feature a mix of physical comedy, witty storytelling, and audience interaction. Born and raised in Hull, Gleadow began his comedy career as a teenager, performing at local comedy nights and open mic events. He quickly made a name for himself taking inspiration from the golden era of variety, earning several accolades, including the Amused Moose National New Comic Award in 2017 and the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award in 2018.

Gleadow’s talent has been recognized in numerous other comedy competitions, including the British Comedian of The Year and the Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year. He has also written and performed in several successful comedy shows, including “Mr Saturday Night” and “Jacks Entertainment the later being nominated as Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival ” He performed for Audible Live from the Edinburgh Festival in 2019 which was later released on the Amazon platform. Nominated as Best Newcomer by Chortle in 2019 and recognised in the award as a ‘Future TV Presenter’ being nominated by The Edinburgh TV Festival in 2021

‘’A latter day Lee Evans, star potential the skys the limit’’ Bruce Dessau (Beyond The Joke, Evening Standard)

Raul Kohli

Raul has fast become one of the most captivating Asian acts on the UK comedy circuit. As one of the few Asians to have grown up in the far North East of England (Newcastle) he’s blessed with a worldview that upends ethnicity, culture and class. Kohli combines ‘Superb political comedy’ (The Scotsman) with surreal storytelling.

As well as several radio & TV appearances, Raul released his own comedy podcast about Hinduism on BBC Sounds’ and Spotify (Comic Sanskrit).

Raul won Hackney Empires New Act of The Year following in the footsteps of Stewart Lee, Lee Mack and Ardal O’Hanlon and now appears regularly at some of the biggest comedy clubs around the World.

His debut Edinburgh Fringe show in 2016: Newcastle Brown Male was one of BBC Radio 4, Huffington Post & the Skinny’s top picks, while his most recent: ‘All My Heroes Are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan’ was nominated for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival.

“One of the Best comedians in England'” BBC RADIO 4

Kazeem Jamal

Hailing from the streets of South East London this power house, high-energy, charismatic jester is here to make his mark. Locked and loaded ready to release fire on his razor sharp humour as a true breathe of fresh air for the UK’s industry. A raconteur proving himself to be a fine addition to the comedy circuit. This high-flier is heading in one direction only and that’s up.

An already in demand compere and opening act Kazeem burst onto the London Comedy scene in 2019 with the confidence and stage charisma of acts who have been in the business for decades. He’s fresh, funny and audiences from all ages love him.

Connor Burns

Connor Burns is one of the most exciting emerging stand-up comedians in the UK. His meteoric rise through the comedy ranks since his first-ever open spot in October of 2017 has already seen Connor create and tour three punchline-packed solo shows, open for Daniel Sloss and record a set for Just For Laughs. Hilarious, relatable, all-the-while served up with superb material, brilliant delivery and proper belly laughs, Connor is clearly set for stardom.

In 2023, Connor premiered his latest solo show ‘Vertigo’, subsequently taking the show on tour for two months across Australia where, on top of selling out his solo shows at the country?s biggest comedy festivals, he opened for the international stand-up tour ‘Daniel Sloss: CAN’T?’ as well as closing the Sydney Comedy Festival gala at the Sydney Opera House.

Having sold out five performances of ‘Vertigo’ at the Glasgow Stand, Connor filmed two of the shows for his debut comedy special in June. ‘Vertigo’ is set for future international release.

Katie Bamber

Katie is online editor of Fall Line Skiing. Between seasons teaching in Bariloche and Zell am See and full-time ski writing a decade later, Katie spent a few years in Istanbul, where she discovered the wonders of the Turkish mountains. Since, winters spent in Sun Valley (avoiding lifts and ticket costs) and Hakuba (in search of powder) led Katie to understand the joys of earning your turns. This season she’s aiming to take her touring skis to Turkey to discover the backcountry.

Anna Hughes

Anna is a sustainable transport campaigner, author and flight-free adventurer. She is founder of the charity Flight Free UK which encourages people to travel without flying. An experienced and enthusiastic low-carbon traveller, Anna has had many adventures in the UK and abroad by train, bike and boat. She recently took her first flight-free ski trip to the Swiss Alps, learning to ski (and fall over gracefully) on the delightful slopes of Anzere.

Kimberley Kay

Kim is the author and illustrator of Ski A to Z – An Illustrated Introduction To Skiing.

Skiing since the age of 5, Kim pours her love of skiing into her art and writing to convey the joy and benefits of Snowsports.

Ski A to Z, published by Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK) Ltd, is intended to demystify skiing and make it more accessible by providing information, advice, tips and useful illustrations. The hard back book and e-book are encouraging new skiers, of all ages, worldwide.

Kim applies her past travel industry experience, running the press offices for the two UK leading travel companies, to now engage people on Snowsports.

Working under the brand of Inspire by Kim, Kim has also created a range of greeting cards, fabrics, and wallpapers. These are ideal for home, chalet and mountain environments and are complemented by a collection of fun wall art prints.

Kim will be speaking at National Snow Week shows in Birmingham and London with tips and advice gathered from over 40 years of skiing. Kim will also be signing books at the shows.

Lauren MacCallum

Lauren MacCallum is a dynamic and passionate advocate for climate action, earning recognition as a prominent UK figure in the battle against climate change. In their role as General Manager of Protect Our Winters UK, Lauren takes a leading position in mobilising the outdoor sports community to combat climate change.

Boasting a diverse career encompassing both literature and broadcasting, Lauren is a respected author and broadcaster, lending their expertise to the BBC and contributing to award-winning environmental and social films. Laurens unique ability to convey intricate environmental topics in an accessible and captivating manner has solidified their status as a sought-after voice in climate communication.

Beyond their commitments to Protect Our Winters UK and media contributions, Lauren is unwavering in their dedication to preserving the UK’s natural landscapes. Serving on the board of the Cairngorm National Park, the largest in the UK, Lauren tirelessly works to safeguard and promote this invaluable region while amplifying the voices of working people in the pursuit of sustainable solutions.

Lauren MacCallum embodies the spirit of action and advocacy in the fight for a greener world.

Sally Warren

Co-founder of award-winning, preloved ski wear website WhoSki.com, Sally is passionate about keeping ski gear in circulation and out of landfill.

She loves skiing but is aware the industry needs to improve to help reduce its impact on the environment. A believer that change can be affordable and fun, she is committed to spreading the word about ways we can all ski greener.

Sally is also an active member of the international Re-Action Collective, supporting like-minded businesses around the world to build a greener future for outdoor wear through their local communities.

Nicola Davenport

Co-founder of award-winning, preloved ski wear marketplace WhoSki.com and an outdoor activity fanatic, Nicola is passionate about sustainability, accessibility and inclusivity for the sports she loves.

These range from Alpine and Nordic skiing, to trail walking, running, road cycling and rowing. Having lived in Africa as a child, she is horrified by the textiles dumping that is destroying communities and the environment in the Global South.

Creating a circular economy in winter sports wear is among the ways she hopes to make a difference.

Neil Pitts

Neil Pitts is an amateur adventurer and budding writer. He juggles his love of the great outdoors with his work as a learning & development consultant. Most of his adventures involve his wife, a campervan called Gandalf and mountains. In January 2022, having never been on Nordic skis in his life, he attempted to ski the length of Norway during one of the country’s worst winters for many years. In April, after 1,700km and 70 days he finally reached Nordkapp. He writes a blog about his adventures and is active on Instagram.

James North

James started shooting snowboarding in his early twenties and since then, has worked with some of the biggest brands in snow sports and across the media landscape over the years.

He is a full time professional photographer, working mainly in advertising along with running The Reason Snowboarding Magazine after setting it up with a friends over 11 years ago.

Sam Cox

Sam was raised in South Devon and throughout his school years developed a taste for the outdoors living close to both the beach and Dartmoor.

This sense of adventure continued after he left school and joined the Royal Marines in 2010. He has tested himself throughout the globe’s harshest environments from the humidity of the jungles in Brunei, the heat of Central Asia, to the depths of the iciest temperatures in Norway.

Sam spent 13 years as an officer in the Royal Marines, serving combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as long periods working in the jungle, the desert and the Arctic Circle.

In November 2023, Sam Cox will embark on a unique 2000km solo and unsupported journey across Antarctica. No one has ever skied this distance without support before.

Starting at the coast of Berkner Island and finishing at the base of the Reedy glacier on the Ross ice shelf, via the South Pole, this expedition is anticipated to exceed 2000 kilometres. As one of the last wildernesses, this will be a pure test of physical and mental endurance.

Sam has been supported by Team Forces and Resilient Nutrition to embark on this epic adventure.

For more information, follow Sam on www.frozendagger.co.uk

Krissy Roe

Krissy is a sustainability and engagement professional with over 20 years of experience in tourism. She previously led the values and activism work at Responsible Travel where she managed the responsible tourism team, screening new tour operator members and helping hundreds of small businesses on their sustainability journey. She also helped drive the company’s activism work, including hard-hitting campaigns on aviation and carbon emissions, nature, animal welfare and community empowerment.

Krissy has also worked across a range of sectors as a sustainability consultant. She recently developed the sustainability strategy for Visit Kent; worked on a global social enterprise scheme run by Unilever, FCDO and EY; and led a stakeholder engagement programme for a national review into the state of the social housing sector following the Grenfell tragedy.

She joined Hotelplan in June 2023.

Dominic Winter

Dom Winter is representing the outdoor sport climate action charity, Protect Our Winters (POW) UK. With a background in sustainability and being a keen snowboarder, Dom will provide clear ways that you, someone passionate about snowsports, can be most effective in stopping climate change.

In his role as Head of Programmes Dom leads on policy, develops and runs climate education including Carbon Literacy Training, guides business action & plays a key role in developing POW UK’s campaigns.

Prue Stone

Prue is Director of Sustainability at Hotelplan UK, a family of specialist tour operators incorporating ski companies Inghams and Esprit Ski, alongside adventure travel brands Explore, Inntravel and Santa’s Lapland. She has fifteen years’ experience in the travel industry, adopting a broad and encompassing approach to sustainability and driving genuine change. Outside of work she enjoys trail biking, walking and travelling with her young family.

Ed Leigh

Co-presenter alongside Graham Bell on Ski Sunday, Ed Leigh is one of the most recognisable winter sports personalities in the world. Beginning his career working for Channel 4 as a presenter for the popular TV show Freesports on 4, Ed has some incredible stories to tell, and he does a mean air guitar…

Neil 'Nine Lives' Campbell

When Neil Campbell was growing up he never thought he’d become a professional snowboarder. Growing up in Luton, he found himself getting into trouble in his younger years and was subsequently sent to prison at just 19 years old. On getting out, Neil vowed to turn his life around and he did just that, thanks to snowboarding.

Known to all as ‘Nine Lives’, Neil needed to fast track his riding to keep up with professional snowboarders and would copy whatever anyone else would do, having skipped the fundamentals along the way. He gained a reputation as the snowboarder with the most unorthodox style and trick list and – most importantly – his uncanny ability to always land on his feet, avoiding crashes that would end a normal person’s season, hence the nickname.

To keep the dream alive Neil would build and shape his local snow park in Milton Keynes and go on to work out in Austria and Switzerland. Last year along with Adidas Terrex ‘How did snowboarding change my life” was released a short documentary of Neil’s Journey.

Charlotte Bankes

Originally from Hemel Hempstead, Charlotte moved out to the southern Alps of France with her family when she was four years old and grew up in the mountains doing a lot of sport, skiing, snowboard as well as sailing in the local clubs.

Talan Skeels-Piggins

Talan Skeels-Piggins is a Children’s Author, a double 600cc Motorcycle World Champion and Winter Paralympian – as part of the British Team alpine skier. Skeels-Piggins used a sit-ski in alpine competitions. Skeels-Piggins is a former Royal Navy fighter controller and PE teacher at St Laurence School, Bradford On Avon

Millie Knight

Millie is a 4x Paralympic medal winning, 2x World Champion skier who competes across all five Alpine ski disciplines.

Millie made her Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014, and at aged 15 become ParalympicsGB’s youngest ever competitor at any Winter Paralympics. She was also chosen to carry the flag for Great Britain at the Opening Ceremony.

Since Sochi, Millie’s career has gone from strength to strength. Working with guide Brett Wild since 2016, she won the 2017 World Cup Globe in the giant slalom, Super-G and Downhill.

At the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Millie and Brett won silver medals in downhill and super-G as well as a bronze medal in the slalom on the final day of action.

Millie claimed gold in the super combined race at the delayed 2021 World Championships which took place in Lillehammer, Norway in January 2022. The result came a year after Millie had suffered a further concussion after a crash in training. Following the World Championships, Millie and Brett raced at the World Cup finals in Sweden, where they won Super-G gold and were awarded the ²⁰²¹⁄₂₂ season Super-G Crystal Globe.

At the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, Millie and Brett claimed downhill bronze on the first day of competition on the slopes of Yanqing. The pair narrowly missed out on adding to their medal collection finishing fourth in both the women’s Super-G and Super Combined vision impaired events.

Millie and Brett finished off their stellar season at the Beijing Paralympic Games where they won a Bronze medal in the Downhill event and placed 4th in the Super Combined and Super G events.

After the 2022 Paralympics Millie took up Karate to help with her training and recovery. She competed at her first competition at the British Championships which she won and was selected to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Impressively, she beat a competitive field to become the female visually impaired Commonwealth Champion for Team England.

Eve Muirhead

Eve Muirhead is one of the world’s most successful curlers – most recently becoming Olympic Champion as skip for the British team in 2022 at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022 and World Champion in the Mixed Doubles in May 2022.

She also carried the flag for her country at the 2022 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

She is an Olympic Champion, World Champion, European Champion and won her first Olympic bronze medal in 2014– in addition to being a highly accomplished golfer and bagpiper.

Her achievements began at an early age when she won the World Junior Curling Championships, aged just 17. She went onto win that tournament four times in total. In addition, she has performed to a consistently high standard in the World Championships – winning a silver medal in 2010, a gold in 2013 and a bronze in 2017, and in the European Championships, where she has won two bronze, four silver and three gold medals since 2010.

Eve, who was born into a farming family in Blair Atholl, has strong connections with the local area. She is a member of curling and golf clubs in Perthshire, and also regularly trains at the National Curling Academy in Stirling.

Outside of curling, Eve has piped at four World Championships, and plays off a very low handicap at golf, having turned down the opportunity to become a professional golfer in 2010. She has also received the award of Doctor of the University from Stirling University and an OBE from the British Government in recognition of her outstanding contribution to British sport. She has recently retired from curling professionally and is enjoying figuring out what she wants to do next!

Cormac Whelan

Cormac Whelan is the Programme Director for Snow Camp, a life changing snowsports programme supporting young people across the UK. Alongside learning to ski or snowboard, young people have access to life skills training, mental health support and qualifications.

Rachael Westbrook

Rachael Westbrook is the Founder of EcoSki, a one stop, sustainable ski and snowboard shop launched in December 2020.

Rachael grew up on a farm in Yorkshire and spent most of her Easter holidays skiing in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.

After 20 years working as an Asset Manager in London and 3 young children under her belt, she soon realised that her own children weren’t going to face the same future that she has been so fortunate to experience.

EcoSki was launched to help instill change within the skiing community, raise awareness of how impactful our clothing and consumption habits are on the environment as well as helping raise vital funding for non-profits at the same time.

In doing so, EcoSki helps outdoor lovers find quality clothing that doesn’t cost the earth. To ensure this better-quality, kinder kit is more accessible and affordable, she introduced a ski wear rental offering to the market last season, helping skiers continue to do what they love but reducing unnecessary purchases, waste and expense also.

Rachael encourages everyone to stop and think before making any purchase. Everything we do, consume and waste has an environmental impact. Every change counts and every fraction of a degree matters.

🌍 Repair – Re-Wear – Share – Care 🌍

Scott Dixon

Scott Dixon’s World Cup debut was at the age of 17 in the Relay competition. From then Scott went on to compete on the World Cup until the age of 23 and in that time competed at three World Championship events, four Youth and Junior World Championships, a Youth Olympic Games and European Youth Olympic Games. At the age of 19 Scott competed at the Junior World Championships in Belarus and finished 18^th out of a field of over 90 competitors. Since Scott retired from international competition he has coached the British Biathlon Talent ID and Development Team in hopes to find and develop Britain’s next superstar, as well as commentating on occasional biathlon races for Eurosport.

Steve Arnold

A former Staff Sergeant in the army, Steve lost his legs when he stepped on an IED while serving for the army in Afghanistan in 2011.Within a year Steve had turned his attention to hand cycling where he competed as vice-captain for Great Britain at the Invictus Games and took part in the Race Across America alongside other injured military veterans. It wasn’t long before Steve joined the British Cycling programme, but after failing to qualify for the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, he turned his attention towards Nordic skiing, taking up the sport in January 2017. Narrowly missing out on selection for PyeongChang four years ago, Steve made his Paralympic debut at Beijing competing in both the Biathlon and Cross Country events.

Fern Cates

Fern is a Nordic ski coach from the Midlands. As a homegrown athlete she has gone through the UK pathway system, from club rollerskiing in England to BNDS, Junior Team and then British Nordic Ski Team – but her goal now is to bring Nordic and Para Nordic skiing to others in the UK. Since competing at the 2017 World Championships, her focus has turned to coaching and is now in a role as the GB Para Nordic Pathway Coach. Fern is also involved in various levels of governance in the sport as member of the Snowsport Scotland & GB Snowsport Nordic committees and Chair of Snowsport England Nordic.

Elizabeth Winfield

Elizabeth Winfield served in the British Army for18 years and has now transitioned into civilian life to find new ways to give back to the military community and follow her passion in Winter Sports. Within the Biathlon World she has competed, coached and managed Teams, including the British Biathlon Team in 2007-2008. She also developed and delivered the first ever Para Nordic Ski Team for Great Britain to the Paralympic Games and ran the Paralympic Inspiration Programme in 2018. She is the Chief Operations Officer for the Armed Forces Para Snowsport Team and hopes to bring all her knowledge, experience and energy to the new role as Secretary General of the British Biathlon Union.

Seb Fiess

Sebastian is an adventurer with endless drive and contagious positive energy. In his youth he was a member of Croatian alpine ski racing team, before falling in love with snowboarding, competing in big air and border cross coms. He is the owner of Lynx Freeride offering cat skiing at Mt Gjeravica, Kosovo and founded Heliski Albania was born. An explorer and a visionary, a true Balkan region lover!

Mike Richards

Mike is a professional ski instructor based in Niseko Resort, Hokkaido, Japan since 2006. Came to the sport later in life – my first ski season was chalet host in Ellmau, Austria in 1993 at 27 years of age – and skied every year since in over 100 resorts and backcountry areas across 21 countries and 5 continents including my beloved Brecon Beacons National Park.

Will Coley

Will is the Operations and People Manager at NUCO Travel. He is responsible for their ever growing full-time team and the 300+ resort reps they take to resort each season.

Having skied with family as a child, Will first began his career with NUCO back in 2014 as a resort rep before joining the NUCO Travel HQ team 6 years ago. Will is responsible for NUCO Travel’s ever-growing full-time team and endlessly energetic resort team members. Will seeks, recruits, trains, allocates, manages, quality controls and welfares the 300+ strong rep pool NUCO takes out to the Alps each season. Will wants to ensure that everyone who works with NUCO has the best possible experience delivering for the company and passengers whilst developing and enjoying themselves along the way. Through creating resort policies and feedback platforms sent to passengers post trip, he strives for each passenger to have the perfect experience on their holiday and he won’t be complacenent until that is achieved!

Cristal Butcher

Cristal is Head of Groups at NUCO Travel, spending the past 5 years creating bespoke events and resort managing the largest student snowsports weeks in the alps.

Cristal went on her second-ever ski trip with Cardiff University, caught the bug, and hasn’t stopped since. Joining the NUCO Travel rep team in 2014 so she could study but also still get her fix in the mountains, she began to see her passion for skiing and providing passengers an excellent mountain experience as a career more than a hobby. For the past 5 years, Cristal has been the Head of Events for The Varsity Trip (the largest student snowsport event in the world), has resort managed some of the largest UK & Irish University ski weeks in the Alps, and is also a specialist at marketing and growing a trip. If you’re looking for a special mountain experience, Cristal can create anything from starlit Igloo parties to a 3k-person open-air jungle-themed headliner!

Dan Keeley

Dan Keeley is the Community & Partnerships Manager at Snow Camp, the national snowsports youth charity who’ve been turning young lives around with the power of snowsports since 2003.

As a qualified instructor, coupled with his professional background across the industry, Dan speaks passionately about Snow Camp’s impact with thousands of the UK’s most underprivileged young people who’ve experienced the charities life-changing journey, plus his wider commitment to creating positive social change across the industry and the role Snow Camp plays in breaking down barriers & broadening horizons for diverse communities within snowsports.

Whether beside the stage or at the Snow Camp stand, come and speak to Dan to learn more and get involved in Snow Camp’s work – he’d love to chat to you.

Ana Davis

Ana Davis is the founder and CEO of Alto.Ski, a smart ski pass app which lets skiers and snowboarders skip the queues at the ticket office and only pay for the time they ski at the end of each day.

A passionate skier, Ana lived and worked in France, Italy and Switzerland, before launching Alto.Ski.

Launched in Italy during the 2021/22 ski season, Alto.Ski also lets skiers book accommodation, ski hire & insurance through their phones, and is expanding to other Alpine countries for winter 2022/23.

Sophie Ibbotson

Sophie Ibbotson is a travel writer and tourism consultant specialising in emerging destinations, and is Uzbekistan’s Ambassador for Tourism.

She has skied in destinations including Georgia, North Macedonia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Dickie Fincher

Owner and publisher of Fall-Line magazine for 20 years, Dickie Fincher has a background in active consumer journalism and a foreground in reviewing skis, boots and all other sorts of ski equipment. “Testing ski gear has almost nothing to do with what happens when I’m using it”, he reckons (accurately), “But it is completely related to the picture you build up when picking it apart with a group of experienced testers. What works for me almost certainly won’t work as well for the next person in the lift queue. Our mission is to make sure our readers don’t kiss any frogs.”

A dedicated believer in making the most of your valuable non-work time, Dickie is on a mission to make sure everyone’s ski trip is as entertaining and engaging as possible. Fall Line uses the experience of the most travelled, skilled and dedicated skiers around to align skiers, locations and gear – come and see how we do it!

Tim Carter

Tim has worked in the Snow Sports industry since the age of 16. He spent his early years teaching at Southampton dry ski slope. After a stint teaching on the plastic, he headed to the mountains working his way through the BASI and CSIA qualification pathway teaching predominantly in Andorra and then with BASI as a trainer and director. In 2006 Tim returned to the UK joining the SnowDome becoming a Director in 2018. The focus at the SnowDome is to spread the passion they have for winter sport and help as many people as possible enter into the skiing or snowboarding world.

Ollie Govier

Hi, my name is Ollie and I’m a 12 year old freestyle skier, ski racer and snowboarder. I just love being on snow!

I enjoy travelling to different UK dry slopes up and down the country to events and competitions but also love to shred with friends at our local slope of Warmwell. This coming December and January I will be joining the Freestyle Academy at Prato Nevoso in Italy.

I would love to be a young Ambassador as I am very passionate about both skiing and snowboarding. I have previously attended the National Snow Show last year for the first time and really enjoyed the many activities and meeting some of the special guests.

Ella Taylor-Tipton

I am 18 years old and have been a skier since i was 3 years old. I first started ski racing then converted to become a freestyle skier. I joined the Snowsports England Park & Pipe team but unfortunately i suffered a ACL injury which knocked me out of skiing for a year. After a 3 year break i am slowly starting to get back into skiing. Skiing has always been a huge part of my life whether it being competitions or holidays. I try my hardest to attend the National Snow show every year.

Charlie Laine

Charlie’s passion for the mountains sprung to life in 2005 when she spent a season in Tremblant, Canada, and first qualified as an instructor with the Canadian Ski Instructors Association (CSIA). Since then, she has retrained with BASI and has achieved her ISIA Ski and Adaptive qualifications, become a BASI Trainer for the Adaptive discipline, and is now nearing completion of her Ski ISTD.

Kevin Edwards

Kev started Snowboarding back in the mid-nineties, his passion was born from magazines in his local shop and the snowboard movie Odd Man Out. He has been teaching Snowboarding for well over a decade and now trains others to do the same. He holds the highest Snowboard qualification Level 4 ISTD and is a BASI Examiner/Trainer.

Katie Ormerod

Katie started Snowboarding at Halifax dry slope when she was five years old after skiing from the age of 3. Katie also competed at County level Gymnastics from the age of 4 which complemented her Freestyle ability in Snowboarding due to her muscular strength and spatial awareness.

At 15 years old, Katie became the youngest girl to land a Double backflip on a Snowboard and at the age of 16 did the World’s first female Backside Double Cork 1080.

Katie fractured her heel in training at the Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang  in 2018 and therefore missed out on competing. However, at the end of her outstanding 2019/20 come back season she was crowned Snowboard Slopestyle Crystal Globe winner, the first British female as well as first British snowboarder to complete the feat.

Colin Martin

Colin is the owner of Solutions 4 Feet. He has worked in the ski & footwear industries from the age of 15, firstly for Glasgow Ski Centre and Nevisport then moving south in 1994 to help set up Snowdome Tamworth. After a few years there Colin spent 8 years working for Leamington Spa based retailer Lockwoods and during this time spent the summer of 2002 in New York studying pedorthics before being the first person from the UK to be awarded the designation of C.Ped (certified Pedorthist) in the November of that year.

Each year Colin attends conferences and training events both in the UK and the USA to maintain his certification and grow his knowledge base.  Learning the latest techniques for gait analysis, footwear fitting, biomechanics and orthotic therapy helps to keep the business ahead of the trends.

Colin has an eye for detail and is a perfectionist when it comes to fit.

Colin is a senior lecturer for Superfeet UK presenting their ski boot fitting courses both in the UK and in Europe as the program is rolled out. He also consults with several ski boot brands on product development.

Maddy Hopson

My name is Maddy and I am 25. I have mild Cerebral Palsy which affects the right side of my body. But despite this, I have been lucky enough to have been put on a pair of skis at the age of 5. Having struggled without much progress for many years I discovered Four Track Skiing and with the fantastic support of DSUK Tamworth has enabled me to ski with more stability, giving me more confidence to ski in the mountains which I love. Sadly finding adaptive lessons in St Anton, Austria where we ski is difficult and doesn’t appear to be priority – but I’m working on it! I am also a keen Platform Diver and the only coach in the UK with CP. Since the pandemic affected pools so much I haven’t been able to get back into that role. My aim is to work with the International Paralympic Committee and to encourage and enable more people who have disabilities to become involved and participate in snowsports.

Emma Norris

I am a 2nd year university student at the university of Nottingham. I initially got into snowsports on family ski holidays but have really pursued my love for it at uni. I am on the committee for UoN Snowsports this coming year. I had a go at freestyle skiing last year and really loved it! I’m learning to snowboard over summer at Tamworth snowdome with the hope of being able to compete in uni competitions next year such as BUDS and BUISC. I’d really love an opportunity to get involved with the snowshow! I live in Birmingham when not at uni so it’s so lovely to see the city I grew up in hosting this show. I’ve also been sharing details with the rest of the UoN club and am hoping to bring a group of us for the day.

Mia Brookes

Mia has been snowboarding since she was eighteen months old, travelling around Europe in the family motorhome. Mia met the GB Snowsport Freestyle coaches while out in Laax when she was ten years old and later that year was selected to the team’s development squad. During the following seasons Mia continued to train with GB Snowsport Freestyle coaches in Laax, Livigno and Hintertux and enjoyed competing in the World Rookie Tour comps.

Now 15, Mia is seeing success after success on the junior and senior scenes. In 2022 alone, she took 1st place at the RedBull Rail Yard, took 1st for Big Air and 2nd for Slopestyle at the Junior World Champs, took 1st at Vans Plaza, had 8 Europa Cup Wins (Slopetslye & Big Air) and was overall women’s champion at the World Rookie Tour Finals even though she’s a Grom.

She won the slopestyle event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023, and came second in the 2022–23 FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle event in Laax, Switzerland.

Graham Staples

Snowboard instructor.

Ella Hall

Hey i’m Ella and i’m a park and pipe skier on the Snowsport England squad.

I’m excited for next season’s adventures in the mountains and to learn new things. i look forward to the snow show to get kitted out and to see friends and meet new people!

Alan Martin

I first went skiing at the age of 6, with my dad’s school & caught the bug. Since then, I have been on a further 50 ski trips, with at least 3 more trips booked for the 2023 /2024 season. I have skied mainly in Europe, but have also managed to ski in the USA. I also work for Equity Ski as a Peak Season Rep, allowing me to accompany other schools on their trip, ensuring that all students have a great holiday.

Emma Farrington

I’m a ski instructor and race coach with 9 years of experience from around the globe, I am hugely passionate about snow sports and its connected industries as well as its development in the future as we try to become more sustainable. My friend from university and I run a blog called girls can climb mountains, a big part of this is my gccmontour hashtag that I use to document my ski career journey and adventures around the UK and worldwide. Since I was a teenager I have been enthusiastically sharing the word and experiences of the snow sports community with those from outside it, especially to those who come from inner city areas or lower-income families who sometimes take a view they will never be able to afford to ski or snowboard. I believe it’s important to share our industry and mountain experiences with as many people as possible.

I am doing a master’s degree in Sustainable Development and have had it reinforced to me how important it is for the future of the industry to practise sustainable business practices. Something I am always keen to share with my colleagues and clients is the beauty of the mountains as well as how much it is important we care for their ecosystems. I like to teach all ages as each age group presents a challenge and experience to learn from. I will always be found with a huge smile on my face whenever I hear someone mention skiing to me, it has given me some amazing life experiences and helped me overcome many fears. Snow sports brings together people with a love for everything snow related and I believe we should be doing more to keep people in the industry.

Steph Sylvester

I have been skiing since 1982, in my early 20s. Now my entire family ski and we often sling our kit on our car and drive to some remote mountain to ski. I love the off-the-beaten-track skiing best.

James Clark

James lived in Chamonix from 18 working in specialist retail & competing in local events. He then spent 15 years working for Winter, Outdoor & Sports Brands managing multiple markets & multi million pound budgets. Then took over Ski Exchange, founded Winter Insight & took on more consultancy roles at home to spend more time with his family and on his passion.

His experience in specialist ski retail qualify him to advise on all questions of ski gear, technology and equipment.

Nicole Betts

My name is Nicole I am 16 and I have Skied and snowboarded my whole life. I prefer snowboarding and I go to the alps twice a year. When I am old enough I am going to do a season out in the alps . I have always loved snow sports since a very young age and would love to be in the Olympics one day! I have just finished year 11 and am continuing my studies at A level.