Skiing

With thanks to GB Park and Pipe for the use of this video.

Skiing is featuring in a number of different formats at the Youth Olympic Games and GB Snowsport have a team of athletes aged between 14 and 17 years of age, with all eleven GB Snowsport athletes representing Team GB for the first time in the following:

Alpine skiing 

Name: Jack Cunningham
DOB: 23.03.2002
Hometown: Oxford

Name: Daisi Daniels
DOB: 20.07.2002
Hometown: Rochdale

Name: Sophie Foster
DOB: 28.03.2003
Hometown: Leatherhead

Name: Robert Holmes
DOB: 24.08.2002
Hometown: Barrowford

Cross-country skiing:

Name: Molly Jefferies
DOB: 23.11.2003
Hometown: Les Gets, France

Name: James Slimon
DOB: 13.04.2002
Hometown: Laggan 

This is their competition…

Kaja Loenecken 

Here is some guidance on the sport…  

Freestyle Skiing:

Name: Scott Johns
DOB: 12.06.2003
Hometown: Dorridge

Name: Jasper Klein
DOB: 02.03.2002
Hometown: Cirencester

Name: Kirsty Muir
DOB: 05.05.2004
Hometown: Aberdeen 

Ski Jumping:

Name: Sam Bolton 
DOB: 09.12.2002
Hometown: Calgary, Canada

Nordic Combined:

Name: Mani Cooper
DOB: 06.06.2003
Hometown: Innsbruck, Austria

Mani Cooper started skiing when she was just 4 years old and the Nordic Combined competition is a combined winter sport of cross country skiing and ski jumping. Mani has kindly spoken to us about how she got started with ski jumping but before you read, take a look at how she started, then watch the videos of her ski jumping now!

Hi Mani how old are you?

I am 16 years old.

How long have you been skiing?

I started skiing when I was 4 years old.

When did you decide you wanted to try ski jumping?

In 2013 after watching the four hills Tournament in Innsbrook, with my dad, even though after I said I wanted to try he made me some ski jump crashes (I think he was trying to out me off).

What do you love about this sport?

I love the feeling in the air - its great, but also being a Nordic Combined athlete, knowing that its not over when the jumping competition is finished, that I still have the cross country skiing race to come.

What’s your next major competition?

This upcoming weekend I have got my first Winter Alpen Cup on the large hill in Seefeld and I am really looking forward to all the Winter competitions which are coming up.

How often do you need to train?

I train every day in the afternoon, we sometimes have whole day training days with no school and regular training camps in different countries.

How do you fit this in around school studies?

We have evening study times where we must study everyday.

What other sports do you enjoy?

Because I compete in the Nordic Combined event, I really enjoy cross country skiing, but I like all types of sports where I am out and about and I am having fun.

What would be your advice to young skiers thinking of trying ski jumping?

Go and find your nearest club and give it a go.

There are lots of indoor ski centres across the UK. Visit www.onthesnow.co.uk for a map and information on each centre such as Snozone in Milton Keynes and Castleford, Snow Factor, Glasgow

The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, SnowDome, Tamworth and 

Chill Factore, Manchester, including prices and opening hours.