In the oddly niche realm of sand skiing speed world records, there's a new sheriff in town: Mahé Freydier, a ski instructor from France. On September 25, 2025, Freydier raced down the side of a dune ...

Two new fastest known times have been set on Mont Blanc: Èlise Poncet ascended from the church to the summit and back in 6:54, while Benjamin Védrines, via a different route, required 4 hours and 54 ...

Eight-year-old Marynа Ponomariova from Kherson Oblast has become the first girl wearing an above-knee prosthesis to ski down a slope with a coach, setting a national record. Details: Marynа, who is ...

Skiers have been achieving world firsts in some unusual places in recent weeks, writes Roger Cox You’d think the most popular time of year for setting skiing records would be January or February. That ...

On Friday 16 May 2025 French trailrunner and ski mountaineer Élise Poncet set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) on Mont Blanc. The 29-year-old started at 5 am from the church in Chamonix, and required ...

Thomas "Racer Tom" Hart during his ongoing attempt to break his own Guinness world record for "Greatest vertical distance skiing downhill in one year (male)" during the 2024-2025 ski season. Thomas ...

Salt Lake-based skier Mali Noyes has SMASHED the record for skiing every line in Utah’s Chuting Gallery. The Chuting Gallery is a book that was published by Park City skier Andrew McLean in 1998 of 93 ...

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March 14 (Reuters) - Slovenia's 19-year-old Nika Prevc gave herself an early birthday present when she broke the women's ski jumping world record with a mark of 236 metres on Friday, a day after she ...