SIGB AGM goes online
The UK snowsport industry should have been at Slide today, meeting to show, view and select the best kit for Winter 2021/22. And to catch up with friends and colleagues. That can't happen... but the SIGB AGM and Open Forum…
Brexit – reference source links for SIGB members
Brexit is a tough and complex situation for all members of SIGB, so we have put together some useful links, videos and information below to help you guide your way through Brexit. Trade and Cooperation Agreement The United Kingdom…
Slide 2021 Cancelled
Slide, the annual snowsport tradeshow, due to take place in January has been cancelled. SIGB, with cooperation from the venue, Telford International Centre, took the decision at the SIGB Committee meeting on Wednesday 21st October. Lesley Beck of Rare Management,…
France outlines Covid-19 precautions for resorts this winter
Expect all the alpine nations and individual resorts to produce guidelines for safe skiing and snowboarding this winter. Whilst there are still uncertainties regarding the coming winter, there is a huge desire to get out to the mountains and live…
Support SCGB national survey
The Ski Club of Great Britain are running a survey to help understand consumers behaviour for the coming winter under the current circumstances. The greater the participation, the more the insight into British skiers and snowboarders plans this winter. The…
Snowsport industry backs Slide
Slide, the annual snowsport tradeshow, takes place in January, every year and is run by SIGB (Snowsport Industries of Great Britain). With the last winter season being curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, there was uncertainty as to how the launch…
Glenshee UK Ski Test 2020
There’s no doubt that the impact of Covid-19 will have long-lasting implications for the Ski and Snowboard industries for years to come. In March 2020, SIGB’s annual OnSnow test, which usually takes place in Northern Italy’s Ski resort of Pila,…
SIGB Covid-19 Snowsports Industry Hub
Welcome to SIGB’s COVID-19 industry hub, an online resource to help the wider UK Snowsports industry to become better educated about the evolving coronavirus issue. The COVID-19 situation has led us into unprecedented times by changing the entire social and…
SIGB SNOWTEST FALLS VICTIM TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
The 2020 SIGB SnowTest, due to be held in Pila, suffered a near-total pull-out of participating brands as the Covid-19 outbreak took hold in Northern Italy. Brand head offices started to impose no-travel instructions on their staff in the days…
KATIE ORMEROD BECOMES BRITAIN’S FIRST WORLD CUP SNOWBOARD CHAMPION
Team GB's Katie Ormerod has become the first British Snowboarder to win a World Cup title, in her first full season back after injury. PRESS RELEASE: Katie Ormerod was today confirmed by the International Ski Federation as the 2019/20 Snowboard…