169: Ed Leigh, BBC Ski Sunday presenter
Ed Leigh has been the co-presenter of BBC’s Ski Sunday since 2007. We caught up with him in Les 3 Vallées prior to the 2023 World Championships, which are taking place in Courchevel and Méribel from 06-19 February. Intersport Ski Hire Discount Code Save money on your ski hire by using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ at intersportrent.com, or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied at the checkout. SHOW NOTES · Ski Sunday has already featured races in Adelboden, Wengen, Kitzbuhel and Schladming · The season had a bad start in December 2022 with many resorts limited to strips of snow (4:30) · Lauren MacCallum from Protect Our Winters appeared in Episode 168 of The Ski Podcast (5:00) · You can raise money for Disability Snowsport UK by donating 10-100% of the sale price to them on ebay (6:45) · You can find out when Ed lists his snowboard by following him on Instagram (9:15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QigEVZcJni4 · Ski Sunday returned to Chamonix for the Kandahar Slalom (15:00) · Ed bought the Courchevel ski touring lift pass (15:45) · Ed is a big fan of FatMap (17:45) · The Breche de la Portetta is spectacular (19:00) · Iain reported on his stay in an unmanned refuge in Méribel in Episode 167 (19:15) · The Alpine Ski World Championships take place in Courchevel & Méribel from 06-19 February (22:00) · Matt Barr presents the ‘Looking Sideways’ podcast (25:15) · Find out more about the ‘Natural Selection’ tour (26:30) · Ed and Graham presented High Altitude as part of Ski Sunday (30:00) · Ed took Simon Le Bon sailing in Sweden (33:00) · Listen to Iain’s interview with Mia Brookes in Episode 158 (37:00) · Iain interviewed Chemmy Alcott when the Ski Sunday team were based in Laax in Episode 67 · During the 2021 season in Laax, Ed dislocated his knee cap and broke his tibia (42:00) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLp2Pqxsy9Q/ · Ed is based in Wanaka, New Zealand outside of the northern winter