It was only a matter of time before the skis got smart too. The first smart skis were produced by the Rossignol brand, which, in cooperation with the PiQ company, equipped the high-end Rossignol Hero Master skis with artificial intelligence.
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In Slovenia, the first avalanche information boards have been erected in the Julian Alps. The number of visitors to the mountains in winter has grown dramatically in recent years. Many of them are quite brave and not just extreme athletes. Alpinists, hikers, snowshoers, touring skiers, freeriders go to the hills in winter, and families with small children are among them. But mountains are dangerous. Especially at a time when the hills are whitewashed and the danger of avalanches lurks on them. Too often we ignore this danger, saying that it can't happen to us anymore. Therefore, we do not know what to do if we are actually surprised by an avalanche. These boards can save your life!
At Krvavec, we are once again looking forward to a skiing and culinary festival. Gourmet Cup 2017 will take place from January 21 to 23, 2017. During this time, renowned chefs will be on the beach in Krvaška, who will spoil the guests for three days this year. The combination of top cuisine and skiing will take place in the embrace of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps for the second time, and the idea originates from 2004, when Alta Badia held the Chef's Cup Südtirol for the first time.
The Ski School 2017 campaign is a Slovenian ski awareness project for school children, which aims to give as many children as possible a free skiing day at one of the Slovenian ski resorts. Free skiing will take place in Pohorje, Rogla, Cerkne, Krvavec and Vogl, namely from the 16th to January 20, 2017. The ambassador of the project is one of the most successful Slovenian alpine skiers, Jure Košir.
The 2017 winter vacation for primary and secondary schools will also take place in two parts. Schoolchildren who go to school in the area of south-eastern Slovenia come first, followed by students from the Gorenjska, Goriška, Notranjska-Kraska, Osrednjeslovenska and Zasava statistical regions and certain municipalities in south-eastern Slovenia a week later.
Tina Maze, the best Slovenian alpine skier of all time, will publish her biographical book Jaz in February 2017. Tina. (DZS publishing house) in which she will speak openly about her sports career and other things that have marked her life, which is certainly not a fairy tale, as many people think, and as Črnjanka herself points out, "If you are not ready for everything, really everything, you better close the book. Not everything that shines is beautiful!'' we read at the beginning of the novel, which began as Maze's diary entries.
The Vitranc Cup 2017 will take place in Kranjska Gora on March 4 and 5, 2017, when giant slalom and slalom will be on the schedule. This will be the 56th holiday of Slovenian alpine skiing. The last Slovenian victory dates back to 1999, when Jure Košir celebrated in the slalom on the Vitra slope. Tickets are already on sale.
Cross-country skiing is a dangerous but very popular sport. The pleasure of going down an untouched piste often overcomes fear, and going down off the groomed slopes is considered one of the most beautiful winter experiences. As if that wasn't enough of a challenge, Mathieu Bijasson decided to ski the steepest part of the French Alps at night, in pitch darkness.
Ski lovers, beware! After four years, Kanin, the highest ski resort in Slovenia, is back in operation! Today, the first skiers have already tried it, but tomorrow you can too!
We've seen cars and cyclists do it, but now freestyle skier Jesper Tjäder has done the 360-degree turn with skis! It is the first successfully performed luping on skis in history.
Professional touring skier Jon Olsson has no ordinary life and drives no ordinary vehicles. He recently unveiled his 800-horsepower four-wheeled missile, the Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4, which he equipped with, among other things, an Akrapovic exhaust system. Before that, he had cars like Audi R8, Audi RS6 DTM, Lamborghini Murcielago, Lamborghini Gallardo and Nissan GT-R in his garage. He customized everything, dressed it in black and white, and of course, none of them lacked a roof rack for skis.
Zlata Lisica 2017 is fast approaching. The Slovenian ski holiday under Pohorje has an earlier date this time, as it will take place on January 7 and 8, 2017. Just as Zlata Lisica is a constant star in the calendar of matches for the World Cup in Alpine skiing, it has been for the last decade the constant star on the white slopes, Tina Maze, who will use the Golden Fox as a farewell match in her extremely successful career. Maze, who captivated the Slovenian nation in front of the TV screens at the time of her greatest successes, as Bojan Križaj and company once did, will perform for the last time in front of local viewers on January 7, 2017. The complete program of the 53rd Golden Foxes is published below.