Winter 23/24 is just around the corner and we are excited!  As we start to gear up for a new ski season, we had a lot to talk about with Lucy Aspden-Kean who joins us for this episode. Lucy is Commissioning Editor for Travel at the Telegraph, with a specialist focus on snow and ski.  Lucy has worked on the travel desk at the Telegraph for 9 years and we loved chatting about her experience there, adventures and bucket list trips that her role has taken her on, discovering the thrill of off-piste, best family ski memories - and where’s next! Amongst other exciting and adventurous esca ..read more

This episode Bella chats with award winning photographer and film-maker Shannon Corsi and professional big mountain skier plus Queen of Corbetts, Veronica Paulsen. These are two of the inspiring girls behind the film Nexus. Nexus, a feature-length ski film featuring an all-female cast of skiers will come to London this September. Nexus follows five distinct groups of female skiers, their connection to the mountains and how the sport shaped their relationships. “For years, top women in the ski industry have heard the same sentiment ‘we already have a girl in this segment, one is enough’,” said ..read more

This week we loved chatting with adventurer, mother, writer, broadcaster and designer Alexandra Tolstoy. As very keen skiers as well as new mums who have just attempted a ski trip with small people - we were keen to discuss her recent family trip over Easter to Meribel and what makes for a fun and easy ski holiday with children. We also talk about her two inspiring businesses - Alexandra organises bespoke horse riding holidays in Kyrgyzstan (Alexandra Tolstoy Travel) and runs The Tolstoy Edit, which is a curated shop of her favourite interiors discoveries. Alexandra has had a fascinating life ..read more

This week we chat with Rachael Westbrook, founder of the sustainable ski wear company EcoSki. Rachael launched EcoSki in 2020 - it’s a business with a clear mission: to give skiers better choices for obtaining their kit, limit unnecessary purchases (and waste) and keep mountain kit in circulation for longer. Eco Ski: https://ecoski.co.uk/ LINK: https://www.instagram.com/eco.ski/?hl=en As we discussed last week the impact we are having on our planet is ever prevalent, and certainly a huge topic to try and approach in a short podcast. But in the immediate future we strongly feel that educating ..read more

This week we are so excited to welcome Henry Cookson - British polar explorer, adventurer and founder of Cookson Adventures. The Financial Times describes Henry Cookson as ‘a 2.0 version of the traditional fearless British explorer’.  Since achieving a world record for kite-skiing to the Antarctic Pole of Inaccessibility and guiding Harry the Duke of Sussex’s charity expedition to the North Pole, he continues to set new benchmarks in ultra-luxury travel.  Henry's  long list of conquests include a record breaking expedition to the Southern Pole of inaccessibility, organising th ..read more

We’re back! We are very excited to welcome Tom Waddington as our first guest of Season 2 of GOTP. Tom has been one of a select few BASI trainers since 2014 and is also a race coach. He has spent over a decade teaching and training all over the Alps. Over the past few years Tom has competed as an FIS athlete in New Zealand and worked closely with Dave Ryding (Britain’s No.1 Slalom skier and World top 10) and his coaching team. He now coaches junior athletes and Eurotest candidates. Tom lives in Verbier in Switzerland all year round. In the winter he delivers training programmes for trainee ski ..read more

So it’s the end of the ski season that never really happened for most of us .. and so we bring you the *season finale* of Girls On The Piste! We really hope you’ve enjoyed the podcast over the last 14 weeks and we hope it’s been a BIT of a substitute for the lack of actual skiing this winter! This week we LOVED chatting to Pips Taylor. Pips is a British TV presenter, radio broadcaster and in demand DJ, with an impressive portfolio within the music and entertainment industry. Most importantly she loves skiing and the mountains and it was great to talk to her about all things ski, from crazy apr ..read more

This week we loved chatting with one of Britain’s most acclaimed ski journalists, Gabriella Le Breton. With over 15 years of travel writing under her belt, Gaby has jumped out of helicopters and skied under the midnight sun in 130 ski areas around the world. We were delighted to talk to her about her adventures!  Gabriella is an experienced and imaginative freelance writer, specialising in skiing, cruising, adventure and luxury travel. She contributes regularly to many of the UK’s leading national newspapers and magazines, from the Daily Telegraph and Financial times, to Conde Nast Travel ..read more

This week we were joined by the lovely Amy Marwick. Amy talks to us about all things backcountry and we get the inside scope on skiing in the UK.  Amy is a Scottish born skier who was a ski instructor and loves her ski touring and backcountry skiing. She also has her own ski & yoga retreat business and is now a freelance writer and copywriter for some well known ski brands and publications.  This season we saw people enjoying skiing in the UK more than ever - and while we weren’t able to get out to the Alps or further afield, we were gifted with plenty of snow in the UK in Jan &a ..read more

This week we were honoured to be joined by the one and only WOODSY or James Woods. James 'Woodsy' Woods is a Slopestyle, Freeskier from Sheffield, UK and one of the most successful freeskiers the UK has ever produced.  Amongst many other achievements, Woodsy is a 2 times Olympian, took Gold in the Big Air comp at the 2017 Winter X Games and took another gold at  the 2019 Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in Utah. He was in Switzerland last week training for the Freeski World Cup in Corvatsch which was held over the weekend (March 26th – 28th 2022) and we were lucky e ..read more