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Jun 27, 2025

The Ski Podcast

250: Is Ski Ballet back?

Today we focus on the new ski season in Australia and New Zealand, especially the new chairlift in Perisher and ski area extension in Cardrona. Plus could ski ballet be making a comeback? We find out about this iconic sport from the 80s.

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Apr 04, 2025

FACES

Midnight Check-in by Patrycja Pioch

An editorial in FACES magazine, featuring various MGG sweaters.

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Mar 31, 2025

Ski Club of Great Britain

Testing MGG Lyngen Touring Shell Pro Jacket 2.0 and Teton Pro Pants 3.0

When I was invited to a bucket-list trip to Norway, I knew I needed a jacket that would stand up to the rugged terrain and cold temperatures of the Arctic Circle.

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Mar 29, 2025

24 heures

Les romantiques du ballet à skis appellent à sa résurrection

La discipline enterrée après les JO de 1992 connaît une seconde jeunesse grâce à des événements comme celui qui a eu lieu en mars à Verbier.

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Mar 28, 2025

Ski Club of Great Britain

Discover the MGG Winter Waltz 2025 in Verbier

On Saturday 1st March in Verbier, Switzerland, MGG ran the second edition of their newly titled MGG Winter Waltz event, and it was one for the ages!

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Mar 14, 2025

Oldschoolers.com

Ski Ballet: Dancing on the Edge with MGG

Welcome to the wonderful world of Ski Ballet! A once-popular discipline that merged acrobatic tricks with gymnastic flicks, and dance-like elegance, creating an Olympic spectacle that captivated...

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Mar 11, 2025

Powder.com

New Film Confirms Ski Ballet is “Alive and Well”

A new film chronicling the history of ski ballet coupled with a release party confirms the unique discipline of skiing is very much alive and well.

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Mar 01, 2025

PlanetSki.eu

Ski Ballet Documentary Premieres in Verbier

Verbier hosts the MGG Winter Waltz and the Swiss première of Dancing on the Edge: A Ski Ballet Story. The documentary screening begins at 13:00 at Cinéma de Verbier, followed by a…

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Feb 28, 2025

Canal 9

Le ski ballet s’offre une dernière danse à Verbier

Skis et combinaisons fluo seront de sortie ce week-end à Verbier, pour le grand retour du ballet à ski. Les champions de la discipline, disparue dans les années 2000, se retrouvent pour la sortie...

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Jan 29, 2025

Ski Club of Great Britain

MGG: Ballet’s Back. Again.

For the 23/24 season, Swiss clothing brand MGG (www.mgg.ski) launched its Ballet’s Back campaign, accompanied by a mesmerising film. Following the huge success of this campaign, MGG ran an event in...

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Jan 21, 2025

Sports Illustrated

4 Winter Sports You’ve Probably Never Heard of but Definitely Should Take Note

Creativity is key when it comes to keeping yourself entertained during the snowy season.

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Jan 18, 2025

Advnture.com

Dust off your skinny skis, haul out your silver jumpsuit – ski ballet is making a comeback

You know that scene in the ski movie Hot Dog where the fierce rivalry between Harkin and Rudicomes to a head in an intense ski ballet competition, each free skier vigorously competing for gold...

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Jan 17, 2025

PlanetSki.eu

Retro Verbier Looks to the Future

Now, here’s a topic for discussion on that next cold chairlift or gondola: Is there a ski resort anywhere in the world which presents two such contrasting images to outsiders as Verbier?

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Oct 21, 2024

Downdays.eu

If you’ve been avoiding that Japan trip, don’t watch this

Our friend Charlie Cazalet from Verbier just sent over this moody clip of his trip to Japan last year, and it’s too good not to share.

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Apr 15, 2024

Powder.com

Ski Ballet Makes (Another) Comeback At Verbier, Switzerland

Ski ballet was a dazzling display of finesse, control, and extreme skiing in a new way--until it stopped abruptly in the early 2000's. Now, it's back.

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Dec 15, 2023

Ski Club of Great Britain

The New MGG Radical Transparency Label

Back in November, we couldn’t wait to share with you news about our new Ski Ballet campaign, and we hope very much that you enjoyed the images and film that have made this latest MGG campaign such...

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Dec 09, 2023

Oldschoolers.com

4 reasons we love MGG’s new ski sweater collection

Can you ever have too many jumpers? We are always on the hunt for classic winter sportswear, and were particularly intrigued when MGG announced that they were launching a new collection of merino...

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Dec 08, 2023

Oldschoolers.com

The Ultimate Oldschoolers Gift Guide

From stocking stuffers to ski slope classics, here are our top gift ideas this season for people who admire the oldschoolers as much as we do...

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Nov 21, 2023

Powder.com

The Lost Sport Of Ski Ballet Makes A Triumphant Comeback

There are sports, and then there are sub-sports. Like surfing and tandem surfing (where a man rides a wave holding a woman on his shoulders so the two can perform gymnastic-like stunts during...

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Nov 21, 2023

BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast - Ballet’s Back Interview

On the morning of Tuesday 21st November 2023, our CEO & Founder Tom Bata, and Annika Johansson, one of the two stars of our BALLET’S BACK film, were interviewed live on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast!

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Nov 13, 2023

Ski Club of Great Britain

Ballet’s Back!

Swiss apparel brand MGG (www.mgg.ski), well known for its unique and unrivalled approach to radical transparency, has launched its new 23/24 campaign: Ballet’s Back, accompanied by a mesmerising film.

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Nov 12, 2023

SkiTheWorld.com

Ballet Skiing is Back

Ballet skiing combines the grace of dancing on snow, with awe-inspiring spins, flips, and ski control, all of which remain eye-wateringly extreme, decades on.

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Nov 09, 2023

Oldschoolers.com

MGG’s Bringing Ski Ballet Back!

“Worm Turn”, “Slow Dog Noodle”, “Outrigger” - you heard right - ski ballet is back! A discipline popularised in the 80s by the likes of Wayne Wong, Scott Brooksbank...

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Jan 05, 2023

Downdays.eu

Reviewed: MGG Lyngen Touring Shell Pro Jacket

FOUNDED IN 2019 IN VERBIER, MGG IS ONE OF THE NEWEST OUTERWEAR MANUFACTURERS ON THE MARKET. While they haven’t been around so long, MGG have already distinguished their brand with a focus on...

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Sep 14, 2022

Newschoolers.com

2023 MGG Ski Gear

MGG, out of Verbier Switzerland, was founded on two core principles; producing premium ski gear from the highest quality materials currently available, without cutting any corners. They pride...

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May 02, 2022

Forbes

How The Ski And Snowboard Industry Is Changing In 2022 (And What Comes Next)

The 2021-22 snow season is just about closed, with a few resorts that have been on the right side of the weather extending their lift hours to take advantage of the lingering snow. It was a season...

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Feb 07, 2022

Downdays.eu

The Nendaz Backcountry Invitational: An unexpected masterpiece

Sometimes it’s better to have low expectations coming into things. If they don’t go as well as planned, you won’t be disappointed. When they do turn out well, you’re that much happier with the...

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Feb 05, 2022

Newschoolers.com

Nendaz Backcountry Invitational - The triumphant return of the backcountry freestyle comp

Pulling off any kind of event is more difficult than you ever imagine it could be when you start out down that road. Pulling off a backcountry (freestyle) event during a pandemic AND a snow drought...

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Feb 04, 2022

Downdays.eu

Preview: Nendaz Backcountry Invitational 2022

Is there anything better than a good old fashioned backcountry huckfest? We think not. One of the best in Europe—the Nendaz Backcountry Invitational—returns this weekend, hosted by Mont Gele Gear...

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Feb 04, 2022

20 Minutes Online

Les meilleurs athlètes de la scène freestyle se retrouvent au Plan du Fou

J-1 pour le Backcountry. L'événement organisé pour la deuxième année consécutive, avec comme parrain la légende américaine du freeski Tanner Hall, détenteur de sept médailles d’or aux X-Games, qui...

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Feb 03, 2022

skipass.com

Le Nendaz Backcountry Invitational hosted by Tanner Hall + MGG confirmé pour samedi!!

Le comité d'organisation de la Nendaz Freeride a attendu plus de deux semaines pour lancer la 2e éditon du Backcountry Invitational. Grâce aux récentes chutes de neige et aux transferts de vent de...

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Dec 24, 2021

Ski Club of Great Britain

Bright and Bold – Mont Gele Gear® and a Commitment to Sustainability

There is always something interesting about a box turning up at your door. Partly the excitement as to what might be inside, despite knowing full well having ordered it only a couple of days prior.

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Nov 25, 2021

Mountain Life Media

Radical Transparency: Mont Gele Gear

This year, sustainable ski and winter apparel brand Mont Gele Gear® teamed up with renowned photographer Matt Holyoak to create a campaign highlighting the real costs behind their clothing.

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Nov 16, 2021

The Scotsman

Edinburgh Uni graduate’s plan to green the ski gear industry

Thomas A Bata set up Mont Gele Gear with the goal of being completely transparent with consumers about how its products are made – and now he’s challenging the world’s major ski brands to follow...

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Nov 12, 2021

GQ Magazine

Mont Gele Gear is the transparent port of call for your ski travel agenda

An appreciation for the finer things in life is something we’ve gained over the past year. But “finer” doesn’t necessarily allude to a high price tag. Rather, it alludes to a quality-driven...

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Oct 11, 2021

Newschoolers.com

Catching Up With Tanner Hall: Rehab, New Sponsors and the State of Skiing

While out at the High Five Festival in Annecy I sat down with Ski Boss himself to catch up on the progress of his rehab, talk about his new outerwear sponsor, Mont Gele Gear®, and get an insight...

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Oct 11, 2021

Newschoolers.com

2022 Mont Gele Gear® Ski Gear

Mont Gele Gear®, out of Verbier Switzerland, was founded on two core principles; producing premium ski gear from the highest quality materials currently available, without cutting any corners...

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Sep 25, 2021

skipass.com

Le Nendaz Freeride Backcountry Invitational revient en 2022 avec la légende du freeski Tanner Hall!

Après le magnifique succès de la première édition organisée à huis clos en plein Covid l'hiver passé, la deuxième édition du BC Invitational se déroulera en public du 21 janvier au 6 février 2022 à...

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