The Ski Dubai in the Mall of the Emirates is hosting 28 snow events up to the end of this year, in collaboration with Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Majid Al-Futtaim, and as part of the distinctive events of Dubai annual sports agenda. 

 

The event consists of international and community championships and training camps and other various activities, which enable and motivate all individuals in society to participate in competitions and attract prominent stars and champions from UAE and overseas.  

 

The snow events list includes the organisation of the ‘Women Snow Camp’ which continues for five weeks and aims to encourage women to exercise sport in cool and refreshing atmospheres to maintain their activity and fitness during summertime. 

 

Snow activities

The camp comprises several snow activities and trainings for women, parts of these are freestyle skiing and skateboarding, which are all held under supervision of professional trainers.

 

The ski pro race will be organised. The Dalibor Samchal Camp is scheduled from July 24 to 28, and it includes trainings for professionals on Alpine skiing and giant slalom, to be held under supervision of the world trainer “Dalibor Samchal”, who represented Croatia at the Winter Olympics 2006, 2010 and 2014. 

 

He also represented Hungary in the Winter Olympics 2018, and he gained the title of one of the best 30 athletes in the world Cup 2009 and 2016 – slalom races.    

 

The Russian Skating National Team will organise training camp at the Ski Dubai Hall from August 5 to 19. The training camp of the famous British Uniqo Snow Sports Academy, which is specialised in scouting and developing sports talents up to the professionalism stage, will continue from August 15 to 25. The Russian Paralympic Skating Team’s training camp will then be held in October.   

 

Snow Obstacle Challenge

The 14th edition of the Snow Obstacle Challenge (Snow Challenge); the most competitive and exciting of its kind, will be launched in September with the participation of male and female challengers of various ages and multi-nationalities. Contestants in this Challenge need to surpass 25 barriers at a temperature of minus 4 degrees. 

 

The Ski Dubai will witness the organising of various sports championships and activities during October, as part of the Dubai Fitness Challenge’s distinctive events. The French Skating Association Race will be held. 

 

The International Training Freestyle Skating and Skateboarding Camp will be organised by the International Skating Union in cooperation with the UAE Winter Sports Federation, and it will be followed by the International Freestyle Skating and Skateboarding Competitions. 

 

The Asian International Paralympics Skateboarding Championship and the UAE Freestyle Skating Championship will be held as part of the local athletes’ preparatory programme for the Winter Olympics.  

 

Freestyle Skating

The Ski Dubai and Red Bull, in collaboration with the UAE Winter Sports Federation and DSC, will organise in November the ‘Freestyle Skating in the Street’; the unique global event, where skaters will skate at open areas in front of the most eminent landmarks in Dubai and nearby the beaches.  

 

The Family Snow Run Festival for adults and children, which is organised annually in December, will also be arranged. Adults need to cross 1 km, while children will run for 400 metres. Participants in this Festival enjoy the snow atmospheres and play with snowballs. The snow events of this year will be concluded with the Grand Prix Race of Freestyle and Skating.  

 

Several snow events took place at the Ski Dubai during the last months; the most eminent of which were the Dubai Snow Run, which was organised with participation of more than 600 challengers of different nationalities from UAE and overseas / women’s snow yoga / European Australian Ski Racing Camp, besides many other events such as freestyle skiing and skateboarding races and training camps for school students.-- TradeArabia News Service