Speaking At National Snow Week 2023

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Ski Authors To Speak At National Snow Show

Authors Caroline Elliott and Kimberley Kay will be speaking at National Snow Week in October 2023, at both the National Snow Show in Birmingham and London Snow Show.

The ‘How to keep your family safe and enjoy the mountains’ sessions on the Snow Skills Cabin stage will provide valuable insights for snow users to ensure safe and enjoyable times on the slopes. Caroline and Kimberley will be sharing advice, sharing notable snowsport experiences and taking questions from the audience in this interactive session. Caroline will be accompanied by her beautiful flat coated retriever, working dog Källa.

Caroline Elliott, author of children’s book Fjord’s Mountain Mission, and Kimberley Kay, author and illustrator of Ski A to Z – An Illustrated Introduction To Skiing will be talking on the Sunday at each show (15th October in Birmingham (NEC), 22nd October in London (ExCel).

Check the schedule on the day at each show

The authors will share top tips and advice helping people be prepared and informed, which can be applied on trips to the mountains, with the underlying ethos that prevention is better than cure.

Caroline’s experiences as mountain rescue/ ski patroller, avalanche dog handler and trained avalanche explosives operative, inform her book and her outreach work in schools and organisations. Caroline is passionate about mountain safety.

Caroline said, “Being aware and informed of the risks, and steps to take to minimise the opportunities to be in the way of danger, can ensure that snow resort users and snow patrol staff can safely enjoy their mountain experiences. Work to inform younger generations gives them a great foundation for a lifetime of snow based experiences. Fjord’s legacy is helping people across the globe to learn about mountain safety through the book Fjord’s Mountain Mission.”

With Fjord’s Mountain Mission now published in French, German and Swedish, and soon in Norwegian and Japanese, the book is informing and making mountain use safer for its readers and their families. More information at www.fjordsar.com.

Ski A to Z, the popular ‘fun for all ages’ book written and illustrated by Kimberley Kay, is proving popular internationally with over half of the books sold in the United States, and has been getting great reviews with skiers in Australia during their winter season. ‘Like an all knowing ski buddy’ the information and advice in the book is made accessible through informative and fun illustrations, helping new and novice skiers to understand, learn, and calm fears or concerns that they may have.

Since Meyer & Meyer Sport – Europe’s Leading Sports Publisher published Ski A to Z Kimberley has developed a range of wall art, greeting cards and fabric/ wallpaper designs all with her fun snowsport characters and themes. Kim’s creates under the brand of Inspire by Kim.

Kimberley said, “The first Ski A to Z book arrived with me on the eve of the 2021 National Snow Show and since then it has been helping people across the globe to have a more informed, and therefore enjoyable, start in skiing. It was great to meet everyone at the 2022 show and I’m pleased to be returning to the stage for the 2023 event. It will be great to team up with Caroline, share advice and stories, and answer questions where people are keen to know more. The information will help people to reduce their risks and ensure everyone has a great time on the snow.”

The session will be supported by partners including Dick’s Ski & Board Store – The North’s Largest Independent Ski & Snowboard Store, Ski Clinics by Dan Egan, Inspiring Travel – Creating the most incredible personalised luxury travel experiences, Ortovox, Wave Case and Ruffwear.

For free tickets to the snow shows enter the code INSPIREBYKIM at the checkout at https://nationalsnowweek.com (the ticket code is valid until 1 October 2023).

To find out more about Caroline’s work head towww.fjordsar.com and see Kimberley’s Ski A to Z book and art products head to www.inspirebykim.com.

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Notes to editors:

The National Snow Show Birmingham is from 14th – 15th October at the NEC and the London Snow Show is 21st and 22nd October at Excel, London. More information and tickets are available at www.nationalsnowweek.com

The author profiles are on the National Snow Week website at these links – Caroline Elliott and Kimberley Kay.

Fjord’s Mountain Mission ISBN: 9781739813529

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: CAROLINE ELLIOTT

Caroline was born in the flat lands of Hertfordshire in Bishop’s Stortford, first sliding onto the snow at the age of 10 in Meribel after which she never looked back.
Wanting to combine her gymnastic skills Caroline was drawn into ski ballet and aerials and spent many hours on the train headed to the Southampton dry slope to train with the team.
Caroline trained up as a ski instructor in Austria which helped fund her snowsport’s passion through her uni years studying languages. Upon graduation it was back to the Alps to look after the military for their alpine events, where the role of a ‘pisteur secouriste’ became very desirable.
Now over 20 years in this career in France; attending ‘ENSA’ in Chamonix, a controlled bomber for avalanche prevention, weather forecaster, and avalanche dog handler Caroline has learnt how education and prevention is paramount, hence FjordSAR CIC being born.

Ski A to Z ISBN: 9781782552338 Published by Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK) – Europe’s Leading Sports Publisher.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ ILLUSTRATOR: KIMBERLEY KAY

• Kimberley was born and grew up in Rossendale Lancashire, a former student of Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.

• Kim learned to ski age 5 at the dry slope at Ski Rossendale, Lancashire and in Mayrhofen, Austria.

• Kimberley has over forty years of ski experience including racing, teaching, and heli-skiing, as well as ski holiday promotion during a 20 year career in travel PR, which included running the press offices for Going Places and TUI UK.

• Kim creates art and illustration under the brand of Inspire by Kim, further information can be found at www.inspirebykim.com