{"id":31763,"date":"2023-10-19T14:47:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/759e9a9f-ddf7-43b5-af79-da211e3306dd"},"modified":"2023-10-19T15:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:40:40","slug":"who-needs-snow-anyway-discover-the-wild-sport-of-downhill-grass-skiing","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/who-needs-snow-anyway-discover-the-wild-sport-of-downhill-grass-skiing\/","title":{"rendered":"Who needs snow anyway? Discover the wild sport of downhill grass skiing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Thursday, 19 October 2023 at 12:47 PM<\/p>

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It’s downhill, it’s fast, it’s furious, and you can do it in a field. Welcome to the adrenaline-fuelled sport of grass skiing. <\/p>

Around since 1966, grass skiing is going from strength to strength on the Continent \u2013 there’s even a world championship \u2013 yet it is still to gain popularity in the UK. Perhaps this year is the<\/em> year…<\/p>

We asked grass skiing world champion Martin \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek what it’s all about.<\/p>