Savills Ski works with an extensive network of top agents and operators across the Alps as well as those in competitive ski and snowboarding. 

GB Snowsport (GBS) is the national governing body for snowsports in the UK, managing elite British teams and the development pathway for those athletes. The success stories have been plentiful.

After crashing out of the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018 with a broken heel, Katie Ormerod has returned to the slopes and after four consecutive podiums she is leading the slopestyle world cup tour going into the final event in Czech Republic at the end of March.

Meanwhile, the hopes for the future flaunted their skills in Lausanne at the Youth Olympic Games in January with rising star Kirsty Muir taking Silver in the Big Air and given the honour of flagbearer at the closing ceremony.

A return to the slopes for Menna Knight resulted in Paralpine Giant Slalom Gold and Owen Pick grabbed Briton’s first ever Gold at Dew Tour as well as winning his first gold medals in World Cup events this week in La Molina.

In amongst the good news stories another star emerged, half-pipe suprema Zoe Atkin.

In February 2018 Zoe watched her sister Izzy make history for Team GB when she became the first Briton to win an Olympic skiing medal. Zoe admits that was a crazy, defining and inspiring moment in her own quest for success on the snow. Living in the shadow of a history-making older sister could be a burden for some, but not for the freestyle skier who is wasting no time in creating her own history.

Come the next Winter Games in Beijing 2022, the possibilities for even more family milestones are plentiful, especially now Zoe is stamping her authority all over the mountains as well.

In December, the then 16-year-old, in just her third World Cup event and 12 months on from finishing 14th on debut in the same competition, won halfpipe gold at Copper Mountain in Colorado – only the second time a Briton had won a World Cup halfpipe event since Rowan Cheshire in 2014.

Zoe said at the time: 'It was surreal to get my first World Cup win in early December at 16. And to compete at X Games with Izzy, and to come away with 5th in halfpipe was awesome. It’s really exciting to be in the mix with the best in the world.'

Following that event Zoe received her first X Games invitation and went on to finish 5th against the best in the world in Aspen. The rise has been significant and now the two Atkin sisters have become regular attendees on skiing's biggest stages.

In early February Zoe returned to Mammouth and took 3rd place at Dew Tour. Britain’s third medal ever at the event. She joined Gus Kenworth (2nd) and Owen Pick (1st) to create history.

Zoe is now living her dream but trains hard: 'I am based in Park City and my home is the mountain. They have a pipe which I train at when I’m home. Basically, I travel around the world looking for a good superpipe as there aren’t that many around. 

'I generally ski for three or four hours, typically four days on and one day off. A few days a week I do more intensive training at the gym, working on balance and core strength. During the summer, I’ll usually travel to the southern hemisphere for pipe training.'

Zoe’s season will finish with the Calgary World Cup. After Zoe will return Park City to focus on school work and living the normal life of a 17 year-old but says she plans to take a year off after graduating to focus on her skiing: 'I want to keep getting better in pipe, with bigger tricks, bigger amplitude and creative grabs.

'Generally, the target is steady improvement. I try not to focus on results and just focus on training. I’m working on doing bigger spins and getting more amplitude in the pipe and always consistently improving.'

Big things lie ahead for the Atkin family and with Beijing 2022 around the corner Zoe’s focus will be on the halfpipe, whereas Izzy will be aiming to upgrade on her slopestyle Bronze and succeed in the ski big-air discipline which makes its debut in Beijing.

For Zoe it’s about taking it event by event and she stresses the importance of enjoying herself as she competes: 'I hope to compete at Beijing 2022 and put myself in a position where I could challenge for a medal. However, as long as I ski my best, I would be very happy with whatever the outcome is, medal or no medal.'

A future star is in the making and hopes for Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic games are high. Could it be Team GB’s best winter games yet? We’ll wait and see.

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