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The 50 best winter sports gear

Whether you’re sticking to the blue run or heading off-piste, Mark Harris selects this season’s coolest skiing essentials

Saturday 31 October 2009 13:08 GMT

This week’s panel

Kenton Cool runs Dream Guides ( www.dream-guides.com );

Vanessa Fisher works for the Ski Club of Great Britain ( www.skiclub.co.uk );

Steve McLaughlin owns White Mountain ski shop ( www.whitemountainonline.co.uk );

Jonny Richards edits ‘Fall-Line Skiing magazine’ ( www.fall-line.co.uk );

Matt Helliker is an award-winning mountain guide;

Rebecca Miles edits ‘Tribe’ magazine and runs Natives.co.uk for ski workers ( www.natives.co.uk )

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