Super Dave Ryding is desperate for Britain’s next skiing superstars to avoid slopes covered in sheep muck after years of tears helped him smash the sport’s glass ceiling.
The pride of Pendle honed his craft on his local dry ski slope but was not the only regular visitor with local sheep often leaving their mark on the Lancashire facility in northern England.
The 35-year-old will take to the slopes at Beijing 2022 when the men’s slalom gets underway on Wednesday knowing that none of his rivals will have had to endure the same struggles, and he hopes things will be markedly better for his British successors.
