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Ski resort slogan ‘I love W*nk’ banned ahead of World Cup in Germany for fear it will offend Brits

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A W*nkbahn gondola with the controversial logo

A Bavarian ski resort’s slogan has been banned ahead of the next ski world cup for fear it would offend British visitors.

The resort’s slogan pays tribute to Garmisch-Partenkirchen’s local mountain, Mount Wank.

Images of gondolas inside the resort’s cable car station show bold text taped to the sides that reads “I love W*nk.”

The slogan was even reportedly etched into the snow of the legendary Kandahar slope to be seen by cameras and drones during upcoming alpine skiing World Cup races.

But the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has banned its use while the world watches.

The Ski World Cup, which begins on Saturday, will be broadcast on television on the slopes of the Upper Bavaria resort.

Organizers praised the local slogan but said it was inappropriate for an international event.

“I love this mountain and this saying,” Martina Betz, head of the organizing committee, told German regional newspaper Merkur, but agreed with the FIS that it may be too vulgar for the World Cup.

A W*nkbahn gondola with the controversial logo

View from the mountain. The German name, which when pronounced sounds as if it begins with a

View from the mountain. The German name, which when pronounced sounds like it starts with a “V” in English, is said to come from an old German word meaning “slope” or “curve.”

According to Betz, around eight million spectators around the world follow the races, including many English speakers.

“We want to convey to the outside world a positive image and our unity as partners, not sexual jargon,” Betz said.

But there are many Bavarians who are unhappy with the decision to ban the slogan, among them Klaus Schanda, sales and marketing director of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn, one of the four cog railways still operating in Germany.

“I would like to announce what we, as a company, find useful,” he said. the placeadding that the mountain, which is not as well known as other peaks, would be in the spotlight.

Schanda said the advertising campaign had already been successful.

During the European Championship in Germany last year, fans of the Scottish national football team staying in the area they bought W*nk products because they found them fun.

Former World Cup alpine ski racer Christian Neureuther also told Hessischer Rundfunk radio that the place was a “heart mountain”, which is why he never had any problems with the regional slogan.

The German name, which when pronounced sounds like an English “V,” is said to come from an old German word meaning “slope” or “curve.”

Since 1928, the mountain has been accessible from Garmisch-Partenkirchen via the cable car known as the W*nkbahn.

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