Cutting Edge 26.03.08
Time for the Champs!
The 2008 British Land National Championships are fast approaching
and all of the British skiing talent will be on show in the
French resort of Méribel.
Méribel is positioned at the very heart of the world's
largest connected ski area, Les 3 Vallées, with 375
miles of groomed and marked ski runs and one of the most efficient
lift systems in the world. To the east lies the valley of
Courchevel, to the west, the valley of Les Belleville with
the resorts of Les Menuires and Val Thorens, and in the centre,
the valley of Les Allues with Méribel; a skier's ideal
starting point.
HRH the Earl of Wessex, the patron of Snowsport GB, will
host the official opening party of the Championships as an
added spectacle to the week's events.
Oliver Jones, the chairman of Snowsport GB commented: "The
excitement of the Championships is in anticipating where we
will see new talent emerge from and if our current top athletes
and reigning champions can defend their titles - always a
thoroughly thrilling prospect."
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Best of the Fest on the Piste!
The snow-capped mountains of Meribel, France are set to be
filled with revelers as the Altitude Festival is set to take
up residence on its slopes. The dust of the British Championships
will have hardly had time to settle as comedy talent, international
DJ's and live music acts will descend for two weeks of fun
and frolics.
Professional skiers and snowboarders will be showing festival-goers
just how it's done, and there will be loads of snow silliness
to get involved in like the three-legged ski races and snowball
fights!
This amazing event takes place between 5 - 20 April and promises
plenty of good snow amongst the warm spring conditions. Marcus
Brigstocke (Have I Got News For You, The Late Edition, The
Now Show), Ed Byrne, The Comedy Store Players, We Are Klang
and Andre Vincent are among the performers already booked,
with more acts to be announced.
Welcome to the 'FIS' Team
TJ glides up the ranks
Norfolk boy, TJ Baldwin, has been skiing since he was only
six years old and learned his trade at the Norfolk Ski Club
dry ski slope before finally moving on to snow at the British
Ski Academy in Les Houches, France. more
Pete Whelan - White lightning
Since hitting the slopes at the age of eight, the Uxbridge
born skier, Pete Whelan, has had a thing for speed. Pete nicknamed
'White Lightning', said that if he wasn't a ski racer he would
be racing NASCAR's to get an equally exciting adrenaline rush.
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Aaron Tipping - On the comeback trail
Aaron Tipping took to the snow again recently - great news
for the 17 year old skier from Kent who has been sidelined
for over a year after a horrific accident resulted in a broken
leg.
Aaron's doctors wanted to test the dorsiflexion of his ankle
which has been limited since his crash in November 2006 and
have admitted amazement at the rate of his progress.
Results Round-up
French National Championships at Auron, France - 19-27 March
 Britain's
top female skier Chemmy Alcott claimed her second national
Giant Slalom title in five days when she won the French event
for the second year running at Auron on Monday 25 March. The
Twickenham skier beat France's Tessa Worley by just 0.02s
over two runs to win the fourth National championship title
of her career in giant slalom and it comes ahead of the British
Land National championships which begin in Meribel next weekend.
Alcott finished fifth to fellow World Cup skier Marie Marchand-Arvier
in the Super G event earlier in the weekend, and claimed her
best slalom result of the season with eleventh at Isola 2000,
finishing less than two seconds behind winner Claire Dautherives,
although this is not one of her favoured events.
Men's Super G results: Dougie Crawford 9th
equal
Jan Kochalski - 14th
Ed Drake - 22nd
Men's GS results: Ed Drake 28th
Dave Ryding 31st
Men's Slalom results: Alain Baxter 16th
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