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Event Previews & Reviews from Courchevel

Read reviews of the best Courchevel events

Road to Sochi With Freestyle Team GB: Risk & Reward

Professional Skiers & Snowboarders put their bodies through alot. This episode looks at the injuries Freestyle Team GB have suffered and the road to recovery and the Olympics.

tdf pic of peter sagan in green jersey

Switch it up a gear for TDF 2016

July brings with it all sorts of sporting events. This year we have the EURO 2016 hosted in France at the start of the month, the annual tennis tournamant at Wimbledon and Formula 1 action at Silverstone, Budapest and Hockenheim.

Courchevel in December 2019 – What weather to expect & what to do

December in Courchevel: What's on and weather

December is when the ski lifts are opening and the Christmas holidays are on the horizon.

an image of fred syversen skiing in chamonix

Fred Syversen: Professional Skier With World Record for Highest Cliff Jump

As the best freeriders in the world gather in Revelstoke this weekend for the first stop on the all-new Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face, we were fortunate to be able to have a sit down with a free skiing legend, holder of the world record for the highest cliff jump and super nice guy - Fred Syversen.

Flying around the Courchevel Moriond Racing Luge

Flying around the Courchevel Moriond Racing Luge

Location
Courchevel 1650

Courchevel Moriond Racing is the luge track which is a whopping 3km in length and has an impressive 450m of descent into the village of Courchevel Moriond. Discover the ultimate toboggan run that travels under the brand new Ariondaz gondola zooming through tunnels, zipping over bridges and flying around the bends of the insane racecourse.

Snow Polo Video, Courchevel 2011

Location
Courchevel 1850

It was only a matter of time before someone in Courchevel noticed that skiing simply wasn't glamourous enough and that an even glitzier sport had to be found. Snow Polo was the answer and the alitport in Courchevel was the ideal location. You can fly right to the pitch.

Ben Kilner Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Meet Ben Kilner one of Britian's best halpipe snowboarders. 

Jamie Nicholls Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.

a ski racer in action

Ski racing world cup end of Season roundup 2017

February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.

La Fete de la Musique Video, France

Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.

Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

The London Freeze is the ski and snowboard event that brings together international live music acts and some of the world's best riders. The two day festival is the last weekend in October and in 2011 we caught up with X-Games medalist James Wooods for a chat about his Olympic hopes.

A woman is skiing down a snow covered slope

FIS Alpine World Cup Ladies Giant Slalom 2016

On Sunday the 20th of December, the Three Valley resort of Courchevel hosted the FIS Alpine World Cup Ladies Giant Slalom. For the first time in a few year’s team GB was represented by a young lady with a very high chance of making a name for herself amongst the best in the world, Alex Tilley.

Happy chilly times at The Relentless Freeze Festival

Courchevel Event Review: 9th November 2012

The Relentless Freeze Festival did exactly what it said on the tin and those not wearing their ski jackets could be found with teeth chattering, huddled around the vin chaud stand wrapping themselves in a fruity alcoholic blanket.

Courchevel in January 2020 - What weather to expect & what to do

January in Courchevel: What's on and weather

It's very cold and the days are short, but the skies are blue and the pistes are quiet.

Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Follow the training of our British Olympic hopefuls as they prepare for the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi.

a cyclist in the yellow jersey of the tour de france

Le Tour 2016 - the story so far

Le Tour de France 2016 kicked off last Saturday with stage one and the 'Grand Depart' being hosted by the stunning island community of Le Mont Saint Michel.

Murray Buchan Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Murray Buchan a skier who grew up on the finger-snapping plastic of Edinburgh's Hillend made a choice to ski rather than play rugby and hopefully that choice will take hi to an Olympic medal.