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.
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Follow the training of our British Olympic hopefuls as they prepare for the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi.
It's the school holidays, the resort is full of families and it's getting a little warmer.
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.
As 15,000 people cycled the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2016, from Megeve to Morzine in the Etape du Tour on Sunday, the drama of the actual race was unfolding in the Pyrenees.
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.
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.
Meet Ben Kilner one of Britian's best halpipe snowboarders.
La Frappadingue took place on Sunday in Courchevel Le Praz and despite a very grey start the sun actually peaked out to shine on the brave runners. This is a ‘fun run’ of 12km with obstacles. Now, I have done a fair few mud runs in my time in the UK but they do not compare to this!
The last video from Team GB as they prepare for Sochi.
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.
Katie Summerhayes from Sheffield is back on snow for the first time since her ACL injury. She talks about the freeski scene to come out of Sheffield Ski Village and how Woodsy helped to push her when she started out on the European circuit.
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.
After four exciting days of racing in the Alps, Chris Froome emerged victorious in Paris for the third win of his career. Equalling the records of Philippe Thys, Louison Bobet and Greg LeMond who all have three Tour wins under their belts, and becoming Britain's first three-time winner.
Meet one of Britian's best Freestyle medal chances at the Sochi Olympics; James Woods.
Jumpers from all over the world met in Courchevel this August as part of the World cup summer tour. Part of a whole weekend of celebrations that drew a large crowd, the competition featured some of the world’s best ski jumpers who flew off the jump in Le Praz in search of victory. The winner was 23 year old Fin, Harri Oli, who fought off a strong field to take first place with a jump of 131.50m.
How the team trains for the Olympics and how they came to be a team in the first place.
Billy Morgan is one of the Britian's best chances of a Freestyle snowboarding medal at the Sochi Olympics.
La Patrouille de France, France's answer to the Red Arrows, painted the skies above Méribel red, white and blue this week in an amazing aerial display.