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Event Previews & Reviews from Tignes

Read reviews of the best Tignes 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.

Highlights from the London Ski and Snowboard Show

The London Ski and Snowboard show is for many the first event of the winter. Pick up the latest kit, catch up with friends and enjoy the party. It'll be a couple of months before you can do it for real.

Dom Harington Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Dom Harington is a Halfpipe Snowboarder from Leeds who has missed the last two Olympics due to injuries after winning the Europa Cup Halfpipe. Sochi is probably his last chance to be part of the Olympics and he's giving it everything he has.

Ben Kilner Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

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

a skier doing a trick in a night competition

Frostgun Invitational 2015

The Frostgun Invitational 2015; a competition not to be missed, and one of the highlight's of Val d'Isère's winter calendar. On a par with the X-Games, Frostgun is Europe's only Platinum level Big Air contest and draws in freestyle champions from all around the world. Punching a total prize of $56,000 it is certainly an event worth writing home about.

Happy chilly times at The Relentless Freeze Festival

Tignes 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.

cyclists on a corner of the tour de france

Froome extends Tour de France 2016 lead

Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2016 took the riders from Bern, the capital of Switzerland, to Finaut-Emosson on the Swiss-French border, just around the corner from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

a ski racer holding a silver plate

The Delancey British Alpine Championships

I was happy enough with my performance in the speed races in Tignes but it was time to move onto the tech races, Giant Slalom and Slalom. I had high hopes for the Giant slalom and I was ready to really go for it to get the gold.

European Winter X-Games Video, Tignes 2011

At the beginning of European WInter X Games Tignes 2011 we speak to medal hopefuls Jenny Jones and James Woods.

Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB Park & Pipe Team

How the team trains for the Olympics and how they came to be a team in the first place.

European Winter X Games - Day 1 Video, Tignes 2010

On the practice day of the first ever European X-Games we have a look at the halfpipe and slopestyle course, the riders who are going to be taking them on and have a chat with British hopeful Jenny Jones.

Sky team in paris

British success in Tour de France

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.

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.

European Beach Soccer Championships Video, Tignes 2008

Beach Soccer is a diversification of “the world’s most popular game” that the Cantona brothers, Eric and Joel, imported to France in 1997. Watching the players on the field it soon becomes obvious that this is different to conventional football:

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.

SFR Freestyle World Cup Tignes Concludes

SFR Freestyle World Cup 2015 Tignes Concludes

Well that’s it for another year! The SFR Freestyle tour event in Tignes' legendary superpipe has been run and won, with Canada taking home both Crystal Globes for the Men’s and Women’s editions of this years competition.

Air Ladies II Concludes in Tignes

Air Ladies II Concludes in Tignes

Last year saw the first ever Air Ladies competition go off in Tignes; the event inspired by Marie Martinod had its origins last year on a custom built quarter pipe under lights in Val Claret in Tignes. Last years event was a huge success and as such was bought back to Tignes this year bigger and better!