April in Val d'Isère: What's on and weather
Spring is officially in the air as we enjoy longer sunnier days. Don't forget your sunscreen!
Read reviews of the best Val d'Isere events
Spring is officially in the air as we enjoy longer sunnier days. Don't forget your sunscreen!
With Val d'Isere scheduled to open for the winter season on November 24th, it's time to start looking ahead to all the fantastic events taking place in resort over the coming months.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Last week was a brilliant week. I did my first ever World Cup race in Val D’Isere, scored a second best result in Giant Slalom along with a 2nd place podium finish!
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.
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.
Magical March is here. Enjoy some great skiing and lunches in the sunshine.
The International 4x4 Salon is back in Val d’Isere.Situated in the large parking area in La Daille, the show also offers 4x4 enthusiasts the chance to take a ride around the off road tracks on the top of the mountain.
Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.
La Folie Douce is one of the liveliest paces to head on the mountain for apres ski, with cabaret dancers, musicians and magnums of champagne being delivered to thirsty party-goers by a mini cable car.
So far we've seen not only some fantastic racing, stunning scenery and nail-biting sprints from the 2016 Tour de France, but we've witnessed several unusual crashes, the yellow jersey literally running up Mont Ventoux and more than one incident of an over-enthusiastic fan causing disruption.
The last video from Team GB as they prepare for Sochi.
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.
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.