Check down the list for all sorts of latest news...

26/07/2010

Bookings now coming in for Autumn training in Tignes... Places for groups and accomodation limited so don't delay!

26/07/2010

FIS regs for skis all disciplines SL - DH

http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/edition2009_nov.pdf

15/07/2010

Thanks to all attendees of the great 2010 2 Alpes summer camp. Lots of pics pasted up on Facebook...

30/05/2010

Autumn camp details now published. Click on link on Eurotest page for full details.

GS/Eurotest - 1st November - 10th Dec TIGNES

SL/Test technique - 1st November - 26th Nov TIGNES

22 April 2010

Well done Dougie Milne and Andy Parker who also passed their Eurotest in Germany and Austria this year in March and April.

Nice one Dave, James and Andy!

14/12/09

Great first day Eurotest success. Well done to Andy Mac, Dave Walton and James Crompton who all passed in Italy and Jonathan Lefort who passed in Alpe d'Huez

Dec 2008 Alpe d'Huez...who's next?

28/09/09

Check out our Facebook group to see some videos from last year's eurotest as well as one taken of the inspection and some of the Tignes training!

Places now booking up fast. Get in touch to ensure to get the weeks you want...

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08/09/09

Podium autumn accomodation package info

Week running Sat to Sat.

The Tignes Chalet Company.
http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.thetigneschaletcompany.com
info@thetigneschaletcompany.com
+44 07522 520507

Please be aware that the info on the site is what is offered to guests that are paying quite a bit more during the main season. The £150 race training deal includes:

Continental breakfast
2 course evening meal
7 nights accomodation (bedding included)
Sky free view TV and DVD player
Wifi as soon as it is sorted (may not be straight away)

Please provide your own towel.

20/07/09 Etape du Tour 2009 Montelimar - Mont Ventoux

On Monday 20th July Dave completed the Etape du Tour 2009 along with Dougie Cleland, Giles Lewis, Paul Garner, Nico Braxton and Piers Hedley. The etape is the same stage as the penultimate stage of this years Tour de France. The route took us through 150km of Provence including fours cols finishing with reputedly the toughest climb in France - the 21km Mont Ventoux. It was a brilliant day and a brilliant bike ride. The Ventoux was tough but we all pedalled up it even though many around us had to walk it or give up! Woop! Woop!

18/6/09

Check the ever increasing equipment sales page for all sorts of hard and software...

Brilliant German success in March****

Well done to the mighty Blake Williams, Richard Knapp, Tom Mayne, Mark Birch and Sam Pickup for passing their Eurotest in Obersdorf. That brings the Podium tally up to 9 for the 2008 -9 season! Well done for all the hard work and well skiied to you all!

Will Roberts after passing in Garmisch Dec 2008 [and beating the German opener haha!]. Nice one Will! And well done to Joe Harkness and Craig Wilson too!

Ben Harris after passing the Eurotest in Alpe d'Huez in December 2007

Fred Diblee after passing the Eurotest in Alpe d'Huez by over 2 seconds!

Ski prep kit and everything else?

Check out the site www.skiracing.co.uk for some great deals on ski tuning kit as well as kit, skis...and everything else. Moreover, this business helps support Dave Ryding of the British team - one of our strongest skiing hopes!

AVMS training needed?

Podium doesn't just run Eurotest training. We also runs performance training with Interski for those wishing tocontinue training towards their higher BASI exams.

24/7/2008...ski reg confirmation for Eurotest 2008-9

In the FIS publication for ski regulations and equipment for season 2008-2009, it is stated that 21m remains the minimum length for FIS giant slaloms [although not Europa Cup, World Cup etc]. In short this means that people with GS skis from last year may not need to buy new ones [unless they're knackered!] and anyone buying this year will have no problems as the manufacturers build skis to the regulations in force.

 

9/7/2008 Prices confirmed for Autumn 2008 training in Tignes

The price per week training block is 220€ for the Tignes autumn training. There are also discounts available for returning trainees. Email for the 2008 pricing sheet and payment methods. We may restrict training in most weeks to 2 groups this year so there may be limited places. Make sure you reserve yours!

Podium also get great camp rate discounts on lift passes.

6/7/2008 A heartfelt goodbye to Ali Rainback.

Ali was one of the Britain's best ski instructors and passed away on the 22nd June 2008 from a tumour of the brain stem. After the discovering of his condition in November 2007, Ali battled bravely and with a dignity and integrity of character that few of us could hope to possess. Aside from his skiing achievements, Ali was one of the nicest, personable people you could meet and had an infectious enthusiasm and positive drive for everything he did. He will be sorely missed by myself and many, many others. A fund has been set up in his name to make money for the hospice that supports other people in Ali's situation. Any donations would be gratefully recieved. http://www.justgiving.com/alirainback

 

 

6/7/2008 Summer camp 2008 Les 2 Alpes

The camp was a great success with hard pistes to train on and great weather. A big thank you to all the participants. The camp included some great developmental training to really improve the skiing skills of the guys on the course. It also included evening sessions on stretching, core training, coordination as well as trips white water rafting, visits to the Venosc adventure park and for some a cycle up the famous climb of Alpe d'Huez! Well done to Blake Williams for a convincing victory on the final day race and timing day.

Well done to Danny McCabe who decided to celebrate his 48th birthday with an assault of Alpe d'Huez [1100m of vertical and a 14km road] alongside Dave Mitchell and Dave Morris on this year's summer training.