James Woods Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB
Meet one of Britian's best Freestyle medal chances at the Sochi Olympics; James Woods.
Read reviews of the best La Plagne events
Meet one of Britian's best Freestyle medal chances at the Sochi Olympics; James Woods.
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.
Last weekend La Plagne hosted its annual FIS races. The French Europa Cup team and World Cup Speed team were both taking part so the competition was really tough. On Saturday and Sunday two Giant Slalom races were held on the Stade at La Plagne Centre. It is a tough piste as there are very steep parts and then flat sections with lots of rolls.
The Gorzderette is an ice climbing festival based in Champagny en Vanoise. It's set in the quiet valley floor around the huge man made ice climbing wall that stands at 22m high like a frozen tripod from an H.G Wells nightmare. The wall, which is the highest in Europe, is also used in the French National Ice Climbing Championships
Once again the American teenage upsets the order. Torin Yater-Wallace puts in another storming run in the pipe and proves that his X-Games success is no fluke.
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.
Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.
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.
Reigning World Champion, four time X-Games gold medal winner and all round nice bloke Kevin Rolland busts out his best tricks and best Blue Steel for the cameras in the lead up to the 2011 World Cup in La Plagne.
Follow the training of our British Olympic hopefuls as they prepare for the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi.
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.
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.
It may be the last month of the year, but the ski lifts are open and Christmas is on the horizon.
It's the school holidays and the resort is full to the brim with families.
With Saturday’s transfer woes a distant memory and the holiday crowds now safely snuggled up warm in their chalets and apartments, it finally feels as though Christmas can get started in earnest in La Plagne.
Meet Ben Kilner one of Britian's best halpipe snowboarders.
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.
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.