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Event Previews & Reviews from La Plagne

Read reviews of the best La Plagne events

Happy chilly times at The Relentless Freeze Festival

La Plagne 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.

a ski racer in action

Ski racing world cup end of Season roundup 2017

February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.

Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

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.

FISE BMX Final Video, La Palgne 2009

The Festival International Sport Extreme (FISE) tours the country each summer bringing, skaters, bikers and boarders of all kinds to towns throughout France to demonstrate their skills and compete against each other.

Billy Morgan Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Billy Morgan is one of the Britian's best chances of a Freestyle snowboarding medal at the Sochi Olympics.

La Fete de la Musique Video, France

Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.

a ski racer in a yellow outfit

La Plagne Super Slalom 2017

Location
Plagne Villages

On 1st April, La Plagne will host the world’s longest ever slalom race, the appropriately named Super Slalom. The open-format competition will feature some of the world’s best skiing talent toughing it out with amateur riders on a massive, specially commissioned course - approximately five times the length of a normal slalom course.

a huge firework display in la plagne

Born to Be Show 2017 review

Location
Plagne Villages

La Plagne’s annual Born to Be Show attracted thousands to the Jean-Luc Crétier Stade de Slalom in Plagne Centre on Thursday evening as local skiers and snowboarders put on a spectacular winter sports display.

Aimee Fuller Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Meet Aimee Fuller Slopestyle Snowboarder, stunt double and one of the British Freestyle Snowboard Team.

FISE Skate Final Video, La Plagne 2009

The Festival International Sport Extreme (FISE) tours the country each summer bringing, skaters, bikers and boarders of all kinds to towns throughout France to demonstrate their skills and compete against each other.

Cara Brown: Ski Racer

FIS Ski Races in La Plagne

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.

Jamie Nicholls Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.

Gorzderette Video, La Plagne 2010

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

a tour rider in lavender fields of provence

Tour de France enters last week

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.

an ice climber

Ice Climbing World Cup 2017 in La Plagne

This weekend, Champagny-en-Vanoise welcomes the world’s top 110 ice climbers to compete in the Ice Climbing World Cup, being held on the daunting 25m Ice Tower in the satellite village of Champagny le Haut.

Katie Summerhayes Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

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.

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.