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COURSES
Where and When
The 12th annual summer British Freeskiing performance training Camps, in association with Freeski Britain, The Grom Camps and Ride Freesport, will be held in Saas Fee, Switzerland on the following weeks:
14th - 21st July, 21st - 28th July, 28th July - 4th August and 4th - 11th August 2012, Saas-Fee, Switzerland
About the Camps
The British Freeski Camps will once again be focused once again on bringing the British freeskiing community closer together and building a basis for training riders to become top level Freestyle skiers, Big Mountain competitors and Moguls competition skiers. The camps are not elitist and also give less experienced skiers who have never had the chance to ride the park a unique learning and confidence building experience for freestyle skiing.
Saas-Fee is a top summer skiing glacier due to the snow quality and the shaping in the Saas-Fee snowpark. Because of the terrain available in the summer in Saas-Fee, the camps also have the opportunity to test skiers on steeps, moguls and amazing well groomed pistes.
During the camps you’ll also get the chance to witness the
Saas Fee Ride, an international level freeski competition with some of Europe's top riders and also the best of British. See last years event live right now at the official
website - www.saasfeeride.com.
The Coaches
The camp will feature an all-star line up of coaches and technical staff including
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- Warren Smith - Freeride / Moguls / Physiology
- Pat Sharples - Freestyle / Freeride / Trampoline
- Andy Bennett - Freestyle / Moguls / World Cup Half Pipe
- Dave Young - Freestyle / Filming Specialist
- Paddy Graham - Freestyle / Trampoline
- James Woods - Freestyle / Trampoline
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Who is it for?
The camps cater for the following levels of skier:
- Pro Freeskiers / Pro Freestyle Skiers / Moguls Competitors - LEVEL 6
- Aspiring Pro's / Ski Instructors working on Freestyle Level / Expert Skiers - LEVEL 5
- Freestyle Ski Enthusiasts / Advanced Skiers with some park experience - LEVEL 4
- Recreational Skiers with confidence but no park experience - LEVEL 3
- Recreational Skier with no park experience - LEVEL 2
- Intermediate Skiers - LEVEL 1 |
Coaching
- Skiing each day will start at approximately 8.30am and finish at 1pm
- Coaching will cater for Half Pipe, Big Air, Rails, General Technique and Moguls. Also personal performance for each individual skier working on their own skiing technique. Wednesday is a day off coaching and a day to freeski
- Trampoline training afternoons every other day
- Freestyle physiology lectures
- Video analysis of days activities at hotel video after skiing
- There will be several groups to cater for different ability levels from pro to first time park participant. Skier levels range from Intermediate to Expert. Please also note that there will be a group available to cater for parents wishing to receive coaching whilst in Saas-Fee.
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Other Activities
- Ski Biomechanics workshops
- Advice forums on 'Getting Sponsored' for up and coming rippers
- Chance to be filmed and see the footage on Freeski Camps facebook group
- Chance to feature in several British ski magazines in Autumn 2010 under the freeski camp features
- Dry Land Training sessions
- Other activities - golf, basketball, volleyball, swimming, archery, football, tennis (basically anything and everything!) |
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Travel
In the summer:
Book your flight to preferably arrive in Geneva. You can also fly to Zurich. The Swiss train service offer an excellent service from both airports, directly to Visp where you change to a bus for the last part of the mountain up to the resort. See train times and prices here http://www.sbb.ch.
In the winter:
Book your flight to Geneva Airport, once you collect your luggage and walk through the ‘nothing to declare’ area, turn left and head to the bottom end of the arrivals area. Go through the automatic doors and in to the train station. There you can take a train to visp (normally departing from platform 3) and from Visp take a bus up to Saas-Fee.
Once you arrive at the bus station in Saas-Fee, call the Allin on +41 27 957 4300 and they will send a complimentary hotel taxi to collect you. In an emergency, please call head coach Pat Sharples on +44 7974 205852.
For maps and information from the Allin hotel, click here |
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lnsurance
Please make sure you have comprehensive travel insurance that covers winter sports.
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