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Save on your money

Caxton FX provide a financial service enabling you to secure the best rates on a pre paid card before you go skiing or snowboarding, here is some information provided by Caxton FX: –

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How does it work?

1. Load the card before your trip and use it just like any other card to buy things and get cash out.

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World Ski Championships 2009 in Val d’Isere

Between the 2nd to the 15th of February brings an exciting and much awaited buzz to Val d’Isere, France with the 2009 FIS alpine world ski championships. This is Val d’Isere’s first time hosting the FIS alpine world championships, but it is no stranger to organising such events with 151 accredited to date.

Gian Franco Kasper, President of the International Ski Federation (FIS) will open the championships on the 2nd February, with 72 nations and 594 athletes taking part.

The championships will take place on the Face-a-Face mountains, with the men’s and ladies’ competition directly opposite each other on the Solaise and Face de Bellevarde slopes. The majority of the runs can be seen from the finish line, which will make it a spectacular adrenaline rushing event for competitors and spectators alike.

Entry to the whole ski area is free of charge, which is a first for any FIS championships, to date 170,000 people have registered their free invitation.

If you are going to Val d’Isere and want to take up some skiing instruction then hire a ski instructor or mountain guide via our very useful and impartial website: - valdisereskischools.com

For more information on the world ski championships click here

Welcome…

… to theskischools.com blog

A platform where we reflect ranging topics from ski lessons, snowboarding experiences, ski touring escapades, snowsports equipment to news and events within the snowsports industry.

theskischools.com is a fantastic tool for all snowsports enthusiasts to locate snowsports professionals in 14 of the top European winter resorts of Europe.

With a growing number of people visiting the theskischools.com and family resorts to search for skiing, snowboarding, telemark lessons and mountain guiding, it seemed the perfect place to launch a ski snowsports blog that answers some of the questions our visitors have and get opinions from key members of the snowsports industry.

This first post is designed as an introduction and a guide to the kind of articles we will be featuring every month throughout the year.

Naturally, because we are a web-based service for locating snowsports professionals in Europe we will be looking at ski schools, skiing instructors and mountain guides who work in winter resorts every day throughout the skiing season.

The growing number of ski schools, snowboard schools and private instructors in ski resorts, along with more specialised services like telemark instruction and mountain guiding means it is not just about turning up to your destination and going to the local ski school anymore. There is an abundance of choice out there and this not only drives up the quality of instruction but also allows you to choose what kind of ski or snowboard school you are looking for.

Of course this can make things more complicated, as there is so much choice it is sometimes hard to know where to go. But this is where we can help. We will answer, to the best of our abilities, any of your questions relating to ski instruction, snowboard tuition or mountain guiding.

Rob Stewart – theskischools.com

Piste improvements in Les Deux Alpes


Charlotte Swift, Private Ski Instructor in Les Deux Alpes


“Recent improvements in Les Deux Alpes to two ski piste runs: – The top part of the Combe du Thuit, (previously red but very black at the start) has been moved and angled so that the run will be far more usable. Also the escape route from the top of the Fee down to the Goulet du Grand Nord which was the blackest blue has been completely changed and made much safer”.