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Tignes Events - Winter
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There are heaps of events held throughout the year in Tignes and the Espace Killy, ranging from small and quirky local festivals, to world renowned sporting events. Music festivals are also hugely popular during the summer months and provide a great excuse to make a quick trip out to the Alps. In this section, we bring you information about the major annual events in Tignes, and don't forget to check out our weekly What's On calender. |
| Mogul Ski World Cup - December |
Tignes has a long history of international mogul events; in 1986 it hosted the first ever Mogul World Cup and in 1992 held the now legendary Mogul Olympics.
Each December Tignes welcomes some of the world's best mogul freestylers for the first stage of the Mogul World Cup, an incredible spectacle! |
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last updated 14-Feb-2008 |
| Tignes Airwaves - January |
5 days of freestyle competitions bring together some of the best talent around today across a variety of disciplines. Expect to see freeride boarding and freestyle skiing as well as MTB and motocross on snow!
A prize pot of €150 000 ensures that all competitors will be pushing it to the limit... |
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last updated 14-Feb-2008 |
| Freeride World Tour - March |
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The Association of Freeride Professionals brings 44 of the world's best freeskiers and snowboarders to the Grand Balme to compete in a series of qualifiers for World supremacy ranking. Having already visited North America, Russia and Switzerland the athletes will be judged on 5 essential criterias: line choice and execution, fluidity, control, skill and style, and rythm/agressivity. |
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last updated 14-Feb-2008 |
| Happy Gay Snow Week - March/April |
Happy Gay Snow Week returns to Tignes for each year in what never fails to be a great event! There are cocktail parties, masquerade parties, pool parties and more as well as the SnowGaymes - an international gay and lesbian ski and snowboard contest.
Some of Europes most famous gay party organisers (for example: Salvation, La Demence, Jungle) are brought onboard to ensure that each Happy Gay Snow Week is the best ever!
Visit the website for further details. |
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last updated 14-Feb-2008 |
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