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Tignes Events
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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. |
| 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 |
| Pro Beach Soccer - July |
The Pro Beach Soccer tournament takes place over 3 days each year in Tignes: on the highest beach in Europe. Yes they even build a beach and a stadium for the event!
3 days of events, the best european teams in competition ...and Eric Cantona!!! He and his brother are the major faces of the competition that is world renowned - you might even have spotted this competition on the extreme channel. The atmosphere is like a Brazilian carnival and even non-football fans will have a great time. |
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last updated 14-Feb-2008 |
| Tour de France - July |
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Every summer France is gripped by the biggest and best cycle race in Europe - Le Tour de France. The Alps have played a large part in the race over the years with the gruelling mountain climbs providing some of the most exciting spectacles of the event. The route changes slightly each year, taking in different towns and villages along the way. Even if the race doesn't pass near to where you are this summer you can guarantee that it will still be avidly watched in bars and cafés around the country with everyone joining in to cheer on the famous yellow jersey! ... see "Le Tour de France" for more |
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last updated 21-Jul-2008 |
| ProAm International Ski Golf - July |
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For 3 days each July Tignes plays host to the annual Pro-Am Ski Golf International. A unique competition that combines both professionals and amateurs from the worlds of golf and ski. On the first day, the competition begins with a giant slalom on the Grande Motte glacier, and culminates with a round of golf on day 2 on the 18 hole course in Tignes Le Lac. The team with the most points after the 2 events.....wins! |
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last updated 14-Feb-2008 |
| Fete du Vin de France - August |
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Every summer Tignes hosts the annual Fete de Vin de France - Festival of the Wines of France. The main street, usually home to the market on Thursdays and Sundays, will be populated with white wine tasting tents as far as the eye can see. Well...at least as far as the end of the road anyway. Vinyards from all over France will be represented offering everything from big reds to pink Champagne and everything inbetween. This is a great chance to try a variety of wines and to stock up your wine cellar. The festival runs for 5 days in the centre of Le Lac. |
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last updated 14-Feb-2008 |
| 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 |
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