The Great French ski instructors race

Every April, I follow the best I can, the results from the great french ski instructors race. The main one is alpine – of course – a slalom (the other events like snowboard, skiers cross, telemark and cross-country are just “token” ones, just to be politically correct, I guess) and I can marvel at the young and the old competitors who compete for that national spotlight.

I have friends and folks I know, in their mid sixties and older still, who compete and there's even my high-school gym teacher who still does it at 74! It's unique and it provides a forum to those who love the sport and still want to be on the spotlight for a day or two, at the end of a long ski season!