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Video of the day

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:50:59 +0000

Ski down the escalator

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:37:49 +0000

A very funny video where we can see a crazy young boy going down an escalator with his skis. The stairs are pretty long and the speed finally reached is quite amazing. A funny ski video… as far as I am concerned I will remain on foot in the subway !

Bike Championship - Oz-en-Oisans

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:46:30 +0000

A Bike race will take place in Oz-en-Oisans this weekend from the 15th to the 17th of August. An important number of participant is expected for the different races.

Oz-en-Oisans is frequently the theater of bike competitions and the ski resort is now very famous for biking that is available for everybody.

This video from the 2007 edition should give you an overview of what this is all about. Fantastic isn’t it :

Sylvain Cacciatore pedestrian Race

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:46:06 +0000

The 15th of August, takes place the 24th edition of the Cacciatore run in les Arcs ski resort on a 12 kms and 800 meters of uneven.

Created by Sylvain Cacciatore, former member of the French Athletic team and winner of the Paris marathon in 1980, this mountain race is based on the circuit used for French Championship in 1989 and 1999.

The Trophy Cacciatore, organised by the sporting club, is opened to everyone, licensed and not licensed, walkers or runners. The departure take place from the “Place du Soleil” in Arc 1600 before the Golet slope, followed by the col des Frêtes at 2400 meters high before the arrival at Arc 2000. A friendly buffet will be provided where participant can celebrate their hike.

1200 particpants are expected for this race. The best runners will be there : for instance Arnaud Fourquin, several time French Champion, 11th at the Wold Chamionship and 10 times winner of the Cacciatore race. He is now teacher at the running club of les Arcs 1600 and is holding a fantastic record of the race. This time again some might try to beat him.

[Source : Official web site of les Arcs ski resort]

Amazing ski jumps

admin — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:45:23 +0000

Huge ski jumps !

Some of the biggest ski drops including the world record from Jamie Pierre. These guys are completly crazy and I can’t believe they get out of this.

Glider man above the mountain

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:03:26 +0000

The video of the day is quite amazing showing a flying man above the mountain. The guy is “simply” gliding with a special suit that allows him to almost fly just a few meters higher than the ground of the snowy mountain.

French Kayak Championship 2008

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:02:53 +0000

Kayak fans might have certainly not missed this wonderful event that took place in Bourg Saint Maurice. The French Kayak Championship was there for a nice event not very far from the famous ski resort Les Arcs - La Plagne.

The best champions of the discipline have been playing in non-buoyant water as it is illustrated on this picture from Raphaël Thiebaut.

This 2008 edition is over but Bourg Saint Maurice is used to organize such events every year at the same period. Hope you’ll appreciate !

Your rentals now available in english

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:30:14 +0000

This is official, the new version of skiii.com has been launched and you can from now access to this site of ski rentals by owner in an english version. The flags in the upper right corner allow you to switch from french to english. This is an important step for us, since we have got landlords (owners) that might not speak french, but we also have customers (tenant) that only speak english. Everybody should be happy with this new functionnality, classified ads can now be accessed by anybody almost.

Population of customers who are interested in renting ski holidays accommodations by owner is now larger and the traffic on the website will become more important.

Everything looks fine for the season 2008-2009, it should be full of bookings and hopefully lot’s of snow !!!

First article of the blog !

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:11:05 +0000

It has been hard work to launch this new version of skiii.com that includes a blog where you’ll find news, articles and all sort of information. We’ll update this blog very often so that you might come on a regular basis to see what’s up in the world of skiii.com.

I wanted this first article to illustrate what we (skiii.com) believe in, and at the end what this is all about. So here it is !!!

A collection of ski extreme exploits.