 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm looking for an English speaking ski racing or freestyle club in Austria for my son (U10 age group). We live in Graz, but he's a British citizen and fluent in English. While there are plenty of local Austrian clubs, I was thinking something British might also be interesting. He's been skiing for four seasons now and quite handy. He trained last year with a local club and did well, winning his age group race in the end of season club championship. He's also interested in freestyle skiing and can't make up his mind if he wants to race or do tricks.
Ideally such a club, organisation or school would be somewhere like Schladming or Kreischberg, maybe Obertauern, but not too far west which would make travel more challenging. I've made enquiries with Team Evolution (Radstadt) and Precise Racing (Schladming). I'm also aware of Ambition Racing, but they might be slightly too far west.
Any other thoughts or options worth considering?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for that, much appreciated. Looks good in that they're multi-discipline. Although, it wasn't clear from their website where they hold their Austrian based events. I've dropped them an email to ask for more details.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thank you. Yes, I did find Excel and thought they were a bit far away from me, but certainly an option if nothing else works out.
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Team Evolution racing, I was in the same hotel as them at the British champs. The guy who ran it was real decent and the kids all well turned out and took plenty of podiums.
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Evolution use Radstadt don't they, @flangesax could probably confirm that.
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Yep, Evolution are based in Radstadt but train all over the place.
My input would be to keep local if he is enjoying the racing and training. Then maybe book him in to a few of the group sessions and courses at somewhere like Absolut school in Flachauwinkl.
You can't beat a solid base training even if you turn to the twisty side 
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At u10 level all of the above clubs are live out, namely a parent has to stay with the child in some kind of local accommodation. They kids will then ski 6 days a week, in the mornings and do school work in the afternoon, supervised by tutors. Most of the clubs mentioned are full-time, although at u10-u12 you can pick and choose which weeks you want to do. The English school holidays and weeks before the English and British champs being the most popular weeks, when there is also a number of other clubs that only do those weeks. (eg. Kandahar, Uniq)
At u10 the focus will be on improving all around ski technique, with lots of freeriding and freestyle and less gate training than you'd imagine for race clubs. Most English kids have done a lot of racing in the UK in domes and on dry slopes, but lack overall skiing skills in the mountain, so those skills are concentrated on.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I've heard back from both Evolution and Precise now with informative responses. I also had a very good chat with Ross from Alpine Race Academy yesterday.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| I also had a very good chat with Ross from Alpine Race Academy yesterday. |
If you go with Ross tell him he owes Scott a beer for the referral 
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