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Claudia at the Verbier High 5

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

The Verbier High 5  Best event of the year…. Beginning of  April, fresh snow and excellent snow conditions and most of all blue sky all day long!
 

The Carlsberg Verbier HIgh 5  is a very prestigious event for some of the best racers and ex racers in the world.  It’s all abot having fun and celebrating the end of the season with the public through a very special and fun event.

All day there are different competitions and mots of all the  carlsber apres ski in the evening of the event…

This year it was fantastic, amazing competitors, great atmosphere, awesome parties etc  

The public can sign up and race as well in the different discilines while watching the best of the world, The events were a GS to start with, a speed track, skiercross, dual slalom and a fun race with toboggans and running up a short hill and a final sprint with an elastic cord around the hips to finally reach the well deserved Carlsberg beer, what a laugh.
They also had 2 large wooden jacuzzis up on the deck of the Carlsberg hutt which some of the competitors used to cool down or warm up, depends, we were definetely all a happy crowd  as you can imagine; Just to mention some of the competitors who were present that day, Julia Mancuso, Lindsay Vonn, Marco Büchel, Didier Cuche, Antoine Dneriaz, Franzi Aufdenblatten, Chimmey Alcott, Didier Defago, Axel Lund Svindal, Daniel Albrecht and a funny looking retired kiwi girl called Claudia….
You can check out the link on 
http://www.verbierhighfivebycarlsberg.com 

If you are in Verbier next year around that time, sign up. its a real fun day for everybody!!See you there next year…

Claudia