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17 April 2024

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

It’s STILL snowing this morning, so our photographer took a quick snap from his front door and went back to bed.

It also snowed all day yesterday, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the competitors in the World Mononoski Championships.

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

There was some great racing, even if modern youth’s interpretation of ‘80s style was pretty insulting:

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

Here’s the BBC’s Graham ‘Bacofoil’ Bell racing against YSE’s own Maintenance Tom. Graham won, though he didn’t finish with a back flip like Tom (well, the first 90% of a back flip!).

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

There was a lot of this:

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

and this:

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

Quite a bit of this:

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

And even a bit of this:

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

YSE was represented by some of the most elegant participants:

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

and some of the least:

YSE Val d'Isère, 18 April 2024

All in all it was a fun day, as we near the end of five months’ hard work, and these seasonaires will remember it for the rest of their lives.

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