Albertville White Festival Set For November 16-18, 2018
The Albertville Olympic Hall is proud to present the new "rendezvous" of winter.
- La crème of freestyle skiing and snowboarding will be in Albertville from November 16th to 18th: Tanner Hall, Henrik Harlaut, Phil Casabon, Marie Martinod, Franck Bourgeois, Kevin Backstrom ….
- Concerts will set the Olympic Hall on fire: Electro, rock and reggae with Para One, Rhino, Mike Rock and Mardjenal
- Ticket already available
The White Festival celebrates skiing and snowboarding in a unique format, with a focus on all freestyle disciplines: big air, slopestyle, halfpipe and urban skiing. The best skiers and snowboarders in the world are expected and, for the first time, they will team up together as a duo.
The Olympic Hall takes the turn of the alternative disciplines by highlighting three Olympic freestyle disciplines: the slopestyle, the halfpipe and the big air. For three days, the Olympic Hall will be transformed into an indoor snowpark and the 40 best skiers and snowboarders of the world will present a show as impressive as it is original! Driven by winches, high-speed winches, the riders will rush through the Olympic Hall, to skip one of the many modules that make up the installation, to the rhythm of a light show and live music. All modules will be covered with snow produced on site. This will be the first time such an event is organized indoors! More than a show, the White Festival will also be a competition for riders, with a new format by team. They will have to show creativity and commitment to seduce the judges and win the competition.
The White Festival, it’s also concerts with a sharp and eclectic selection, freestyle initiation workshops for all, entertainment and a village of brands.
French halfpipe skier Marie Martinod, freshly retired, will be the godmother of the event ! She is a double Olympic Games silver medalist (2014, 2018), a multi-medal X Games medalist and several times winner of the Halfpipe World Cup standings. If Marie Martinod decided to hang up the skis at the end of the season, at 33, she is still very invested in promoting her sport. Because, from the beginning, Marie has expressed her wish to be part of the adventure of the White Festival. For her, Albertville and the Olympic Hall, it is a childhood memory that changed her life: the 1992 Olympic Games, the coronation of her idols in mogul skiing and freestyle skiing and her desire to "do the same."
"Albertville is part of my story. I was born and raised in the Valley, in La Plagne, I knew the Games of 1992 which opened me the way towards the freestyle. I am proud to contribute to this innovative event which, I hope, will seduce and inspire the new generation! "
THE FIRST NAMES OF THE RIDERS UNVEILED
Before the start of the season, some thirty international riders among the best of the moment in skiing and snowboarding, men and women, will be in Albertville!
In skiing, the Olympic Hall will be honored to welcome ski legend Tanner Hall, Swedish X Games multi- medalist Henrik Harlaut and Canadian Phil Casabon, recent X Games Gold Medalist Real Snow. On the ladies’ side, the godmother of the event, Marie Martinod double Olympic silver medalist and multi-medalist at the X Games!
In snowboarding, Swedish stars Kevin Backstrom and Tor Lundstrom will perform alongside American Tyler Lynch and Canadian Franck Bourgeois, street master and winner of the X Games Real Snow. The French snowboarder Clemence Grimal, specialist of the halfpipe will come to measure the modules of the White Festival.
Full list of riders, team composition and format to come.
EVENINGS IN MUSIC
From 22pm, skiing and snowboarding will give way to live concerts with an eclectic selection.
The public will vibrate to the rhythms of electro-pop sounds with the famous Para One, a French DJ emblematic figure of the label Ed Banger, and Rhino – who has become known with his remix of the soundtracks of Games of Thrones and Vikings. Mike Rock, official DJ of HellFest and FISE, will ignite the Olympic Hall with its mix rock / electro. The local scene will be represented with Mardjenal, the young and talented reggae singer from Annecy who will come to illuminate the Olympic Hall with his album “Smile”.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE!
To see the top of Freestyle skiing and snowboarding competing and to attend the concerts, tickets are on sale on the official website of the event https://www.white-festival.com/ and on http: // www.halleolympique.com/
On Friday 16th and Saturday 17th, several options are available to the public, who can attend the ski and snowboard freestyle show in the Olympic Hall and / or concerts and DJ sets.
On Sunday, admission will be free for all. The public will be able to enjoy the numerous animations of the village. In the Olympic Hall, the pro riders’ modules will give way to a mini-snowpark for the kids, who will be able to learn freestyle with the help of professionals.
FULL PASS WITH SHOW SKI & SNOWBOARD, CONCERTS & ACTIVITIES OF THE VILLAGE OF BRANDS:
1 day (Friday or Saturday)
25 € Adult | € 12.50 Child (6 to 14 years old) | € 22.50 Reduced price
2 days (Friday and Saturday)
45 € Adult | € 22.50 Child (6 to 14 years old) | 40,50 € Reduced price
SHOW SKI & SNOWBOARD, ACTIVITIES OF THE VILLAGE OF THE BRANDS (2 PM TO 9.30 PM)
1 day (Friday or Saturday)
15 € Adult | € 7.50 Children (6 to 14 years old) | € 13.50 Reduced price
EVENING ONLY (22H TO 01H)
1 day (Friday or Saturday)
20 € Adult | 10 € Child (6 to 14 years old) | 18 € Reduced price
PROGRAMME :
FRIDAY 16/11
2pm: Opening of the village Activities & activities at the brand village, meetings with pro riders …
5:30 – 9:30pm: Ski and snowboard qualifications (men and women)
10pm – 01am: Concerts MARDJENIAL & RHINO
SATURDAY 17/11
2pm: Opening of the village Activities & activities at the brand village, meetings with pro riders …
5:30 – 9:30pm: Ski and snowboard finals (men and women)
10pm – 01am: Concerts MICK ROCK & PARA ONE
SUNDAY 18/11 – FREE ENTRANCE
11am: Opening of the village Activities & activities at the brand village, meetings with pro riders…
2pm – 6pm :
Freestyle ski and snowboard initiation for all supervised by professionals (upon registration)
6pm : Closing of the White Festival
