Black Shoes

Already the 30^th birthday!

It’s the inescapable festive event for all the fans of « old school » skis, and it’s happening in Tignes! Want to make your thighs burn in a nutty atmosphere? Be there on April 29th and 30th and May 1st for the 30th birthday of the Black Shoes, THE telemark event that gathers altogether genuflexion experts and beginners at the end of the season. Discovery of Tignes-Vald’Isère skiing area, snowpark session, jump contest, race for children: there is something for every taste. Get ready!

Good humour and great atmosphere guaranteed, day… and night!

Information et registration : log on the officiel website of the Black Shoes (in French).

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Photos: Aurore Valance

programme

Friday 29 april

 WELCOME TO TIGNESPACE 

From 16:00

• Installation of exhibitors
• Reception of participants
• Registration, handing over of instructions and packages

From 19:00 to 22:00

• Organic welcome aperitif

From 22:00 or before

• Free meal in the restaurants of the resort
• For late-nighters: "Palette de Boulélé" or elsewhere
• Evening "Elsewhere: it's a surprise!"

Saturday 30 april

 WELCOME TO TIGNESPACE 

From 8:30 to 10:30

• Registration, deposit and package delivery
• Savoyard organic breakfast
• Partner lounge, loan of equipment

From 10:30

• Departure to the Panoramic, Grande Motte, free parking

From 11:30

• On the terrace of the Panoramic restaurant (3032 m.), organic local cuisine: a generous, simple, natural, organic bacon soup prepared by the chef Jean-Michel Bouvier

After the organic soup

• Departure all together
• Organic telemark on the Tignes domain
• The super famous Haie d'Honneur
• Followed by the Human Slalom

Around 14:00

• Meeting at the start of the Telemark Classic
• Briefing, handing over of the bio numbers
• Start: at the top, it's a surprise
• Finish: at the bottom

After the race

• Organic telemark until the slopes close
• Organic discovery tour, the Blackshoes parade, competition "the best organic telemark Blackshoes outfits

From 18:30, after a great day of telemark skiing

• Meet at Tignespace (Tignes le Lac)
• Organic musical aperitif, traditional music, accordion
• Dinner with organic food by the caterer "La Poèle Géante" and organic wines from Mazurd

And until 1.30am the Black Shoes 30th anniversary organic dance party

• Hosted by: c'est la surprise!
• Concert, DJ and musicians until the end of the meal

Sunday 1^st may

 WELCOME TO TIGNESPACE 

From 08:30 to 10:30

• Registration, delivery of instructions and packages
• Organic Savoyard breakfast
• Partner lounge, loan of equipment

From 11:00

• Meeting point at the bottom of the Palafour chairlift: reconnaissance of the race course with the children
• The Enduro des Neiges classic race for children (under 16 years old) opened by the best telemarkers in the world
• Start at the beginning, finish at the end!
• For those who do not take part in the race, free telemark bio next to the race route to encourage the children

After the race, from 14:00

• Gathering of the participants on the terrace of the Levanna hotel - Tignes le Lac
• Choice of organic aperitif: organic oysters, Kenji's sushi which has always been organic

During the organic gastro lunch

• Presentation of the trophies for the 30th anniversary of Blackshoes:

the most beautiful organic telemark outfit, the most beautiful organic lady, the most beautiful organic gentleman

the most beautiful couple of telemark skiers in organic clothing

the most beautiful group of telemarkers in organic clothing

• Presentation of the organic prizes:

the winners of the snow enduro (children)

and... surprise!