Snow How does the Clusaz club work, which will celebrate its 90th anniversary this year?

The debate is raging.Founded on January 15, 1931, the clusaz ski club celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.According to some books, however, it is rumored that there were already five years earlier, in 1926.Behind these stammering of history, everyone agrees today to say that La Clusaz remains a formidable reservoir of French teams.This winter, there are 17 to dress in red white blue: 13 at the FFS in alpine, biathlon, cross -country skiing and snowboarding, 2 at the FFME in mountaineering skiing and 2 at the FFHANDIPORT in para snowboard and paramount ski.

"One of our forces is to have a common room to group all sections" welcomes Stéphane Vittoz (49 years old), director for 17 years of the sports club where he will have held all the functions for forty years.Stability visible on all floors of the liner."Even if we are competitors with this desire to see our young people succeed, there is no pressure pressure.It is perceived in the supervision concocted with 90 % of coaches passed by the club.»There are unbearable alpine figures like Lionel Anguenot, the papa of Léo, faithful to the house for almost 30 years or Antoine Rachel, 20 years of boutique in the Freestyle department.

Buratti : « Chez nous, il y a énormément de respect entre toutes les disciplines»»

On the day of our visit, on November 16, the two technicians shared with their respective groups the same space at the foot of the tracks while the founders turned at the same time thanks to the miracle of snowfarming.Under the amused eye of the bell tower still devoid of her winter outfit, the next generation of the Haut-Savoyard station took advantage of her Tuesday afternoon trivialized for sport-school.

"At La Clusaz, there is no inequality between the disciplines.In some clubs, it's a bit of war if you don't come from alpine.With us, there is a lot of respect between the coaches and the athletes of each discipline, "raises Benoît Buratti, five seasons in the French team of Slopestyle and Big Air.

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"Our job is the basis: to detect, train and introduce the practice of a sport in competition.We want our young people to flourish and may possibly reach, for some, the committee (Mont-Blanc) and the French teams, ”sums up Stéphane Vittoz about the 350 licensees of the snow sections, the largest half of this clubOmnisports to 600 members when you include eleven sections with mountain biking, cycling, ice hockey, skating, climbing, tennis and paragliding.

An impressive ratio for a commune of 1850 inhabitants with a world reputation thanks to the exploits of local legends Guy Perillat, Régine Cavagnoud, Vincent Vittoz, Edgar Grospiron or Candide Thovex."It makes children dream but the primary objective remains the school of life as likes to recall Didier Gallard (President of the Sports Club).This requires surpassing oneself and respecting each other, ”insists Stéphane Vittoz.

Indoor carpet and system D

A tradition perpetuated today by the Hugo Lapalus, Jules Chappaz, Théo Schely, Quentin Sodogas, Timothe Sivignon, Louison Accambray or Garance Meyer."Even if we have a good recipe, we do not have the infrastructure to fight on equal arms with foreign competition" regrets Antoine Rachel, the king of the system D."We knew that at one point, there would be no enough money to train so we looked for solutions.»»

The head of the Freestyle section rushed into a trampoline snatched from an Albertvillois gym club against a 3000 euros note to work on the rotations all summer.The extension of the old balcony equipped with a PVC intended to make the rail of a slopestyle course built at the foot of the airbag.

Performance tools completed this fall by the acquisition of a shared carpet to all the Aravis clubs (La Clusaz, Le Grand-Bornand, Manigod and Annecy-Semnoz).A rare piece bought in TDVC, the old Indoor structure based in Cluses where the best in the world, from Alexis Pinturault to Daniel Yule, came to refine details. « Seul le club de Courchevel en avait un»», apprécie Lionel Anguenot, ravi de pouvoir pousser le travail technique sur le seuil de la porte.