Javi Lizzo and Thibaut Magnin, from pre-season to New Zealand

RFEDI Freeski Team Technical Director Joseph Gill has decided to give the pre-season a different approach than previous years given the high level of skiers. Gill considers “The pre-season is going really well, the approach is a bit different than the previous ones. June, July and August are the months we prefer base skiing in Les Deux Alpes (France) and Chass-Fee (Switzerland). This year instead, we’ve chosen to look more at the dry jump of the Bunker Park in Scharnitz (Austria). The safety of training that the mat gives us allows us to try new tricks within range. The first day we put on our skis, we were really at World Cup level and competitive tempos.

Javi Lizzo and Thibaut Magnin, Members of the Podium-Telefonica Scholarship Program, They have been on ice in Cardrona, New Zealand since the second week of September, where they will spend a month. He transferred his perfect tricks and new ones to the snow of Cardrona’s Snowpark, on the airbag of Bonger Park and the 360 ​​skate ramp of Andorra.

Goals above

They will use this month of training in the Southern Hemisphere to focus on the 22-23 season with bigger goals such as the World Cup round and the World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia from February 25 to March 5. With the first competition of the season on October 21st in Sur, Switzerland with the Big Air World Cup. From New Zealand, Thibaut Magnin explains “I feel very fortunate to have returned to Cardrona to train. I have good memories, I got my first medal with RFEDI in 2018 at World Junior Championship (WJC) BigAir.

Looking ahead to the 22/23 winter, Thib commented “I want to improve my tactics and get podiums with them for the World Cup circuit. I am satisfied with what I achieved last season 21/22 with top 10 races and good results, but I want more. I am determined to achieve my goals and getting on the World Cup podium is a challenging one. Looking ahead to the Pakuriani World Championship, I want to repeat or improve on the performance I did in Aspen (USA) in 2021, where I finished in the top 10; Always trying to fight with the best. I find myself getting stronger both mentally and physically and I have made a huge evolution.

Javi Liliso, for the Big Air Olympic Diploma; “The dry pre-season has gone really well and all the tricks that need to come out have come out”. He’s using his days in New Zealand to transfer all he’s learned to the ice, practicing new “tricks” for the 22/23 World Cup season and aiming to battle against the top ranks.