Sam In Cham with Samantha Ryder
Freeriding with Megane Betend as the French speed queen prepares for this year's World Tour
This week freeride skier Megane Betend joins me for a chat. The French speed queen started skiing at the age of 2 and soon joined the ranks of the local alpine ski club. It gave her all the essentials - discipline and great technique - but her heart was never really in it.
After she qualified as a ski instructor, she started to freeride, skiing often in the wild mountains of the Chamonix valley. It was fast, steep, and exciting and in her first competition she made the podium … the rest, as they say, is history.
This winter Megane will compete in the Freeride World Tour – a culmination of everything she has put in place and the sacrifices made to get to this point. It may almost be time to dream of that championship title, but she tells me the hardest is yet to come.
For more on the amazing athletes and sports enthusiasts featured on the podcast, head to Instagram @samincham_thepodcast and Facebook
This week freeride skier Megane Betend joins me for a chat. The French speed queen started skiing at the age of 2 and soon joined the ranks of the local alpine ski club. It gave her all the essentials - discipline and great technique - but her heart was never really in it.
After she qualified as a ski instructor, she started to freeride, skiing often in the wild mountains of the Chamonix valley. It was fast, steep, and exciting and in her first competition she made the podium … the rest, as they say, is history.
This winter Megane will compete in the Freeride World Tour – a culmination of everything she has put in place and the sacrifices made to get to this point. It may almost be time to dream of that championship title, but she tells me the hardest is yet to come.
For more on the amazing athletes and sports enthusiasts featured on the podcast, head to Instagram @samincham_thepodcast and Facebook