Dave Ryding – GB Snowsport

YOB // 1986
Discipline // Alpine
Squad // World Cup Squad
Club // Kandahar & Pendle
Hometown // Tarleton, ENG
Top result // 2nd - World Cup City Event, Oslo, NOR, 2019

When Dave was six years-old, his father Carl, a ski-mad lifelong enthusiast, encouraged him to take lessons at the local dry ski slopes near their home – so he joined Pendle Ski Club.

Dave specialises in the discipline of Slalom and has achieved nine British Slalom Titles, two World Cup podiums, was Europa Cup Slalom Champion 2012/13 and has competed at 3 Winter Olympic Games.

HOW I GOT INTO SKIING

"I love the mountains, I love the intensity of Slalom and that you need to use a lot of tactics. It is not the fastest Alpine discipline, but it is the discipline with the highest speed of movement so training for this off the snow is also a challenge."

3 mins

Alpine

13 Aug 2020

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