As the very successful FIPS Congress at Rosa Khutor becomes a recent memory the next congress in Argentina has been confirmed planning is now underway for the XXII Congress. The FIPS Board have great pleasure in accepting the application of AADIDESS (Argentine Association of Ski Instructors, Snowboarders and Ski Patrollers) to host the XXII Ski Patrol World...
The FIPS executive and the Rosa Khutor organising committee have extended the early bird pricing for the congress through to November 30 2017. The organising committee reports that we have registrations for attendees from 10 countries, with others to follow. We would like to remind attendees to not delay in submitting registrations to give plenty...
The Russian Organising Committee has now released updated details of the Rosa Khutor resort including how to travel to Rosa Khutor from Sochi and the costs for bus, taxi and train. Hotel Rosa Springs information includes facilities being used for the FIPS2018 Congress, the opening ceremony will be in the Olympic Mountain Village and some...
Fellow Patrollers Join us at the 2018 FIPS Congress Earlybird bookings for the 21st FIPS Congress to be held at Rosa Khutor, Sochi, Russia on 20-27 January 2018 are now open. It has taken longer than we would have liked but it was important to have the process checked and tested. To attend the Congress...
A tutti gli Associati FIPS, Sono appena ritornato da un viaggio a Sochi con Jean Louis per finalizzare i piani per il nostro prossimo Congresso. Per chiarire, la città è Sochi-zona sciistica a 40 minuti di distanza si trova Rosa Khutor. Sono lieto di comunicare che la montagna, lo sci, le strutture e le persone...
To All FIPS Members, I just returned from a trip to Sochi with Jean Louis to finalize plans for our next Congress. To clarify, the town is Sochi—the ski area 40 minutes away is Rosa Khutor. I am happy to report that the mountain, skiing, facilities and people all exceeded my highest expectations. Congress Theme...
The 20th FIPS Congress was hosted by Italy and held at Passo Tonale from 2-9 April 2016 with seventeen countries participating. There were approximately 150 international and 40 Italian attendees, with large contingents from both Canada and the USA. The congress opening ceremony featured welcome addresses by regional Lombardia government official and the two local mayors. Then...
// Post updated March 2017 // The FIPS Executive and the Rosa Khutor organising committee met last week, and have announced the dates for the XXI (21st) FIPS Congress in 2018. Dates: 20-27 January, 2018 Now you might be thinking that Russia is pretty cold in January, but don’t worry, you won’t freeze because Rosa Khutor is...
With 40 days to go…. We have an amazing 144 international attendees plus local Italian patrollers attending the 2016 FIPS Ski Patrol Congress in Passo Tonale, Italy. If you want to attend, registrations close on 1st March 2016 so get in quick. You can register online from the conference page. Registered attendees will receive an update from...
If you didn’t attend to FIPS’ Congress in Big White, you missed a lot of great moments. The saying is “A picture is worth a thousand words”, so what about a movie clip? Thank you Duncan for this wonderful movie!
