What’s believed to be the very first International Ski Federation (FIS) sanctioned men’s race ever held on the African continent has taken place at Tiffindell in South Africa.
The resort believes the event, which followed their First Ascent South African Children’s National Championships (pictured above), and staged from the 4th to 6th August was Africa’s first.
There has been little or no natural snowfall in southern Africa during the 2014 ski season, but low temperatures have allowed Tiffindell as well as afriski in Lesotho to carry out extensive snowmaking to open pistes. In Tiffindell’s case these are the longest ever thanks to a newly extended snowmaking area this season.