]> http://genevalunchcom.site.securepod.com/taxonomy/term/198/0 en http://genevalunchcom.site.securepod.com/node/2708 <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p><span class="source"><a href="http://www.24heures.ch/vqhome/edition/riviera___chablais/freeride_120107.edition=rc.html">24 Heures</a>, Fre - </span>Rochers-de-Naye and Les Pléiades, perched high above Montreux, have a new winter mission that would have sounded like a paradox not long ago: teaching freestyle winter sports. Snowboarders and skiers who once insisted that freestyle was all about getting out on the slopes and just doing it - "it" being mainly aerial stunts - are now saying they can teach much of it.</p> <p>Freestylers turned sports teachers and those who grew up in Switzerland's schools of winter sports professors say the growing number of snowparks and fans of freestyle are creating a need for more security. And the sport has advanced to the point where teachers can help beginners.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> Community Hot News Lake Geneva Region Swiss News Business and Finance How-to Les Pleiades, Vaud, Switzerland Rochers-de-Naye, Vaud, Switzerland Sports Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:18:10 +0000