At Team Snowfinders, we have a little coup in securing an exclusive interview with Britain's top female skier Chemmy Alcott. Here's a quick fire round of 20 questions and answers:
At Team Snowfinders, we have a little coup in securing an exclusive interview with Britain's top female skier Chemmy Alcott. Here's a quick fire round of 20 questions and answers:
1.Skier or boarder and for how long?
Chemmy: Skier for 31 years (yep true I started skiing at 18 months old) I am a snowboarder for only one year but i love it!
2. Favourite food?
Chemmy: Breakfast - banana protein pancakes, dinner curry - hot and spicy and tea - I love mint tim tams!
3. Favourite drink?
Chemmy: Arizona Green Tea.
4. Hobbies?
Chemmy: All sports - especially surfing, wake boarding, flyboarding - love the sea! Also if i wasn't a skier I would be a tennis player! Anything competitive really!
5. Favourite non-ski holiday destination?
Chemmy: Safari with And Beyond (we went on honeymoon and it was epic).
6. Where have you yet to visit that you want to?
Chemmy: I really want to ski in Japan and the Himalayas............and do a Galapagos Island trip!
7. Have you ever seen any celebrities when skiing?
Chemmy: Haha sure have.. some i shouldn't mention. I taught Heidi Range (of sugarbabes fame) to ski last year in Chamonix; it's so great to be able to share my passion with others.
8. Favourite ski resort?
Chemmy: Valle Nevado... not for the accommodations or lifts but everything else.
9. Favourite apres ski drink?
Chemmy: Gin and Tonic - I am a Gin girl (even have a gin still named after me)!
10. Best apres ski bar?
Chemmy: Cocorico's in Val D'isere.
11. What do you always take with you on holiday?
Chemmy: Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour cream.
12. Best time of year to ski
Chemmy: All year - don't forget summer in the southern hemisphere.
13. What’s on your ipod/iphone?
Chemmy: Right now Vampire Weekend and some audio books - I spend a lot of time driving and it passes the hours super fast!
14. Favourite ski run?
Chemmy: Bruson, Verbier.
15. Ideal apres ski?
Chemmy: Cheesy dance moves - everyone involved and lots of air guitar and head banging!
16. Favourite ski dish?
Chemmy: Swiss Cheese Fondue.
17. Ideal celebrity ski partner?
Chemmy: Bear Grylls - I want to challenge him so then he can challenge me.
18. Chalet, hotel, chalet hotel, or apartment?
Chemmy: Mix it up! indulge and then run the budget - its all fun and all about the experience!
19. Worst ski experience?
Chemmy: When a helicopter comes not to take you up to a sweet fresh peak in Iceland but to take you for emergency surgery in hospital - DOH!
20. Funniest thing you have seen/done on the slopes?
Chemmy: The first time I skied an olympic run aged 8 i got so excited that I had to spend a penny. I didn't want to ruin the experience so peeled off as quick as possible to the side - took down my one piece (yep that cool!) and my helmet (not sure why!) and bent my legs only to see my precious sticker clad helmet start rolling down the hill. It was a fast decision - a toss up between covering up my modesty and losing my helmet or chasing my helmet, one piece around ankles down the olympic run. The latter won!
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