{"id":296729,"date":"2026-03-14T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/candide-thovex-revisite-les-tufs-de-tignes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:38:01","slug":"candide-thovex-video-les-tufs-tignes-skiing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/candide-thovex-video-les-tufs-tignes-skiing\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeski Master Candide Thovex leading the way in Tignes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;800px&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;800&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cb-dropcap-big\">I<\/span>f you\u2019ve ever complained about spring snow conditions, you won\u2019t be doing so anymore after watching Candide Thovex ski in his new video, which focuses on \u201ctufs\u201d\u2014steep, snow-covered slopes in the Tignes area (France) that are more or less cleared of snow in the spring. Candide does his thing, skiing very (very) fast down steep slopes interspersed with dirt and grass. It\u2019s beautiful, it\u2019s stylish, it\u2019s magical.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>See below or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_smOoXDuyJU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow this link &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1200px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_smOoXDuyJU&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever complained about spring snow conditions, you won\u2019t be doing so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":296730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,787],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-296729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skiing","category-video","tag-candide-thovex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296735,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296729\/revisions\/296735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}