What they don’t tell you about being a disabled ski racer… … is how traumatising the process of classification can be. Every person needs to be ‘classified’ as being eligible to take part in para-alpine ski races, and are categorised on their level of disability. Here we share James’ experience of classification yesterday and the challenges around it.

Ski race training as a British ski racer is difficult, but particularly when completely unfunded and without a team. This is how we’ve crafted a programme of development that’s currently working well for us.