A new international ski body, the European Ski Federation, will stage its first event this autumn on the indoor snow slope of Amneville in Northern France and claims it is not interested in competing against the International Ski Federation (FIS) despite what some bystanders are claiming.

The European Ski Federation (ESF) has been established by the Austrian, French, Italian, and Swiss ski federations but they say they do not intend to compete with the International Ski Federation, but that the Alpine nations of central Europe planned to stand together in the face of the current economic crisis.
The ESF association, according to its press release, will deal with all aspects of skiing (alpine, nordic and snowboard)
The organization intends to monitor and promote the development of European ski and snowboard sport and to organize and implement international ski and snowboard competitions at all levels
The European Ski Federation’s first event, at the Amneville Snow Hall, is being portrayed as a promotional event for snow sports in general.

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