Ryan 'The Rocket' Faber

Ryan Faber GB Children's Team Athlete 2022 has a passion for Alpine Ski Racing. 

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Ryan 'The Rocket' now 13 was just 4 years old when he first visited Snowtrax, in Christchurch, Dorset for a skiing lesson prior to a family holiday. Starting off in the white group, Ryan made his way up through the groups, as soon as he realised, he could ski downhill very fast - there was no stopping him, he fell in love with the sport.  Skiing 2 x a week at Snowtrax, he learnt to Race, Freestyle and Snowboard.

 

Racing is his passion though, winning many National and International Titles, he won his first race at age 5, his first Regional Title at age 7 and went on to win his first National Race at age 8, by the time he was 10 in his first year as a U12 he was the GBR U12 Champion, Welsh Alpine U12 Champion, English Alpine U12 Champion and U12 Snowworld Champion competing against all the Lowland Nations where he represented GBR as GB’s top seeded U12.   At age 7 Ryan was invited to join Ambition Racing an Elite Academy based in Leogang, Austria and is now part of their U14 full-time team, he spends most of the winter months training with them in Austria and competing across Europe. 

 

Ryan now a U14 has continued to remain both consistent and competitive, this winter was his most successful Alpine season to date, in his first eligible year for selection he was selected into the GB Children’s Ski Team and is currently GB’s top seeded U14 Alpine Racer in both Slalom and Giant Slalom. Ryan podiumed at 17 of the 21 races he competed in this winter across 5 countries winning 8 X 1st, 6 x 2nd and 3 x 3rd. 

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Ryan’s is super excited to be sponsored by SNOWTRAX, as part of this he is an Honorary Ambassador of the Snowtrax Junior Academy which hosts weekly ski and snowboard group sessions for children aged between 3-16! This summer he will be attending some of the sessions to give back to the sport he loves so much.   Sessions are available for booking on the Snowtrax website.  

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