10/06/2026
Wednesday Rewind ⏪
Had to dig deep into the archives to find these pics, from the first ever Ambition camp, way back in 2007 🤯
It’s always fun to look back at the early days - you don’t know what you don’t know and all that. Much of what we began with, the philosophy behind things and how we structure our teams, remain the same to this day. There have however, been many learning points along the way!
2007 marked the beginning of something new & exciting. We were all so young, but full of energy, spirit & belief in the journey we were about to embark on…. and then the rental van broke down on the first day 😂😂😂 The first ever training day of Ambition Racing, started off with a broken down vehicle.
We were based in Bormio, Italy at the time, a discovery that has served British ski racing well for many years since & through the help of strangers (Nicola Dei Cas, someone who has become a lifelong friend since those days) we were gifted a van for the week, so that we could avoid catastrophe 🚐💨
Ambition was nearly dead in the water before it had even started 😬 and was saved that day by the kindness of those early friends and supporters 🙏
The faces in the first pic will have long since finished ski racing but they were the first crew, the ones who took a leap of faith & paved the way for the many who have since passed through our doors.
Stelvio looked a little different back then, as did the waistline of (pictured in slide 3 as a u16 athlete).
Good times 🤝
