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Following their history-making exploits last season, the Men’s Slalom team of Billy Major, Dave Ryding, and Laurie Taylor lead the charge as the World Cup Squad, supported by a refreshed coaching and support team that features former Olympian and World Cup racer Alain Baxter alongside longstanding team member Jai Geyer, and TJ Baldwin who joins the team for the coming season in coaching and support roles.
The team, who finished sixth in the Slalom Nations Cup standings in 2023/24, enter the season in fine shape, looking to build on a number of historic results and personal bests over the past twelve months.
A 12-athlete Europa Cup Squad sees four new faces with Abi Bruce and Molly Butler both promoted from the FIS Squad, and Freddy Carrick-Smith and Zak Carrick-Smith both also selected, joining their brother Luca, with Freddy and Zak the youngest athletes in the British EC Squad set-up. Joining them are 2023/24 NorAm Slalom Cup champion Victoria Palla, alongside Reece Bell, Ed Guigonnet, Robert Holmes, Jack Irving, Calum Langmuir, and Owen Vinter.
The FIS Squad boasts 26 athletes, including George Brown, Lewis Parton, Ryan Pye, Toby Stephen, and Dante Adam Vidri all making their selection debut.
The World Cup Squad are first slated for action at the Levi Slalom World Cup in Levi, Finland, on 16-17 November, with pre-season training already underway.
FULL SQUAD SELECTIONS
WORLD CUP SQUAD
Billy Major
Dave Ryding
Laurie Taylor
EUROPA CUP SQUAD
Reece Bell
Abi Bruce*
Molly Butler*
Luca Carrick-Smith
Freddy Carrick-Smith**
Zak Carrick-Smith**
Ed Guigonnet
Robert Holmes
Jack Irving
Calum Langmuir
Victoria Palla
Owen Vinter
FIS SQUAD
Honor Bartlett
Elliott Bennett
Maisie Blyth
George Brown**
Jack Cunningham
Daisi Daniels
Louis de Pourtales
Harry Duncan
Alexa Elliff
Lucas Ellis
William Freear
Giselle Gorringe
Charlotte Holmes
Olivia Howeson
Lois Jackson
Toby Jennings
Max Laughland
Lewis Parton**
Emerson Proctor
Ryan Pye**
Dominic Shackleton
Toby Stephen**
Aidan Urquhart
Dante Adam Vidri**
Isla Ward
Kieran Woolley
* Promoted from FIS Squad
** New Selection
