Franziska Hofer

📍 Kitzbühel, Austria

🗣 German, English

I raced on the Austrian alpine circuit for six years and coached the regional women's team for four more. Then I started running women-only ski clinics on the Kitzbühel pistes and I have not stopped since. Women learn to ski differently from men — different centre of gravity, different relationship with speed, different psychological patterns around risk — and most ski schools teach everyone the same way, which means women plateau earlier and stay more tentative than they need to. My clinics address the specific technical points that make the difference: hip position, edge pressure, managing the fall-line on steep terrain. I teach on the Hahnenkamm mountain, which includes the Streif race course. I will not take you down the Streif on day one. But understanding the mountain as a racing arena changes how you read every run you take on it.