Currie is based at a high-altitude training centre in Font Romeu, France, for the next three months, following a punishing training regime.
''I have really enjoyed training at altitude and being in the mountains.
''I have felt like my body has adapted really quickly to it,'' Currie said.
''I often get to run up to as high as 3000m as there are some pretty big peaks around this area, and I still seem to feel pretty good.''
Currie has been swimming alongside fellow Wanaka athlete Nicky Samuels, who is training for the Commonwealth Games triathlon, and is aiming to sharpen his swimming times, to ensure he is among the leaders coming out of the water.
''Font Romeu has been an awesome place to train, with unlimited trails off your back door and an Olympic swimming pool 100m away.
''The area is also surrounded by snow-topped mountains and alpine lakes, so it's pretty easy to find inspiration to train.''
He is hoping these factors will give him an advantage over his rivals in the Xterra Europe circuit. He will race in six countries over the next two months, beginning this weekend with the Switzerland event.
The Xterra races are basically off-road triathlons. They usually involve a 1.5km alpine lake swim, followed by a 30km-40km mountain bike and a 10km run.
Having dominated the Motatapu Xterra, in Wanaka, for two consecutive years, and finished third in last year's world championship in Hawaii, Currie is keen to see how he measures up against Europe's elite.
''There are 12 races in total but I will only get to do six. It will be hard to earn enough points to win the series, but I'll give it a good crack.''
After the French trip, Braden will return to Wanaka with his family, where he will compete in the Red Bull Defiance, a new adventure race event, in October.
The event takes place on a Currie-designed course over two gruelling days. It involves teams of two - Currie will team with Dougal Allan - and takes in eight high country stations in the Wanaka region.
Wanaka triathletes Tony Dodds and Nicky Samuels are back in action when the world series stops in Chicago this weekend.
Samuels will be keen to maintain her form after finishing fifth at the London sprint round earlier this month.
''My main goal out of this race is to get a standard distance race done well,'' Samuels said.
''I hope that I can carry some speed from London with a bit more base training over the past month to get a good result in Chicago.''
Kate McIlroy (Wellington), Tom Davison (Christchurch), Ryan Sissons (Auckland) and Simone Ackermann (Whangarei) are the other New Zealanders involved.
