Snowboard UK Magazine suspended

Mark McGettigan, who was the editor of Snowboard UK Magazine, has contacted us this evening to say that Freestyle Publications today officially suspended the magazine. All the editorial staff were made redundant this morning.Mark Nuttal, owner of Freestyle Publications added it's just a harsh ....

Directions to the SCUK Summer Bash

We're in the same field as last year and here's the directions. Please remember, we're guests in the farmer's field and there will only be a single bonfire allowed. Look forward to seeing you all there.

New Apple technology to enforce slope speeds

New patents granted to the Apple Corporation in North America last week include several that have implications for recreational winter sports men and women, as well as professionals.One clever new piece of kits allows for wireless heart rate monitoring and notification to resort medical crews ....

South American season kicks off with Big Snow

Heavy snowfall in South America, reportedly measuring over two metres at some resorts, has led to most of the continents 30 or so ski areas in Argentina and Chile opening over the past week.Las Lenas in Argentina has reported over seven feet (two metres) of snow on upper slopes and Portillo in ..

SCUK to be archived by the British Library

We were approached today by the British Library's UK Web Archive project who select and archive sites to represent aspects of UK documentary heritage. As a result, SCUK will remain available to researchers in the future. The British Library works closely with leading UK institutions to collect and ....

New environmentally friendly plastic for Smith googles

A product called Pearlthane� ECO is being used for the first time in ski goggles from Smith Optics.The new plastic, manufactured by a company called Merquinsa, uses renewable-sourced materials in the make up of its, ?Bio Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers? (Bio TPU), and is used in Smith?s new ..

Quiksilver sponsors World Heli Challenge in Wanaka, NZ

Quiksilver is proud to announce sponsorship of the legendary World Heli Challenge that will be staged out of Wanaka, New Zealand between August 28 and September 12, 2009.The three-day event stars an ?invite only? selection of 50 of the world?s top snowboarders and skiers who will compete across ..

Steve Redgrave leads Red Devils charity skydive for Disability Snowsport UK

Sir Steve Redgrave is to lead a team of brave individuals in a charity sky diving fundraiser with the Red Devils in aid of Disability Snowsport UK. The skydive team will include former Olympic skier Alain Baxter, the charity?s CEO Fiona Young, Crystal?s MD Mathew Prior and British Association ....

Tignes opens for summer and bikinis

Tignes is the second French resort to open for summer skiing after Les 2 Alpes a week ago. To celebrate the resort staged a bikini ski event in which a small number of enthusiasts took to the snow slopes clad only in swimwear and ski boots. Ski gloves, eye protection and sun cream were also ....

Argentinian resort makes helmets compulsory for kids

The leading Argentinian ski resort of Las Lenas, which opened for its 2009 season this week, is the latest to make safety helmet wearing compulsory for children younger than 12 years of age.The resort has purchased 600 new helmets this year and is offering them for rental."In Las Lenas guest ....

More tunnels for 2014 Winter Olympic venues

Work has begun on the construction of further rail and road tunnel connections between the 2014 Winter Olympic venue of Sochi, a city on the Black Sea coast, and the inland ski areas around Krasnaya Polyana, about 50km (30 miles) inland.The new tunnels, which will extend for about 25km (16 ....

Winter Games NZ adds LG FIS Snowboard World Cup to schedule

Snow Sports NZ and Winter Games NZ announced today that they will combine resources to host the first stop of the 2009/10 LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Halfpipe tour by scheduling the competition as one of the signature events of Winter Games NZ 2009.As one of the final qualifiers leading up to ....

Perfect opening conditions at Cardrona

Cardrona Alpine Resort opened its gates to thousands of skiers and snowboarders today keen to enjoy the ideal snow and weather conditions, a superb start to the 2009 ski season.Snow sports enthusiasts started queuing well before for the first lift at 9.00am this morning and with over a metre of ..

Kat probs in Scotland

Due to issues with their pistebasher, the Friday freestyle park at SNO!zone Scotland will be different to that shown on their website. Instead the park team are going to create a nice jibby line.

First joint general assembly of TTR and WSF a success

Over 80 representatives from different realms of the snowboard industry gathered together on May 29th and 30th, 2009 in Innsbruck, Austria for the TTR General Assembly 2009. Over the two days, members of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, the World Snowboard Federation and representatives from ....

2010 stock incoming at Conspiracy

Conspiracy have just taken a good size delivery of Salomon Boards and boots today. They have the amazing all round Riot and the Lily for the ladies, along with Dialogue, F20w & Ivy boots.Bataleon should be in for the first week in July!SCUK members can get a 10% discount at Conspiracy, ....

Burton Freestyle Camps at SnowDome

The SnowDome is proud to be hooking up with Burton snowboards again this summer to offer 2 fantastic camp sessions! The UK?s greatest team will be on hand to offer advice and tips on how to get started or improve your freestyle snowboarding. All ages and levels catered for? whether your taking you'....

Weekly snow report from around the world

Continents With Resorts Open For Skiing: 5Countries With Resorts Open For Skiing: 13Ski Areas Open (Approximately): 45Fredrik Ericsson Skis Fresh Powder And Finds "Coolest Slope in The World" On K2More resorts open in New Zealand.Heavy snow in South America ? resorts begin opening for ....

Hemel park for this Friday

Here's The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead park for this Friday.

TheAirbag returns to Chill Factore for another whole slope freestyle session

Friday 26th June sees the return of the airbag to Chill Factore for the second WHOLE SLOPE freestyle ONLY night. So if you want to dial some new tricks or simply throw yourself of a huge jump onto a massive airbag for the fun of it, book your Core Airbag Session NOW! The freestyle park will be ....

Poor performance on SCUK is temporary!

I'm just battering the server for about 10-20 minutes taking a full backup to try out on the new server.

Tamworth park for FBBB

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday's ForBoardersByBoarders event.

Goodies for the SCUK Summer Bash

With the 8th SCUK Summer Bash kicking off in exactly 10 days, we thought it might be a great idea to send out some fists-of-nuff-respect to the great people out there who are sponsoring the event.Once again, SnowDome are our hosts for the Summer Bash - it wouldn't be the same without them. As ....

Burton European Open coming soon

The US Open Snowboarding Championships, the pinnacle of all snowboarding events that has showcased the world?s most progressive riding longer than any other snowboarding competition in the world, will take place at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont from March 16-22, 2009. Past Olympic medalists ..

Rossendale on downhill slide

A ski centre is facing an uphill battle after it was revealed it needs a �10m cash injection to avoid closure.Council bosses are searching for investors to help save Rawtenstall tourist attraction Ski Rossendale.Some interest has already been expressed by private firms, the council said.....

Tamworth park for Saturday

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday.

15% off Stikup board display systems

Stikup have designed a rather cool board display system for those of you that need your stick on the wall or ceiling for all to see. The stainless steel system works with surfboards, wakeboards, windsurfers, skateboards and snowboards of course and more importantly looks the business. 15% ....

10% off Stikup board display systems

Stikup have designed a rather cool board display system for those of you that need your stick on the wall or ceiling for all to see. The stainless steel system works with surfboards, wakeboards, windsurfers, skateboards and snowboards of course and more importantly looks the business.10% ....

Guldmond takes slopestyle at Nissan X-Trail Asian Open

Chas Guldemond � YoshitoThe 5Star Nissan X-Trail Asian Open in Alts Bandai, Japan, saw riders going head to head today in one of the last remaining Slopestyle contests of the season. Under blue skies, Chas Guldemond (USA) and Chanelle Sladics (USA) took out the respective titles, each earning ....

Snowside 2009 cancelled

A message on their website reads:Due to circumstances beyond the organisers control they have been left with no other choice but to cancel with immediate effect Snowside Festival due to certain unforeseen factors including the current economic climate, the pound-euro exchange rate resulting in ....

Pre-register for the Westbeach SnowFlex series

More sponsors donate booty and www.westbeach.com/snowflexseries website up and running!Check out www.westbeach.com/snowflexseries to pre register and find out oodles of info about the 2009 Westbeach Snowflex Series? Remember pre registering not only guarantees you a place, but also means you ....

First ever UK ski-a-thon by the Spinal Injuries Association

On 12 September, the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) will hold the UK?s first ever ski-a-thon, on real snow, at the SNO!zone in the Xscape Milton Keynes. Sonic the Hedgehog will open the 12-hour event by leading the skiers and snowboarders in the first leg, down the indoor slope.

Chatham refit coming along

The refit of Chatham slope is coming along well. In fact too well! As you can see from the picture we will have to put out a reduced park tonight (18/06/2009), but it'll still be a blinder.

Exclusive offer from BoardB*tch

The boys know how to play... and why should they be the only ones?!! It's time the girls stepped up and had a go for themselves.BoardB*tch is heading to Tignes this coming winter season. Offering girls-only snow weeks to bring together girls who are into snow, into riding ?n? sliding and good ....

SNO!storm next Friday at Castleford

Friday 3rd July 2009 sees the 3rd SNO!storm of the year at SNO!zone Castleford.Check out the park plan and good things on offer. This time they've got a Pirate theme going on.

More freestyle sessions at Hemel

As we reported last week, Hemel has quickly come around to the benefits of more freestyle, at least for the summer. This Saturday will see the first new freestyle session between 8 and 10pm with a cut down version of Friday's park. They are suggesting it'll be Friday's main slope setup, plus the ....

Early Bataleon 2010 boards now in stock at TSA

You read correctly, TSA have taken the very first delivery of 2010 snowboards. With the amazing reviews coming from the board test and the continuing huge interest in Bataleon we thought it only right to get some of the new snowboards in stock. So we pulled a few strings and managed to get hold of ....

Hemel park for Friday

Here's The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead park for this Friday.We'll have the photos of the park tomorrow as they build the slope Thursday night.Like the new graphic? Let them know at www.facebook.com/pages/Hemel-Freestyle/83522818360

Snowside 2009 canceled

A message on their website reads:Due to circumstances beyond the organisers control they have been left with no other choice but to cancel with immediate effect Snowside Festival due to certain unforeseen factors including the current economic climate, the pound-euro exchange rate resulting in ....

SnowFlex mega slope proposed for Dundalk, Ireland

Innovative Leisure Systems Ltd (ILS Ltd) of Dundalk and Briton Engineering Developments Ltd of Scholes, West Yorkshire today announced their part in a major ?flagship? development for Ireland, which promises to create more than 1500 long term jobs when fully operational, and will turn Co. Louth, ....

A foot of fresh in France, two in Oz as both open for the summer

www.skiinfo.com reports that there's been fresh snow in the Alps, Scandinavia and the southern hemisphere in the past week, where most resorts in Australia and New Zealand are now open. France Re-Opens For Summer Skiing With A Foot (30cm) of Fresh SnowUp to 60cm (two feet) of fresh snow in ....

See global warming in action in Switzerland

Any remaining climate-change denialists have the opportunity to book a trip to the Swiss Jungfrau region this summer and take a self-guided climate change tour of the region. ?Climate change is happening, and the Alps are already feeling the impact,? said a statement from the region, which ....

Dorset Summer Jam this weekend

The Dorset Summer Jam hits Warmwell's SnowFlex this Saturday. Registration starts at 5pm and the cost for the 6-10pm session is just �15.

Whistler reports steady Olympic bookings despite $600 room rates

"Whistler.com is seeing between 100 to 200 enquiries per day for accommodation, and we've been able to connect many Games-time visitors with accommodation providers at prices that are acceptable to both. We've become the ?go-to' site for people seeking accommodation in Whistler during Games time," ....

Etnies snow team riders deliver slope style to the streets

etnies snow team riders know that high-performance shoes don?t have to compromise on style and have delivered two new colorways hitting stores in June. Leanne Pelosi and Marie-France Roy capture their own unique personality, style and spirit in their personal colorway of the etnies Rap Super Slim (....

Scottish mountains given a spring clean

A 19 year old "Marathon" chocolate bar wrapper was one of the items unearthed at the mountain clean-up day organised by the Ski Club of Great Britain.The last weekend of May saw more than 150 people take part in the Ski Club of Great Britain?s Big Spring Clean event, a mountain clean-up day ....

New rollercoaster box for Chatham

Chatham has always had one of the best dryslope scenes in the UK. Thanks to people such as Alex Spence, enthusiastic freestyle sessions are frequent and their selection of toys is extensive.Of their newest play-thing, Alex says,Just finished work on our newest toy, a mellow rainbow box, that ....

How bad do you want to go on the Westbeach Camp of Champions?

You only have till the 15th of June to enter for your chance to win a week at the Camp of Champions!

Burton collaborate with Paul Smith

Burton Snowboards and Paul Smith Jeans have once again joined creative forces for their third limited-edition collection. Following on the worldwide success of their two previous collaborations, the 2009 collection will be sold in Paul Smith shops throughout the UK and at Burton Flagship Stores ....

Videos from Aberdeen

If you have an iPod which can play video, you can now download some past videos from Aberdeen Snowsports Centre directly to your iPod.Available now are all the G.O.A.T. videos, the grom trips to the Lecht and Cairngorm, and the most recent Freestyle Wednesday video. More will be available soon...

Tamworth park for Tuesday Grom Camp

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Tuesday, which is also a ski Grom Camp night.

The airbag dates for this week

Just thought we would give you a quick nudge to remind you about the AirBag dates that are happening across the country this week!First date at HemelOn Friday we are off for our very first session at the new Snow centre slope at Hemel! We are dead excited about this and really looking forward ..

Milton Keynes park for tonight

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park for this evening.

Schedule for NZO announced

Some of the world?s best snowboarders will once again return to the land of flat whites and the All Blacks for the sixth annual Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, taking place from August 11-15 at Cardrona Alpine Resort. At this year?s New Zealand Open, spectators can expect to see ..

Hemel slope for airbag night

Here's the Hemel Hempstead Snow Centre park layout for tonight.Check out the Facebook page and remember it's airbag night tonight for just an extra �10.Price for the 4 hour session is already reduced to �35 for non-members, with these prices becoming permanent for the summer from next ....

Springboard at Glasgow next Sunday

Registrations for the Springboard event at Glasgow on Sunday 21st June will start at 4.30pm and can be done on the day.

Springboard at Glasgow this Sunday

Registrations for the Springboard event at Glasgow this Sunday will start at 4.30pm and can be done on the day.

New PermaSnow for Chatham

Chatham has just finished having their teaching slope re-laid with shiny new PermaSnow and now the matting to relay the main slope has arrived and work has already started.Picture shows the main slope. The black area is the new underlay going down on top of the old padding, so the slope ....

The Snow Centre introduce Summer Freestyle offer

As we all know the English summer weather is never reliable, but here at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead you know our freestyle nights are!Each week our Park & Ride Friday Freestyle night offers you a fun, creative and varied park layout to suit both skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. ....

Braehead park for this week and Summer of Love

Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for the coming week. Thursday's park and the Summer of Love line is the left hand side of the slope and Friday will see the additional stuff on the right too.

Dates released for the Westbeach Snowflex Freestyle Series 2009

Dates are confirmed, slopes are cleaning out their sprinklers, de-sliming and getting ready for this year's Westbeach Snowflex Series.As last year we will be calling in at Bearsden, Halifax and Noeux Les Mines for some carpet sliding antics. Get these dates in your diary and look out for more ....

Milton Keynes parks for the coming days

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes parks for this week through next week's Summer of Love to the ski-only Afterbang park on 20th.Not sure where Thursday and Friday's park is...

Sam Cullum to guest at Definition MK

Gav Learmonth, the former British World Cup coach will be joined by British World Cup rider, Sam Cullum in Milton Keynes on the 20th and 21st June 2009. Sam will be on hand to offer you coaching tips and inspiration. This course is ideal for entry level and above freestlyle riders and anyone who ....

Kelvingrove's green beach turns white

Normally the place for skaters, students and some day time drinkers, SNO!zone took to Kelvingrove Park once more with over 70 tonnes of snow to turn the ?green beach? into a rail jam for the first Park Session of 2009.The 80 metre grass slope in the middle of the park was turned into an ....

Australia joins NZ as more southern hemisphere resorts open

More of New Zealand?s ski areas opened at the weekend, joining Mt Hutt in enjoying a great start to the winter after a snowy May. In Australia the country?s major ski areas opened although with scant snow cover on Saturday, June 6th ? the traditional opening weekend.After the unexpected large ....

A dozen ski areas still open in north as more open in south

www.skiinfo.com reports that although it may be approaching midsummer, more ski areas have actually opened for snow sports in the past week than closed, and the number of countries offering snow sports has also increased, with Australia and South Africa beginning their 2009 season. France and ....

Win a Westbeach Skyline jacket with SCUK

We haven't run a competition for a while, but Westbeach really want every UK summer shredder to know about their Skyline Jacket, so here's one up for grabs.

FBBB discounted at Hemel this Friday

This Friday sees The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead host its first freestyle event since opening. After all the work that's been put in to create some great features over the last month, FBBB's visit to the UK's most recent indoor slope should a real treat.On top of the main event, there will be ....

Testing the new SnowFlex slope in Virginia

Here's some footage from the construction and testing of the new SnowFlex slope being created at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia.

Rookie freestyle nights at Chatham

Over the summer this year Chatham are running rookie freestyle sessions on Wednesdays from 6.30 to 8.30.There will be a small park set with just a few obstacles to keep a session atmosphere going, and ski and snowboard coaches on hand to give help and advice.Theses sessions will be ideal ....

Artificial slope under construction in the Himalayas

An artificial ski slope is reported to be currently under construction at Auli, a tourist spot and well known ski centre located at an altitude of 2,500m in the Indian Himalayas.The area, one of India?s best known ski resorts although with facilities including a chairlift and cable car, will ....

Councillor challenges Snowdome over Wycombe future

The councillor in charge of planning in Wycombe has hit back at claims by the developer of a proposed Snowdome her department is ?tied up in bureaucracy?.Martin Smith, the managing director of Snowdome UK, said the company is considering whether or not to carry on with the development on the ....

Tamworth park for Board Stiff this Tuesday

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Tuesday.

Clarifying the unique SCUK discount at SNO!zone

SCUK has a unique partnership with SNO!zone, which gives SCUK members discounts above and beyond all others. However, it continues to cause some confusion for both SCUK members and SNO!zone receptionists! We've updated the text on the discount page to make things a little clearer.

Airbag on the road this weekend

TheAirBag.net hits the road running this weekend for a wee jaunt to two ace drylopes this weekend. We will be at Norfolk all day on Saturday and Bracknell all day on Sunday. They are on as part of Pat Sharples Grom Camps however there are specific sessions set aside for snowboarders and mixed ....

SnowDome park for Saturday

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday.

Swatch TTR Tour goes downunder

The 08/09 season of the Swatch TTR Tour will go down in history as the most progressive, thrill inducing snowboard championship yet. In what was a fiercely fought showdown, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) climbed up to overtake the No.1 World Ranking from Chas Guldemond (USA) and Kelly Clark (USA) who ....

FBBB discounted at Hemel this Friday (update)

This Friday sees The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead host its first freestyle event since opening. After all the work that's been put in to create some great features over the last month, FBBB's visit to the UK's most recent indoor slope should a real treat.On top of the main event, there will be ....

Hemel park for FBBB on Friday.

Here's The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead park for tomorrow's FBBB event. Don't forget, everybody can enjoy the membership rate of �35 for the four hour session.

Westbeach exclusive online offer

Westbeach offers up the perfect jacket for summer riding, dewy nights and patio pints! Lightweight and sweet style, talk about bang for your buck! Keeping it Westbeach! Feature packed with 3,000mm waterproof, 3,000 Gms breathability, critically taped seams and hand warmer pockets. And...As ....

Planned downtime on SCUK

The SCUK website may be unavailable for as much as an hour from 11pm tonight. Sorry for any inconvenience.

First Ski-Trac likely for China or Korea

The first of the giant Ski Trac indoor snow centres will begin construction within the next 12 months, but will it be in China or Korea? And now the Australian company behind the concept, which is essentially a huge, revolving, indoor mountain, has announced that larger versions still are now on ....

Milton Keynes parks for this week including SNO!storm, Park Strife and Summer of Love

Here's the four parks for the coming week at SNO!zone Milton Keynes.

10% discount at Conspiracy

SCUK are stoked to have sorted out a partnership with one of the best stores in the south east; Conspiracy in St. Albans. SCUK Members can now get a 10% discount on all full price purchases in store and online at www.conspiracy.uk.com, plus a FREE DVD with any Snowboard purchase (instore only, DVD ....

Temporary domes to protect late snow

The problem of preserving snow at conventional ski slopes, particularly on lower altitude runs ? always an issue at each end of the ski season and increasingly so with the onslaught of global warming ? have been addressed with a new concept from Snowbusiness UK.The company has launched a ....

Pakistan recaptures ski resort from the Taliban

The Deutsche Press agency (www.dpa.de) has reported that Pakistan's military have pushed Taliban militants out of the country?s former ski resort, Malam Jabba in the Swat Valley in the north-west of the country.Deutsche Press reports that the resort was destroyed by loyalists of local cleric ....

Winter X Games in Tignes

In a real coup for the resort, Tignes has been unofficially announced as the winner in the bid to host the first ever Europe Winter X Games in 2010.American TV channel ESPN has been organising the American X Games events in both summer and winter for many years and the events have become the ....

Indoor snow centre proposed for Lyon

Plans for a new indoor snow centre in Lyon, France have been announced by the projects backers who include Jean-Michel Provini, President of the Lyon Ski Club and Jean-Jaques Queyranne, president of the Rhone-Alps area. It would be the second such centre in France, following on from Amneville in ....

Karine Ruby RIP

When Karine Ruby was 20 years old, she not only competed for but won the gold medal for the Olympic Giant Slalom in Nagano, Japan. After all of her Olympic accolades Karine continued to be a major name in the snowboarding world through her freeriding in the deep powder of Chamonix and combining it ....

Big Air finals of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup in Moscow

For the third season in a row, the 2009 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup will stop for a Big Air right in front of the State University in Moscow. In addition, it?s the second time that the disciplines? World Cup finals will be held in the Russian capital to crown the new World Cup title holder. On March ..

Jamie Lynn at the BRITS SCUK Night!

Yes, you did read correctly, Jamie Lynn - owner of the greatest style in the business - is flying in from Seattle with his rock band, Kandi Coded to kick the hell out of the TSA & SCUK Rock Night at the BRITS! Gentlemans Pistols and Jett Black are also on the bill, to round off a big night of ....