Burton hit Cardiff tomorrow

It?s really starting to get close to the mountains opening, who?s getting stoked on the thought of winter approaching? We are!!! What better way to get a good serving of winter stoke than watching the wizardry from some of the most talented riders on the planet.The second of the Burton movie ....

The SCUK Box at FREEZE

It's The SCUK Box, but not as you know it! The cream of UK and international snowboarders and skiers will be hitting The SCUK Box atop the Burton taxi cab over the weekend at the London FREEZE. There's still time to get discounted tickets if you're a SCUK member here.You can hit The SCUK Box ....

Park Layout for the Homies Tour stop at Chill Factore

On Friday 6th November, only 6 days after Europe?s best female snowboarders come to Chill Factore, leading French snowboarder Nico Droz will arrive with the rest of the Advita team as part of the European tour for Homies 2 ? Locked outside.Ian Staton of Advita UK explained: ?Homies 2 is a film ..

Burton B Move swings passed London next week

The last leg of our UK tour for the epic team flick ?The B? is heading London bound to finish off in a flourish of musical and visual wonderment. Not only have we got one of London?s coolest music venues to screen the film - Dingwalls, we have one of the hottest new bands locked in to play; ....

Early snow at FREEZE

Here's an early morning shot from the London FREEZE taken at 7am by Stu.

Braehead park for Volcom Fridge Fantango

Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for the Volcom Fridge Fantango on Friday.

Animal Snowcamp Warm Up Session in Hemel

Fancy winning yourself a free place on the Animal Snowcamp in Austria this March? Want to get some pre-season warm-up time in, get a few riding tips and win some Animal goodies? Look no further than the Animal Snowcamp Warm Up session. The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead on Friday 27th November.

Snow making at FREEZE

Here's a shot from our man in the thick of it, Stu Brass.

Design your dream board

Designers are invited to enter a competition to have their dream snowboard design turned into a reality.The UK?s premiere snowsports centre, The Snow Centre, based in Hemel Hempstead, and HEAD Snowboards have teamed up to launch a competition for designers to create the most outrageous ....

Breathe Documentary

For those of you interested in green stuff, you might be interested in checking out the trailer for the Breathe Documentary put together by UK snowboard stalwart Drew Stevenson, Rene Eckart with a bit of help from ravis Rice, Absinthe Films and Method TV.

First big air competition of the season - London FREEZE

The LG Snowboard FIS World Cup returns to London. Right next to the iconic towers of Battersea Power Station, at the Thames riverside, the first big air of the 2010 season will take place. After the World Cup kicked off in down under with a halfpipe contest in New Zealand two months ago, it?s now ....

Who's The Daddy at Tamworth on 7th

We still can't decide whether this is friendly rivalry or a battle with bloodshed a serious possibility, but Tamworth SnowDome will be holding their annual Who's The Daddy? event on Saturday 7th November. With skiers having won every year so far, we encourage all snowboarders to "get creative"!

Additional costs of taking equipment abroad

With recent heavy snowfall across Europe, the ski season is due to kick start earlier this year. So there is no time like the present for independent travellers to get savvy on all those additional charges airlines are imposing on excess baggage.APH, the leading provider of airport parking, ....

Win Freeze tickets with TSA

TSA have four pairs of weekend passes and a pair of V.I.P tickets (Saturday) up for grabs to London FREEZE.How might I get my hands on these tickets you may ask? Well it is super simple, just follow TSA on twitter and from the clues we tweet you can work out the ticket's location in good ....

£100 of at Ride and Tested in Tignes

SCUK Members can save �100 on 7 nights of the Ride and Tested camp in Tignes in November.

SCUK members save £100 at Board B*tch in Tignes

BoardB*tch is heading to Tignes this winter with its first gals-only week of the season kicking off nice and early from Saturday 28th Nov to Sat 5th Dec 2009.

TUACA off-piste DJ battle at Freeze

TUACA, the spirit infused with citrus and vanilla, is this week hosting its first ever TUACA Off-Piste DJ Battle at the Freesports on 4Freeze Festival, Friday 30th October at Battersea Power Station. TUACA is taking over the Austrian themed chalet Apres-Ski bar, complete with artificial ....

Win a two week camp in Whistler with Core Snowboard Camps

That's right, we?re flying over to London to throw a big party for all, and to give away a free 2 week, full package Core Snowboard Camp program and return airfare through UK?s sexiest snowboard magazine ? Document Snowboard Magazine.This contest is open to all UK residents aged 18 and up. For ....

The SCUK/Westbeach Birthday Bash

As you have hopefully become accustomed Snowboard Club UK will be hosting the official head-lining, heart-stopping, mind-blowing after-party of the Metro Ski and Snowboard Show on Friday 23rd October in the Kensington Bar, Olympia, London. Bring your birthday wishes as in traditional style this ....

FREEZE connects with the UK?s Twitterati

In a quest to find the UK?s most esteemed Twitter contributor, snowsports and music festival London FREEZE has launched a revolutionary new means of acknowledging the significance of social networking via www.londonfreeze.com/lgAs the Twitter phenomenon continues to gather momentum and social ....

The Burton Movie Tour heads to Cardiff on 29th

The second stop on the Burton movie tour heads to the lively city of Cardiff on 29th Oct. We haven?t done an event in Wales in a long time, so you can be sure it?ll be one to remember! You?ll need to grab a flyer from the guys in City Surf and bring it along (completed) to 10Ft Tall to gain ....

The Burton Move Tour heads to Cardiff on 29th

The Calshot Winter Sports Festival feat. The Cally Jam

Saturday 14th November sees lots of good things to do at Calshot in Hampshire, which features the UK's only indoor SnowFlex slope.

Resort Rides offer SCUK members 10% discount on airport transfers

Resort Rides specialise in airport transfers for both individuals and groups all year round from Geneva Airport and other airports across the French Alps. Our emphasis is on a courteous and professional personal service at affordable prices.We cover most destinations including the Chamonix ....

Resort Rides offer SCUK members 10% discount on airport transfers!!

King of the Kicker at Rossendale on 15th

The legendary Rossendale, that gave us such greats as Danny Wheeler, Steve Bailey and SCUK's own Stu Brass had it's kickers burnt down recently by some mindless fools. Snowflex jumped up and replaced the kickers within a few weeks and the locals are hosting a kicker jam to celebrate.

Snowshepherd offer SCUK members 10% discount

Snowshepherd supply avalanche transceivers, probes and shovels, plus ABS Air Bags and a full range of protection wear. We offer products for all levels and are specifically geared up for off-piste, backcountry, touring and recreational boarders and skiers. Brands stocked Demon, Ortovox, ABS Airbags...

Document Snowboard on the shelves now

Another month, another closer to winter and another issue of Document hits the shelves.Up this month we have:The W�ngl T�ngl G�ng J�m 2009Editor James and his boys head to Austria to dominate a photo comp and go three's up in a bath.I am David BenedekThe weird-spinning German speaks ....

Insted language school offer SCUK members 10% discount

The world?s perfect excuse has finally arrived for you take an extended ski season this winter! Chamonix?s Insted Language School has come to the rescue, offering 10% Off French language courses to SCUK Members, allowing you to ski or board to your heart?s content in Chamonix all season if you can! ..

Report sees 6% decline in UK snowsports market

The UK snowsports market fell by 6% across all sectors in 2008/9 according to the Ski Club of Great Britain?s annual Snowsports Analysis report. The total UK snowsports market is now reported at 1.27 million people. The decline in overall numbers can be attributed to the economic climate and ....

Win VIP tickets to FREEZE

All SCUK members have the chance to win some uber-exclusive VIP tickets to the greatest show on snow in the UK - the FS04 London FREEZE. The winners will be sipping champers with the bourgeoisie and rubbing shoulders with all the pros, so for God?s sake be sure to get dribbling drunk and make an ....

24-7snow.com offer SCUK members 15% discount on seasonal accommodation

Once again 24-7snow.com is running in top gear getting everything ready for the upcoming season here in Whistler Canada. It is a particularly exciting winter because of the Olympics being in town and all the parties, celebrations and excitement that will bring to the table. The house has had a ....

24-7snow.com offer SCUK members 15% discount on seasonal accommodation!

COLab Events launches in Espace Killy

COLab Events launches winter season 09/10 to offer seasonal niche holidays, top entertainment and exceptional snowboarding and skiing in the Espace Killy area of the French Alps Designed to be eventful rather than the usual run of the mill bargain bucket holidays, COLab Events kicks off pre-....

New feature at Chill Factore park this week

Here's the Chill Factore park for this Friday.A massive THANK YOU to Barry Gee for the new feature called 'Barry Jibb'!Be amongst the first to session the new feature at one of our 3 freestyle nights this week! Wednesday on the Student Park, Thursday is an open session and Friday will be ....

MK parks for this week

Here are the SNO!zone Milton Keynes parks for this Wednesday's student night and the expanded plan for Thursday and Friday.

£50 off at Definition freestyle camp at MK this weekend

Definition snowboard camps are run by ex-GB Team coach Gav Learmouth and having been on a course recently I can highly recommend them for anybody wanting to get in to freestyle or improve their skills.This weekend's two day course at SNO!zone Milton Keynes is being discounted for SCUK members ....

SWISS now only airline offering free snowboard carriage as standard

As unprecedented economic times have lead British Airways to axe its free ski and board allowance, Swiss International Air Lines claims it is now the only airline that will transport the first set of snowsport equipment free of charge on flights this winter, in addition to complimentary checked ....

Improvements for Meribel

Meribel in the French 3 Valleys, the world?s largest ski area, has announced a number of improvements to its giant ski area for the coming winter.The slow, fixed Golf chairlift will be transformed into a fast, detachable chairlift which will halve journey times. This will allow Meribel Village ....

SWISS now only airline offering free snowboard carriage

Tamworth parks for this week

Here are the Tamworth SnowDome parks for this Saturday and next Tuesday.

First heavy snow of 09-10 season dumps on Austrian glaciers

www.Skiinfo.co.uk fired off several powder alarms yesterday, Tuesday 13th October, as up to a metre (40 inches) of fresh snow was reported falling on the half dozen glacier ski areas already open for winter 2009-10 in Austria. The snow fell right down to village level in many areas with resorts ....

FIS snowboarders for London Freeze

Here's the snowboarders who will be riding at the FIS Big Air event being held as part of London Freeze. From Switzerland:Thomas Franc Benedict Nadig Iouri Podladtchikov Colin Frei Gianluca Cavigelli Christian Haller From Czech Replublic:Martin Cernik Jan NecasFron ....

Race against the British Ski and Snowboard Team at Metro

This year?s Metro Ski & Snowboard Show at London Olympia will give visitors a unique opportunity ? a chance to race against British Ski and Snowboard Team athletes from the past and present.SnowsportGB has teamed up with the Ski Club of Great Britain, Metro Ski & Snowboard Show organisers and ....

TSA Big Bang at Castleford this Saturday

Snowboarders will have the rare opportunity for some Olympic standard coaching this Saturday (17th Oct) when the TSA (The Snowboard Asylum) Big Bang Snowboard Show comes to SNO!zone Castleford.The show will also feature seminars on snowboard servicing, mountain safety and snowboard photography ....

Volcom Action Girls Fridge Fandango

At the end of October, girls throughout the UK and Holland will have the chance to ride with our snowboard team with the arrival of the Volcom Action Girls ?Fringe Fandango?. Freestyle snowboarders attending the event will receive help and advice from Cheryl Maas and two of Europe?s best up-and-....

Meet JP Solberg at the TSA Metro Stand

That?s right! Swing by the TSA stand at The Metro Ski and Snowboard Show and meet one of snowboarding?s most progressive riders. JP Solberg will be hanging out for a couple of days at the show, come over and say hi and while you are there why not chat to the man about his new snowboard venture YES. ..

Westbeach Snowflex Freestyle Series draws to a close

Series ends for 2009 with another sweet comp Last weekend Noeux Les Mines saw itʼs annual influx of brits hitting the town to shred europeʼs biggest and best snowflex slope. With over 50 competitors, a bluebird day, some fresh rain and a ton of bread and cheese the comp went off. Despite ....

New plans for an indoor slope proposed for Blackpool

The Blackpool Gazette has revealed multi-million pound plans for a massive indoor snow dome ? slap bang in the middle of Blackpool. Two-thirds the height of The Tower, the stunning world class family attraction would be built on the 20-acre Central car park site ? once earmarked for the resort's ....

Etnies hate breast cancer

etnies Special-Edition Clothing and Shoes Will Benefit B4BC to Spread Breast Cancer AwarenessHate is a strong word, but etnies means it when it comes to the fight against breast cancer. Together etnies and Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC), a non-profit, youth-based breast cancer awareness ....

Date set for Morrow Jam

The date has been set for Friday 20th November for the return of the UK's longest running competition and it's first time on the indoor slopes of the Hemel Snow Centre. Rob Needham is back for more... he's just trying to persuade them to let him be "creative".

Snowpod picks up design award

Snowpod kicks off the 09/10 winter season with a shiny new award for best interior design at the Cardiff Design Festival this week.Rider-owned and run and launched last season in Tignes France, Snowpod is designed by the in-house team with the brief to make it strictly fun, edgy, irreverent and ..

Britain's best reach for the rafters at Olympia

The British Snow Tour Invitational Championships, Metro Ski & Snowboard Show, London Olympia. James WoodThe British Snow Tour brings the UK?s freestyle elite to the annual spectacle that is the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show on Friday 23rd October 2009 for the highly anticipated British ....

Yew Clothing offer SCUK Members 10% discount

Yew Clothing is offering 10% off everything online to members. Yew Clothing makes performance sports and outdoors clothing from sustainable materials. Designed by athletes who wanted a little more from the sports clothing they wear, Yew?s selection of fleece jackets and Everywear performance tops ..

Get sharp at Aberdeen

As Duthie puts it:Here's a wee vid advertising our ski & board workshop at the Aberdeen slope. Thought you might be up for putting it on your site. Granted, it won't have much impact on those living outside Aberdeen, but it might raise a smile...

Save £30 when you become a member at Chill Factore

On production of a valid SCUK Membership card at Chill Factore, you can benefit from a special SCUK rate for annual membership for �70 for Adults and �50 for Juniors, which is a saving of �30 and �20 respectively.That means you only need to visit 10 times or 9 for juniors, on a 1½ hr ....

YEW CLOTHING OFFER SCUK MEMBERS 10% DISCOUNT!

Fancy working at FREEZE Festival, London?

Are you interested in working at the UK's biggest ever winter sports and music festival, London FREEZE, and naturally, getting experience working on a world class event and getting in for free?Soulsports are looking for physically strong and enthusiastic skiers and/or snowboarders to assist ....

Finalists for the Summer Media Challenge

We've just finished watching all the video entries and our eyes and heads are now sore. But the Media Challenge crew have decided upon 3 finalist videos for you the public to vote for best video. The videos were chosen as they showed what the UK scene is all about, or had super tech riding and ....

DJing workshops at FBBB this weekend

KMT, FBBB, NMC and Defcon Workshops will be providing some DJing and lyric writing workshops at MK this Saturday as part of the FBBB grand final.

MK parks for this week, including FBBB finals on Friday

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park for Thursday...... and Friday, which hosts the FBBB Finals.

MK park for FBBB finals on Friday

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park for Friday, which hosts the FBBB Finals.Saturday's park Strife park can be seen here.

Hemel parks for this week

Here are The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead parks for this Thursday and Friday. Remember the slope and bars are closed tonight (Wednesday 7th October) for the BASI AGM.

Volcom offers to give a second life to your denim

rom October 1st to Dec 31st, you can give a second life to your denim!GIVE A SECOND LIFE TO YOUR DENIM will take place at the Volcom Store LONDON, 7 Earlham Street.Drop your old jeans at the Volcom Store London and enjoy a 15% off discount on the purchase of a new Volcom jean.We will ....

Discounted London FREEZE tickets for SCUK Members

Extra! Extra! Snowboard Club UK has secured discounts on the hottest tickets in town!Yes, yes, yes... yet another ruddy good reason to join the SCUK fold as we secure a cracking discount on tickets to the UK's biggest ever winter sports and music festival, London FREEZE at Battersea Power ....

Unleash The Lens Tour

Unleash The Lens is back for 2009 and we have some amazing films hooked up for your viewing pleasure, next month we will be packing up the van and heading on a 7 stop tour around our fair isle. We have three killer films for this year?s tour. First off it?s Jolly Roger from Pirate Movie ....

Save £15 on SnowDome membership with SCUK

SCUK Members can now save their joining fee in one fell swoop when purchasing a single adult Tamworth SnowDome membership.Membership of Tamworth SnowDome is without a doubt the cheapest way to real indoor snow in the UK. For example, between March and August ANY three hour recreational session ....

Fresh snow, fresh prices at SNO!zone Scotland

Fresh Snow, Fresh Prices at SNO!zone Scotland replaces our amazingly successful Price Slide with yet more days of discounted slope time. Get skiing or snowboarding slope time for only �12 for 1 hour, �15 for 2 consecutive hours with this amazing new special offer! No clauses, no restrictions ....

Will Hughes signs for Artec international team

TSA pro rider Will Hughes will now be flying the flag for Artec as he steps up to take a position on the international team. This week Blaise Rosenthal from Artec came to hang out in the UK with the TSA crew and hooked up Mr Hughes as a brand new snowboard sponsor. Seasoned rider Will is stoked to ....

Two Seasons demo at Tamworth

Two Seasons are holding a demo with Burton Snowboards on the Tuesday 13th of October 2009. This will be a great chance to test all the latest gear from Burton. The night starts at 8:30pm and finishes at 12:00am. All you have to do is pay for the slope time and you get to test as much gear as you ....

Maverix ?The Gold Standard?

Jay Streater © Jules SmithFor many the only viewpoint of Maverix is the relaxed and chilled coaching from the sidelines as they bust moves they never thought possible only hours before. Now as the business moves forward then the key for us is to provide motivation beyond our courses. We pride ....

Cally Jam on 14th November

A day long event in the UK's only indoor Snowflex slope. Taster lessons, recreational riding and the main jam followed by the final. More details to follow.

Westbeach launch another Ltd Edition Tee of the Month

Thatʼs right, get your lucky paws on one of these limited edition bad boys for only �19.99 at www.westbeach.comAnother sweet design from our creative director Andrew. Taken from an old classic yet brought into the noughties in a super sick stylee. You need this tee on your back and with ....

Nicolas Droz at Chill Factore for HOMIES 2 premier

On 6th November Nicolas Droz and the Advita Team will be descending on the Subvert Board Store at Chill Factore, before riding the CFe park. Then it's the premier of HOMIES 2 and the Monster afterparty.

Has Jamie Nicholls almost reached the ceiling?

Although UK wunderkid Jamie Nicholls failed to make it through to the finals of the British Snow Tour Indoor Big Air Championships last month, it certainly wasn't for a lack of trying.Check out these shots by Jools Smith that show just how close Jamie was to the ceiling at SNO!zone Milton ....

Animal Slopestyle Champs wraps Tour up in style

The Animal Slopestyle Championships at Castleford SNO!zone wrapped up the 2009 British Snow Tour in style on Saturday 3rd October. The creative slopestyle course, which included a selection of rails, boxes, kickers and elevated pipe jibs set the stage as over 160 of the UK?s top freestylers battled ..

No freestyle at Hemel this Wednesday

Du to a closed event on Wednesday 7th October, The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead slopes and bar will be closed from 5pm. Everything is back to normal on Thursday.

Youngster defies the odds to become British Champion snowboarder

A youngster from Davyhulme, Manchester who has suffered from a hip disorder since birth defied all odds to become a champion freestyling snowboarder with the support of Chill Factore.Tom Robinson at Norfolk © Dunx @ SCUKFull article on Messenger.

Just Snowboard camp dates

The Just Snowboard camp dates are now available and remember, it's not Just 4 Girls anymore and there are camps that cater for everybody. Remember all SCUK Members can save 5% on Just Snowboard camps. Discount details are HERE.All the dates are on the SCUK Camp Calendar.Just 4 Girls Camp: ....

Successful Winter season for all Wanaka resorts.

Lake Wanaka brought a successful winter season to a close at the weekend with all four resorts, Treble Cone, Snow Park NZ, Cardrona Alpine Resort and Snow Farm, reporting excellent visitor numbers, great snow conditions throughout and many successful world-class events.Shaun White at the ....

Doubts hang over the future of Scotland?s oldest ski resort

A question mark was hanging over the future of Scotland?s oldest ski resort last night after it emerged it may not open for winter.The operator of Glencoe Mountain has failed to sell the White Corries centre or attract new investors after putting it on the market in March. Company chairman ....

ForBoardersByBoarders final approaches

As our summer series reaches its tipping point, all focus has been shifted towards the much anticipated finals at SNO!zone, Milton Keynes on Saturday October 10th! Were expecting an all out epic shred fest!

McKenna sets her sights on Vancouver

McKenna broke her silence on the forthcoming games when she told the 'Strathy' that she would be doing everything she could to become the first British snowboarder to make a hat-trick of Olympic appearances.

Westbeach Snowflex Series Final hits Noeux Les Mines next weekend

That?s right, the countdown has begun. Just 8 days until it's time to throw down at the biggest dry slope event of the summer!If you don?t know about it already check out the photos from last year on www.snowflexseries.westbeach.com book your ferry load up your mates and come on out to bag ....

Cameras, Snow Centre, Action - win a freestyle pass worth £1500

Freestyle fanatics are invited to enter a competition to become the next Warren Miller of the snow sports world. The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead is today launching a competition to see who can create the best freestyle video this side of the Alps. Season freestyle passes worth over �1,500 are ....

rocksresort in LAAX opens its doors for the new season

This year stylish snow lovers are heading to innovative LAAX. The long awaited rocksresort in LAAX will be fully completed this winter. Masterfully integrated in its mountain surroundings, the sleek self-contained ski village features minimalist design and comprises of seven cube-shaped ....

Intrawest makes lids mandatory for kids and ski school

Intrawest, operators of nine North American ski areas including Whistler, Panorama, Steamboat, Winter Park and Tremblant, are introducing new requirements for children and teenagers and anyone taking ski school lessons to wear helmets on the slopes. The group will also require staff to wear helmets ..

Sun Peaks to award top ski bum with season long luxury

Sun Peaks has announced the launch of a remarkable competition, which will give snow-lovers the chance to win an all-inclusive stay in the mountains for the entire 2009/2010 Winter Season.One lucky skier or snowboarder winner of the ?I want to be the Snow Bum? contest will spend three months of ..

MK park for Park Strife

Here's the park plan for this Saturday's Park Strife at SNO!zone Milton Keynes.

Chill Factore park for Santa Cruz 20th Birthday Battle

Friday 2nd October 2009 sees Chill Factore host the Santa Cruz 20th Birthday Battle on the main slope from 7pm until 11pm. In its honour, Santa Cruz will be taking over the freestyle slope and creating a unique freestyle night for snowboarders and skiers.Santa Cruz will be introducing the ?....

Glencoe petition to "Save Our Snow"

The Glencoe website has launched a petition to save their snow as the resort faces a possibly bleak future. This will be presented to the Scottish Government.To check the back story on this see:SCUK forumBBC NewsWinter Highland forum

Castleford parks for this week including the Brit Snow Tour

Although we've already posted up both these park layouts we thought it might be worth a reminder that this Friday see SNO!zone Castleford host the Pre-Brits SNO!storm and then on Saturday the Animal British Indoor Slopestyle Championships.

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