Tamworth park for Saturday's Clash

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday's Santa Cruz Rookie Rider Clash.

Samsung's ?Gone in 60 Minutes? competition now live

Samsung Mobile UK today announces ?Gone in 60 Minutes? its biggest ever competition that gives people the opportunity to win a prize every hour, on the hour, in the run up to Christmas. Look out for details of how to enter on the Samsung ?Gone in 60 Minutes? Facebook page or Twitter feed and ..

Freeze Pro Shop offer SCUK members 10% discount

Freeze Pro Shop is the UK?s premier independent, 100% rider owned, ski and snowboard storeThe focus always on quality - of products and of service. The brands we stock (and don?t stock) underlines our commitment to offering only the finest snowboard products - specialist and signature model ....

Freeze Pro Shop offer SCUK members 10% discount!!

Mountain Spaces offer SCUK members 10% discount on holiday packages

Mountain Spaces offers catered chalets and self catered apartments centrally located in Morzine, Port Du Soleil, France. All our accommodation is located only a 4 min walk from the ski lifts and village centre where you will find plenty of apr�s ski and night life! Ride all day and head back to the ..

Sunshine World offer SCUK members £400 discount on instructor packages

Our professional snowboard instructor training courses are all delivered by our very own team of internationally qualified snowboard pros and are 100% guaranteed to be cheaper than EVERY OTHER snowboard instructor training course in the world! Our courses are fully ATOL Protected by the UK Civil ....

MK parks for this week, SNO!storm and Park Strife

Here are the SNO!zone Milton Keynes parks for next week, which includes SNO!storm on Friday and Park Strife on Saturday.

Chill Factore park for next Friday

Here's the Chill Factore Core Freestyle night park for the coming Friday.

Cheap membership of Ski-Allenheads

With snow forecast for the Pennines and Scotland, it's a good time to get ready for the new season, especially when the Ski-Allenheads tows are up an raring to go!This weekend is your last chance to take advantage of their reduced membership fees. Any applications I receive by 1st December ....

Cairngorm kicks off Scottish season tomorrow

Apparently Cairngorm are intending to kick off their season tomorrow with the Ptarmigan Bowl opening, although you might not be able to see much in the blizzards that are forecast.www.cairngormmountain.co.uk

Santa Cruz Rookie Rider Clash at Tamworth next Saturday

More prizes, more obstacles and more chances - who will be crowned the Santa Cruz Rookie Rider Clash winners this year?Our chums at Tamworth Snowdome came up with a screaming set of obstacles last season including a rainbow rail, kickers, wall ride and quarter pipe - hit as many or as little as ..

Mountain Spaces offer SCUK members 10% discount on holiday packages!

Sunshine World offer SCUK members £400 discount on instructor packages!

SCUK Shop launches

Yes, you really need not go anywhere else ever again... Savings... check! Cheap insurance... check! Slope news... check! Forum... check! Weather reports... check! Shop, where you can buy hundreds of snowboards, bindings, boots, clothing, accessories at incredible prices... CHECK!Powered by the ....

TSA Demo Sessions for December

The TSA Demo Sessions are back in full effect from December. Throughout December and January we will bring you four TSA Demo Sessions each month, they offer you the perfect opportunity to test out 09/10 snowboards on real snow. We have a huge demo fleet for you to try and this season we will be ....

Results of the 16th Morrow Jam

Year 16 over and a great time was had by all. Photos here.Here are the results: Juniors1st Sasha Needham2nd Mason Ferebee3rd Dan ???? (silly boy did not put his surname on the form) Women1st Alice Blake2nd Charlotte Keirle3rd Victoria Wise Men1st Lannig (Lon) ....

Shred Down series kicks off at Braehead this weekend

Kicking off this weekend is the the TSA Shred Down Series. It's a series of four snowboard competitions with a jam format held each month at SNO!zone Scotland. Riders will clock up points over all four events to become the overall TSA Shred Down winner. Points will be awarded for rider progression, ..

FREE Snowball Pass worth £15 with every SCUK Membership

Buy a SCUK Membership for just �15 and get a FREE Snowball Pass worth �15! Not only that, but we have a big box full of No Heel Lifts gizmos to give away too, worth �7.95. It's utterly ridiculous we know and there's no better time to become a member of the UK's fastest growing winter sports ....

Hemel park for this week inc. Animal Snowcamp

Here are The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead parks for this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Friday features the Animal Snowcamp Warm Up Session.

Shred Down series kicks off at Brahead this weekend

Sunshine World offer SCUK members 5-10% discount!!

Sunshine World Holidays - all inclusive snowboarding holidays: we do the work so you don't have to!Sunshine World is the leader in full service, professionally run and delivered, skiing and snowboarding holidays around Europe including Poland and Austria. If you are looking for the best, most ....

First ever Parkstrife at Castleford this Saturday

The Parkstrife events have been going off at MK for a few years, but fresh from their victorious park designs as shown in Whitelines this month, SNO!zone Castleford are upping the ante with a special 7pm to 2am Parkstrife Presents... night this Saturday.

Free pair of SHL with every SCUK membership

If there's one thing we've all suffered from, it has to be heel lift. Not only does it lead to foot pain, but it also makes your riding less effective. Coming to the rescue is the SHL, which you can read all about at StopHeelLift.co.uk. Every new SCUK membership will contain a pair of these little ....

Pics from Morrow Jam

The final of three great Friday events at the Hemel Snow Centre saw the Morrow Jam cracking out some mayhem as expected. With an innovative twin gas pipe setup either side of a booter, the setup pushed the boundaries as we've come to expect from Rob Needham who did the decent thing and wasn't dead ....

Council advised to sell Rossendale

A leading business consultant who was employed to review leisure facilities throughout the Valley has told the council to sell Ski Rossendale.A detailed report was presented by KKP consultants at a council meeting which underlined the challenges facing the ski facility, Bacup Lesiure Hall and ....

Calusa Surf and Ski offer SCUK members 10% discount

Welcome to the All NEW Calusa Surf and Ski online Shop.We are pleased to announce the introduction of our new Children?s range of kids surf and ski clothing ? led by our very special brand of Grommies 100% Australian sheepskin boots and surf wear especially designed for kids. Together with the ....

Copper building 22ft superpipe

Copper shows a substantial commitment to the progression of skiing and riding by building the resort's first ever 22 ft superpipe. The 22 ft superpipe will make its national TV debut during the USSA Grand Prix, December 10-12, when top snowboarders from around the globe will vie for coveted Olympic ..

World Snowboard Day in the UK

On Sunday 20th December 2009, the weekend before Christmas, something pretty rad is happening for the first time in the UK.World Snowboard Day is going to be going off at Milton Keynes SNO!zone, with an evening of freestyle, board demos and hearty Christmas banter!

The UK's most popular snowboard website is...

In our 12 years on the block we've ramped up some impressive awards, but we're not the only site out there doing what we do, so we decided to check out the competition as we approach peak season. The easiest way of doing this is using www.alexa.com as this is a free source of traffic information ....

Scrap Metal review and video

On November 13th the 2009 Burton Scrap Metal rolled into The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead and set a new standard for British indoor competitions. With a host of freshly constructed rails, cash prizes and a chance to ride the newest indoor slope in the UK, it meant jibbers travelled the length and ....

Results from Who's The Daddy 2009

Chris KightleyWho's The Daddy returned for its 5th anniversary at the SnowDome on Saturday 7th November.Heroic contenders piled through reception, preparing for the battle that lay before them.Kicking off the comp with Tim Sandy on the mic was the warm up session,a great opportunity to "eye-..

Hemel park for Morrow Jam tonight

For the third week in a row Hemel will put out an amazing park. Tonight it's Rob Needham's Morrow Jam, which is the longest running event on these fine shores. Having first started at the now derelict Hillingdon, before moving to Hemel's Dendix and on to Tamworth SnoDome for a few years, the event ....

Out with the old, in with the older

As part of the move to the new SCUK2 website, we're introducing a new SCUK logo, which you might recognise as it's almost exactly the same as our original logo. Distressed is sooo last year and all that.We'll be replacing the old logo, with the new/older logo over the next few days.

Boarderline offer the first 10 SCUK members to make a purchase 15% discount!!!

First 10 people to make a purchase get 15% discount!!Boarderline are pleased to offer SCUK members 10% discount on all purchases made online.Selling snowboards for 15 years, Boarderline is one of the UK?s leading independent snowboard stores. Rider owned and operated, all our staff our ....

Electric samples stolen from distributor's van in Manchester

It's a bit of a long shot, but just spreading the word a bit after our van was broken into on Friday evening by some scrote in central Manchester. We think they broke in looking for a Sat Nav, but they ended up bagging nearly �2k worth of our samples.

Next round in the battle for the World Cup title in Stockholm

Stefan Gimpl vs. Gian-Luca Cavigelli for the third time? There haven't been many duels right at the beginning of a season like the one we can witness in the big air series of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup at the moment. In both competitions held so far Austria's veteran Stefan Gimpl ....

Tamworth parks including Sick Bag

Here are the Tamworth SnowDome parks for this Saturday's Sick Bag night and next Tuesday.

Matt Walder photography

Some of you who have been around for a while will know Matt who used to be our Membership Manager, before Jess took over a couple of years ago. Matt is now following his dream of becoming a professional photographer, so we thought we'd point you at his new website.www.mattwalder.co.uk

Snowsport Scotland Lowlander & Highlander Series

After a successful first series of competitions and crowning the Scottish Freeski and Snowboard Overall Champions, the Lowlander returns for another winter season. It will retain its TTR status for the snowboarders, allowing all levels of riders to get their world ranking. This year the events ....

DC Snow Shindig and Demo Night at Chill Factore

DC Board Testing, DC Park set up with DC features, DC DJ Seb Kern, DC UK Snow Team, MC Christian Stevenson, Free Monster Energy, DC Prizes and FREEBIES and we're playing DC DVDs all night all in association with Snow & Rock - what more dya want on a friday night? RAD. Friday 20th November, 7 - ..

Hemel park for Wed/Thu

Here's the Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead park for Wednesday and Thursday this week. This Friday is the world famous Morrow Jam and we'll have the park for that soon.

CHUCKBUDDIES offer SCUK members 10% discount!

?Freestyle Snowboarding in the palm of your hand!?The concept is a pocket sized Snowboarder that can be thrown into the air by a skilled operator as onlookers witness ChuckBuddies perform mind blowing spins and flips.CHUCKBUDDiES unique design enables you to simulate moves and stimulate ....

Snowmo offer SCUK members £2 off all DVD's!

Snowmo is the UK?s best Ski & Snowboard DVD store! We offer the widest selection of DVDs from production companies around the planet for the BEST prices! In fact, our prices are unbeatable in the UK and best of all, we?re offering all SCUK members a further �2.00 off any number of this year?s mind-....

Great freestyle deals at Bracknell

Bracknell want to let you know about real recession beater they are about to introduce at the slope. Bracknell Ski and Snowboard Centre is about to introduce "3 nights of freestyle" promotion for just �20 (or �18 for alpine members). This deal entitles you to 3 sessions of freestyle for the ....

Shots from Burton Scrap Metal

As ever the Burton Scrap Metal went off. This year the only stop was at Hemel Snow Centre and after seeing the plan, I decided to step behind the lens this time again thankfully. More words coming from the Burton Cru soon, but here's another 180 shots on Facebook plus a few favourites.Unknown ..

Burton Scrap Metal cometh

With Friday fast approaching the Burton Scrap Metal is well underway and ready for action. With brand new features built especially for the event, things are likely to get pretty ill out on the hill especially with amazing prizes up for grabs ranging from a holiday with Rude Chalets (for the best ....

UK Snow Film Festival in Brighton

The UK Snow Film Festival launches on the 26th and 27th November at Komedia, Brighton and we want to show the best in UK talent alongside the best in the industry. Whether it be top quality riding, creative action sequences, serious comedy, or a mixture of all three there could be a place for your ....

Team GB Podcast - Hintertux

We have just received this season's first video podcast from the British Freestyle Snowboard Team. Check out Jamie Nicholls, Jack Shackleton, Gary Greenshields, Scott McMorris, Dan Breen, Jo Howard and Lewis Courtier-Jones all going massive in the Hintertux snowpark. There will be plenty more ....

Dan Wakeham joins panel for snowboard design competition

Half-pipe specialist Dan Wakeham, the highest ranked UK male snowboarder and the first British male snowboarder to compete in the winter Olympics in 2006, has joined the judging panel for a competition where designers are invited to have their dream snowboard turned into a reality.The UK's ....

Ski4Cheap offer SCUK members 10% discount

Ski4Cheap links qualified instructors and mountain guides directly with holidaymakers, bypassing the traditional intermediary of a ski school.This provides ski lessons at lower prices for the consumer and at higher profit for the instructor.The site enables holidaymakers to search for ....

Ski4Cheap offer SCUK members 10% discount!!

The BRITS is back and fully charged for 2010

The BRITS, Europe's longest established winter festival and number one event on the British Snowboarding and Freeskiing calendar is back! Returning to the award-winning Swiss resort of Laax, Switzerland from the 21st - 28th March 2010 at a head-turningly unbelievable �230 per person!The BRITS ....

Hemel park for Scrap Metal

Here's the park plan for the Burton Scrap Metal Jam tonight at Hemel. Registration starts at 6pm, with the jam starting at 7pm (more info).

Snowmonkeyme jam at Braehead

Open Freestyle Jam for both skiers and snowboarders of all ages. The jam will run from 8pm-10pm on our custom built park at SNO!zone Scotland on FRiday 27th November.

Unleash the Lens now heading to Manchester

As a late addition, we will now be taking the Unleash The Lens snowboard film tour to Manchester. Head down to Revolution Bar on Deansgate Locks and you will be able to check out premiere screenings of Jolly Roger (Pirates), Cool Story (Think Thank) and Zero (Heart Films). Film night kicks off at ....

Dan Wakeham Joins Judging Panel for Snowboard Design Competition

Burton Scrap Metal is almost upon us

The 2009 Burton Scrap Metal is hitting The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead this Friday with a host of new features. In fact four brand new rails have been constructed especially for the event as well as some old favourites from last year's competition. If you are lucky enough to be making the trip on ....

2010 Burton Asian Open Snowboarding Championships cancelled

Burton Snowboards today announced that they are canceling the 2010 Asian Open Snowboarding Championships due to scheduling conflicts. After careful consideration, all parties agreed that the timing of the event would not be conducive to the athletes�?? already busy schedules, especially in an ....

Respect the Mountain talk in London

With a chill in the air sweeping over London, we thought it an appropriate time to focus on an issue that winter sports enthusiasts should have a great interest in. The howies store on Carnaby Street, London, is hosting a Wee Do (in the Scottish sense of the word!) next Tuesday, 17th November. ....

Summer Media Challenge winners announced

Wow we had way more votes than we had expected, so it took us a while to sort ourselves out! We can now announce that with 81% of the votes, Unity Productions are the winners of the first Summer Media Challenge and will be heading out to the Eazy Riderz chalet in Morzine. Congratulations to Rob ..

Maverix pop their SNO!zone Scotland cherry

Maverix Snow Camp at SNO!zone ScotlandProfessional Snowsports CoachingDate : Sunday 22nd November Time : 09:00 - 17:00Location : SNO!zone Scotland The UK's most popular freestyle snowboard coaching programme makes its way to SNO!zone Scotland for the first time. The only port of call ....

Burton at London Freeze

Burton and Forum Snowboards rock the 2009 LG Freesports on 4 London Freeze at Battersea power station. Including highlights from the LG FIS Snowboard Big Air, the Forum Chillydog eating contest and the ski rail jam on the Burton London Taxi Rail. PLUS! Exclusive interviews with Burton riders Marko ....

Volcom's Fridge Fandango

Cheryl - gaspipe at SNO!zone Milton KeynesLast week, Volcom's female shredders visited three indoor snow slopes in the UK and one in Holland. This year Kari Opsal from Norway and Sarka Pancochova from the Czech Republic joined Cheryl Maas on our snowboard team and we thought it was about time we ....

Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Park is open

Let the show begin! With the opening of the Glacier Park, the 2009/10 freestyle season at the Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Park has begun. From now on, snowboarders and freeskiers can enjoy themselves on the varied kickers, boxes and rails of the four lines at the glacier of the Kitzsteinhorn near Zell am ....

Shots x180 from DC demo at Hemel

The setup at The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead on Friday was sick and the DC crew rocked with Christian Stevenson as MC. I just stood there and got bloody cold taking about 650 photos, but it did sort out the headache I'd had for a week. Here's a few favourites and the rest are available for your ....

Ryanair launches Skis Fly Free promotion

Ryanair, announced today (5th Nov 09) that the first 10,000 passengers to book a ski flight before midnight Wednesday 11th (24:00hrs) can bring their skis for free, saving up to �80 each. Ryanair's Winter Ski Programme 2009/10 offers 50 weekly flights from 7 UK airports and 1 Irish airport to ..

Sleep in resort on the train in Quebec

The ?green? ski resort of Le Massif near Quebec City in Canaa is at the heart of a �120m investment programme. The resort is refurbishing a disused railway line to launch a train service between Quebec City and Le Massif by 2011, which will have carriages that stay overnight at the resort for ....

HH installs indoor slope for first UK store

Helly Hansen, the Norwegian outdoor clothing brand, is promoting the opening of its first UK branded retail store by installing an indoor ski slope at Manchester's Arndale shopping centre.The 20 metre indoor slope hosted mini displays from professional snowboarders and skiers to build awareness ..

SNO!zone in Portsmouth for Christmas

Portsmouth on England's south coast will definitely see snow this winter as SNO!zone, the operator of three UK indoor snow slopes, will create a real snow slope there this December at the Gunwharf Quays mall.The shopping centre is installing a 15m long Sno!slide tubing attraction from December ....

Tamworth parks including Who's The Daddy?

Here are the Tamworth SnowDome parks for Who's The Daddy? this Saturday and also for next Tuesday.

Massive DC demo at Hemel tonight

Well, this is very last minute, so spread the word! Tonight sees The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead hold a massive DC demo and park night in association with Snow+Rock and Monster Energy.I know what some of the "mystery features" are noted on the slope layout and suffice to say, they are ....

Inspiration from Maverix

Gareth Andrews, LaaxMaverix is always looking to add more value to the product line, and one aspect of that riding inspiration. We have some of the best coaches in the UK throwing down on a regular basis, but we want to add that extra dimension. Maverix is all about developing and supporting local ....

TSA demo sessions at Tamworth

The TSA DEMO SESSIONS kick off at Tamworth SnowDome this month. The full park setup is out and all the boards are waxed and ready to be put through their paces. We will have all new 2009 snowboards from Signal, O-matic, YES, Nidecker, Bataleon and Dinosaurs Will Die all on demo. More DEMO SESSIONS ....

Bright and Kokubo win Halfpipe World Cup in Saas-Fee

Spain's Ruben VergesAustralians Torah Jane Bright and the Japanese Kazuhiro Kokubo have won the second Halfpipe Competition of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup 2009/2010 against the world elite of the freestyle talents. Kokubo was on fire in the perfect shaped super pipe of Saas-Fees (SUI) freestyle ....

theAirbag.net visits two SNO!zones in one week shocker

TheAirBag.net hits the road this weekend for a SNO!zone Double Dunt. We are off to SNO!zone Castleford on Friday and the SNO!zone Milton Keynes on Saturday. Both sessions start at 7pm and last until 11pm. Booking can be made by phoning the slopes or going online. Remember the sessions last for 45 ....

DevilWear Offer SCUK members 10% discount

DevilWear are a skate/ski/street/surf company selling brands such as Von Zipper, Quiksilver, Roxy, Spy, Electric, Bolle & Bloc. View SCUK discount offer.You can join SCUK for just �15. View Membership Pack & Benefits.

LG FREEZE Connects with massive crowd

This was London FREEZE's second year, with around 500 tonnes of snow again going into transforming Battersea Power Station into a massive snowsports and music festival. Headlining the music this year were Orbital on the Friday, Eagles of Death Metal and Calvin Harris on Saturday and Friendly ....

Unleash the Lens tour now on the road

Unleash The Lens 2009 started yesterday (oops) and TSA hope to see you at one of the tour dates. We have three great snowboard films lined up including Jolly Rodger (Pirates), Cool Story (Think Thank) and Hero (Heart Films), plus a van packed full of pick n mix and giveaways. Here is the full tour ....

Season?s second halfpipe contest in Saas-Fee

After Stefan Gimpl (AUT) claimed Gold in the season?s first big air in London last weekend, it?s time for some more LG Snowboard FIS World Cup freestyle action. The up-coming days are fully packed with spins, flips, grabs and style. At first, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, hosts the first halfpipe World ....

Video highlights from FREEZE

Day 1...More Snowboarding >>Day 2...More Snowboarding >>Day 3...More Snowboarding >>

Castleford parks for this week, including airbag

Here are the SNO!zone Castleford parks for this Thursday and Friday. Friday includes a visit from theAirbag.net.

SNO!storm at Brahead this Friday

SNO!storm at SNO!zone Scotland this Friday November 6th, 7pm - Midnight. 2hrs: �25 Adult/�20 Junior.3hrs: �30 Adult/�23 Junior.5hrs: �35 Adult/�28 Junior.Remember SCUK members can get 20% of these prices. The SlopeJoin us once again for the next instalment of the biggest freestyle ..

Ski Allenheads - help set up the tows this weekend

Just to remind you all that it's Tows Up Day this Sunday. I realise it was bad planning to hold it on Remembrance Day (I promise it won't happen again) but if you can make it please come and bring as many helpers as you can with you. There will be quite a lot to do and it will take most of the day ....

The Morrow Jam cometh

The Morrow Jam is the UK's longest running UK-based competition and has it's roots on the now defunct dryslope at Hillingdon, before finding a home at Hemel Hempstead dryslope and recently Tamworth SnowDome. This year Rob Needham brings the comp home to The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead. Expect ....

We've now got 2 pairs of VIP tickets for Freeze

With half of the SCUK Crew in charge of the real snow slope at Freeze this weekend, we've done the decent thing, taken the organisers under the scaffolding, beaten the proverbial out of them and we're now very pleased to announce they've very kindly doubled the original prize of VIP tickets for ....

Matti Kinnunen dominating the TTR Nissan Stomp It

In the best conditions that Modena has ever seen, Amplid rider and new Finnish superstar on the rise Matti Kinnunen took home the title of the TTR 4Star Nissan Stomp It in front of screaming Italian fans and European top riders. With a Double Backside Rodeo 900 he impressed the judges and landed in ..

Birthday boy Gimpl wins at London FREEZE

What a day for Stefan Gimpl: The Austrian snowboard veteran not only celebrated his career?s seventh World Cup triumph by taking Gold with 52.7 points at the season?s first big air competition of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup. The rider from the Salzburg countryside also made himself a fantastic ....

European TTR kicks off soon with Nissan Stomp-It

2008 Final �Cyril MeullerIf the Southern Hemisphere season is any indicator of what lies ahead this winter, Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour events will have an additional role as a pre Olympic battleground. This was showcased at the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open with never-before-seen snowboarding ....

Real snow ski slope for Sunderland

A giant indoor ski centre ? with real snow ? looks set to be built in Sunderland.The multimillion-pound development next to the Stadium of Light could also house an ice rink and other leisure facilities, specialist sports shops, bars and restaurants.It would be a first for the North East ....

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