Plans for a snow dome in Southampton took major step forward today after five rival developers said they wanted to build it.The developers, who include the UK?s largest indoor ski operator, last night officially registered their interest for the multi-million pound project.Southampton City ....
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Five developers up for Southampton indoor slope
Plans for a snow dome in Southampton took major step forward today after five rival developers said they wanted to build it.The developers, who include the UK?s largest indoor ski operator, last night officially registered their interest for the multi-million pound project.Southampton City ....
Get sponsored by Contract Snowboards
Contract Snowboards lunch the ?Battle for Britain? sponsorship competition.Polish manufacturer Contract Snowboards is looking to recruit one British rider to it?s ?Support Young Shredders? sponsorship program. To find the UK?s best unsigned talent, the folks at Contract have created a unique ....
Giant coming to Fernie
Griz the legendary Fernie giant is due to make an appearance at the resort in British Columbia shortly.The giant cut-out of The Griz, complete with hole in face for photo taking, just arrived at the resort so should be installed soon. ?We?re looking forward to seeing The Griz up and in ....
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Boardworx offer SCUK members 10% discount
Board-worx.com is an online snowboard and fashion retailer. We stock equipment from Ride, Lib Tec, 32, Dakine, Dragon, Oakley. Clothing wise we have Quicksilver, Roxy, Volcom, Billabong, 32, Etnies. We pride ourself on our good customer service and hope to give you a good deal at the same time. We ....
Intrawest future unclear
Intrawest, once the world?s leading ski resort operator and still owner of nine major ski areas including next month?s Olympic host Whistler Blackcomb has had its ?assets seized? by lenders after it reportedly failed to make repayments on a $1.4 billion loan at the end of last year.Lenders ....
Rail travel to The Alps made easier
For the increasing number of skiers keen to travel to Europe by train, the journey is now even easier thanks to a new range of advance-bookable taxi transfers in Paris which are now available at www.snowcarbon.co.uk, the new website which promotes train travel to Europe for skiers and snowboarders. ..
Friday, 29 January 2010
Time to get BASI qualified?
Tamworth SnowDome is now a BASI centre of excellence and one of the best places in the UK to get yourself skilled up for teaching the good sport.BASI Snowboard Level 1 Courses19-23 April 201024-28 May 201028 June-2 July 201023-27 August 201027 Sept-1 October 201025-29 October 2010....
Xtreamcam hits the slopes
An ingenious new product that will create professional looking film of any skier or boarder descending the slopes of a ski resort for which users will pay just a few Euros for the film is currently being trialled at a major resort.Xtreamcam, working with GDO, have developed high-end software ....
Biggest Swatch TTR event in Russia - the 4STAR BGV Fest
Despite this week?s cancellation of the Air & Style Moscow, another Swatch TTR event will bring snowboarding at its best to Russia: the 4Star BGV Fest from February 5th to 7th 2010 in the Metallurt-Magnitogorsk Ski Resort (Bannoe Lake). This legendary contest is bringing the 2009/10 BGV Tour to a ....
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Roxy Girls walking on sunshine
Torah Bright, Kjersti Buaas, Lisa Wiik and the rest of the Roxy Team are Walking on Sunshine! The girls sing and dance their way through the streets and the mountains of Morocco, America, Italy, France, Switzerland and Austria to put this smile on your face!
Canadian riders prepare for 5STAR Burton Canadian Open
The 5Star Burton Canadian Open Snowboard Championships are getting ready to make some pre-Olympic commotion on the Swatch TTR Tour at the ?WinSport? Canada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary, AB, Canada on February 1st-7th, 2010. A strong field of Canadian riders will get their chance to prove ....
LIVE 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver on British Eurosport and Eurosport HD
This month British Eurosport brings 24/7 coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from Vancouver. It will be the 11th consecutive winter games on the channel and the first to be broadcast in stunning high definition on Eurosport HD.The LIVE coverage will start each day following the Olympic ....
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
adidas iD2 go for British Gold at 2010 Winter Olympics
Red, white and blue Union Jack inspired adidas iD2 goggles were the winning design chosen by thousands, to be worn by and unique to our British adidas eyewear sponsored athlete?s at this years 2010 Winter Olympics next month.Over quarter million of the public viewed the design creations in the ....
Braehead park for this week to Sunday
Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for Thursday through Sunday, including Saturday's TSA Shred Down event. More info coming on that soon.
Slide Show kicks off today
With more cold weather rolling in, there?s no denying that winter is making itself felt this season, so there?s even more reason to attend Slide to get the best gear for next year.And as winter continues, yet more exhibitors have signed up for Slide. Recent additions include:Dix gloves, Mycoal, ..
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Gimpl wins 4th FIS Big Air World Cup Title
O?Neill team rider Stefan Gimpl has been crowned FIS Big Air World Cup Champion following the fifth and final Big Air contest of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup season. The Austrian's fourth place finish in Stoneham last weekend was more than enough to secure an incredible third consecutive ..
Team GB Vancouver 2010 Athletes Announced
BOA Announce Team GB Snowsport AthletesWith seventeen days to go until the start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the British Olympic Association (BOA) have today (26 January) announced the skiers and snowboarders who will take part in the Vancouver, Canada between 12 ? 28 February.The ....
Freestyle plans for Chatham
Some excellent news, first of our many changes for 2010, due to the massive popularity of the Tap 'N' Spin sessions last summer we now have music every week on slope! So let us know what music gets you guys and girls pumped to ride through our Facebook page and we'll get it on the playlist! ....
Monday, 25 January 2010
Extreme sports film coming to a cinema near you
The phenomenon of the Nuit de la Glisse has been inspiring fans and riders across the whole of Europe for over 28 years. Known as Perfect Moment since 2000, the work of a passionate group of visionaries in the sports known as "glisse" ? surfing, skiing, free-fall, skate and more ? are magnificently ..
BRITS high-speed action and wristband privileges!
With less than 60 days to go before the BRITS 2010 Snow & Music Festival hits Laax, Switzerland, organisers are excited to announce the brand new Garmin Speed Challenge and the return of the Red Bull Homerun and much loved Cushe Airbag at this year?s event, 21st ? 28th March 2010.This bevy of ....
25% off at Westbeach until Friday midnight
The Westbeach 12 days of Christmas 25% discount ended recently, but SCUK have secured a unique deal where all 12 deals are still available to SCUK members until Friday midnight. All you need is the secret discount code, which members can find here.Start shopping at www.westbeach.com
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Snowboarding in England
Whilst Scotland is reporting their best season for 14 years, it's also worth noting there's a few English hills that operate on and off.One of those is Harwood Common in County Durham, who recently contacted SCUK to let us know they now have their own website at www.harwoodski.webs.com and that ..
Iouri Podladtchikov takes O'Neill Evolution halfpipe
Iouri Podladtchikov © O'NeillIouri Podladtchikov has taken victory in a spectacular halfpipe final at the O?Neill Evolution in Davos, with the UK's Dan Wakeham making the final.?I feel better now than I did at the end of my run,? said Iouri on receiving his prize money. Despite ....
Pancochova and Murakami take Kreischberg?s Halfpipe World Cup
First ever victories in Styria: Sarka Pancochova (CZE) and Daisuke Murakami (JPN) have celebrated their career?s first ever LG Snowboard FIS World Cup victories in the halfpipe at Kreischberg. The Czech rider dominated the ladies? night final with 42.1 points thus relegating China?s Zhifeng Sun (40...
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Marko Grilc takes O?Neill Evolution slopestyle
Marko Grilc has won the O?Neill Evolution slopestyle final in emphatic style with a run containing a double backflip, a double cork 1080 and a 5/0 backflip off the up-box at the end. ?I am so stoked,? said the Slovenian snowboarder. ?It?s been a tough day. I slammed like crazy. I am in full ....
6Star Burton European Open brings the circus to Laax Switzerland
,The Burton European Open kicked off with junior competitions this past weekend in Laax, Switzerland and will run through till Saturday, January 16th. The legendary European event is a major milestone on the Swatch TTR World Tour with two 6Star results available for both the men and the women. With ..
Shaun White?s Insane New Double McTwist 12
Shaun White busted out an insane new trick at the final Grand Prix practice under the lights at Park City tonight?a double McTwist 1260. He says, he booked it straight to Park City after the Mammoth Grand Prix and, reminiscent of last winter when he innovated the double cork, he fixated on this new ..
Friday, 22 January 2010
Whistler up for sale during the Olympics
Wall Street financiers say they are going to put the Whistler Blackcomb resort up for sale while the facility is hosting Winter Olympic events next month.Creditors who have lent $1.4 billion US to the ski resort's owners, Intrawest ULC, have effectively seized control of the company and are ....
Whitelines Magazine App for your iphone
Get your favourite magazine direct to your iPhone with the Whitelines Magazine App.Get a free Whitelines magazine when you download the app from the iTunes Store.The app comes with: * Interactive page flipping, so you can read it just like a normal magazine * A zoom feature to read ....
10% off Neilson holidays for SCUK members
SCUK members can take advantage of a 10% discount on trips to Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA with Neilson.Neilson is an award-winning active holiday company with over 30 years of experience. Their unrivalled team ....
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Wipeout offer SCUK members 20% discount!!
Wipeout - A Goggle Wipe and Piste Map - in one! This year, there will be a new alternative to the traditional folded paper piste map. get yours now. Paradiski Wipeout includes: Les Arcs on one side and La Plagne on the other side.Chamonix Wipeout includes: Grands Montets, Le Tour/....
King of Snow - Round 4
OK gang, in round 4 of King of Snow, Horsefeathers teamrider and Isenseven member Michi Zirngibl is showing you how to rock a FS 540� and as always, we want you guys to have a go, film and upload it for muchos prizes and bragging rights... good luck people. Find out more including how to upload ..
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
The SCUK Winter Bash Dash
Next week, 100 of the SCUK massive descend on Dragon Lodge and Tignes, France for the 2010 SCUK Winter Bash. It's always a bit of a laugh where friends are made, lines shared and candles unwisely burned at both ends.There's the Welcome Meal on Sunday (read "piss up on a plate") and the ....
British Olympic Snowboard Team
Stuart Brass (Snowboard Club UK director) was at the British Olympic Selection meeting yesterday for the Vancover Olympics snowboard team and they have selected Ben Kilner & Lesley Mckenna (HalfPipe), Zoe Gillings (Snowboardercross), Adam Mcleish (Parallel Slalom). Reserves Dom Harington & Kate ....
Danny Davis out of the Olympics
American snowboarder Danny Davis will miss next month's Vancouver Olympics after suffering a spinal fracture in a quad bike accident.Davis, who won a halfpipe event in Utah on Saturday, suffered the injury in the early hours of Sunday morning.But doctors are hopeful that the 21-year-old ....
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Oakley to partner European X Games in Tignes
The legendary Winter X Games will kick off in Europe! From March 10th to 12th 2010, the best freestyle winter athletes will compete in Tignes (France). Oakley Europe is proud to announce itself as the official eyewear partner. For the first European edition, the Winter X Games have scheduled 7 ....
Airport Park and Ride offer SCUK members 15% discount!
Airport Park and Ride are delighted to offer Snowboard Club Members a 15% discount on our airport parking at Glasgow and Edinburgh International Airports. Please enter promotional code ?SKI1? when booking directly online at www.airportparkandride.com. Our brands are synonymous with great customer ....
11th Burton European Open continue with Halfpipe pre-qualifications men
Today, Monday, the Burton European Open continued with the halfpipe pre-qualifications for the men. The superpipe on Crap Sogn Gion was in great shape and the weather was ideal for riding today. It was up to the 100 men to determine which 40 riders will advance to the halfpipe qualifiers, which ....
Monday, 18 January 2010
TDF Fashion offer SCUK members 10% discount!
We know you want to look your best on the snow, but we also know you want to look your best in the bars too. That?s why TDF Fashion is offering SCUK members 10% off everything (excluding sale items) and there is FREE delivery on orders over �50 too.Stocking great men?s high street bands ....
Juuso Laivisto wins 4Star Red Bull Nanshan Open in China
Cloudy yet wind-free conditions in the Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park created a moody backdrop as yesterday?s 12 qualified riders stepped up to do battle on day two of the 4Star 8th Red Bull Nanshan Open, Asia?s largest stop on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour this season.European Rules With ..
Gloucester slope up for sale
Gloucester Ski Slope and the adjoining Gloucester Golf Club have been put on the market.The ski and snowboard centre, which currently forms part of the Ramada Gloucester Hotel and Country Club, is being sold by Kayterm Limited through Humberts Leisure.Established in 1973 the Matson centre ....
Sunday, 17 January 2010
SNO!zone Scotland Airbag Wednesday 20th January
Next Wednesday night sees a cut price Airbag Night at SNO!zone Scotland. Take advantage of the amazing �12 for one hour or �15 for 2 hours and hit up the airbag with an �8 add on 45 minute airbag pass!We will be mixing up the dates for the airbag throughout the year with some mid week, Fridays ....
King of Snow - Round 3
Greetings folks, in round 3 of King of Snow, Horsefeathers teamrider Honza Zajic out of Czech Republic is showing you how to do a lovely FS 360� and as always, we welcome you to copy, film and upload it for muchos prizes and bragging rights... good luck all!Find out more including how to upload ..
Snow on CairnGorm passes five feet
?It just gets better and better.? is the comment from staff at CairnGorm ski area above Aviemore in Scotland.Approximately 1.5 metres or five feet of snow has now fallen on the upper slopes since Christmas and temperatures forecast to remain at or below freezing for the rest of the week at ....
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Enni Rukajärvi wi s Roxy Chicken Jam
19-year-olf Finn wins the world?s biggest girls-only snowboard event at Saalbach Hinterglemm, Austria.In a high-class competition, Enni Rukaj�rvi took victory at the 7th Roxy Chicken Jam 2010 at Saalbach Hinterglemm. At the world?s biggest snowboard event for girls only, the 19-year-old Finn ....
Park for Chill Factore this Friday
Check out this week?s freestyle park at Chill Factore. Click here to book your session.
Extra subvert Academy date at Chill Factore ? Thurs 21st Jan
Due to popular demand there will be another chance to learn and perfect your freestyle skills this January on Thursday 21st. The Subvert Academy is a freestyle coaching session for all snowboarders looking to take their riding to another level. Whether you?re hitting your first kicker or ....
Friday, 15 January 2010
WB10 Itinerary
Here's what we're up to next week. I can see those that aren't going are jealous as apparently Tignes is amazing right now. There's always 2011!!
Dubai debt halts building of 22 mile indoor mountain range
Representatives from the emirate of Dubai announced with disappointment this week that its recent debt crisis has forced developers to halt construction on the city's long-planned 22-mile-long indoor mountain range.The culmination of a decade's worth of ambitious and expensive building projects,..
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Finnish riders dominating Men?s Halfpipe Semi-Finals at 11th BEO
The men?s halfpipe qualifications and semi-finals were happening today up on Crap Sogn Gion at the 11th Burton European Open. After yesterday?s cloudy skies, bluebird welcomed the riders this morning as well as a perfectly prepared superpipe. The young guns were the surprise of the week so far, and ..
BoardB*tch... come play with the big girls!
BoardB*tch hosts its next gals-only snow week in Tignes on February 28th 2010... to bring together girls who are into snow, into riding ?n? sliding and into good times... Not a camp as such, but a chillaxed week where we can hang out and ride together at our own pace, spread the love of ....
Entries now open for Oakley Jib-Vid 2010
Entries for the ultimate riding and filming event, Oakley Jib-Vid 2010, are now open, so get your team of 3, fill in the entry form, clear your calendar from 17th-19th March; and you will be in with a chance to compete for the 10,000 euro prize purse against the best at the awesome Vans Penken ....
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
UK's Fuller and Nicholls through to BEO slopestyle finals
Slovenian Luka Jeromel & US rider Ty Walker dominate the men?s and women?s slopestyle qualifications.Sunshine and blue skies welcomed the riders today on the fourth day of the 2010 Burton European Open. 40 men who came through from the Pre-Qualifications and 50 women had two runs to prove their ..
Jamie Nicholls 10th in BEO slopestyle semi-finals
Christian HallerNorwegians and Finnish riders take top spots in Men?s Slopestyle Semi-Finals.The Burton European continued today with the Men?s Slopestyle semi-finals. It was the first day top seeded riders like Peetu Piiroinen or Iouri Podladtchikov were in action to meet the 18 men who made ....
Tracking Eero on Sky Sports Xtra
SOakley?s TV series, Tracking Eero, featuring Eero Ettala and friends has started to air on Sky Sports Xtra & Digital and will continue into February.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Red Bull Illume 2010
After the spectacular success of the first Red Bull Illume Image Quest, the world?s biggest photography contest for action and adventure sports now returns for a new edition ? and you can be part of it!With the first contest already resulting in a staggering 2000 international photographers ....
Team GB Vancouver 2010 website launched
On 12th February 2010, exactly one month from today, approximately 50 athletes representing the best of British winter sport will walk into the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games determined to achieve their personal best for Team GB. You can follow Britain?s finest winter athletes ..
TSA Shred Down reviews
All new for this season the TSA Shred Down series kicked off at SNO!zone Scotland on Saturday 28th November and got off to an epic start. The vibe was great, the park was perfectly shaped and the riders were throwing down huge tricks all night. With points up for grabs at each event of the four ....
Monday, 11 January 2010
BRITS music line-up announced. Don?t miss out
The BRITS are excited to announce the initial music line-up for their 21st annual Snow and Music festival in Laax, Switzerland from the 21st ? 28th March 2010. If the fact that you can get a week?s package deal out to the BRITS from as little as *�230 wasn?t enough to convince you to book, then the ..
11th Burton European Open kicks off with Junior Slopestyle Finals
The 11th Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships started it?s week-long ?Circus? show today with the junior slopestyle competition here in LAAX, Switzerland. 54 little rippers up to 14 years old from fourteen nations were competing today up on Crap Sogn Gion. 13-year-old Swiss rider David ....
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Junior competitions wrap up at 11th Burton European Open
Chloe Kim � LaemmerhirtToday the juniors wrapped up their competitions with the halfpipe finals up on Crap Sogn Gion. Bluebird skies greeted the groms (up to 14 years old) this morning and the well known superpipe here in LAAX was in perfect condition for the youngest competitors of the BEO. The US ..
Document is dead. Long live www.Document!
You may have heard rumours that your favourite UK Snowboard Magazine is done. No such luck.Snowboarding hasn't just changed the face of the mountains in the space of a few years, it's the fastest-moving snowsport with the youngest participants by a mile. Snowboards, holidays and gear are bought ..
Extreme Sports Channel and Freecaster.tv join forces
Extreme Sports Channel, the world?s first TV channel dedicated to the action sports lifestyle, and Freecaster.tv, the premier online video platform for live action sports, today announce the launch of a new online destination for action sports fans around the world. This new partnership will ....
Saturday, 9 January 2010
25% off at Westbeach until Saturday midnight
The Westbeach 12 days of Christmas 25% discount ended recently, but SCUK have secured a unique deal where all 12 deals are still available to SCUK members until Saturday midnight (one day longer than originally reported). All you need is the secret discount code, which members can find here.....
First Freestyle Park for 2010 at Chill Factore tonight
Below are the plans for the first freestyle night of 2010 at Chill Factore on Friday 8th January. Due to the current weather and travel conditions tonight?s Freestyle session will finish at 10pm, that?s still 3 hours riding.For current opening time information please visit www.chillfactore...
LD Mountain Centre reaping the rewards
Jerry Boothroy skiing outside the shopWe've just got off the phone from Roddy Mackay who runs LD Mountain Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne. His shop has featured on a host of news sites recently as employees were spotted turning the ice-packed pavement of Dean Street's 30% gradient outside the shop ....
UK under snow
Check out this amazing NASA satellite image taken at 11.15am yesterday showing the extent of the deep freeze. Only the tip of Anglesey, the Cumbrian coast and parts of Western Scotland are still green.
Friday, 8 January 2010
Skiing on the roof of the world, well Hemel at least
Pro-skier Peter Silver Gillespie takes to the slopes in this amazing shot - skiing on TOP of a snow centre. The 39-year-old ski ace - an internationally qualified ski coach and an examiner of ski instructors - took to the 160m-long roof on the Snow Centre to take advantage of the deluge of real ..
The Skullcandy Sista Sessions in Austria
All you shred Sistas? out there get waxing your boards and get ready for the Skullcandy Sista Sessions Slopestyle competition, which is taking place at the VANS Penken Park in Mayrhofen, Austria on Saturday the 13th February 2010. This all female event is set to be action packed with photo shoots, ....
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Nikita celebrate 10 years
In what seems like a blink of an eye Nikita Clothing has approached a milestone 10 year anniversary in 2010. There?s hardly been enough time to sit back and recall just what an achievement that is however a perfectly fitting tribute to the celebrations began in September 2009 with the opening of ....
Best start to Scottish season for 14 years
Scotland continues its best start to the winter in 14 years with CairnGorm Mountain?s thigh-deep powder offering ?better skiing than Utah!? according to ski patroller Colin Matthew. Although The Lecht?s powder is ?only? knee-deep, Lecht Managing Director, Pieter du Pon said ?because the temperature?..
Turkey announces 40 new ski areas
The number of ski areas in the world may be increasing rather than decreasing with hundreds of new centres having opened in Eastern Europe and in Asia over the past decade. The latest country to announce a big increase in their ski area count is Turkey, where government ministers announced ....
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
New iPhone app guide to over 1000 resorts
A new guide to mountain resorts worldwide has been published on the iPhone. The PeakLocation app, published by the team behind the popular www.PeakLocation.com website, is a guide to both where to go skiing and becomes a companion while you?re there.The PeakLocation app provides a vast amount ....
Eleven World Cup stops in January
The New Year provides an action-packed January with the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup speeding up from zero to sixty. From January 6th through 30th, eleven competitions will take place in all disciplines of the world-wide tour, with the first of them to be hosted in Europe. The race boarders ....
Calling all UK shredders with a cameraphone
Following long discussions with the King of Snow organisers last year, SCUK convinced them to create a national league to encourage all-comers to take part in this truly global, yet open-standard competition. As you'll notice, one Colin Andrews from Glasgow has taken full advantage and is ....
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
The O'Neill Evolution kicks off tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland
The O?Neill Evolution 2010 is gathering momentum under the snowy skies of Davos, Switzerland. Ushering in the New Year, the 6 Star Swatch TTR World Tour event starts tomorrow afternoon with the women?s halfpipe ? promising a spectacular showing with a bigger halfpipe than ever seen before at ..
Three nights of freestyle deal still available at Bracknell
This is a reminder to everyone that the 3 nights of freestyle promotion runs out at the end of this month at Bracknell. Just �20 gets you 3 sessions of freestyle on the Monday 7pm -10pm night or/and the Sunday morning 9am-11am session with members discount available as well.
Whistler tracks kids with GPS
Whistler is the latest Intrawest resort to fit kids with patented flaik GPS units providing real-time tracking information for additional safety while giving Whistler Blackcomb?s youngest guests a chance to track their day on the mountains.The service is available to children taking the ....
Monday, 4 January 2010
2000 SCUK members and counting
After our great story on New Year's Eve about a new SCUK member saving �187 in their first 11 days with SCUK, we've had a big rush on. No doubt you're all spending your Christmas money from Auntie Bob and we all have an Auntie Bob right? Anyway, it's fantastic to report that SCUK membership topped ....
Jake Terry going places
Well were do I start? But what an exciting year 11 year old UK snowboarder Jake Terry has had. Starting secondary school this year, having The Snow Centre at Hemel Hempstead opening, a few miles from his home, giving him access to regular riding (most days) and honing his snowboarding skills. ....
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Great skiing in Scotland
CairnGorm Mountain?s head of ski patrol Colin Matthew says Scotland is offering great skiing at present, as he came in from checking the thigh-deep powder snow which has blanketed Scotland?s premier ski resort right over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. The centre is currently ....
Special 30% discount evening at The North Face in Birmingham
The North Face store in the Bullring, Birmingham are holding a closed event on Thursday 26th November to celebrate the launch of their new flick Free Radicals. It might be closed to most, but they're opening it up to anybody from SCUK who has their name on the guest list.30% off is fairly ....
Big opening weekend for 09-10
Many of the world's major resorts in at least 10 countries opened for 2009-10 season this weekend.In Europe, the ski season begins in Andorra with Grandvalira opening a fortnight early after heavy snowfall in the Pyrenees.In the French Alps, Europe's highest major resort, Val Thorens is the ..
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Double discount at Dragon Lodge mark 3
After six years in DL mark 1 and six more in DL2 we're really excited to be kicking off the 09/10 season in a new, bigger and better lodge (above) still in the heart of Tignes Le Lac, still run by the same passionate and experienced crew, still providing our renowned service and tailor made ....
SnowBus offer SCUK members 10% discount on Transfers!
SnowBus.co.uk offer cheap and convenient transfers to the resorts of Tignes and Val d'Isere. Our shared weekend buses from Chambery and Grenoble airports start at just �40 per person and represent one of the best value ways of travelling to your ski resort this winter. Snowboard Club members get ....
First ever Snowball Rally raises over £10k for youth charity
Winning team rides 26 slopes in 3 days!The first ever Snowball Rally came to a close on Saturday after months of planning and with the support of ski centres up and down the country. 11 teams spent 3 days trying to ski and board as many of the country's dry and artificial slopes as possible, in ..
Friday, 1 January 2010
Third consecutive win for Gimpl
Who can stop the machine? After having won the first two big airs of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup in London and Barcelona, Stefan Gimpl has also clinched the fourth edition of the LG Winterjam in Stockholm. In front of 20,000 spectators, the Austrian veteran not only extended his winning ....
Bristol TSA Unleash the Lens
The Bristol leg of the Unleash the Lens tour is on 3rd December. It's always a good laugh, so well worth popping along. More details here.
Burton and Bonfire outerwear sale at TSA
At The Snowboard Asylum we now have huge savings on Burton and Bonfire technical outerwear. All 08/09 Burton and Bonfire clothing is now 40% OFF and selected 09/10 outerwear is now reduced by 15%. Make the most of these savings now because with these massive discounts we don?t expect this stock to ....