Snowsport England Level 1 at Southamption in April

Your role as a Level 1 Instructor is to provide the foundations for further learning, to ensure that your students and athletes understand the fundamental principles of snowboard and can move on. Your snowboarders may range from young people destined for the Olympic Games to a senior citizen ....

Small things at Chatham

Chatham reports that their new boxes are ready. They've been busy building smaller obstacles than their normal 40 foot beasts and now have a flat down box and a butter box. Both are a great size for the first timer learning new tech tricks or getting new super tech tricks down on, and both boxes ....

Mcleish 24th in PGS

Team GB snowboarder Adam Mcleish finished 24th in the parallel giant slalom in torrid weather conditions on Cypress Mountain this morning. Mcleish produced two clean and consistent qualification runs, recording times of 40.30 seconds and 40.79 seconds, but just missed out on the top 16 finish ....

BASI Level 1 at Southamption in April

The Quiksilver Neon Addict - available in the UK

Quiksilver has selected 10 stores across Europe to offer their customers a collection of on trendtechnical down jackets. These ultra light puffer jackets have come straight from the Japanese market and are filled with the down from rare geese, collected my left-handed elves during the full moon.....

Girlie Camps in Laax next month

For the 7th year Girlie Camps are arranging camps at the highly respected resort Laax. Laax has the Absolute Top Parks of Europe, hosting events like the Burton European Open and the British Open, with 3 different parks. This is the Mecca for park riding. These parks match Mammoth, Park City and ....

Our Camp Playground Jam

The all girl slopestyle competition 'O.C Playground Jam' returns for another year, this time inviting female skiers to enjoy the fun on 3rd April in Avoriaz.

The battle for aerial superiority has begun

Contract Snowboards ?Battle for Britain? sponsorship competition update.It is only a few weeks into a two month campaign, but entrants to the Contract Snowboards ?Battle for Britain? sponsorship competition have enlisted in their numbers. Our Polish allies at Contract are blown away by the ....

Glencoe is world's snowiest

The ski centre at Glencoe Mountain has had the heaviest snowfalls of any winter sports resort in the world, its operators have claimed.

Get Rowan to the European X-Games

12 year old TSA team rider Rowan Coultas is taking part in Quiksilver Radar programme. We need your help to get Rowan sent over to the European X Games so he can compete in the Quiksilver Radar comp. All you need to vote on his video and we can have a British grom representing.Show you ....

The 2010 SCUK Winter Bash Dash

Well, here's all the carnage from the inaugural SCUK Winter Bash Dash, which saw Dave 'pocket' Oldacre and Dawn 'figureitout' Craig as winners of the coveted "Fist of Nuff Respect" trophies. A mad downhill dash with over 50 riders from the SCUK Winter Bash doing their very best to be the first one ....

Eric Willett wins 5star Brux Slopestyle of The Burn River Jump

Eric Willett © FizzaAmerican Eric Willett took home the Brux Slopestyle title and 850 Swatch TTR ranking points this Thursday at the 5Star Burn River Jump in Livigno, Italy. With high level snowboarding seen from the 67 riders gathered from all over the world, it was the talented rookies ....

Permanent airbag for Sheffield Ski Village

With the long-hoped for plans of an impressive indoor slope on the SSV site in tatters, it seems Sheffield has at long last started getting some of the attention it so richly needed. With the only permanent halfpipe in the UK, the Snowflex / Dendix slope has been home to many of the UK's top riders ..

Jamie Nicholls gets double corked 10

You may have already spotted this in the forum, but check out Jamie's mad skills.I have already told him I can't do that sort of thing myself, but wondered whether he might teach me the single corked 5...

MK park for Wednesday thru Friday

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park for this week, which is up for tonight BUISC event and the normal Thursday and Friday sessions too.Note: Only BUISC competitors are able to use the park tonight, but the rest of the slope will be open for recreational riding.

Tomski's recovery down to snowboarding

Tomski is a well known character at Chill Factore. Here's great article from the Daily Mail about how his hip condition stopped him from walking and how snowboarding has led to a dramatic recovery.

Oakley Grom Games

On 17th April Chill Factore will host the first Oakley Grom Games. Registration starts at midday and is open to snowboarders and skiers.

Hemel airbag park for this Friday

Here's The Hemel Hempstead Snow Centre park layout for this Friday, which will include theairbag.net

Dalikfodda Shithouse Tour 3

Those death punk snowboarders are at it again. Lock up you daughters because the Shithouse Tour 3 is hitting the road. A badass UK and Euro rock and roll tour with Monster and the Dalikfodda boys at the helm.Favourites at the SCUK/TSA Rock Night at the Brits.With a bunch of their best pals ....

King of Snow - Round 9

OK then KOSers, Horsefeathers teamrider Kilian Wiget is showing you how to perform a delightful little Handplant and he cordially invites you to get stuck in and try one yourself. Of course, make sure you film it and don�t forget to show your face right into the camera right after stomping your ....

Italy's premier 5Star TTR event attracts top riders

Chris Soerman © Raggi EleonoraThe Burn River Jump has been part of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour since 2007 and has with its creative set up and top level riding developed in its fourth year into a 5Star event. The international riders will flood the Mottolino Snowpark in Livigno, ....

Live Luggage offer SCUK members 15% discount!

Live Luggage is a British company that designs and manufactures stylish, innovative and practical luggage. Our patented anti-gravity handle puts 85% of the weight of a case onto the wheels and away from your body so there is less strain on your arms, shoulders and back making a bag feel very light ....

McKenna can't shake Olympic jinx

Team GB?s 35-year-old three time Olympian Lesley McKenna was unable to fulfil her ambitions on the Cypress Mountain halfpipe today as she suffered falls on the first hit of both qualification runs meaning she finished the competition in 30th, last position after recording scores of 5.1 and 2.8.....

SCUK Review Sunshine World Holidays in Poland!

The time has come?winter is here... time to get all your kit out and try it all on, maybe even strap your board on in your lounge (we?ve all done it, haven?t we?!) and start dreaming of your immanent escape to the mountains. The problem is that given that the euro and pound are pretty much one for ..

Bright smashes US dominance in Olympic halfpipe

Torah Bright won Australia's first gold of the Vancouver Games in women's halfpipe Thursday, ending long-standing US domination of the sport.Bright's winning score was 45.00 points, with 2006 champion Hannah Teter of America scoring 42.4 and her team-mate and 2002 gold medallist Kelly Clark on ....

Top freeriders tackle permantly closed terrain at Squaw Valley

The world's best freeskiers and freeride snowboarders are battling it out again for the Freeride World Tour Championship title at four of the world's most prestigious ski resorts, and this month they?re due to make history at the third stage in Squaw Valley USA, by tackling the permanently closed ....

Exclusive £55 off Garmin Foretrex 401 for SCUK members

As used by Ed Leigh & Graham Bell in Ski Sunday. Ever ask yourself how fast? How far? How high?

How Whistler?s Olympic Dream began

The online publication Ski Rebel Magazine (www.skirebel.com) has published a story on how the current 2010 Games came to happen in Whistler, based on an interview in the late 1990s by Ski Rebel?s Frederick Wallace with the man who ?discovered? Whistler 50 years ago.In 1960, when Franz ....

TTR champions bring home Olympic medals

TTR Pro Snowboard, the owner and operator of the TTR World Snowboard Tour would like to congratulate the 2010 Vancouver Olympics halfpipe winners, Shaun White (USA) for his second consecutive gold medal, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) for taking home the silver medal, and Scotty Lago (USA) for his bronze. ....

Team GB Podcast 3

We have just received the third video podcast of the season from the British Freestyle Snowboard Team. In this edition you can check out plenty of pipe action as well as some slopestyle goodness, plus as an added bonus we have Jamie Nicholls storming BEO run. This podcast features Ben Kilner, Dan ....

Nevis Range currently has best conditions for 15 years

Unlike Cairngorm, Nevis Range aren't on the ball when it comes to getting info out quickly. Our man in the snow, Steve McKenna has gallantly volunteered to give them a hand and has sent these words and pictures to show how good the conditions are."I spent the entire day yesterday riding the ....

Cardiff indoor slope back on the plan

It could bring a taste of the Alps to the coast of South Wales.Even during the economic slump, a snow dome has emerged as one of the key schemes officials believe can be brought to fruition in Cardiff.Cardiff council?s executive is today being asked to allow senior officers to develop the ....

Lesley McKenna in the halfpipe today at Cypress Mountain

Team GB's Olympic snowboard veteran of 3 Winter Olympic Games, Lesley McKenna, gets her chance today in the women's halfpipe event.You can read Lesley's own very deep thoughts on the "absurdity" of her being at her third Winter Olympics on her blog at lesleymckenna.com. It sounds like she's ....

Weekly world snow report

Great conditions in almost all resorts, except maybe Cypress Mountain.www.Skiinfo.co.uk reports that despite the fluctuating weather conditions in Vancouver for the Olympic Games, most of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere is reporting great ski conditions. Bring a snorkel for ?shoulder ....

Jib-Vid entries close this Friday

There's only a few days left to submit your team entries to the Oakley Jib-Vid 2010; if you want to be in with a chance of winning the lion's share of the 10,000 euro prize purse, submit your details via the entry form now!All you need is a team of 3, your own filming and editing equipment and ....

SNO!storm at MK on 5th March

SNO!storm at SNO|zone Milton Keynes on Friday 5th March, 7pm ? Midnight.2hrs: �25 Adult/�20 Junior5hrs: �35 Adult/�28 JuniorJoin us for the first instalment in 2010 of the biggest freestyle event in the UK. We?ll be sticking to our New Years resolution of bigger, better parks by including ..

Zoe realistic chance for GB snowboard medal today (UPD)

Zoe Gillings will be hoping to produce her best form for Team GB on Cypress Mountain today as she competes in the women?s snowboard-cross competition. Gillings has enjoyed a strong build up to the Olympic Winter Games with training at the British Olympic Association?s Preparation Camp in Calgary as ..

Cab9 to run snowboard camp in March due to popular demand!

Now into their 4th year operating in the popular French resort of Meribel, Cab9 Snowboarding (www.cab9snowboarding.com) have created a great reputation for themselves and due to popular demand are running a snowboard camp aimed at intermediate to advanced riders on the 13th of March 2010.....

?Olympic Flame Descents? at CairnGorm Mountain

To mark the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada, CairnGorm Mountain in the Scottish Highlands is inviting the public to take part in or watch ?Olympic Flame Descents? on Wednesday 17th February 2010.To take part in one of these descents participants are required to be ....

New all girl movie coming from Heel Edge Projects

Heel edge projects has been formed by Lynsey Ashdown and Helen Fox to produce an all-female UK snowboard film during the course of this winter. This is an open invitation to any UK female shredder keen to get involved."After many discussions with a lot of riders about how girls don't get as ....

Braehead park for Friday's SNO!storm

Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for this Friday's SNO!storm. The event starts at 7pm and the shred goes on until midnight.

The White Room - celebrating creative talent within UK snowboarding

The White Room will showcase the works of Britain?s most established and talented photographers and designers within the snowboarding industry. The show looks at the many different facets that make up this dynamic culture. From the mountains, to the people and the love for the ride, the exhibition ....

Google's Street View snowmobile takes your voyeurism to the Olympic slopes

There's something deliciously futuristic about the fact that Microsoft and Google are patrolling our roads, documenting their every nook and cranny with large multidirectional cameras strapped to SUVs. But what about the unpaved wilderness? Well, Google's after that too now, with its new Street ....

King of Snow - Round 7

This week King of Snow want you to copy Horsefeathers teamrider Tadej Valentan and have a pop at a BS 540. Most of you know the drill by now, but if not, simply grab a mate or mates, a camera or cameraphone and take it in turns to bosh out the trick and film one another and then upload and let the ....

<b>Giro Stamps its Mark on the BRITS Big Air!</b>

The BRITS, Laax, Switzerland, 21st ? 28th March 2010 With less than 40 days to go before the BRITS 2010 Snow & Music Festival hits Laax in Switzerland, organisers are excited to announce that Giro, a worldwide leader in protective gear and accessories for action sports, have secured the title ....

Shreddingbetty offer SCUK members 10% discount!

Created for female snowboarders, shreddingbetty.com is the premier online women?s snowboard shop, offering performance equipment and apparel, including women?s snowboards, snowboard bindings, snowboard jackets and pants, goggles, street clothing and more.Check out www.shreddingbetty.com.....

Giro stamps its mark on the BRITS Big Air

With less than 40 days to go before the BRITS 2010 Snow & Music Festival hits Laax in Switzerland, organisers are excited to announce that Giro, a worldwide leader in protective gear and accessories for action sports, have secured the title rights for the Giro British Snowboard & Freeski Big Air ....

Winter sports funding is 'unacceptable'

Winter sports receive an "unacceptable" level of funding, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has said, pledging a "new dawn" for British winter athletes.BOA chairman Colin Moynihan pointed out UK Sport gives winter sports 1.5% of the funding afforded to summer sports.

Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

With the Opening Ceremony taking place in the early hours of tomorrow morning (01:30 Sat 13th Feb), it's time to get your calendar's open and book these important appointments (sat in front of the TV) scheduled in. Monday 15th February18:30 Men's Snowboard Cross -- Qualification 22:00 ..

Watch Tyler

Check out Tyler Chorlton, one of the most instantly recognisable UK riders out there.

Getting ready for SNO!storm this Friday

Special T!Just a few pics to whet the appetite! Sick new tee in (please excuse the model), plus a few shots of the park build in progress. Really nice (flat rather than whippy) kicker with 2 hits, plus "send-it" gas pipe with a real nice floaty drop off the end. Our latest new feature, the 8m ....

SCUK Box (and Jake Terry) on the Beeb Friday

[From Steve Terry...]Jake was filming at The Snow Centre, Hemel with the BBC this morning, for an Olympic Special for Sportsround. I was at Hemel until 1.30am putting out the SCUK Box and the DC rail for him, then back there at 8am for a quick shape up of the kickers.The Beeb miked him up ....

Stoked Banana offer SCUK members 15% discount!

Stoked Banana specialise in surf wear, snowboard wear and skate wear We believe that life is about getting out there and enjoying everything it has to throw at you, and if you?re going to be going out and living life to the full why not look good at the same time. Let?s be honest, as much as we ....

Whisky reward for heroic Scottish snow diggers

Scotland?s Cairngorm Mountain had the unusual problem of having too much snow in the first half of January, which led to a huge community effort to ?dig out? key parts of the ski area including access roads, lifts and the summit restaurant so that skiers could reach the slopes, closed by too much ....

Weekly snow report including Olympic venues

www.Skiinfo.co.uk reports that heavy snow across North America, dubbed ?Snowmaggeddon? by media there, has resulted in travel chaos, but has also seen the country?s highest accumulated snow depth at Kirkwood in California overtake Europe?s deepest non-glacier accumulation for the season to date at ....

Tamworth park for this week

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday.

Win a Learn To Freestyle In A Day course at Tamworth SnowDome

The nice people at Tamworth SnowDome are giving away a Learn To Freestyle In A Day course for two people. To enter, visit their SnowDome Facebook site at www.facebook.com/SnowDomeTamworthAll you need to do is tell them why you should win - the more creative your entry the betterWith a full ....

BBC Sport coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games

BBC Sport will be providing comprehensive coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games which will run from the 12 February to 28 February, including the Opening and Closing ceremonies.As Britain's Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic broadcaster, coverage will be available on TV (....

Where the hell is Laura Berry?

Laura Berry is perhaps one of the most naturally talented female snowboarders that the UK has produced the recent years, but a series of unfortunate events has seen her body battered and brooked and left her wondering how she'll be able to bounce back. We at SCUK are very close to Laura as Dunx ....

Planned downtime tonight

The SCUK server will be unavailable from 10.30pm for about 30 minutes tonight. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Hemel's Indoor Park Battle video

The SCUK Box takes centre stage during the Whiteline's Indoor Park Battle flick from the good Sir Ed Castle Henry.

International Olympians sweep podium at Canadian Open halfpipe finals

Six Olympians from four countries swept the podium today during the halfpipe competition at the second annual Burton Canadian Open. It was picturesque day in Calgary for the internationally diverse field of riders who were competing for a piece of the $25,000 prize purse, in addition to valuable ....

Laax?s Rockresort awarded "Best New Ski Resort"

The new rocksresort in Laax, Switzerland has been awarded best 'New Ski Resort' in new Design Awards by the prestigious Wallpaper magazine. The Awards highlight what Wallpaper?s editorial team and its global network of editors, photographers and writers consider the 'best of' design from the last ....

Indoor slope for Sunderland still on the cards

Plans to build the region?s first indoor real snow ski slope are taking shape.The slope would be part of a new multi-million pound snow and ice centre, at Sunderland.The development could also house an ice rink plus other leisure facilities, specialist sports shops, bars and restaurants.....

Snowsports GB on the brink of collapse

Many of you will have heard the news, but Britain's leading skiers and snowboarders have been given an assurance that they will be allowed to compete at next month's Winter Olympics even if their governing body, Snowsport GB, goes into administration. Under the rules of the International Ski ....

Animal and SCUK get the BRITS rocking

For the fourth consecutive year, leading UK brand Animal will be spreading their freestyle wings to take the title rights of the Animal British Slopestyle Championships, and host the brand new Animal Rock Night featuring Guitar Hero at the forthcoming BRITS Snow & Music Festival, 21st ? 28th March ....

Team GB preparation camp in full swing

As the excitement builds towards the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Team GB athletes are currently preparing for their big moment at the British Olympic Association?s (BOA) Preparation Camp in Calgary.By the start of the Vancouver Games 42 of the 52 athletes selected to Team GB will have ....

Snowsport GB - In administration

Snowsport GB Official Press Release ? February 5th, 2010Due to the significant financial problems with Snowsport GB, the Directors have taken the difficult decision to place the organisation into administration with immediate effect.Administrators from BDO have been appointed and will ....

BOA comment on Snowsport GB adminstration

It is with disappointment that the British Olympic Association (BOA) has learnt today that one of its member governing bodies, Snowsport GB, has been placed into administration.

The BSA rides again? representing snowboarding since 1989

Following the sad news today that Snowsport GB has gone into administration, the British Snowboard Association (BSA) is proud to announce that we will once again to represent snowboarding in the UK. SCUK will act as their official membership partner.

X Games gold with bust knee, snapped laces and broken binding

Check out this blog from Jenny on her assault and victory on the X Games slopestyle in Colorado last week. Now, all we need to do is get this as an Olympic event and we're laughing.

Avalance transceiver guide

Our good friends at Facewest have put together a most excellent guide to avalanche transceivers, which you can check out below. SCUK Members can receive a 10% discount on all products at Facewest and that's a tidy sum when it comes to avalanche transceivers!

SCUK chats to Hemel

Well, not the whole of Hemel, just the indoor bit with the snow. Anyway...We've been wanting to have a chat with them about their freestyle and some other things for a few weeks now. As the regulars will know, they stopped doing Wednesday and Thursday freestyle and currently only do a Friday ....

Shotgun offer SCUK members 10% discount

It all started during the winter of 2006- 2007 when a few friends who use to build snowboards (Caution Snowboards & Sasquatch Snowboards) got together and founded Shotgun Snowboards. Shotgun Snowboards was an underground movement. At the time you had to know someone who knew someone in the ....

Jenny Jones Wins X Games 2010 Slopestyle Gold - Again!

Jenny Jones has just won the X Games Slopestyle Gold medal for the second year running!Video highlight:More Snowboarding >>Facebook Quote: ?WWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYY!!! i cant believe it. so stoked to have won. This time all the top girls were in it, the weather ....

New Maverix Summer dates

Maverix have some new dates for their very popular week-long summer camps.19th ? 26th June26th June ? 3rd July3rd ? 10th July31st July ? 7th AugustAll the dates are on the SCUK Calendar. Based in Les Deux Alpes France.Think of the best session you had at your local slope, and ....

King of Snow - Round 6

Calling all jibbers, this week King of Snow want you to copy Horsefeathers teamrider Tomas Tuzar and perform your bestest Boardslide/Noseslide. If this is your first time, simply grab a mate or mates, a camera or cameraphone and take it in turns to bosh out the trick and film one another and then ....

Celebrate Jenny Jones' success at TSA

To celebrate the success of Jenny Jones winning her second X-Games gold medal TSA are going to pay the VAT on some of our best selling women's snowboards for the whole of February. So thanks to Britain?s number one female shredder you will now save a whopping 17.5% on some of our best women?s kit. ..

SNO!storm at Braehead on 12th

12th February 7pm SNO!zone Scotland brings you a sweet park stacked with loads of features, a rookie park, free coaching, limited edition T-shirts and giveaways throughout the night. Bringing everyone the chance to get together for a loaded night of live music, riding and fun regardless of how much ..

Get on the Quiksilver/Roxy Radar

Quiksilver and Roxy are launching an innovative, new challenge: to find the best kid capable of following in the footsteps of Torah Bright, Travis Rice, Mathieu Cr�pel or even Candide Thovex.A European competition open to all boys and girls aged between 8 and 13, who can snowboard or ski.....

Three parks for Castleford this week

Here are the three parks for this week at SNO!zone Castleford.Wednesday is the BUISC park.Thursday is for freestyle night.Friday is for freestyle night and the freestyle academy lessons, featuring jumps this week.

Ben Kilner 3rd Place at World Cup halfpipe

Ben Kilner has just finished 3rd Place at the Candian World Cup, which is the last event before the Olympics, what a great boost!Ben had to say "Well this is it! the last World Cup before the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. I managed to land my first run in semi's and that put me in to ....

James Stentiford 3rd place at the World Freeride Tour in Chamonix

38 year old British Snowboard Legend James Stentiford has just finished in 3rd place at the Freeride World Tour event held in Chamonix. James was lucky enough to be given a wild card entry to this prestigous event held at his winter season home. The first of 4 legs during the season was ....

Braehead closed Thursday evening

Please be aware that SNO!zone Scotland will be completely closed from 5pm on Thursday the 4th of Feb due to a private function on the slope and in the bar. As such we will not have any park, public slope use or academy on Thursday night from 5pm - close but will still maintain a Friday night ....

New adventure sports website for green snow holidays

A new website, www.muchbetteradventures.com, has been launched targeting skiers and boarders who care about the environment, but not going to let that get in the way of a good ski or snowboard holiday. The site aims to let them, ?float through the powder with a clearer conscience.? www.....

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