SNO!zone Scotland are recruiting

SNO!zone Scotland are recruiting Part time Ski and Snowboard Instructors, minimum qualification is BASI Level 1 or equivalent.All jobs require your availability to work at weekends when required. Applications should be made to kevin.mcmurtrie@snozoneuk.com

Nelly, JP and Samantha join eleven

Eleven outerwear are very please to announce that Nelson Pratt has now joined the team. After a few months off over the summer, Nelly has come back as strong and super motivated - he will be worth watching out for at this year's Brits.To combine with Nelly's experience, eleven have hooked up ....

WESC - New Carnaby St Store with Slam City Skates

WeSC invite you to visit their new store on Carnaby St, London where they are launching a Slam City Skates concession. Drop by the store on the 28th January where 100 lucky people will win one of 100 prizes!

Castleford park for this week including Park Strife

Here's the SNO!zone Castleford for this Thursday and Park Strife on Friday.ParkStrife Presents? Got Wood?Friday 29th January SNO!Zone Castleford.ParkStrife is jumping on the New Year resolution band wagon and going all green! We?re cutting out all the toxins from our system so no ....

TTR & WSF announce World Snowboard Championships

TTR Pro Snowboarding today announces the creation of the World Snowboarding Championships. A new world-class snowboarding event, the World Snowboarding Championships will be held every four years and will feature men?s and women?s halfpipe and slopestyle disciplines. The first event is planned ....

TTR announce World Snowboard Championships

Still skiing in Scotland

It was the hottest weekend of the year so far and at CairnGorm Mountain in the Scottish Highlands, where temperatures at the top reached 20°C on Saturday, snow sports enthusiasts were flocking to the high tops in their shorts , t?shirts and kilts to enjoy the unseasonal temperatures out on the ..

Onyx Snowboarding offer SCUK members 5% discount!

Onyx Snowboard School offer a full range of lessons, coaching, camps & courses for every level of rider. So whether you're strapping in for the first time, refining your spins, or looking for professional development as an instructor, we have the perfect session just for you.All Onyx ....

MK park for SNO!storm and Big Air

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park for SNO!storm and Big Air on the 11th and 12th of June.

Highlights of the TTR General Assembly 2010

The annual TTR General Assembly 2010 took place from May 21st to 22nd, with a great turnout of snowboard sport representatives from around the globe who came together in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the future of competitive snowboarding. For the second consecutive year, the annual meeting was ....

Hemel park for tonight's FBBB Progression Session

Here's The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead park layout for tonight's FBBB Progression Session.

Russia plans five new international resorts by 2020

Russia is planning to spend $15 billion developing five new ski resorts in the country?s south eastern Caucasus mountain range, which divide Europe from Asia and include the highest peaks on the European continent. The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced the new resorts would be built ..

K-Jam this Sunday

This year's K-Jam is this Sunday. Don't miss out on the only UK event to be held on green SnowFlex.

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Bring a friend to Braehead for free

On Monday the 7th of June SNO!zone Scotland will be letting everyone bring a friend to ski or snowboard entirely FREE. For one day only you'll be able to not only make use of our amazing value �15 for 2 hours week day offer, but also let a friend enjoy it with you, entirely on the house! The ....

New offers from Castleford

To entice people over from Chill Factore whilst the freestyle is on pause, SNO!zone Castleford have announced some great deals. Starting on Friday 4th June and ending Friday 16th July, the Friday freestyle session will be offered at just �28 for a four hour adult pass and �23 for juniors. ....

FBBB Progression Sessions

The For Boarders By Boarders Progression Sessions kicks off this Friday at The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead, before moving on to take in all the UK's indoor slopes over the coming months.

No freestyle at Chill Factore for several weeks due to maintenance

Stephen Evans, Chief Executive at Chill Factore, said: ?We are currently undertaking maintenance work to accommodate a potential new tenant in the 25,000 sq ft unit underneath the slope. This involves both moving a bin store and certain other storage areas. ?Unfortunately, the disruption caused ..

DSUK 666 event last week hopes to raise £20,000

The klaxon sounded at ten o?clock on Tuesday 18th May and skiers across the country descended the slopes in their first run of the 666 target, to raise money for Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK). The charity, which provides skiing opportunities for people with disabilities, organised the national ....

Europe?s resorts prepare for spring clean

Next weekend, on the 29th & 30th of May, people all over Europe will be getting together for the Annual spring cleaning of the mountains. So that everybody can become aware of the impact rubbish has in the mountains, and people?s behaviour concerning their rubbish can be changed. Although ski ....

Russia plans five new international resoirts by 2020

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 ....

New Cerler Snowpark is Spain?s largest

A new terrain park which has opened at Cerler in Spain this week claims to be the largest in the country.Located in the resort?s Basib� area, the new park contains 18 elements. There are rail boxes, big jumps, pole jam, a wall ride spine, fun box, boxes line, transfer, wood park, step up and a ....

The need for SPEED

The Flying Kilometre at Les Arcs, two hours? drive from Geneva, offers you the chance to ski fast ? faster than you?ve probably ever driven (unless you?re Michael Schumacher!) by Alf Alderson Exceed 70mph in Britain and it?s inevitable that you?ll eventually be clocked by a speed camera and made to ..

China going for 1km indoor slope

China will open the world?s longest indoor ski slope yet, when the first kilometre (3,300ft) long indoor slope will open in the city of Guangzhou near Hong Kong.Guangzhou will feature a slope of 1000m in length and has 100 million people living within a radius of 100km. The new indoor snow ....

Burton Blowout at Tamworth on 20th Feb

The SnowDome & Burton Snowboards present a mid season blowout event starring the Burton staircase rails. Open to all ages and abilities, the night will feature a jam format comp, with prizes from Burton, Anon, RED, Analog and Gravis. The new B-Movie by Burton will also be screened in the bar at ....

Temporary 2km run at World's largest indoor slope

www.skiinfo.co.uk has reported one unusual twist on the cold weather that is affecting much of the northern hemisphere.A new 2km long ski run opened on January 9th in the southern Netherlands in northern Europe. The temporary trail winds down around the 90m high Wilhelmina mountain.The ?....

Burton at the Olympics

Here's an interesting article about Burton Snowboards from USA Today.

Zoe Gillings on training for the Winter Olympic Games

An interesting interview with Zoe Gillings charting her preparation for the Winter Olympic Games.

Castleford parks for this week and sneak peak for Park Stife

Here's the SNO!zone Castleford park for this Thursday and Friday. If you'd like to see what next Friday's Park Strife: The Reunion has in store, click here.

Summer of Love park for MK this week

Here's the SNO!zone Miton Keynes Summer of Love park from tomorrow through to next Wednesday.

Snow making starts Down Under

Recent cold temperatures have allowed Perisher ski resort in Australia us to fire up the snowmaking system for winter 2010. ?Mother Nature even came to the party this week with some light natural snowfalls, and with more snow predicted for next week we are hopeful of a good cover of snow for ....

FBBB Progression Session next Friday

On Friday 28th, FBBB will be enlisting Hemel?s ?Diggers With Attitude? park crew to help shape creative, unique and challenging signature FBBB features for the event as well as smaller beginner-focused rookie park, reflecting our commitment to encouraging the progression of snowboarders of all ....

Project Friday starts at Braehead on 28th May

Project Friday is a new initiative from SNO!zone Scotland and the freshest event on the UK snowsports scene. A monthly freestyle night with a difference, by the riders, for the riders.Each month our boy Billy and his highly trained team of park primates will pull a hot, live, wriggling park ....

FBBB Progression Session this Friday

We'll be enlisting Hemel?s ?Diggers With Attitude? park crew to help shape creative, unique and challenging signature FBBB features for the event as well as smaller beginner-focused rookie park, reflecting our commitment to encouraging the progression of snowboarders of all skill levels.

Summer Freestyle at Chill Factore

So summer?s here, well we have had 3 consecutive days of Sunshine in Manchester so it must be. Just a quick note to let you all know about the summer freestyle planned at Chill Factore.Freestyle FactoreDue to the popular demand for freestyle coaching we have developed the Freestyle Factore. ..

The SNO!down review and photos

Andy NuddsThe SNO!down took place Saturday 15th May. Kicking off at 5pm with a 2 � hour Jam session things got going fast! SNO!zone Castleford provided us with another epic park set up, with a technical rail line consisting of a 10m rail, side on mega pipe, canon mega pipe, a gnarly down rail or ....

Banish school holiday boredom at MK this half-term

SNO!zone Milton Keynes is helping parents fill half-term holidays for bored kids with its family fun days.The indoor snow slope will give kids the chance to chill out in its real snow play area, and mini daredevils can take on the inflatable snow-slide, which will be at Xscape all week, ....

Southern Freestyle Series at Chatham this Saturday

This coming Saturday sees the second, and probably best, leg of the Southern Freestyle Series! And even though it's called Southern, you Notherners are welcome to come show us softies how to shred properly! Sign up now HERE and save money! Or register on the day. Jam starts at midday on ....

Bracknell Southern Freestyle results

Here are the jam results from the Bracknell leg of the Southern Freestyle Series. Riders received generous items of snow wear, such as ski suits, helmets & boots.The next leg is this Saturday at Chatham.Over 14 male Snowboard winners1st Jack Labbett age 16 from Southampton2nd Lannig ....

Win VIP tickets to The Freeze Festival

Freeze Festival is back at Battersea Power Station from 29-31st October 2010. Snowboardclub UK is offering you the chance for you and a friend to attend as VIPs in this special competition. All you have to do is answer a simple question.

Bikinis for Breast Cancer

The 2009-10 ski season at Sunshine Village near Banff in Alberta, Canada is still going for another week at least to Monday 24th. Currently 9 lifts and 60 runs are operational with a 135cm (4.5 foot) base.Sunshine will hold its second annual Bikinis for Breast Cancer event on Saturday (May 22) ..

Ban this killer craze!

As the inventor says... "That?s the NOVELTY of winter sport in the French Alps since 2 years, we can practice the yooner during the day with skiers and snowboarders, and we?re allowed to take ski lifts with it.I think that our product is very interesting for you because it brings the feelings ....

2009-10 US season exceeded expectations

Despite fears about a weak ski season courtesy of economic woes, resorts across the US generally saw improved performance on last winter 08-09 which saw the board double digit declines. The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) recently released a preliminary report indicating the U.S. ski industry ..

UK ripper Tomski on Quiksilver Radar

The entries to take part in Quiksilver & Roxy Radar are now closed. All the candidates who dream to follow in the footsteps of Torah Bright, Travis Rice, Mathieu Cr�pel or Candide Thovex, the godfathers of the contest, will be selected on the basis of photographs and videos posted throughout ....

rudechalets continue to invest in UK rider talent

The objective of our team programme is to help in the development of new and exciting European talent. We do this by providing each of our team members with 500 Euros each season which they can use for travel; equipment; competition entry and the occasional beer. Chris says ?We are delighted to ..

Esser and Rukajärvi win Canadian Open slopestyle titles

Enni Rukajarvi � J PattersonThe second annual Burton Canadian Open (CANO) has come to a close and Brett Esser (USA) and Enni Rukaj�rvi (FIN) have come out on top, winning the men?s and women?s slopestyle competition today at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. After seeing optimal conditions ....

Japanese Olympic snowboarder punished for wearing low-slung trousers

Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo has been excluded from the opening cermony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics for unapologetically flouting the team dress code.

Seth Wescott takes Gold in Men's Snowboard Cross

America's Seth Wescott upset the form book to win the men's Olympic snowboard cross gold medal on Monday, successfully defending his title from Torino four years ago.Mike Robertson of Canada settled for silver after Westcott pipped him at the finish line, with Tony Ramoin of France taking ....

Zoe realistic chance for GB snowboard medal today

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 ..

King of Snow - Round 8

OK then KOSers, now it's time to hit the wall rides. Horsefeathers teamrider Derek Bergmannis showing you a textbook BS Wallride and invites you to try it on any similar obstacle (any kind of a wall in your snowpark or in the city). Don�t forget to show your face right into the cam right after ....

Rail fest and kickers at Hemel this Friday

This week the layout is a bit different, in order to fit in two jumps on the main slope we are having a full on rail fest on the rookie slope, we will still have the rookie hits on there as well as we have the whole area to play with. its going to be epic and the rope tow will mean you get maximum ....

Torah Bright for halfpipe gold?

It's not just the boys who are into their doubles at the moment. Check out the video of Torah Bright practising the double crippler in NZ last year. You wouldn't bet against her for a medal on Thursday's women's halfpipe.

Snow Centre for Sunderland

Sunderland may soon have it?s own indoor snow centre thanks to a regeneration project lead by Sunderland arc. Sunderland arc, which was set up in 2002 to regenerate large parts of the city, has found the perfect spot for an indoor snow dome. At the beginning of the year it invited leisure ....

Zoe Gillings 8th in Olympic SBX

Team GB's Zoe Gillings put in a huge performance to finish 8th in the Olympic Women's Snowboard Cross event last night at Cypress Mountain.Qualifying in 8th place, Zoe crashed out spectacularly on her second qualification run and only her skill avoided serious injury as she tucked in to a ....

Watch Kilner in the halfpipe today

Ben Kilner at the BEO this year� LaemmerhirtOn Cypress Mountain 21-year-old Team GB halfpipe snowboarder Ben Kilner will be aiming to repeat the excellent form that saw him claim a bronze medal in last month?s World Cup event in Calgary, which was also the scene of the Team GB Preparation Camp, ....

Video clips in the run up to the Olympic halfpipe

Here's some great clips sent to us by MPORA to whet your appetite for today's half pipe. First up, an Onboard edit from the BEO with some great interviews, followed up by some of the Team GB hopeful, Ben Kilner.ONBOARD EditMore Snowboarding >>Ben Kilner - Part 1More Snowboarding >>....

Tamworth park for Saturday's Burton Blowout

Here's the Tamworth SnowDome for Saturday's Burton Blowout event, which will feature the Burton Staircase rail. Open to all ages and abilities, the night will feature a jam format comp, with prizes from Burton, Anon, RED, Analog and Gravis. Starts at 10pm.

Kilner 18th in Olympic halfpipe

Team GB halfpipe snowboarder Ben Kilner finished in 18th place on Cypress Mountain on Wednesday. Kilner qualified in good form for the semi-finals with a score of 32.1, but he suffered falls on both runs in the semi-finals (scores 3.1 and 17.0).At 21 years of age Kilner believes he has two or ....

White throws down the tomahawk in Olympic halfpipe final

Snowboarding superstar and defending champion Shaun White won the Olympic men's halfpipe gold Wednesday, dazzling the judges with his tricks - including the gravity-defying Double McTwist 1260, which has been dubbed the "Tomahawk" after a steak White was eating the day he first managed the trick...

Pre-order your 2010/11 Bataleon at TSA

You can now pre-order your 2010/11 Bataleon snowboard at The Snowboard Asylum for a super early June delivery. Last season Bataleon was one of the most sought after snowboard brands and that huge demand saw us selling out of certain models well before the New Year. Don?t miss out this time by pre-....

King of Snow - And the UK winner is...

A heart-felt SCUK congratulations to Colin Andrews who was the highest placed UK ripper in this year's King of Snow.The overall winner was Martin Kalliola out of Finland, who after 15 hard rounds was crowned the Horsefeathers King of S.N.O.W and showered with 5,000USD cash and one hell of a lot ..

Bracknell Southern Freestyle Series

The event at Bracknell went really well with around 50 people taking part in the first leg of Summer Jam series. Pictures from the event can be seen on Flickr.The next event is Chatham on 22nd May.The more events you attend, the better the chance of you getting the big prizes at the end of ....

Sunderland snow centre parking fears

Plans for a gigantic indoor snowsports centre could put Sunderland on a slippery slope towards parking chaos, councillors have warned.Regeneration chiefs are pressing ahead with plans to build a real-snow ski slope near the Sunderland Aquatic Centre and the Stadium of Light.

Castleford parks for this week, including SNO!down

Here are the SNO!zone Castleford parks for this week including Saturday's SNO!down

TSA Shred Down final this weekend at Braehead

TSA Shred down returns for the FINAL stage in this amazing series! TSA Shred down runs with an informal jam format held each month at SNO!zone Scotland making it possible to enter one or all competitions with ease. Riders will clock up points over all four events to become the overall TSA ....

Summer of Love starts at MK

The sunshine returns to SNO!zone this summer with the launch of Summer of Love on 1st May! Loads of fun can be had indoors and outdoors this summer. We've listened to the feedback from previous summers and have come up with the best offers yet! Lessons | 1 hour ski or snowboard lesson for �15*..

Freestyle all week at Hemel, almost

The Hemel Hempstead Snow Centre starts its new freestyle hours as of tomorrow.Tuesday 6-10pm (two features)Wednesday 9am-10pm (two features)Thursday 9am - 10pm (two features)Thursday Eve (Rookie clinic for booked 2hr freestyle lessons)Friday 7-11pm PARK AND RIDE

Highest ollie for Tim Russell at Grenade Games 6

Vivo, Endeavor, Amel, Dr.Zipe, d30, TSA Irish rider: Tim RussellTim Russell arrived at the highest ollie comp with the bar set just cleared at 37inches then got lifted to 38inches.After a frantic fog clad showdown Whistlers finest and tallest threw down with nobody beating the 38inch mark ....

UK/Irish rider Tim Russell destroys world pros @ Grenade Games 6 Highest Ollie Competition

Maverix End of Season Jam

As the Maverix crew spends a vast amount of time building parks for its courses, we thought it would be great to get our creative juices flowing and see if we could come up with a progressive park layout that would offer something for all levels of rider. It?s also our chance to say thanks to ....

Huge expansion of Avoriaz gets underway

A massive expansion of Avoriaz ski resort in France gets underway this month that will create two totally new resort districts, each with several new accommodation complexes.Perhaps more exciting for guests staying in the existing resort, Avoriaz is also building a large new water park and a ....

Hillend dryslope launches cost cutting plan

The Midlothian artificial ski slope at Hillend above Edinburgh in Scotland is to remain open for the time being despite currently making annual losses of �500,000.A new report to the local council, which runs the centre, has suggested Midlothian Ski Centre operates until August, during which ....

SCUK passes 2500 members

It was only January this year that we were proud to announce we'd passed 2000 SCUK members. So, we're quite chuffed to be able to report that Snowboard Club UK now has over 2500 members as of today.With hundreds of great discounts saving UK snowboarders money on kit and riding, the best ....

Freeze tickets on general release

Freeze Festival, the UK?s only snow sports and music festival is back in London from 29th ? 31st Oct 2010. Early Bird Tickets, reserved for previous attendees, have sold out and General Release tickets are now on sale at www.thefreezefestival.com . Do not miss your chance to see the world?s best ....

Video from the SCUK Spring Bash

Check out Ed "Sideshow" Castle-Henry's video from the SCUK Spring Bash at Hemel.

Scottish ski resorts get a spring clean ? when the snow has melted!

In its third year, the Ski Club of Great Britain?s ?Big Spring Clean?, a Respect the Mountain* initiative, returns to the Scottish ski resorts of Cairngorm Mountain and Nevis Range on 20thJune 2010. Taking place a month later than previous years due to the deep snow bases at the resorts, the ....

MK parks for all week

Here is the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park layout got tonight and Friday. Also, the Summer of Love park for the rest of the week.

National Skiathon 2010 - Tuesday 18th May 2010

Teams of 6 are invited to take on the challenge of skiing or snowboarding 666 runs in 6 hours taking place at 6 indoor Ski Slopes across the Country. Can the North Beat the South?TOP PRIZE FOR THE TEAM WHO RAISES THE MOST MONEY... A TANDEM SKYDIVE WITH THE RED DEVILS!!!We are also very ....

The SCUK Summer Bash

This is the 8th SCUK Summer Bash, which is and always will be a Tamworth affair. It's by far the most popular of all our Bashes, due in no small part to the huge quantities of beer consumed and the big fire. Everybody loves a big fire.

Hillend dryslope launches cost sutting plan

K-Jam back for its fourth year

On Bank Holiday Sunday 30th May, Kendal's Snowflex dryslope in the beautiful Lake District hosts a fun-packed day of Big Air and Rail jams, Big AirBag aerials and on-slope sounds from Single Point (DJ). There'll be great prizes from our rad K-Jam sponsors awarded to riders for best tricks, efforts ....

SNO!down at Castleford very soon

Limited places are available for Castleford's SNO!down in just 11 days - Saturday 15th May 5pm.

Bracknell's freestyle night moves to Thursday

Monday 3rd of May was the last Monday night freestyle session. However, it has been moved to Thursdays now and the first is this week Thursday 6th same time as before: 7pm - 10pm. We hope this night will be a bit more popular, and could be a permanent swap if it proves a success. Note the usual ....

SCUK Spring Bash photos

Thanks for charliebuoy for being chief lens smith for the day.

Lucas Brammall joins UK eleven team

Eleven are please to welcome the talented snowboarder and skater from Plymouth Lucas Brammall, to the UK team. Lucas joins the likes of Nelson Pratt, Cody Hierons and Wayne Taylor as the team grows from strength to strength. Lucas is currently out in Morzine doing a season and is going to be ....

Five people travel for less than RyanAir's snowboard carriage

With Ryanair charging from �40 each way to carry skis this season, it?s now cheaper for holidaymakers to travel with SeaFrance than it is for just their skis to fly! SeaFrance crossings cost from �25 each way for a car and up to five passengers.SeaFrance operate Dover-Calais ferries and the �25 ..

At least you can get airbourne with theairbag.net this week

With Nick from theairbag.net stuck in Bali, hating the nice weather and ladies in bikinis, he took the time to let you all know that the volcano isn't going to stop the airbag going on the road this week.It may be brining every airline to its knees at the moment, but there is no reason why you ....

How to find somebody in an avalanche

It has been one of the coldest winters in the UK on record, with snow falling metres thick across the Scottish Highlands: ideal circumstances for avalanches which can sweep climbers and skiers away in an instant.But how do you find someone buried in an avalanche?To find out, Nick Higham ....

Park Strife - The Reunion at Castleford

Calling all seassonaires! Friday 28th May is your a chance to get together one more time before the summer kicks in, dust off your board or skis and get back into the park, share a few beers and a few stories from the season (or seasons) past.

Cairngorm in last full week of the season

Scotland?s Cairngorm Mountain has entered its last full week of operations this season, which is widely regarded as having been the best for a generation. The season won?t end with the May bank holiday however, as the ski centre above Aviemore will continue to operate at weekends through May as ....

Airbag nights return to Chill Factore

The airbag is back this summer at Chill Factore and it?s going to be bigger then ever! The format is the same as last years hugely popular sessions so grab your mates and get involved!Starting on Friday 7th May, and returning every first Friday of the month until September, the guys at ....

New Thursday rookie sessions at Hemel

Following on neatly from tomorrow's SCUK Spring Bash, Hemel are launching their own rookie freestyle sessions next Thursday night.Learn new tricks on Thursday nightTake advantage of top level coaching on features set out just for you. Each session will include an introduction to kickers and ....

Top kicker closed at MK tonight

A bit of bad news. The piste basher hit a pipe last night at SNO!zone Milton Keynes while grooming and the top kicker will be closed due to the snow needing to reset. They hope to have it all sorted for Saturday, but you may want to double check before travelling.

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