Jake Terry gets old

Five years ago we held the "Mushroom Party" for Jake Terry's 7th Birthday. Unbelievable I know, where has the time gone? Well he's going to be 12 on Friday (2nd July) so we've decided to put on another event, albeit on a much smaller scale. With the generous donations from Jakes sponsors and ....

The TSA Winter Games

SNO!zone Milton Keynes will host the very first TSA Indoor Winter Games on the 28th August 2010. The competition format was devised by TSA rider Chris Chatt and puts teams of four snowboarders against each other in the sports of snowboard slalom, high jump, long jump and hurdles.

MK park for Parkstrife and Air Bag

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park plan for this week. Saturday 3rd July sees the return of The Airbag in MK as part of the Parkstrife event. The last Airbag event was pretty awesome so they are hoping for more of the same this weekend.2 hours �25 Adult / �20 Junior 5 hours �35 Adult / ..

Seven month season ends at Cairngorm

More than 60 skiers took to the slopes at CairnGorm Mountain on the summer solstice on Monday 21st June 2010 to enjoy some midsummer skiing on the snow still lying there in the Ptarmigan bowl. They were able to take advantage of the two rope tows which had been set up there by the resort?s ....

Third annual SNO!zone Kelvingrove Park Session this Saturday

The 3rd Annual SNO!zone Kelvingrove Park Session will take place on Saturday the 3rd of July and is bigger than ever. 100 tonnes of real snow in the heart of Glasgow's west end... in July! We've upped the stakes this year by planning a Big Air kicker, to give more crowd-pleasing thrills; and a snow ..

MK park for Parkstrife and Big Air

Here's the SNO!zone Milton Keynes park plan for this week. Saturday 3rd July sees the return of The Airbag in MK as part of the Parkstrife event. The last Airbag event was pretty awesome so they are hoping for more of the same this weekend.2 hours �25 Adult / �20 Junior 5 hours �35 Adult / ..

1260 double corks the order of the day at Billabong Ante Up

The Billabong Ante Up competition, the first 5Star event of the 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour season, went off this weekend with an excellent showing from a diverse field of riders. The summertime event was held in the Camp of Champions park on the Blackcomb glacier and featured a massive 75-foot ....

Sideshow Productions teaser

Here is a short teaser for a movie coming out from Ed Caste-Henry of himself, friends and the Hemel locals from the 2010 winter season. The movie should be out in the next month. Music is from Seraphim - Raft of the Medusa.

Canada is open!

Mont Saint-Sauveur enjoyed its earliest ever opening on October 18th and was the first resort in Canada to open, just behind Canada?s Olympic park in Alberta, according to ski news website First Tracks (www.firsttracksonline.com) Mont Saint-Sauveur sets a new record by opening 9 days earlier ....

Spaces available at Board Saint Foy

SCUK partners, Board Sainte Foy have spaces for four like minded people to go off-piste in the off piste untracked paradise of Sainte Foy for the week of Sunday 10th-to Sunday 17th January 2010.It's self catering at �150 each, minimum 2 per room, staying in the luxury chalet Col du Mont.....

Ride and Slide / Our Camp ride with the pros

Ride & Slide / Our Camp ?Ride with the pros? weeks in association with Vans?With the 2009 winter season about to hit us, Ride & Slide are once again running their ?ride with the pros? week with the Our Camp crew.The OurCamp pros will be on hand with tips and encouragement pushing all our ....

Whacky Racers at the ready

if you share a love for snowboarding and travel, and are not adverse to the odd wheel-spin, then listen up people, 'cause this is your lucky day.The Snow-Camp Rally is a unique fundraising event offering teams of skiers and snowboarders the opportunity to complete an epic road trip, competing ....

Olympia big air wows crowd

The British Snow Tour Invitational Championships, Metro Ski & Snowboard Show, London Olympia. Huge and super stylish 720s was the trick of choice being laid down at the British Freeski and Snowboard Invitational Championships at the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show on Friday. Ten of the UK?s top ....

Life?s Good for Ben Kilner in Olympic preparations

With the Vancouver Winter Olympics just months away all eyes will soon be on our snowsports athletes, and in particular snowboarder Ben Kilner, as the Games draw ever closer. Snowboarding is already established as one of the most viewed sports around the Winter Olympics and there are now six ....

Park Layout for the Volcom Fridge Fandango at Chill Factore

On Saturday 31st October, guys and girls will have the chance to ride alongside some of Europe?s top female snowboarders at Chill Factore. All freestyle snowboarders attending the event will get the chance to ride alongside Cheryl Maas and other Volcom pro-riders Sarka Pancochova and Kari Opsal...

Last single seat chair goes in Kitzbuhel Alps

The cable car companies in the Kitzb�heler Alpen are investing more than 60 million euros in new lifts and snow machines for the coming season.In the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental the snow making facilities in Hopfgarten are being improved, a new reservoir is being built at the Tanzboden in ....

Castleford park for this week and Parkstrife

Here's the SNO!zone Castleford park for this week. This is the PARKSTRIFE "Hey June" - the Beatles themed park for Friday 25th June.

Snow-Camp Everest Challenge

If you fancy the challenge of skiing or snowboarding a total of 150km over 3 days, including a night session and a night mountain hike - then the Everest Challenge is for you! The Everest Challenge is a unique 3 day charity snowsports event designed to give a skiing or snowboarding experience you ....

Souper Bowl at Braehead's Friday Project

Project Friday is back, helping to keep you on real snow freestyle shred right through the summer.This month we've got a sweet park with quality features, big and small. The winners of our "Design a Feature" competition will be in full effect in our Winner's Bank, along with a Jumbo Picnic ....

Big success for the Big Spring Clean at Cairngorm

In its third year, the Big Spring Clean, a mountain clearing initiate from the Ski Club of Great Britain, has again proved a success with hundreds of volunteers heading to the Scottish mountains to clean up rubbish after an epic winter season.In the resort of CairnGorm Mountain, where there ..

Limited freestyle at Chill Factore's until mid-August

Stephen Evans, Chief Executive at Chill Factore, said: ?As many of our regular guests will know, in order to carry out essential maintenance work both on and under the main slope this summer, we have, unfortunately, been unable to put out a freestyle park over the past six weeks.?We fully ....

Heavy snow for Europe?s glaciers as more Southern Hemisphere ski areas open

www.skiinfo.co.uk report that more of Europe?s glacier ski areas are opening and that they, along with the centres already open, are benefiting from heavy snowfalls in recent days.Up to 30cm (a foot) of new snow so far today around Queenstown?s ski areas.Up to 50cm (20 inches) of fresh snow in ....

Tamworth parks for this week including Saturday's FBBB

Here at the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday, which hosts the FBBB Progression Session and the park for next Tuesday.

Vandals at SSV

Yesterday evening Sheffield Ski Village had a visit from a few local chavs who did a little damage to the top of the Dendix slope above the fun park. It looks as if they threw some petrol across the slope and set light to it. Whilst Dendix does produce some rather nasty smoke, it doesn't burn very ....

Dates released for Westbeach Snowflex Series

It's back! The best freestyle dry slope comps for snowboarding and skiing are back for the 4th yearrunning.This year we will be calling at:Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre - August 21stAberdeen Snowsport Centre - September 18thNoeux Les Mines - October 9thAll dates on the SCUK Calendar...

15% off coaching with Blue Mile Snowsports

Blue Mile is a unique snowboard coaching organisation providing you with some of the highest qualified snowboard instructors and pro riders aiming at taking you?re snowboarding to the next level.We have the skills and experience to coach riders at all levels whether this is the first winter you'..

Hotham reports best opening weekend for ten years

Australia?s Mt Hotham ski resort reported their opening weekend was the first in ten years where snow cover so early in the season was good enough for runs to open beneath the Great Alpine Road.?What an incredible opening weekend it was!? said a resort spokesperson, ?We enjoyed everything on ....

Solden among resorts no longer opening glacier for summer season

Another glacier ski area in the Alps has decided not to run its lifts for snow sports in summer any more. The number of summer snow centres has now more than halved over the past decade from a peak of nearly 40 northern hemisphere choices in the 1990s. Solden is the latest ski area to ....

Mid-summer session at Cairngorm!

Yesterday CairnGorm Mountain welcomed 100 skiers and snowboarders who came to enjoy the remaining snow in the Ptarmigan bowl. This is the first time in living memory that CairnGorm has had skiing and snowboarding with the benefit of mechanised uplift at mid-summer.Hopefully, there will be ....

Ski Iran

Here comes Iran?s best kept secret ? no, not another uranium enrichment plant ? its exceptional skiing. Although most people wouldn?t imagine mentioning Iran and snow sports in the same sentence, the country has some of the best high altitude skiing on offer anywhere in the world. London based ....

Turning Turkey?s Uludağ into Davos

Uludağ in Turkey will see dramatic improvements in the next few years will see it become a rival to resorts Like Davos in Switzerland the Turkish government hope. Uludağ is reported to have seen little new investment in 50 years.The resort is the best known of the dozen or so ski ....

Burton B plays in London tomorrow

Only one day to go until the new Burton film ?The B? screens in London?s Dingwalls. No doubt it?s going to be a banger of a night with DJ sets from Jay Stevenson and Kwik Draw Kids, plus the hottest band of the moment; Fenech Soler. Check them out: www.myspace.com/fenechsoler Doors open at 7.....

Animal Snowboard Camps to take in Japan and Austria

A 10 day trip to Japan or 3 week long camps to Austria with the Animal Pro team.All the camps are on the SCUK Camp Calendar;JapanAustria 1Austria 2Austria 3

Glencoe Under New Ownership

Scotland�??s Glencoe ski area has been bought by Scottish businessman Andy Meldrum, from former owner David Campbell, who owned it since 2005.Essential maintenance work is reported to be now underway with the aim of opening the centre for the 2009-10 season. Mr Meldrum hopes to increase the ..

Win a trip to Vancouver for the Olympics

With 100 days to go before the Olympics hit centre stage and visitors flood Vancouver's streets, one lucky person is about to get a free trip to Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Blog the Games Contest, allows entrants to submit a one-minute video to be judged on YouTube in the hopes ....

Glacier open on Blackcomb Mountain tomorrow

Biggest snowpack in years awaits summer skiers and riders.WHISTLER, BC, June 15, 2010 ? After a record breaking year of snowfall, glacier skiing and riding returns on Blackcomb?s Horstman Glacier this Saturday June 19th with some of the best summer skiing and riding conditions in years.?It?....

Vote for Whitelines cover as best of the year

Are good friends over at Whitelines were stoked to find out they?d been short-listed as a finalist for a Maggie Award, the magazine equivalent of the Oscars.The awards, which are given out for the best magazine covers in the industry, are pretty prestigious ? they?re up against titles like ....

Billabong Ante Up first TTR of the season

Believe it or not, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is getting ready to kick of the 2010/2011 season with the 5Star Billabong Ante Up big air event going down at Camp of Champions on June 26th, 2010 in Whistler, B.C. Canada. The inaugural 5Star event has a premiere lineup of riders trekking ....

Vail largest recycler

Vail is already the largest ski area buyer of green energy credits in North America and now the company believes it is the largest ski area recycling program in the world, recycling or reusing more than 70 percent of the material on the mountain including cardboard, aluminium, glass and even ....

Star Ski offer SCUK members 10% discount!

Star Ski Chalets offer luxury ski and snowboard holidays in our beautiful fully catered chalets in Morzine. Our aim is to give our clients the ultimate winter ski holiday or snowboard holiday in Morzine where every detail has been thought out by us so you have to worry about nothing except ....

Canadian resort offers summer skiing for the first time

Mount Washington was top of the world snowfall table for most of last winter with over 6 metres (20 feet) lying and the resort, which was the main pre-Olympics training base for international teams immediately before the Winter games in February, had over 15m (approximately 50 feet) of snow through ..

Cairngorm's season finally ends

Cairngorm Mountain above Aviemore in Scotland has finally decided to call it a day on their 2009-10 ski season after opening in June for the first time in 18 years.Although final figures are yet to be published, it appears winter 2009-10 will have been one of the area?s most successful for 20 ....

Les 2 Alpes opens its glacier this week

Les 2 Alpes will be the first of France?s three ski areas that still offer summer glacier skiing and snowboarding to open, this Wednesday, June 16th.The lists open from 7.15am daily until the 28th August, the resorts there is 2.4m (eight feet) of snow lying on the glacier.The resort?s ....

Les 2 Alpes opens it sglacier this week

Les 2 Alpes will be the first of France?s three ski areas that still offer summer glacier skiing and snowboarding to open, this Wednesday, June 16th.The lists open from 7.15am daily until the 28th August, the resorts there is 2.4m (eight feet) of snow lying on the glacier.The resort?s ....

Third Italian summer resort opens

Three glacier ski areas are now open in Italy following the re-opening of Val Senales at the weekend. It joins Passo Stelvio and the Presena glacier above Passo Tonale, which had one red and one black run open at the weekend but it likely to close in the near future. However Cervinia will re-open ..

No freestyle at Chill Factore until mid-July

Stephen Evans, Chief Executive at Chill Factore, said: ?As many of our regular guests will know, we have been carrying out maintenance work on and under the main slope for the past five weeks. This work has been carried out to accommodate a new tenant in the 25,000 sq ft unit underneath the slope, ....

The Spirit of Adaptability

Snowboarding is a progressive sport. Adaptive Snowboarding is probably the most progressive expression of it I've ever seen. Just imagine the devastation of losing a limb and having to find the energy and the motivation to start everything from the beginning including, of course, snowboarding.....

Australian snow kick starts season

Fresh snow across Australia?s ski areas helped get the season off to a positive start at the weekend when the country?s resorts began opening for winter 2010. Temperatures have been low for the best part of a month allowing for plenty of pre-season snowfall and with 10-15cm (4-6 inches) of natural ..

Dachstein opens for the summer after two week delay

The Dachstein glacier in southern Austria has re-opened for summer skiing this weekend, two weeks later than planned. A technical issue following the replacement of the steel cable, for the first time since the lift was installed in 1969, on the Dachstein access cable car led to the postponed ....

Stefan Gimpl celebrates back-to-back wins

After he had taken Gold at the season's first big air in London last week, Stefan Gimpl also celebrated victory at the second in-city event of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup. At the first ever big air on Spanish soil, the Austrian veteran (52.3 points) relegated Switzerland's Gian-Luca ....

4Star TTR Horsefeathers Please Jam shakes up women's rankings

After the official kick off of the Northern Hemisphere snowboard season last weekend in Modena, Italy, this week riders are gathering on the Dachstein Glacier in Austria for the 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam and with 500 TTR ranking points to win, we will see some thrilling changes in the Swatch ..

K-Jam review and pictures

In a county far far away, lies a large plastic doormat with curious bumps and shapes poking through its surface. In parallel, it sits perfectly among more familiar but just as spectacular surroundings of hills and woodland, while a neighbouring housing estate looks on in confusion. As much as the ..

Kevin Pearce in intensive care after halfpipe injury

Snowboarder Kevin Pearce (Norwich, VT) remains in critical condition at the University of Utah Hospital intensive care unit in Salt Lake City. Doctors indicate that his condition is stable and that he is continuing treatment for a head injury sustained on December 31, 2009 while training in the ....

Braehead park for this week

Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight and Friday.

Gillings 13th at Stoneham SBX

Snowboard Cross World Cup leaders Maelle Ricker (CAN) and Pierre Vaultier (FRA) have impressively underlined in Stoneham why both are sitting on the top spot of the ranking. While Ricker (3,960 points) secured her season?s third win in the fifth snowboard cross of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World ....

Calling all SCUK members registered with Boardology!!

Boardology have recently launched their new website but were unfortunately unable to copy across all customer accounts. But don't fret, all you need to do it re-register and e-mail alli@boardology.co.uk, who will then update your account with the 10% discount. Check out their new website www...

Race event at Hemel on Sunday means restricted access

The Hemel Snow Centre have informed us that the Hemel Ski Race Club race event this weekend is being held on Sunday 13th June 7.30am-2.30pm.One half of the main slope will still be open for recreational skiing and snowboarding.Come and join us in The EDGE - it's an exciting event and who ....

Kicker for Saturday's Big Air at MK

Here's the Big Air coming together for this weekend's event at SNO!zone Milton Keynes. Nice!

Mountain spring cleaning at Cairngorm and Nevis Range next weekend

Patrick Thorne and familyfrom Snow 24In its third year, the Ski Club of Great Britain?s ?Big Spring Clean? returns to the Scottish ski resorts of Cairngorm Mountain and Nevis Range on Sunday 20 June 2010. Taking place a month later than previous years due to a record breaking Scottish snow season, ....

Highlights of the 2010 TTR General Assembly

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 ....

Star Ski Offer SCUK members 10% discount!

Star Ski Chalets offer luxury ski and snowboard holidays in our beautiful fully catered chalets in Morzine. Our aim is to give our clients the ultimate winter ski holiday or snowboard holiday in Morzine where every detail has been thought out by us so you have to worry about nothing except ....

Burton Freestyle Camps 2010 at the SnowDome

The SnowDome is proud to be hooking up with Burton snowboards again this summer to offer more fantastic camp sessions! The UK?s greatest team will be on hand to offer advice and tips on how to get started or improve your freestyle snowboarding. All ages and levels catered for? whether your taking ....

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2010 TTR GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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 ....

Two for one offer from Hemel Snow Centre

An amazing two hours for the price of one on Recreational Lift Passes all summer long!There couldn?t be a better time to practice your skiing or snowboarding. Enjoy 2 hours for the price of 1 on recreational lift passes Monday through to Thursday during June, July and August. What are you ....

Scotland had best season for 14 years

Although Scotland?s ski season is not yet officially over, with CairnGorm Mountain expecting to operate at weekends in June, ski-scotland is already evaluating the benefit of what has been a phenomenal season.Since the season started in late November, Scotland?s five mountain ski areas have had ..

Lottery to fund Welsh language snowboard lessons in Llandudno

A new initiative by Menter Iaith (Language Initiative), a community-based organisation which works to raise the profile of the Welsh Language in a specific area, has brought Welsh language teaching to snowboarders. Bedwyr ap Gwyn from Menter Iaith Conwy said they have decided to venture into a ....

Castleford park for STANDINGsideways Session

Here's the park for this Friday's STANDINGsideways Session at SNO!zone Castleford.

Final Southern Freestyle Series event this Saturday at Warmwell

The third and final event of the Southern Freestyle Series is this Saturday at Warmwell on the south coast.

Garmin® Crowns its Snow Club Champions

Garmin� the global leader in satellite navigation celebrates its first and successful winter season in snowsports by announcing the 3 champions from the Alpine Garmin Test Centres that travelled the fastest, highest and furthest.Throughout the Winter 09/10 season, over 5,000 guests swooshed ....

King of Snow says do a Switch BS 180°

It doesn't matter how good you are, King of Snow want you to get involved and copy the exploits of Horsefeathers teamrider Tomas Tuzar by trying a backside 180 of the switch variety. As always, we want you guys to have a go, film and upload it and do Britain proud!.. good luck y'all. Find out ....

Indoor ski area at Long Island moves forward

Plans for a large indoor snow centre for Calverton at Long Island in the US have moved forward in the past few weeks with developers Riverhead Resorts asking the town authorities for final approval of its $2.2 billion project on 750 acres of land. If approval is granted, the company can complete ....

US State of Georgia indoor snow centre proposal

Plans for a large indoor snow centre in the US state of Georgia are continuing to move forward.The proposal, for an indoor centre with five ruins and covering a million square feet, would see the facility built on 750 acres of land near Red Top Mountain State Park.As well as the ski slopes ....

SNO!zone Castleford Park Strife offer for Chill Factore members

This Friday Chill Factore members are invited to join us at SNO!zone Castleford for their first PARK STRIFE of 2010 with a special offer. If you bring along your ID membership card you can ride for five hours for the price of two. So instead of paying �35 its �25 for adults and �20 for juniors ....

Dragon Lodge in Tignes this summer

Our good friends at Dragon Lodge sent us an email to remind us of all the good things Tignes has available for the summer.The Grande Motte glacier will be open every day, 7:15 to 13:00 from 19th June to 29th August 2010: Accessed from the village via the funicular in just 7 minutes the area ....

Dutch indoor snow centre files for bankruptcy

The SnowDome De Uithof in the Netherland has filed for bankruptcy following a spate of major operational problems.The centre, which was the country?s fifth to open, ten years ago, first saw the roof of the adjoining ice rink collapse last winter due to the weight of snow. Then the floor cooling ..

Russian plans for longest indoor slope cancelled

A long standing project to build the longest indoor slope yet has been cancelled after the company behind the development became a victim of the worldwide economic problems.Freestyle Park Moscow was designed with another list of world firsts from the British team that pioneered indoor snow in ....

STANDINGsideways Session at Cas next weekend

SNO!zone Castleford presents the first STANDINGsideways Sessions on Friday 11th June. An open freestyle session for snowboarders and skiers to get your shred on!

Scottish slopes open this weekend... hopefully

Cairngorm Mountain above Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands has announced plans to open for the first weekend of June, next Saturday 5th/6th.A fortnight later on June 21st Northern Scotland celebrates the start of summer with near-24 hour daylight, thanks to the region?s northerly latitude.....

North America's first indoor slope back on track?

One of the longest and most expensive sagas in world ski area development appears to be back on track following the intervention of a US billionaire.Local journalist John Brennan of The Record newspaper (www.northjersey.com), who has followed the development of Xanadu for many years, has ....

Summer Heat Rail Battle at Castleford this Saturday

Well, they're not telling us what this is all about, but here's the park layout for the event at SNO!zone Castleford this Saturday!

Mile wide Megadome for Beijing

SkiTrac report that their local associates in Beijing have succeeded in putting sufficient funding together to register the Beijing Megadome special purpose company. Once registration is completed in the near future, the preliminary development work will commence on the mighty 1600m (one mile) ....

Helmets to become law for u18s in California?

Transworld reports that California legislature have passed two ski and snowboard helmet bills.In a 21-13 bipartisan vote, the California State Senate resoundingly approved a bill that would require all children under 18 to wear a helmet while skiing or snowboarding on the state?s slopes. ....

Project Friday review from Braehead

Iain Hawkins tweaks it out over the Bow brothers.Friday the 28th of May saw the first ever Project Friday event take place at SNO!zone Scotland. Just under a hundred riders turned up to hit the slope to shred the specially prepared park.Project Friday is a night by the riders, for the riders, ....

Boardercross coaching at MK in August

Did you watch the skicross and boardercross events at the Olympics in Vancouver and want to have a go? The Ski MK Race Team will be running skiercross and boardcross courses on a specially designed course at SNO!zone Milton Keynes between 9 and 12 August. Although running during the summer holidays ..

Garmin Arrives on the Snowsports Scene

Garmin the global leader in satellite navigation turns its expertise to snowsports to deliver the new must-have item for the slopes as it announces a series of GPS devices and a range of activities geared toward the snowsports enthusiast.Demonstrating that it is not solely the performance-....

Southampton indoor slope to be built at council's Town Depot site

Plans to build a snow dome in the heart of Southampton can today be exclusively revealed by the Daily Echo.Southampton City Council wants the huge indoor snowsports centre to be built on the site of the city?s Town Depot.Rising up alongside the northern approach to the Itchen Bridge, the ....

Garmin arrives on the snowsports scene

Garmin the global leader in satellite navigation turns its expertise to snowsports to deliver the new must-have item for the slopes as it announces a series of GPS devices and a range of activities geared toward the snowsports enthusiast.Demonstrating that it is not solely the performance-....