A right royal day for freestyle at Hemel

Want to enjoy the extra bank holiday by doing something exciting and different? How about freestyle skiing or snowboarding? Friday 29th April is the perfect opportunity to try your hand at freestyle. 45 minute Rookie Rail or Kicker Taster Sessions run throughout the day (9am ? 5pm) for only £....

Braehead park for this week's Spring Fling

Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for this Thursday and Friday. Project Friday is the Spring Fling.

Scotland update - One More Weekend

Cairngorm have done it again and kept things going until Easter weekend... just. Only the Ptarmigan bowl remains for list access skiing following a fast thaw in the Ciste basin. What?s left is the park with a couple of kickers, a hip and some rails as well as some good beginner intermediate ....

Royal kicker at Hemel

Sneak peak for Hemel's Royal offering tonight. This still isn't the "NEW FEATURE" mentioned on the park plan, but we have worked out what that is now, we're just keeping it secret too.&copy; Salomon UK

Scottish Update 28th April

And so it end?s after another very respectable winter season in Scotland. While there?s always the possibility of snow any time of the year up here, it?s unlikely the lifts will be turning again until the Autumn. Over 370,000 people made the trip to the Scottish resorts this year and some were ....

Royal Hemel park for this week

Here's The Snow Centre, Hemel park for this Friday. Although we don't know exactly what the "NEW FEATURE" is, we have seen some of the work that's gone in to it and it looks sweet. A bit cryptic I know!

20 Snow-Camp Young People gain Level 1 Ski Instructor Certificates!

?A fantastic and beneficial project that just keeps getting better? - Martin Bell (British Olympic Skier).Youth charity Snow-Camp has just returned from their latest adventure in the French Alps, but this time with 20 young people having been recognised as trained ski instructors. For the ....

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20 Snow-Camp Young People gain Level 1 Ski/Snowboard Instructor Certificates!

Reserve your SCUK Spring Bash freestyle coaching sessions

You can now reserve a morning and afternoon freestyle coaching session at the SCUK Spring Bash with Maverix and Definition.Reserve your place now!We have 12 snowboard sessions with Maverix, plus 12 snowboard sessions with Definition, so that's 144 snowboard places available. For the skiers, ..

The Whitelines boardtest rail jam

Anybody heading out to the board test in a few weeks might well be interested in the Whitelines Boardtest Rail Jam on Sunday 8th.

2 & 1 day freestyle courses with Definition, SNO!zone Castleford

Event Date: 04/06/2011 00:00:00

Relentless Freeze headline teaser and early bird tickets

Headliner AnnouncementRelentless Energy Drink Freeze Festival, the UK?s only snow sports and music festival returns 28-29th Oct 2011. On Tuesday 3rd May early bird tickets will go on sale at last year?s prices and Freeze will announce its Saturday night headliner. To be the first to find out ....

Early Bird Offer 11 Week Big White Ski & Snowboard Courses (26/04/2011 16:41:03)

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2 & 1 day freestyle courses with Definition, The Snow Centre Hemel

Event Date: 07/05/2011 00:00:00

Massive SnowFlex slope for Ireland

The developers of a new all-weather ski complex planned for the Dundalk in Co Louth hope to have the first phase open next year. Dundalk is in Ireland, but just south of the border with Northern Ireland and less than 50 miles south of Belfast.Louth County Council has granted planning permission ..

The Scottish Snow Sports Festival 2012!

The Scottish Snow Sports Festival, is taking place from the 24th - 26th Feb 2012 and is set to be huge and a first of its kind for Aviemore and the Cairngorm National Park.The Festival now combines the Scottish Winter Music Festival, the Scottish Winter Comedy Festival and along with the Snow ....

K-Jam on 29th May

The K-Jam is being held of the green SnowFlex of Kendal on 29th May.

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Parkstrife offer at MK for 14th May

SNO!zone Milton Keynes are making plans for the Parkstrife event on May 14th, which will include their SNO!academy sessions due to its popularity so far this year. The first 30 people to book into a 5hr Parkstrife pass get exclusive use of the rookie park and free tuition from SNO!academy ....

Volcom store opens in Falmouth, UK

Whilst the Volcom End of Season Banger is underway at Cairngorm this Saturday, at the other end of the country, they'll be opening their sixth European store on the south coast at Falmouth.To celebrate there will be drinks, the opportunity to print your own designed Volcom hat plus the chance ....

Tamworth park plans. (21/04/2011 09:52:21)

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Hemel park and refurbed SCUK Box

Here's The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead park for this week. It's labelled as 21st, but we think it's for Friday.Myself and Steve Terry spent last weekend rebuilding The SCUK Box. We've flipped, re-welded and painted the coping so it's nice and round and blue. We've repaired most of the side ..

Developer says SnOasis on schedule

Despite an apparent lack of progress on the site, which has most recently been held up by the need for a newt licence, developer Godfrey Spanner says several key deals have now been signed and all the necessary funding is in place.Developer Godfrey Spanner at the SnOasis siteWhile his opponents ..

Ski Club's Big Spring Clean to include Glenshee

The Ski Club's annual resort clear up, the Big Spring Clean, returns to Scotland for a fourth year on Sunday 12 June. This year volunteers will not only be tackling the damaging litter left on the slopes by mountains users at CairnGorm Mountain and the Nevis Range but also, new for 2011, at ....

Scottland update - One More Weekend

Vans Dawn of the Shred video

For those wanting to see what happened at the VANS Dawn of the Thread a few weekends ago, here's a great video-blog from Sean Miller.I know has been around for a while, but didn't appear on SCUK TV.

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Maverix Snow Camp slides in to Chill Factore

Manchester?s Chill Factore has paired up with Maverix to offer specialist freestyle snowboard coaching sessions.In Chill Factore's first partnership with external freestyle snowboard coaches, the sessions are designed to complement the tuition already available from the in-house coaching team ....

Niseko, Japan to build new gondola for 50th year

A month after the catastrophic Japanese earthquake, Niseko, one of some 600 ski areas in the country and arguably the best known internationally, has commented on the event and how it has affected the resort which is located on the separate northern island of Hokkaido and 500km from the epicentre.....

Helmet laws progressing in New York state

Although the heat seems to have diminished from the moves to introduce laws to require people, particularly children, to wear helmets when skiing or snowboarding in ski resorts in various regions and countries around the world, some bills are still quietly moving forward.So far only Italy and ....

Volcom End of Season Banger this Saturday on Cairngorm

The Volcom Jam will be hosted at Cairngorm this Saturday at 1pm. There will be a free BBQ and it's free to get involved in the session too! Come and stop by for some of the fun and claim some of the prizes.Facebook event page.

Tiffindell on the block

South Africa?s only commercial ski area, Tiffindell, which has been in financial difficulties for some years, is going to be auctioned at the end of May.The South African ski season is often the first to begin each southern hemisphere autumn in late May so it is unclear whether the centre will ....

SCUK is 14

We missed it again, but SCUK celebrated its 14th birthday on 7th April 2011. I probably had cake that day to celebrate anyway. Happy birthday us!For those that didn't know, SnowboardClub.co.uk launched way back as TheBoarder.co.uk on some free hosting, before moving to a shared server a few ....

The Southern Freestyle Series

The Southern Freestyle Series is on again this Summer with events across three of the UK's PermaSnow slopes.Saturday 21st May 2011 at Swadlincote Ski CentreSaturday 4th June 2011 at Chatham Ski CentreSaturday 18th June 2011 at Bracknell Ski Centre, which will also act as the final for the ....

Moog Royale one of the UK's coolest independent brands! (19/04/2011 09:27:55)

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Spring Fling at Braehead on 29th

The Project Friday - Spring Fling - 29th AprilThis month we're closing the season with a warm Scottish 'welcome back' to our returning seasonaire snow hounds as well as loving our regular home based riders, of course.As usual we'll be sticking the tunes up LOUD and letting you get on ....

Vans Penken Park, Mayrhofen, Austria - VIDEO (18/04/2011 17:05:17)

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4Star Protest World Rookie Finals (13/04/2011 15:27:42)

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TheAirBag.net at Braehead

TheAirBag.net returns to SNO!zone Scotland this Friday for aerial japes and tomfoolery. We Kick off at 7 until 10:45pm and with it only costing £24 for Slope time, equipment hire if needed, a stack of freestyle features and 45 mins on TheAirBag, you would be daft to miss it. For more info or to ....

14th April Scotland update

Following the tropical weekend we were all gifted with things, have cooled down up north and the snow melt has mellowed with the lifts still open at Cairngorm at least! Last weekend saw the Vans Dawn of the Shred Comp return which was another awesome comp made even better by blue skies and decent ....

5 tricks on the backyard gaspipe! (14/04/2011 12:33:00)

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Job : Head of Ski School, Plymouth

John Nike Leisuresport is a privately owned outdoor dry ski/snowboard company in the UK with five centres based around the UK. We are now looking to recruit a Head of Ski School based in Plymouth. This role is key to the day to day running of the centre and we are looking for someone who can add ....

2 day Freestyle coaching course DEFINITION, SNO!zone Milton Keynes

Event Date: 30/04/2011 00:00:00

Snowboard, boots and bindings are 30% off at TSA

Starting tomorrow (Saturday 16th April 2011) all 2010/11 snowboards, boots and bindings will be further reduced to a whopping 30% off full price. There is still some amazing kit left in our sale, a Bataleon Goliath is now just £253.79, K2 Cinch CTS bindings are just 110.81 and Celsius Rain ....

2&1 day freestyle courses DEFINITION £50 off, SNO!zone Castleford

Event Date: 23/04/2011 00:00:00

RIDE AND SEEK 2011 (14/04/2011 14:43:53)

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Airtime 4 hell yeah! (14/04/2011 16:08:20)

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Only Two Days Left in the Swatch TTR Art Rules Trophy Design Contest (13/04/2011 15:36:09)

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Summer fun at the 12th Longboard Classic in Stuben (13/04/2011 15:54:53)

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Boardology Sale (13/04/2011 13:08:19)

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Win an annual membership and private ski/snowboarding lesson with Hemel

All you need to win a free annual membership for one person plus a private ski or snowboard lesson is a Twitter account and some luck! From the 11th until the 17th of April, The Snow Centre will run a prize draw on Twitter, and all you have to do to enter is retweet ?Win an annual membership and a ....

50% off at Freeze Pro Shop

As the sun begins to shine, and the snow begins to melt, we have final reductions in our massive end of season closeout sale! There's 50% off ALL ski & snowboard hardwear, outerwear, helmets, goggles, beanies & more... It's s a great time to pick up some incredible bargains! New spring/summer ....

Ulsletten and Rusin take top honours at 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals

Ischgl, Austria and its impressive park setup played host to the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals on Saturday April 9th, 2011. As the final stop of the World Rookie Tour, the event had attracted the crème de la crème of rookies and groms. Around sixty competitors of age 18-years old and younger ....

Scottish season comes to rapid end for 4 of 5 areas

Only two weeks after all operational ski lifts in Scotland were open for the first time in 15 years, four of the country?s five centres have been forced to close for snowsports after torrential rain, strong winds and double-digit temperatures annihilated snow cover. The destruction of the snowbase ....

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CairnGorm Mountain to offer low priced ski touring ticket

CairnGorm Mountain is making available a ski mountaineering ticket at an introductory price of £10. The ticket will only be valid for use on the day of issue and ski mountaineers will be able to use the ticket on a total of two tows only to reach the point where they start their ski mountaineering...

Heml park for this Friday

Here's The Snow Centre Hemel park for this Friday, which includes a mystery feature.

Time to crown the WSF World Rookie Champions at the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals

The young-guns all over Europe are waxing up their boards and beginning their travels to Ischgl, Austria next week for the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals. The future stars of snowboarding have had the opportunity to compete all year at the many World Rookie Tour stops found all over the globe, ....

Happy birthday SNO!zone Scotland

SNO!zone Scotland in Braehead, which is the most northerly indoor slope in the world, is five years old today having opened on 6th April 2006. Since opening the facility has become firmly established as one of Scotland?s most popular visitor attractions. Nearly fourteen million people have passed ....

Off-peak April at Hemel

Every day throughout the month of April, all prices will be held at the off-peak rate. Normally peak prices apply after 5pm weekdays, weekends, school holidays and bank holidays. But not this April!Take advantage of great prices on Lift Passes; save £8 on a 2 hour Recreational Lift Pass at ....

Slopestyle not yet an Olympic discipline

Following the meeting of its Executive Board in London today, 6th April, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed the inclusion of a total of six new events on the program of the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014. The newly added events which are FIS events are Freestyle Ski halfpipe (....

Seppe Smits claim his first 4Star title at Quiksilver Spring Battle

The 8th edition of the 4Star Quiksilver Spring Battle in Flachauwinkl, Austria saw the Belgian rider, Seppe Smits, take home the slopestyle victory on Friday, April 1st, 2011. Both the park setup and the riding were impressive at this springtime event with some of Europe?s best snowboarders ....

Who cares what Jake Terry has been up to?

Well, we certainly don't. Little git keeps snaking me at The Snow Centre. Why I oughtaaa...More Snowboarding VideosJake did pretty well at The Brits recently, securing 2 Golds and 2 Silvers in his age category, so we'll let him off just this once.www.jaketerry.co.uk

SNO!zone Scottish Freestyle Championships

The SNO!zone Scottish Freestyle Championships was originally scheduled for Saturday 2 April at Cairngorm, however with the weather looking less than perfect it was decided to postpone it until the following day. Sunday rolled around and blue skies greeted everyone as they arrived at the base, along ..

Four Brits - Berry/ Foster/ Kilner/ Morgan - qualify for World Snowboard Champs 2012

Laura Berry (slopestyle), Kate Foster (halfpipe), Ben Kilner (halfpipe) and Billy Morgan (slopestyle) have all preliminary qualified to represent GBR at the World Snowboard Championships 2012 in Oslo. The WSC website has jumped the gun a little with its announcement WSC2012. This is because they ....

Future for Rossendale dryslope

Basically the slope is closed as of the 31st March 2011. The council has opened up the option of organisations, social enterprises and the like, to bid for tendership of the facility.At the moment the Ski Rossendale Social Enterprise is one of the main parties looking to bid for the opportunity ..

SCUK Spring Bash price reduction

Because of the great new April prices recently announced, The Snow Centre Hemel have kindly offered to reduce the SCUK Spring Bash prices for our 14th May event.From May, The Snow Centre will be going back to their normal pricing at weekends and evenings and the all day lift pass on a Saturday ....

7th April Scotland update

And so it continues... Despite the tropical conditions most of the UK is basking in, there is still (some) snow to be had in Scotland with Cairngorm still open top to mid station. It?s classic spring conditions but the favourable weather?s providing some awesome riding.The hairdryer conditions ..

Final reduction time in Westbeach sale - 55% off

The season is drawing to close so it's final reduction time here at www.westbeach.com. All our winter 10/11 products are now 55% OFF. Last chance to get some great value gear for a final trip of the season!

Summer Shredding with Maverix and Westbeach plus brand new reward scheme

The winter is coming to a close and Maverix is gearing up for another summer shred session in Les Deux Alpes (L2A). We have expanded the programme to offer some great budget self catering as well as the normal half board luxury chalet in the centre of town. You won?t find a better setup in Les Deux ..

Sponsors coming on board for SCUK Spring Bash

If you've ever been to one of the SCUK Bash jam sessions, you'll know you're pretty much guaranteed to walk away with something unless you hide in a corner all night. The SCUK Spring Bash will be no exception with the good people of the UK snowboarding industry digging deep to fill the SCUK ....

Global voting begins in the Burton Creative Use Of Space award - win a trip to a BGOS

You can now cast your votes in the Burton Creative Us Of Space - presented by MINI - as the Global Voting is now open. Voting closes midday on 11th April.Male FinalistsSven Thorgren (SWE)Scotty James (AUS)Yale Cousino (USA)Female FinalistsTy Walker (USA)Cilka Sadar (SLO)Kjersti ....

Lithuanian idoor slope nears completion

New pictures published on the website of the SNORAS Snow Arena?s website - www.snowarena.lt - in the past week show the complex nearing completion.The Lithuanian ski centre is due to open this spring and as well as one of the world?s largest indoor snow slopes will feature a raised outdoor ..

etnies open store in Kingston Upon Thames

The first etnies store launched in Kingston Upon Thames, near London last Thursday. Partnering with a key etnies retailer, Natterjacks, the new store showcases the biggest collection of etnies footwear and clothing in Europe! ?After building up experience with etnies corners we are now ....

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2&1 day freestyle courses DEFINITION, SNO!zone Castleford

Event Date: 23/04/2011 00:00:00

2&1 day freestyle courses DEFINITION, SNO!zone Scotland (Braehead)

Event Date: 16/04/2011 00:00:00

2&1 day freestyle courses DEFINITION, SNO!zone Milton Keynes

Event Date: 09/04/2011 00:00:00

2&1 day freestyle courses DEFINITION, The Snow Centre Hemel

Event Date: 02/04/2011 00:00:00

Vans Dawn of the Shred

Vans Dawn Of The Shred, fuelled by Monster Energy returns for its fifth year to the Cairngorms, with every intention of pulling another epic contest out of the bag and redefining what can be achieved inside the British Isles.Last year the event surpassed all expectations with an impressive snow ..

Check out Design Unlikely Features with Analog

After receiving tons of the craziest jib obstacles drawings for 3 months from October until January, Sylvain Vidal´s ?Stairs? feature was finally elected this year´s winning obstacle!Not Only Sylvain has been flown with one of his mates to Avoriaz for an epic weekend, but he also discovered 2 ....

Snowboarder loses leg in accident at Mammoth Mountain (01/04/2011 10:41:44)

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Creative Use of Space Award - presented by MINI - How does it work?

The Creative Use of Space Award was introduced to the Burton Global Open Series in order to promote riding that is creative rather than simply "spin-to-win".Starting with the semi-finals of the Slopestyle and Halfpipe events, the judges at the BGOS selected a number of runs they think worthy to ..

Results from the Glencoe Jam for Japan

First off all we would like to thank all the riders that took part in the event on the Glencoe Park last weekend. To Jamie of Clan, Rupert of Librance for coming along on the day to help out and for putting up prizes - WhiteDot Freeride, Nike 6.0, Skull Candy, Bond Clothing, SLVDR Clothing, K2, ..

SNO!zone Scottish Freestyle Series at Cairngorm moved to Sunday

The final event of the SNO!zone Scottish Freestyle Series was scheduled to take place at Cairngorm Mountain this Saturday 2 April. However, due to the weather forecast it has been postponed until Sunday 3 April. The Scottish Freestyle Champs is a 3 Star British Snow Tour event giving maximum ....

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