Westbeach longest tripod competition

A spot of fun we think.Whether dryslope, mountain or indoor slope... get tripoding!Film your tripod and send the link to Westbeach at onlinecomps@westbeach.comIf you don?t know how to tripod then check out Westbeach rider Jesse Smith showing you how it?s done.Westbeach Tripod from ....

MK parks for Park Strife week and summer opening hours begin

Here are the SNO!zone Milton Keynes parks for this Thursday and Friday. Friday is Park Strife and sees theAirbag.net at MK for the duration.Please note that from 30th April SNO!zone Milton Keynes will be moving to summer opening hours:Monday - Wednesday 10am - 10pmThursday - Friday 10 am - ....

First half pipe Olympic training centre for South America

The ski resort of La Parva in Chile, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has announced a project to develop the first half-pipe Olympic training centre in South America. This will be accessible by its new triple chairlift which has also opened up five new pistes.David Owen of ....

Where to snowboard this May

Snow addicts, don't be too depressed by the golfers and gardeners - the 2011-12 ski season continues right through May (and beyond) if you know where to look!Here is the www.skiinfo.co.uk guide to resorts in 10 countries where's looks good for May 2012...CanadaAt Whistler, Blackcomb ....

UK trade body established to promote mountain holidays

A new British association set up to promote ski and mountain holidays aims to do for the sector as the Passenger Shipping Association has done for the cruise market.The Active Mountain Association (AMA) is the brainchild of Peter Stratton, head of trade liaison for governing body Snow Sport ....

MK park for this week (updated)

This week on the main park slope at SNO!park Milton Keynes we have a black gas pipe and a street rail moving down to another pipe and a down flat down. Then onto the kicker which has a flat down built into the side of it then to finish there is another street rail and the orange gas pipe. The ....

Still more heavy late season snowfalls in The Alps

It has been another snowy April week in the Alps and Dolomites and while the number of ski areas still open for ?winter? 2011-12 continues to diminish, most of those that remain open have plenty of fresh snow to enjoy. It has been another snowy week in France in particular with repeat powder ....

Snowboard Freestyle coaching Definition, The Snow Centre Hemel

Event Date: 19/05/2012 00:00:00

Best conditions this season at CairnGorm

An even bigger weekend coming up this Saturday and Sunday at CairnGorm with lots of fresh powdery snow! We are planning on operating the Ciste, Ptarmigan, M1 and Polar Express with the Funicular running every 20 minutes and all trains making mid station up stops. Once again we will be running some ....

Glencoe good if you don't mind a hike

Unfortunately, the snow line this week has been just above the rescue shed so although the top 80% of the upper runs are in great shape we have had no new snow at the bottom of the main basin T-bar so we will be unable to officially open for snow sports this weekend.However, there is a great ....

Representing: Lewis Courtier-Jones

Coventry-born snowboarder Lewis Courtier-Jones is back on the path to recovery, after breaking his collarbone during training last month.Courtier-Jones ? ranked as the fourth best snowboarder in Great Britain ? was preparing to compete in the Halfpipe, Big Air and Slopestyle categories of the ....

Half price beginner lessons at Hemel

The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead are offering half price Level 1 Adult Group Lessons.If you can't snowboard yet or who have a significant (or insignificant) other that needs schooling in the arts of the plank, then now is a good time to suggest they give it a go.You could even try to convert ..

SS20 Charity Ebay Auction (26/04/2012 17:05:08)

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Freestyle coaching day course. Definition, The Snow Centre Hemel

Event Date: 12/05/2012 00:00:00

Snowboard Freestyle coaching Definition, SNO!zone Castleford

Event Date: 05/05/2012 00:00:00

Snowboard Freestyle coaching Definition, Snow Factor Braehead Scotland

Event Date: 05/05/2012 00:00:00

Parkstrife 3D and Airbag at MK in May

Parkstrife May 4th - Now showing in 3D - with FREE Airbag (with a 5 hour pass, subject to availability) .A first for UK snowboarding! All the usual Parkstrife madness will now be coming to your screens in state-of-the-art/not-so-state-of-the-art 3D. Filmers will be on the slope catching the ....

Chile?s first gondola in Valle Nevado

Valle Nevado has announced a new gondola, Chile's first, will open for the resort's 2012 ski season in June, along with other upgrades.The 1.2km long gondola will feature 70 cabins holding six passengers each and can transport 2,000 passengers per hour. Travelling at a speed of 7.5 meters per ....

Aquariaz opening next month

Pierre & Vacances (P&V) report that the new indoor water park, Aquariaz, will open at Avoriaz in France next month, ahead of the most recent July 1 2012 date given previously.The giant indoor park covering 2000 square metres has been designed by P&V subsidiary Center Parcs Europe and will be ....

Permanent freestyle planned for Snow Factor at Braehead

With SNO!zone Scotland having changed hands earlier in the year, they will start with their new name "Snow Factor" on 1st May. We had this missive from them today...Snow Factor at X-Scape Braehead will move to summer hours of operation from 1st May 2012; 10am - 10pm. We'd like to thank ....

Castleford park for this Friday's Superhero Park Strife

Here's the SNO!zone Castleford park for this Friday's Park Strife event... Superhero Night!Fly like a Superhero and hit the Airbag! We'll have main slope rookie area, free coaching, free airbag sessions, DJs on the slope and Superhero movies in the SNO!bar. Turn up as your favourite superhero ....

swill posse | cavern 24/7 | 2012 (23/04/2012 08:56:37)

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Win prizes you cant buy!! (20/04/2012 13:26:21)

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Winter (Part 3) for CairnGorm and The Big Weekend

Recent heavy snowfall has set up CairnGorm ski area near Aviemore for a weekend during which the resort?s operators plan to celebrate what they describe as ?Winter part 3?. Following another day of frequent snow showers above 700m and further fresh snow overnight and with light winds forecast, the ....

Watch Travis Rice's Supernatural in full

Hopefully you've seen the teasers from the event. Well, prepared to be blown away by the full 90 odd minutes. Crack open a beer, sit back and relax.

GONEboarding product of the week! (20/04/2012 15:18:50)

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Jibtuning offers SCUK members 10% discount

Jibtuning is owned, run, and managed by ski and snowboard technicians. With our staff trained to modern standards of ski and snowboard tuning we can assure you that whether your a one week a year, seasonair or professional user we will guide you on what tools you need or tips on how to ....

Southern Freestyle jam at Bracknell

The Southern Freestyle Club have their first event of the year at Bracknell on 9th June.Facebook event page, but you'll need to request membership of the Southern Freestyle Club before you can see it.

Every Third Thursday BUSH Secret Stash Snowboard (20/04/2012 15:30:32)

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Glencoe to open this weekend

We are open for skiing this weekend and the forecast is for spells of sunshine, light winds and some heavy snow showers above 600m.All open runs have a good cover of soft snow with a light dusting of fresh. All runs are unpisted so are only suitable for intermediates and experts. The best ....

BoardnLodge Summer Snowcamp, Tignes

Event Date: 21/07/2012 00:00:00

More snow in The Alps and North America

An estimated 250 ski areas remain open in the northern hemisphere for the last few weeks of April 2012 ? and many have been blessed with significant new snowfall over the past few days.The Alps along with ski areas in California have seen the biggest falls but there?s been new snow too in the ....

The Ride presents the SNO!down at Castleford

The first competition at SNO!zone Castleford of 2012! The 3rd annual SNO!down will be held on Saturday 12th May 2012. The competition is open to skiers and snowboarders of all standards giving pros and amateurs the chance to bag some prizes.www.facebook.com/events/413989331944415/

Hemel Summer prices to start early

The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead have chosen to start their summer prices now, rather than wait until May as we previously reported.Their new up to two hour Lift Pass at the weekend is just £29 (2 hour Lift Pass £39 previously) and for all those looking to come for a day then the All Day Lift ....

Strawberry Jam at Chatham

There's a new jam at Chatham on 7th July and this time it's a Strawberry Jam.www.facebook.com/events/361116953934273/

Glencoe to open tomorrow for experts only

After exactly 60 days without skiing, Glencoe re-opens again tomorrow for intermediate and expert skiers and snowboarders only.We will be open for skiing tomorrow Thursday 19th April. We will open slightly later than normal at 9.30am. Conditions are currently only suitable for ....

hOme: the stOry of a beginning (18/04/2012 14:45:36)

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Work begins on new Vail gondola

Work is due to get underway this week on a new gondola lift at Vail which the resort says will be the most advanced of its kind in the world. It is due to be ready to operate on the first day of the 2012-13 season for the famous Colorado ski centre, its 50th. The new lift can carry 10 ....

Val Thorens gets free on slope Wi-Fi

Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe, has deployed Aerohive?s WLAN solution at its ski lifts to provide free Wi-Fi access to skiers and visitors to the resort. The resort says that with more than 70% of its visitors being foreign tourists, many of whom bring mobile devices expecting ....

Heavy overnight snow improves conditions at Glencoe

There is now enough snow on the main basin uptrack to run the tow, however the ground is still too soft and warm to piste the uptrack and runs so any skiing available will be un-pisted. As long as we don't lose too much snow we should be able to open this weekend. The forecast however is to ..

Surfanic sale up to 70% off! (16/04/2012 15:44:12)

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Thorgren and Petrig win the 2012 Protest World Rookie Finals

Sven Thorgren (SWE) and Celia Petrig (SUI) won the 2012 Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria, and were crowned WSF 2012 World Rookie Champions with a special prize giving ceremony including live music and special guests. It was the largest edition ever of the World Rookie Finals with more ..

Tamworth park plans! (16/04/2012 10:58:07)

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Northstar Butterbox Rail Jam Highlights (11/04/2012 10:57:00)

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Jamie Trinder Season Edit 2011/12 (11/04/2012 12:33:21)

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Tenants sign up for Weston Leisuredome

Clothing retailers Ellis Brigham and Tog 24 have joined AngelBerry, Avalon Leisure and Tiny Tearawayz in signing up.The five firms will join international food giants Subway, Butcombe Brewery and SoHo Coffee at the former RAF Locking site.The multi-million pound complex, due to be completed ..

Final edit from The Brits 2012

The BRITS Snow & Music Festival has wrapped up its eighth year of world-class riding, pumping parties and some adventurous après sessions in the freestyle mecca of Laax, Switzerland. In true BRITS style, festival-goers and competitors were treated to relentless sunshine, (plus a bonus powder day ....

All about Butta

Butta were sponsors of the recent SCUK Spring Bash and we thought you might to know a little more about them. We did pinch a block of Butta from the prize chest, but all we can tell you so far is that it smells nice. To our mind, this is pretty important, but we guess there's some techy "goes fast ....

Treeline Chalets Review (13/04/2012 15:10:38)

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CairnGorm Mountain open this weekend

Following a month or more in which their customers thought it was all over for the season, Scotland?s premier snowsports resort CairnGorm Mountain is going to be open for snowsports this weekend. Conditions in the top bowl are said to be ideal for beginners and with a forecast of light winds, ....

Glencoe lifts unlikely this weekend

Despite 18" or so of snow falling this week it looks unlikely that that we will be able to offer any lift served snowsports this weekend however there are still some great opportunities for people with touring gear or anyone who is prepared to hike up from the top of the access chair. ....

Tamworth park plans! (12/04/2012 11:36:25)

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BRITS 2012 - Highlights Show (12/04/2012 11:43:08)

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Holy Rails offers SCUK members 15% discount

Holy Rails is passionate about extreme sports, living life to the full and supporting others. We believe in stocking brands who make the little things big and show their passion for the industry through the quality of their products. Holy Rails has some funky new brands to hit the UK streets ....

Mind games (12/04/2012 13:11:35)

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Staff trying to fund the purchase of Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre (11/04/2012 12:26:43)

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Awesome video from The Brits

I ended up rooming with the guys from Greendore Productions, who were at The Brits in Laax to put together something for FHM. Check this out! Miss it next year you will not.www.greendorefilms.comwww.drmeaker.co.ukwww.the-brits.com

Bataleon, YES, Jones and NOW demo at Hemel with Conspiracy

Conspiracy Snowboard Store are hosting a demo at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead this Friday. They'll have Bataleon, YES and Jones Snowboard to play on, plus (and we think this is a big plus), one pair of those new crazy NOW Snowboard Bindings.Friday 13th is always fun.Say hi on Facebook.....

Nike Chosen Series winner crowned

After 3 months of qualifiers and some amazing riding in the incredible Sessions Park the Nike Chosen AM has finally been announced.In a packed cinema in downtown Silvretta Montafon, Austria the Crews and AMs that made it through to the finals gathered to see who would be crowned the ultimate ....

Castleford Signature Series park for this Friday

Here's the SNO!zone Castleford Signature Sessions park plan for this Friday. The Thursday park will still have a few things open, but expect a limited set-up as they prepare for the main event.

ControverCity - feat. Gigi Rüf & Werni Stock (10/04/2012 14:25:11)

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Nike Chosen Sessions WINNER CROWNED (10/04/2012 10:49:27)

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Nike Chosen Series session 2 - The Bowl (04/04/2012 16:35:51)

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The Coe Cup was the one redeeming feature of an otherwise disasterous Scottish season

Even the most die-hard defenders of Scottish skiing would concede that the winter of 2011/12 has been a disaster. A couple of big dumps of snow early in the season made it look as if we were in for another cold one, but then... nothing. Still, at least the season had one redeeming feature: the ....

Nike Chosen Session I Best Line (05/04/2012 08:43:40)

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Girls only freestyle coaching. with Definition, The Snow Centre Hemel

Event Date: 21/04/2012 00:00:00

Snowboard freestyle coaching Definition, The Snow Centre Hemel

Event Date: 21/04/2012 00:00:00

SnOasis developer Godfrey Spanner declared bankrupt

The developer behind an ambitious £350m plan to build the world's largest indoor ski resort in Suffolk has been declared bankrupt. Mr Spanner does not expect this to halt the progress of the development and a spokeswoman for Mid Suffolk District Council, said Mr Spanner's personal financial ....

Final session at the Nike Chosen Series - vote for Andy Nudds

In the follow up from the first two sessions, here's the final edit from the Big Air session.Session 3 - Big AirThe 3rd and final Chosen Session put the AMs back on familiar Chosen Series winning territory with a straight out kicker session.The perfectly shaped 20m Kicker got a proper ....

SCUK Spring Bash edit

Here's the first edit from the SCUK Spring Bash, mostly from the jam session later in the evening. We actually had Billy Morgan at the event, but as he's recovering from a fractured pelvis at The Brits, wasn't riding his best!The SCUK Official edit will be along in a few days as we have a ....

Snowboard Freestyle coaching Definition, SNO!zone Milton Keynes

Event Date: 14/04/2012 00:00:00

Snowboard freestyle coaching Definition, SNO!zone Castleford

Event Date: 14/04/2012 00:00:00

Riding/flatland coaching Definition, SNO!zone Milton Keynes

Event Date: 14/04/2012 00:00:00

Shaun White in the X-Games pipe

Shot 100% on the new HD HERO2® camera from http://GoPro.com.Gold medalist Shaun White mounts up with GoPro for this Superpipe TV Course Preview from the Winter X Games Europe 2012 in Tignes, France.And Eric Willett.

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