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-....