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The UK has one of the most vibrant snowboard scenes in the world, which lasts all year long. This is despite being a basically snowless country. Us Brits are actually very fortunate, because we can ride all year long on the UK's artificial slopes and when the winter does come, we can just nip over to mainland Europe. Scotland is also blessed with some great slopes, which on a good day compare with any slope in the world.
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Friday 9th May 2008
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Check out the full carnage on MPORA. More...

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Go ahead for UK’s longest indoor snow slope... nearly. The SnOasis indoor snow centre planned for Great Blakenham in Suffolk has almost got the final go ahead after a long battle with local residents culminating with a lengthy public enquiry. The government has given the go-ahead subject to ....More...

Thursday 8th May 2008
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight and tomorrow. More...

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Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday. More...

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Here are the full details for the ATV jam at SNO!zone Milton Keynes on Saturday 17th May. More...

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Here are the SNO!zone Milton Keynes parks for tonight and Friday. More...

Wednesday 7th May 2008
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Here's a super fab gallery from our man north of the border. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the lens-smith Steve McKenna! Some great shots from last Friday's SNO!storm at SNO!zone Scotland, with Finlay Wallace, Sketch and Mark Watson to name but few. More...

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May is perhaps the most difficult month of the year for finding a ski run to enjoy! Most of the resorts that have been open all winter close at the start of the month if they had not already, and most summer ski resorts close for a few months in May and June before re-opening for the summer. Even ....More...

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Here's the SNO!zone Castleford park for this Thursday and Friday. More...

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Here's the proposed Chill Factore slope layout for their City Jam on Saturday 10th May. The City Jam will be supported by Dare 2 Be, who will be giving out spot prizes through out the night. There will also be a after party in the Chillies Bar run by Corona where there will be drink & food deals. .. More...

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Here we have Stuart Brass modelling the latest SCUK goodness for your wardrobe. There are limited numbers available and priced at just £25 you'd better get your order in quick. For those coming to the SCUK Summer Bash in June, you can order now and pick up and pay there. You can view all the .... More...

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After the first successful tests in 2006 the Weisse Arena Group which runs the Laax ski area in Switzerland has introduced a snow farming pilot project in collaboration with the Canton of Graubünden. At the end of last winter in the area of Crap Sogn Gion, snow was put in the half pipe using ....More...

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Valle Nevado, close to Chile’s capital Santiago, will celebrate 20 years of operations when it opens for business this winter on 13th June. The distinctively French designed resort claims to have the largest ski area in the southern hemisphere with 23,000 acres of terrain home to 23 miles (36km) ..More...

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Scotland’s Ski Season Continues In to May as Temperatures Hit 21°C. CairnGorm Mountain celebrated its sixth month of skiing as it staged a successful ‘SnowFest’ over the Bank Holiday weekend. Over 400 skiers and boarders (and double that many spectators) arrived to enjoy the snow as ....More...

Tuesday 6th May 2008
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The Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour to head Downunder with over $100,000 in prize money up for grabs! The Swatch TTR Event applications are over and we are looking forward to a new season of amazing snowboarding performances – with an incredible prize money of over $2,500,000 USD up for grabs at .. More...

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As many will know, Laura Berry has been suffering from recurring breaks to her collar bone and recently won the Red Bull Home Run at The Brits with a floating break. Laura had her operation last Friday and is now the owner of a shiny new collarbone. The operation went better than expected, so ....More...

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Laura Berry (SCUK: Lozza) travelled to Val Senales in Italy with Sam Turnbull last weekend for the final leg of the Burton AM Tour. She finished a lazy 2nd on the day, but was crowned Tour Winner and walked away with a Suzuki 250 Quad Bike. We have a garden the size of a postage stamp so hopefully .... More...

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The construction of the new Perma-snow Surface Extreme Boarding Park is now well under way at the Bracknell Ski & Snowboard Centre. Check out their photos of the slope under development. More...

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Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for tonight. More...

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Capital & Regional Properties, the owners of Xscape, are considering "the realisation of assets" as business worth plunges from £1.2billion to £266 million in a year. More...

Friday 2nd May 2008
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Glaswegians should prepare themselves for unseasonable weather as 50 tonnes of snow is set to fall on Kelvingrove Park on May 24th. More...

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After 7 years in the building of IrishSnowboarder.com time has now come for me to move on. Due to ever growing time pressures in my day job, family and other personal commitments I have come to the conclusion that I can not longer give the time necessary to keep this site going. It has been a very ....More...

Thursday 1st May 2008
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Well, if you like big piles of mud, you're going to love these new shots from The Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead. Across the athletics track and into the evening sun. The top pylon of the original draglift still seems to be in place. Inside the site towards where Snow+Rock used to stand and .... More...

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SNO!zone's infamous quarterly party, SNO!storm, returns on Friday 2nd May with a huge night to finish the winter 07/08 season in style. SNO!storm is SNO!zone Scotland's biggest event which sees the country's hottest snowboarders showing off their skills out on the real snow slope plus DJ's .... More...

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Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Saturday. More...



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