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Snowboarding in the UK

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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Wednesday 15th October 2008
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The Westbeach Freezer Jam is a one off event at Chill Factore, Manchesterʼs new indoor slope on Saturday 15th November. The event will be a whole afternoon of chilled riding with the promise of the whole slope being given over to the competition allowing us to build a full park. More...

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It's the final of a UK series in France. It all gets a bit confusing. Anyway, don't forget to pre-regsiter for just 20 euros to ride from Thursday the 16th to Saturday the 18th. More...

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The British Snow Tour brings the UK’s freestyle elite to the annual spectacle that is the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show for the Freeski Invitational Championships on Thursday 23rd and Snowboard Invitational Championships on Friday 24th October. More...

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All eyes will be on the medal hopefuls for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the London 2012 games at this year’s British Ski and Board Show 2008 as Zoë Gillings, Britain’s number one snowsport athlete, and Sarah Ainsworth, Britain’s highest ranking aerialist, both make appearances at the ....More...

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Nicolas Meuller, BEO 2002 © Curtes Riders from all over the world will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Burton European Open (BEO) from January 9-16 in LAAX, Switzerland. Here’s a look back at ten years of one of the best snowboard competitions in the world. Since the first event in .... More...

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Burton is showing the latest global team film It’s Always Snowing Somewhere on Thursday night in London’s Hoxton Square. Anyone in the London area should head down to Zigfrid Von Underbelly for a night of Snowboarding, music and great giveaways. Entry is from 7pm with a flyer that can be collected ....More...

Tuesday 14th October 2008
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Whilst we appreciate that the majority of SCUK readers aren't freeskiers, we do know that some are. We're also big fans of Dark Summer, so thought we'd post this up. It is with regret that we have to announce that, due to some recent last-minute issues with our bank, Dark Summer will not be ....More...

Monday 13th October 2008
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After a successful Southern Hemisphere season, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is getting ready to kick off into the Northern Hemisphere winter. We are looking ahead to a season packed of motivated and talented snowboarders eager to go for the Swatch TTR Tour Champion titles. The Tour will ..More...

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The Scottish Universities Dryslope Championships is the premier event for every University Snowsports club in Scotland. Better known as SUDS, the event is a chance for the best ski and snowboard talent in Scotland to come together and represent their club, by competing in racing or freestyle events .. More...

Sunday 12th October 2008
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Hopefully you've noticed that we've tweaked the look of www.SnowboardClub.co.uk for the first time in four years! There's plenty of functional changes planned for the coming months, so keep your eyes open for further announcements. Things such as a SCUK Shop, a revamp of the Slope Directory to ....More...

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The first of this year's three stop tour kicked off in Tamworth SnowDome on Saturday 4th October. The snowboarders turned up in their droves to be the first to ride the new rail set and get the opportunity to try their luck with a builders' skip. More...

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Since the Hemel dryslope closed some months ago, we've only really popped over to the site to take shots from beyond the site boundary - Health and Safety you know. Last Thursday we took the opportunity to meet some of the management team (owner of the original Hemel Ski Centre, Dave Surrey and .... More...

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The Snow Centre (Hemel Hempstead) are offering Snowboard Club UK an annual membership fee at a special rate, which is £70 Adults, £50 Junior (Under 18). The Snow Centre membership enables you to receive 30% off all recreational use, lessons and events. To claim the specially priced membership,.. More...

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Here's the Tamworth SnowDome park for this Tuesday's Warren Smith's Urban Ride. More...

Friday 10th October 2008
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Volcom fans should mark their calendars – our London flagship store opens it’s doors on Wednesday 15th October at 11 am. Located in Covent Garden, in the heart of London, one of the cities most popular shopping destinations. Set over two floors, the store will showcase Volcom men's and women's .. More...

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The Euroboys are finally back in business at Gosling after their summer break. This coming Tuesday is the 1st night and it's already looking busy. The slope's running super fast and smooth so we will be flying! Don't forget SCUK Members can get a discount with the Euroboys.

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

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Due to the European alpine championships on the 11th & 12th October at the chill factore there will be no freestyle this saturday. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Freestyle will continue from next saturday (18th) as usual.

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Hold tight London, Burton’s new film It’s Always Snowing Somewhere is coming to Town. Round two of Burton’s annual UK movie tour hits London on the 16th October from 7PM. Hosted by our friends at LCB Surf ( www.lcbsurf.co.uk ) at one of the cities best bars. Zigfrid Von Underbelly is in the uber ..More...

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As you may already be aware if you read the news on www.fearofthepark.co.uk, Webbo and Branny have decided to close the FOTP website down. There are many reasons behind this decision, the main reason being that it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue to run and maintain the site with ....More...

Thursday 9th October 2008
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Winter has officially started with the return of the world's siiiiiiiiiiiickest snow podcast... This is our first episode and we hate to brag, but it is better than anything you've ever seen before in your life ever. If you're into the creme de la creme of skiing and snowboarding, that is. Tim and ....More...

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Just found a useful tool for your facebook profile or fan pages: RSS Feeds. Add this application and you can display upto 5 news sources: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=4915599711&ref=mf If you want to display the news headlines from SCUK then please use this link: http://....More...

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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This weekend the BIG BANG pitches up at SNO!zone Braehead for a day of everything we all love about snowboarding. During the show we have a host of seminars headed by industry leaders, FREE* hardware demos by all the top brands and FREE* on slope coaching. What are you waiting for? There ..More...

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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for this weekend's Burton Scrap Metal. This week's park Thursday and Friday park will include all features from the Scrap Metal except the Skip, which will only be open for the competition on Saturday between 7pm-11pm. Additional features will be out for .... More...

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www.skiinfo.com is reporting large falls of fresh snow across the Alps this week, particularly in Austria. The big falls of up to 70cm (28 inches) in recent days have made the dozen or so European ski centres that have already opened for winter 2008-9 in to early powder havens for those lucky ....More...

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Get on the Piste this Winter with easyJet! For one week only, book your ski flights with us and we'll carry your skis for absolutely free! To qualify for this exclusive subscriber offer, simply enter discount code SKIEASY0809 when you make your booking by 14 October. With up to 46 flights a day ....More...

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Are you a snowboarder looking to get into Freestyle but would like some lessons first or would like to build your confidence on the dry ski slope? Bracknell have a new Snowboard Carvers Club for anyone above Level F who want to progress their snowboarding. It is a club designed for people ....More...

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The first issue of SNOWBOARD UK is out now. Dan Milner spends three days with freeride legend Jeremy Jones. Chris Southwell visits Japan with Peter Strom, Ingemar Backman and Jamie Lynn. Seb Kern guides us around his home mountain - Breckenridge. Plus a guide to the Vans Penken Park in Mayrhofen, .... More...

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Reports from Germany indicate that the new Snow Fun Park indoor centre, which opened a year ago, is having financial difficulties as high fuel prices have caused operating costs to soar whilst at the same time the popularity of winter sports in the region appears to have declined. Unlike the ....More...

Tuesday 7th October 2008
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The www.SnowboardClub.co.uk website will undergo a bit of a change this week, when we refresh the design for the first time in four years! Out goes the red and in comes a bit more blue, a fixed width, centred layout and new header and footer. That's pretty much it, but it will certainly look ....More...




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