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Snowsport England athletes part of ‘Backing The Best’ benefit from Olympic and World Cup winning advice

27 June 2017

Snowsport England athletes, Thea Fenwick and Bradley Fry, who are supported by the ground-breaking Backing The Best programme received expert insight and guidance from double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, Rugby World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi and Team GB canoe slalom legend Richard Hounslow at a workshop last month focusing on equipping...

Aspiring skiers and snowboarders showcase telent to Team GB Athlete Aimee Fuller at Chill Factore

27 June 2017

Winter Olympian, Aimee Fuller, visited Manchester-based snow destination, Chill Factore yesterday (Thursday 22nd June), to meet up with local talent and to celebrate the official reopening of freestyle Ramp Nights following a fresh snow fall. Team GB athlete Aimee, who was a semi-finalist in the Slopestyle event in the 2014 Winter Olympics in...

Yound Scottish skiers and snowboarders impress at British GBX Trials

27 May 2017

Three talented young skiers and snowboarders from Cambuslang (South Lanarkshire) and Bearsden (East Dunbartonshire) have taken a further step towards fulfilling their future World Cup and Winter Olympic ambitions following their success at the recent GBX Ski and Boarder cross Trials (20 May).

TTR Pro Snowboarding and World Snowboard Federation create one joint operation

24 May 2017

Effective immediately, the two powerhouses of competitive and grass roots snowboarding, TTR Pro Snowboarding (TTR) and the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) have decided to become united and form one joint organisation. By combining the passion and the assets of the TTR and WSF, snowboarding will now have a majority share of the ‘whole of sport’...

Championship Ski and Snowboard kicks off second season

24 May 2017

The second season of Championship Ski and Snowboard has kicked off at seven indoor and dry slopes across the...

Eight young skiers and snowboarders first winners of new ‘Ritblat Endeavour Awards’

11 April 2017

Eight young skiers and snowboarders become first winners of new ‘Ritblat Endeavour Awards’ as a part of CSS...

GB Park and Pipe at The Brits next week

31 March 2017

The GB Park and Pipe team head over to Laax this weekend for the start of the British Snowboard and Freeski...

Mission 40: GB Park and Pipe's Performance Pathway Academy in Laax

Nicholls 3rd and Fuller 4th in slopestyle World Cup finale

Samkova and Vaultier claim SBX World Cup title in thrilling showdown

Jamie Nicholls clinches podium at final Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup

Six year old snowboarder hits LAAX

Two World Championships medals for Woods and Atkin in Ski Slopestyle

Freestyle action continues for Brits at World Champs

Peter Speight hits the Laax halfpipe

Top 10 World Championships finish for Gillings-Brier

James ‘Woodsy’ Woods claims X Games Norway bronze, back injury for Kate Ormerod

More GB Park and Pipe action this week

Isabel Atkin wins Ski Slopestyle World Cup

GB in action this weekend

Katie Ormerod at Burton US Open and more GB Park and Pipe results

GB Park and Pipe in action this week

#ProjectPY2018 Mission 39: Dew Tour & Colorado training

Ellie Soutter named Team GB's Erzurum 2017 Closing Ceremony Flagbearer

Billy Morgan ready for LA Air+Style

#ProjectPY2018 Mission 38: James 'Woodsy' Woods' Only Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour

Ellie Soutter claims snowboard cross bronze at Erzurum 2017

Marino and Toutant shine out at slopestyle World Cup Quebec

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11 Feb 2017 - 11:22am	McNair kit for RAF Snowboarding	0
10 Feb 2017 - 1:16pm	BSS back in action this weekend	0
10 Feb 2017 - 12:49pm	Woodsy, Morgan and Ormerod invited to X Games Oslo	0
9 Feb 2017 - 1:27pm	UK set for big air World Cup season finale of Super Series in Quebec	0
9 Feb 2017 - 11:40am	British Ski and Snowboard announce ambitious long-term vision	0
7 Feb 2017 - 8:55pm	Hemel look to strengthen their sponsored freestyle team	0
6 Feb 2017 - 4:19pm	GB Park and Pipe round-up	0
5 Feb 2017 - 11:31pm	Aimee Fuller 5th in Mammoth slopestyle	0
5 Feb 2017 - 11:26am	UK's Ellie Soutar second at Junior Freeride World Tour	0
3 Feb 2017 - 6:02pm	Aimee Fuller qualifies for World Cup Slopestyle finals	0
31 Jan 2017 - 4:13pm	SIGB Foundation Award presented to Back Up Trust	0
31 Jan 2017 - 4:05pm	Four podiums for British Ski and Snowboard	0
30 Jan 2017 - 12:50pm	Future stars selected for Youth Olympic Games	0
29 Jan 2017 - 4:46pm	Woodsy claims X Games gold and Ormerod bronze	0
27 Jan 2017 - 5:48pm	2, 4, 5 for Brits in Italy	0
26 Jan 2017 - 2:47pm	X-Games kicks off today	0
23 Jan 2017 - 1:59pm	Dave Ryding silver in Alpine World Cup	0
21 Jan 2017 - 1:31pm	Gillings-Brier through to SBX quarters, whilst Park & Pipe frustrated in Laax	0
17 Jan 2017 - 7:40pm	Brits don't progress at Laax Open	0
16 Jan 2017 - 4:30pm	GB Park and Pipe make a strong start on the Slopestyle World Cup Circuit	0

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Championship Ski and Snowboard kicks off second season

The second season of Championship Ski and Snowboard has kicked off at seven indoor and dry slopes across the UK, with six ski and six snowboard teams consisting of young up and coming skiers and snowboarders going head to head in the video competition league over the next five months.

Nicholls 3rd and Fuller 4th in slopestyle World Cup finale

Zoe Sadowski Synnott (NZL) and Chris Corning (USA) have triumphed in the 2016-17 season's slopestyle World Cup finale which was staged at the Snowjam.cz in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic today. In the women's final of the top-6, last to drop Sadowski Synnott scored a 87.35 in her final run – which actually was a victory lap - to edge off Spencer O'Brien (CAN; 81.22) and last year's winner Silv

Jamie Nicholls clinches podium at final Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup

GB Park and Pipe snowboarder Jamie Nicholls has claimed a third place finish in the last Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup of the season in Spindleruv Mlyn (Czech Republic), meaning he secures second place in the overall World Cup Tour behind Redmond Gerard from the USA who won the Crystal Globe.

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#ProjectPY2018 Mission 39: Dew Tour & Colorado training

GB Park and Pipe’s #ProjectPY2018 Mission 39 partnered with Hertz and follows the team to Colorado on their annual training sessions and the Dew Tour. The crazy amounts of snowfall across the pond in December 2016 meant Breckenridge’s world renowned kicker lines weren’t

Woodsy claims X Games gold and Ormerod bronze

A magical week for British snowsports continued yesterday in the US, as GB Park and Pipe's James 'Woodsy' Woods (25, Sheffield) claimed a gold medal in Ski Big Air at the X Games in Aspen. In the world's biggest freeskiing and snowboarding competition, Woodsy stepped up his skiing to another level to take the win last night.

Ski & Snowboard Cross Pathway growing at formidable rate with full capacity at The Snow Centre trials

Only just launched this summer, The Mitsubishi UK British Ski & Snowboard Cross (GBX) trials have attracted record numbers of attendance throughout the UK - and the trials are only half way through. The trials are being run by Snowsport Scotland, Snowsport Wales and Snowsport England, and feature Mitsubishi Motors in the UK as headline partner.

Isabel Atkin wins Ski Slopestyle World Cup

GB Park and Pipe skier Isabel (Izzy) Atkin (18) has won the Ski Slopestyle World Cup in Corvatsch, Switzerland, the first time a British woman has won a Ski Slopestyle World Cup. In what has been a unprecedented season for British skiers and snowboarders, particularly GB Park and Pipe, Atkin put in an unbeatable first run in great conditions in the Swiss resort, clocking an 88.40.

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High Standards at the English Indoor Slopestyle Championships

The English Indoor Slopestyle Championships witnessed a great turnout of 70 skiers and snowboarders earlier this month, as the event settled easily into its new home of Snozone in Castleford. Showcasing the best rising freestyle ski and snowboard talent in the country, the English Indoor Slopestyle Champs has always been one of the key dates on the UK snowsports calendar, and the 2017 edition s

Where to Ski And Snowboard This Summer

With some glaciers open for snowsports all year round (Hintertux and Zermatt), and some for 9-10 months of the season but starting/ending at different times (Molltal and Saas Fee) it’s difficult to say there’s a particular start and end date to the summer ski glacier season. Indeed some areas (Whistler Blackcomb, the Beartooth Basin Summer camp in Wyoming, Val d’Isere in France and Stryn in

TSA Garage Sale now on

TSA Garage Sale event kicked off yesterday with massive savings on clearance and ex demo hardware. We have special in store deals happening at our Milton Keynes, Tamworth, Castleford (Leeds), Braehead (Glasgow) and Castlefield (Manchester) stores. Ex demo boards from £85.00 and clearance boards from £95.00. Very limited stock available until Monday the 26th June.

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World's First Ski-in/Ski-out Treehouses Open For Business

The first of what are being promoted as the world’s first ski-in, ski-out treehouses has opened in Montana in advance of the next ski season. Operator Snow Bear Chalets aims to have at least three luxurious ‘tree-house’ chalets available to rent by the slopes of Whitefish Mountain Resort in Northwestern Montana. The treehouses are being built 25 feet (around 7.5 metres) above the forest

Ski Resort Proposed For Greenland

A ski area is being planned for Greenland by Austrian firm Mountain Planning Company. The company is working with officials on Disko Island, located off the West Coast of Greenland mainland in Baffin Bay. Disko Island is reported to be a natural paradise with guaranteed snow year round including on a glacier and is also a good place to see the northern lights. The proposed ski area wo

FIS Set Out Plans To Attract 30 Million Skiers And Snowboarders In China

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has a signed a deal with the sports division of Asian e-commerce giant Alibaba aimed at growing the number of skiers and snowboarders in China to 30 million ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in the country.