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 Orange AIM Series - Milton Keynes Xscape
 British Indoor Boarder/ Skiercross Championships, plus Slopestyle.
[Official Release] Orange AIM Series Boarder/ Skiercross Championships at Xscape The Orange AIM Series Indoor Boarder / Skiercross Championships took over Milton Keynes Xscape on Saturday 20th March 2005 with a record number of competitors. Taking on the purpose built course it was a fast race for the title. Over on the nursery slope the pace was a little slower as 125 beginners took advantage of the Animal Snowboard Academy and Trespass free lessons. Snowboarding The afternoon belonged to the snowboarders and in the men’s Boardercross final Hamish McKnight was the firm favourite after ruling in the qualifying rounds, but complacency got the better of him and he crashed halfway down the course leaving him with a suspected broken finger and fourth place. The Boardercross Championship title instead went to Harry Kingsley-Jones who had fallen in previous rounds, but managed to hold it together in the final. Stu Edwards finished second and Jonathan Solomon came in third. In the women’s Boardercross Championships the final ended up a head to head race between Posy Dixon and Alexa Hohenberg as two finalists pulled out, with Dixon proving the fastest down the course. In the Slopestyle Jam Session it was rookie Claire Frost that stood out impressing judges and riders alike. After performing a technical run that consisted of a switch boardslide on the top rail, Frost cleaned the flat down rail with a boardslide to fakie taking home first place. In the men’s Jam Session favourite Sam Cullum took the title with his flawless runs consisting of a half cab 50-50 on the double kinked rail, gap to frontside noseslide on the battle ship (up along down) rail – quoted one of the best tricks of the day. Second place went to Ben McHugh who was gapping and spinning onto all the rails with consistent precision. Ryan Evans cleaned up in third with a tidy rail combination of switch backside 270 to boardslide on the top rail and switch frontside noseslide on straight box rail. In the Red Bull Jibber of the day a rail session at the end of the day, Ben McHugh (below) stood out again claiming the title with his outstanding 450 on to 270 off on the straight box rail.  More pictures from the event here The event also saw the launch of Orange’s search to find four amateur snowboarders to form the Orange Talk Now Team who will be coached by British rider Jenny Jones and will subsequently appear on the professional circuit. A panel of selectors will be attending each of the Orange AIM Series events and will be announcing the team in October. Their search started in Milton Keynes on Saturday and judging by the array of talent on display, the assignment will be a difficult one. Once selected the team will first participate in the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard Show in London in October. Following the show the team will head off to the Alps for a training camp with Jenny Jones, one of the world’s highest ranking professional female snowboarders. Jenny will continue to coach and mentor the team throughout the six months and on returning from the training camp, will be preparing them to compete against the best riders from the UK at the Orange Brits, in Laax, Switzerland, from 11th-18th March 2006. The next event on the Orange AIM Series Calendar is the Indoor Slopestyle Championships at Castleford, Xscape on Saturday 3rd September 2005. For more info check out: www.orangeaimseries.com The Orange AIM Series would not be possible without its highly supportive sponsors: Orange, Trespass, Vans, Animal, Thirtytwo, Eastpak, Etnies, Snowlife, Xscape, Salomon, Ride, K2, APO, Ortovox, Nixon, retail partners: TSA and Ellis Brigham and media partners, Dark Summer and Origins. The Orange AIM Series - Milton Keynes Xscape event page can be administered by dunx (Dunx), stu (Stu Brass), spencer (Spencer Claridge) and office (Office). Page views: 8038 |
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