The Orange AIM Series Schools Tour, with a team of British Champion snowboarders and freestyle skiers, will visit 10 UK schools from Edinburgh to Milton Keynes in June 2004 to motivate pupils to get off the couch and on to the snow (or artificial surface of their choice).

The schools tour spends a day at each school, presenting the various elements and disciplines of snowboarding and freestyle skiing, as well as talking about mountain safety, equipment, training and career opportunities. Before getting the chance to check out the equipment themselves, the students are treated to a trampoline display of more difficult tricks by the pros.

As part of the Orange AIM Series, the Orange AIM Schools Tour, works to broaden the awareness of the two most growing snow sports in the UK and to get more young talent involved on a national level. Pupils at each school get given the opportunity to try these sports through a free beginner lesson scheme provided alongside the Orange AIM Series national championships, and the motivation to try their talent in these open entry competitions.

The Orange AIM Schools Tour is visiting schools in these areas:
Edinburgh;
14 June, Newbattle High School
15 June, Castlebrae School

Halifax;
16 June, Brooksbank School
17 June, Halifax High School

Castleford;
18 June, Minsthorpe Community Coll.
21 June, Featherstone High School

Sheffield;
22 June, Tapton School
23 June, Newfield School

Milton Keynes;
24 June, Stantonbury Campus
25 June, Ousedale School

The Orange AIM Schools Tour Team of British champions are:

Mike Wakefield (Wakefield); pro skier & current Halfpipe and Slopestyle Champion (2004)

Sonia Shaw (Bournemouth); pro snowboarder, Big Air Champion 2003

Jenny Jones (Bristol); pro snowboarder, Big Air Champion ’99& ’01 and Halfpipe Champion ‘01

Pat Sharples (London); pro skier, coach and many times British Champion (moguls & freestyle)

Jonathan Weaver (Maidstone); pro snowboarder & snowboard journalist

The Orange AIM Series, in association with O’Neill, is UK’s competitive circuit for snowboarding and freestyle skiing. The circuit includes national championships on both dryslopes and indoor snow slopes in the UK, as well as the British Snowboard and Freestyle Ski Championships held in Europe each March.

The Schools tour team will be getting some help at various schools by
local heroes such as;
Ben Kilner at Newbattle High School in Edinburgh
Mollie Boys at Brooksbank School in Halifax
Laura Berry and James Carr at Stantonbury Campus and Ousedale School in Milton Keynes

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