The British Snow Tour Invitational Championships, Metro Ski & Snowboard Show, London Olympia.


James WoodThe British Snow Tour brings the UK’s freestyle elite to the annual spectacle that is the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show on Friday 23rd October 2009 for the highly anticipated British Invitational Big Air Championships. 12 of the UK’s top Snowboarders and 12 Freeskiers, which includes riders who qualified from the British Snow Tour Big Air Championships in Norfolk and Milton Keynes, will go head-to-head for the hotly contested British Invitational Championship titles!



Andy NuddsThe Metro Ski and Snowboard Show is the largest consumer wintersports show in Europe, with approx 45,000 people expected to attend. Set to be the highlight of Friday’s action, the British Invitational Championships will see the UK’s best Snowboarders, including Sam Cullum, Jamie Nicholls, Jack Shackleton and Freeskiers, Paddy Graham, James Woods and James Machon, drop in on the huge 12m high kicker and throw down their finest tricks with the hopes of becoming the 2009 British Champions.

The action will get underway at 4pm on Friday afternoon with the Snowboard Invitational Champs, whilst the crème de la crème of UK freeskiing talent will be reaching for the rafters from 7pm during the Freeski Invitational Big Air Championships.


Competition Schedule and Confirmed Snowboarders and Freeskiers:
4pm – British Snowboard Invitational Big Air Championships
7pm – British Freeski Invitational Big Air Championships

Freeskiers
Paddy Graham - Sheffield
James Woods - Sheffield
Murray Buchan - Edinburgh
James Webb - Bracknell
Josh Birch - London
Mike Wakefield - Wakefield
Julian Ball - Maidstone
Joe Tomlinson - Haslingden
Tyler Jay-Harding - Halifax
Joe Hides - Sheffield
Katie Summerhayes - Sheffield
James Machon - Sheffield

Snowboarders
Sam Cullum - Bracknell
Jamie Nicholls - Bradford
Andy Nudds - Halifax
Sparrow Knox - London
Jack Shackleton - Newbury
Tom Hunt - Leeds
Danny McCormick - Glasgow
Cody Hierons - Chatham
Matt MacWhirter - Halifax
Samantha Rogers - Reading
Chris Kightley - Tamworth
Wayne Taylor - Halifax

For more information about the British Invitational Championships check out: www.britishsnowtour.com or to book tickets for the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show go to: www.metrosnow.co.uk.

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SCUK Members can win tickets here or get a discount on tickets here. We're also holding the Friday night after-party with Westbeach, details here.

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The British Snow Tour would not be possible without its highly supportive sponsors:Animal, Trespass, SNO!zone, Cushe, Snow+Rock Demo partners: DC, Ride, K2, Line, and Volkl skis. Media partners Whitelines,Dark Summer, Spiked, Extreme Sports Channel, Metrosnow.co.uk,Snowboardclub.co.uk, Skiclub.co.uk,and Natives.co.uk

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