Miscellaneous News

The association between technology and skiing seems to get ever stronger. Along with the many uses resorts are currently finding for gps and social networking and Google’s infamous annual company ski holidays, it has been revealed that Apple have been using North American ski resort names as internal company code for new operating systems.

According to a Twitter posting by iOS developer Steve Troughton-Smith, the first version of iOS in 2007 was internally named "Alpine" within the company after California’s Alpine Meadows ski area.
iOS 2.0 was named after another Californian ski area "Big Bear," and a third, Kirkwood, was used for iOS 3.0.

For the first iPad operating system Apple’s developers switched to the east coast resort of Wildcat in New Hampshire and then went north of the border in the Canada for iOS 4.0 named Apex after the BC ski area. The current iOS 5.0 is named after Colorado resort Telluride and iOS 5.1 is codenamed Hoodoo – an Oregon ski resort.

Rumours that the next release is codenamed "Tamworth SnowDome" is completely without merit.

O'Neill team rider Gian Simmen took on a mountianbiker down a pretty long slopestyle course for the German TV show "Wetten dass", well worth checking out...



We'd like to see UK's Steve Peat (MTB) take on Ben Kilner (Snowboard) for a UK showdown... Scotland?

The Extreme Ski Challenge is a downhill ski event where, in teams of 4, participants will downhill ski 5,000 feet higher than the vertical ascent and descent of Mt Everest over a period of 48 Hours. The event is a fantastic way to see St. Anton, but more importantly, it is an opportunity to be part of an amazing, unforgettable experience that will bring some comfort to those with terminal illness and their families. The Hospice in the Weald provides specialist palliative care advice and clinical support for people with life limiting illness, their family and the bereaved in Kent and Sussex. The money raised in sponsorship by the participants will go towards to Hospice, which is funded solely by charity donations.

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NONSTOP Ski & Snowboard are searching for a new Sales & Marketing Assistant. If you, or someone you know, are interested in joining a young, vibrant team based in London then a job with NONSTOP might be the perfect opportunity. Applicants must have a passion for skiing and/or snowboarding and should ideally have spent a season in the mountains. Excellent communication and customer service skills are essential and, as the role involves extended trips to our operations in Canada, a keenness to travel is important.

Find out more about the job and application at www.nonstopsnowboard.com/about-us/employment-opportunities

Our good friends at Boardwise Snowboard Shop are super busy right now and need more staff.. if you are on the look out for some work then checkout the vacancies here:

http://www.boardwise.com/t-vacancies.aspx

Saw this which made me smile... these 2 guys remind me Hansel & Derrick Zoolander

Quiksilver’s Kelly Slater made history today, clinching a historic and unprecedented 10th ASP World Title, then going on to win the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico and showing the crowd the most comprehensive and dominant a performance as the sporting world has ever bore witness to. Kelly is the first surfer to achieve 10 ASP World Titles, an accomplishment spanning two decades of an astounding career during which he has dominated competitive surfing as both the youngest and oldest ASP World Champion.



Today’s historic competition saw Kelly advance out of the Quarterfinals of the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico over Adriano de Souza. Slater amassed enough points to outstretch remaining contender Jordy Smith, and collect the 2010 ASP World Title.

In the Final of today’s event, Slater would go on to post an incredible 18.77 out of a possible 20, securing the event’s second Perfect 10, exhibiting a masterful display of diversity and control in the rippable afternoon conditions.



“I feel relieved, honestly,” says Kelly. “It’s been the most stressful title I’ve ever had, because it’s sort of an unknown place and you know at my age people say ‘you shouldn’t be doing this.’ And all the young guys are getting better and it’s a challenge to believe in yourself and not believe what other people tell you. I know how good Jordy, Dane, Mick, Taj and all those guys are, and it’s a marathon, you know? It’s not one wave, it’s not one maneuver, it’s not one contest. It’s a year-long thing and I know how to focus and it came together and I’m just so relieved.”

“Kelly’s 10th World Title today will be remembered as one of the most important moments in surf history,” said Bob McKnight, CEO of Quiksilver. “We are honored and proud to have been there to witness and support him over his entire, incredible professional career. Congratulations Kelly!”

Channel Islands Surfboards Founder Al Merrick adds, "Im just really proud of Kelly right now. Winning a tenth title is such an incredible feat; but being able to do it on a board that he designed himself is a wonderful accomplishment in itself."

Slater, 38, vaulted into the 2010 season points lead mid-way through this year’s ASP World Tour title race when he won the Hurley Pro at Trestles (Calif.) in September, taking out 27-year-old Bede Durbidge in flawless 6-foot waves. The win marked Kelly’s 4th career title at historic Trestles, the site of his first professional win twenty years earlier.

After Trestles, the ASP World Tour continued on to the Quiksilver Pro France at Les Culs Nus Beach, where Kelly took second place to the reigning ASP World Champion, 29-year-old Australian Mick Fanning. Kelly’s runner-up finish further extended his 2010 tour points lead as he delivered his first perfect 10 score of the season with a ridiculous freefall drop into a barrel during the semifinals.



In mid-October, the tour continued on to Portugal for the Rip Curl Pro, an event that would play a vital role in determining the 2010 World Champion. Slater stormed to another 1st place finish in Portugal, earning a career record 44th Elite Tour victory during some of the highest-performance surfing the world has ever seen. Slater struck stealthily in the final round at epic Supertubos, locking in solid backhand waves in shifting conditions and staving off a late charge from 22-year-old current ASP World #2 South African Jordy Smith.

Kelly won his previous ASP World Championships in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006 and 2008. His career victories now include 45 WCT wins and two ESPN X Games gold medals.



Updates are also available at our Facebook page www.facebook.com /quiksilver.

The 2010 ASP World Tour isn’t over yet, the next and final stop is Pipeline, Oahu Hawaii from December 8-20th. For more information please go to: www.aspworldtour.com

[Images © Quiksilver/Steve Sherman]

Okay, there's a few of us cracking open the facial hair in support of Male Cancer Charities and Movember. I've joined the Efflers team with UK Olympic hopeful Sam Cullum at the helm. Please give generously.

uk.movember.com/mospace/1078742

There's a few others SCUKers entering the fray too, so if you know any of these guys then spare what you can for the cause too.

www.snowboardclub.co.uk/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-42447.html

Peak 2 Peak Cycle Challenge – Saturday 11th September 2010

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to cycle in the stunning ‘Monarch of the Glen’ scenery, this beautiful 70 mile route takes you from Ben Nevis to Cairngorm Mountain in aid of Disability Snowsport UK.

You will be climbing nearly 2,500 feet over the course of the route, but rewarded with beautiful scenery and the glory of knowing you have raised much needed funds for Disability Snowsport UK. Entry to the event is £15, and we ask that participants raise £100 in sponsorship.

There are plenty of scheduled rest and water stops on route and our team will be on hand all along the course. We have a post event BBQ organised for a well earned meal after the event and a chance to catch up with everyone you met along the way. Transport is available for participants and their bikes from Glenmore lodge to the start of the race at Ben Nevis car park on the day of the race.

Chris Boardman Olympic cyclist and MBE, speaks out in support of the Peak 2 Peak cycle challenge:

‘Disability Snowsport UK is a fantastic charity with their main focus on raising funds to enable anyone with any disability access to the slopes the same as able bodied. When I heard the Peak 2 Peak event was taking place on the 11th September I really wanted to offer my support to encourage participants to take part in this challenge to raise funds to support skiers with disabilities.

‘This is an amazing opportunity to take part in an event of this kind. It will be a unique experience for all involved whilst raising much needed funds for Disability Snowsport UK.’

Disability Snowsport UK is a people-centred organisation with a unique sense of purpose: that anyone regardless of their disability can take part in and enjoy the thrill of snowsport. Disability Snowsport UK provides exciting and life enhancing activities for individuals or groups who require adaptive equipment and/or special instruction and support. We rely entirely on funds generated by individuals like you. Please follow the below link to see the help and support we can provide for both children and adults with disabilities www.vimeo.com/6869679.

Places are allocated on a first come first served basis and to guarantee your place, please contact us for your registration pack.

If you have any questions about the event please do not hesitate to contact the fundraising team on 0161 749 2290 or email fundraising@disabilitysnowsport.org.uk.

Snowsport Scotland has an opening for a full time Events & Volunteer Coordinator based in Edinburgh. More information and the job description can be found on www.snowsportscotland.org

Tony Hawk comes to BrightonOn Wednesday July 21st 2010 Brighton, one of England’s most visited seaside towns, will host the final show for Quiksilver presents Tony Hawk and Friends European Tour. In order to give Tony Hawk and his crew the best set-up possible, Quiksilver has the help of one of the UK’s most popular skateboarders, Pete King, who owns the biggest vert ramp in the country measuring in at a huge 4.5m high and 15m wide. The show will be opened by a selection of the UK’s top vert skaters, including X Games Ams (US) winner and Quiksilver rider Sam Bosworth.

The event will take place at the Old Paddling Pool, located at the old (west) Pier on the seafront. Infamous for night time views of the pier and atmospheric vibes Brighton seafront will come to life with a spectacular display of some of the world’s best skating and UK’s top music acts.


Maxïmo Park headlineOn the music side, the British deck star, Christian Stevenson, whose passion for skateboarding is no longer a secret, will mix during the show. Awarded a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the eclectic Christian Stevenson is both a TV and radio presenter. Alongside Christian will be original UK Skater Bob Sanderson and Dave Duncan hosting the show. A night of skate frenzy will be followed by headlining music act, Maxïmo Park. The Newcastle five-piece is amongst the UK’s most popular British Indie rock bands, with two albums just about to go platinum. Maxïmo Park’s first album, A Certain Trigger launched in 2005 and has recently been nominated for a Mercury award.


Tickets cost £15 (available online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk)

Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Program - Wednesday 21st July

6pm : Doors open - DJ Christian Stevenson
6:30 – 7:30pm : European Skate Demo
7:30 – 8:30pm : Tony Hawk & Friends Show
8:30 – 9:30pm : Maximo Park concert

More at www.quiksilverlive.com

Garmin® the global leader in satellite navigation celebrates its first and successful winter season in snowsports by announcing the 3 champions from the Alpine Garmin Test Centres that travelled the fastest, highest and furthest.

Throughout the Winter 09/10 season, over 5,000 guests swooshed through the doors of the Garmin Test Centre Chalets and snapped at the opportunity to trial the Foretrex 401 GPS devices, as sported last season by BBC Ski Sunday’s Graham Bell.

The practical wrist-worn device provided thousands of trialists with immediate speed, height and distance feedback, as well as extensive navigational capacity. More than simply enhancing the users’ slope-time, at the end of the day trialists uploaded their daily tracklogs to Garmin Snow Club for automatic entry into the season’s league table and chance to win a week’s winter holiday and Garmin devices. After 5 months, and well over 10,000 tracked miles, Garmin can reveal the Test Centre Champions for Winter 09/10:

How Fast? – Jonathon Brothers, 75.1mph – More Mountain Chalets, Morzine
*A week’s winter holiday for two at More Mountain, plus a Foretrex 401 device*

How High? – Andy Fisher, 10,585m (vertical descent) – Pleisure Holidays, Courchevel
*A Foretrex 401 and Dakota 20 device*

How Far? – Ben Lakin, 45.07miles – More Mountain Chalets, Morzine
*A Foretrex 401 device*

For a chance to win next season, book your stay at any of the Garmin Test Centres next year, most of which are SCUK partners offering our members up to 10% discount... double bubble!

Garmin Test Centres that are also SCUK Partners

• Dragon Lodge


• Fresh Traxxx


• More Mountain


• Pleisure Holidays


• Rude Chalets


• Titan Snow

Join SCUK now for just £15

Garmin devices including the Foretrex 401 are available at all Snow + Rock and TSA stores nationwide. SCUK members can of course save 10% at TSA

Foretrex® 401 – SRP £199.99
DakotaTM 20 – SRP £279.99

For further information visit Garmin Snow Club. Good luck.

A new type of slope, described as a ‘creek surfing system’ has been launched by inventor Czintos Csongor.

Named ‘Sineride,’ Mr Csongor believes that, “Truly this is the first real alternative of summer skiing.”

Explaining why Sineride is better than other summer sliding options, Mr Csongor explains,
“Boardsailing is amazing but it needs waves, which I do not. Windsurfing is great too although it needs wind, which I do not. Flow-rider machines are superb but they need huge water speed and energy, which from my system it negligible. An indoor snow centre is good as well but you need a large refrigerator which we don’t. Water-skiing is extraordinary but you need big lake surface and a motor boat which I don’t. It’s a similar story for wakeboarding. For dry slope skiing you don’t get the real experience of snow or water, it simply does not ’live.’ “

Mr Csongor says he first started considering what was needed for a successful summer sliding facility back in 1999,

“I understood that the essence of skiing is the possibility of braking instead of sliding.

“Water is an obvious solution as it works perfectly for water-skiing but you must stop it flowing down the slope. How can you achieve that? By putting smaller obstacles on its way which are small enough to stop the water but still let the skier slide over them.”

With Sineride therefore the skier carves down these small obstacles or ribs and the water held in place acts like a series of ‘small pools’ you can ski on as the ‘small pools’ are situated under each other, effectively creating a big slanting lake.



“Young people who have already tried Sineride have affirmed that the experience of the downhill slide was the same feeling and the same technique to skiing or boarding” says Mr Csongor.

Users enjoying the Sineride can use normal snowsports equipment including skis, snowboards, and tubes for tubing. However Mr Csongor believes that in the future the perfect experience will be provided by creating a snowboard with wake-board bindings.

Mr Csongor calls the experience of sliding down the Sineride slope, ‘skliding’ and users need to wear protective clothing as normal in sliding sports for protection.

The operation of the Sineride course requires very little power (5-7W/m2). This very low energy-demand can even be generated through renewable energy sources as it only operates on sunny days. Installation is simple, on a flat area a light support structure is required while on a slope you can build a smaller structure.

www.czintos.eu

Those death punk snowboarders are at it again. Lock up you daughters because the Shithouse Tour 3 is hitting the road. A badass UK and Euro rock and roll tour with Monster and the Dalikfodda boys at the helm.

Favourites at the SCUK/TSA Rock Night at the Brits.

With a bunch of their best pals including Jettblack who are headlining the whole tour bringing the power of rock and roll to all as well as a whole bunch of special guest including the ever talented Sam Barret and for one night only the Gentlemans Pistols for the Euro X games gig.

Full info here on the Dalikfodda facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/dalikfodda

WeSC invite you to visit their new store on Carnaby St, London where they are launching a Slam City Skates concession. Drop by the store on the 28th January where 100 lucky people will win one of 100 prizes!

Samsung Mobile UK today announces ‘Gone in 60 Minutes’ its biggest ever competition that gives people the opportunity to win a prize every hour, on the hour, in the run up to Christmas.

Look out for details of how to enter on the Samsung ‘Gone in 60 Minutes’ Facebook page or Twitter feed and be in with a chance of winning a £4,000 Skiworld snowsports holiday for two, complete with lessons; kit and lift passes and extra goodies.

In addition to this amazing prize, other prizes that Samsung is offering in its biggest-ever giveaway include:

• A top-end 40" LED TV
• Samsung’s newest dual screen cameras (ST500)
• Samsung netbooks
• A huge selection of the latest Samsung handsets including the Genio Touch and Genio Qwerty
• Signed shirts and tickets from Chelsea Football Club (courtesy of Samsung Football)
• Samsung Blu-Ray players
• Lessons at Sno!zone in (Milton Keynes, Castleford or Glasgow)
• 5 Billabong Jackets from 2Seasons
• Samsung Movies vouchers
• Copies of the new Sega Football Manager 2010
• Chuckbuddies
• 20 SCUK memberships
• 8 pairs of Cushe shoes

The competition opens on Monday 30th November and every day a list of prizes up for grabs will be released. All you have to do is log onto the website and answer the question to enter and, every hour on the hour (weekdays only from 10-8pm), someone will win a prize. Sign up for alerts, follow the Tweets or become a fan on Facebook to be first to hear the news about the competition.

On top of the hourly prizes, for every hourly question people enter, they’ll be entered into the grand prize draw to win the holiday – so the more you participate, the more chances you have to get away on that trip of a lifetime!

Samsung is working with a range of partners to provide these great prizes including Skiworld; 2 Seasons; SCUK, Cushe, Chuckbuddies, Funky Gunk, Sega, Sno!zone, 3 Valleys, Ski Set, Samsung Football and New Generation.

FB: www.facebook.com/pages/Samsung-Gone-in-60-Minutes/176008025147
Tw: www.twitter.com/UKsamsungmobile

The campaign url is www.gonein60minutes.com

www.samsungmobile.co.uk

Fat Face is celebrating its 21st birthday this year by giving one majorly lucky customer a 21 window split screen camper van in the biggest competition the active lifestyle has ever run.
That’s right, one lucky winner will win a beautifully restored camper van worth more than £35,000 plus the chance to customise it with a load of accessories and pimp it up for their own stamp of style!

Not only can one lucky winner get their hands all over the camper van for keeps but a further five winners will ‘Cheeky Weekends’ enabling them and a bunch of mates to head out in a limited edition VW Camper van for a weekend of fun!

So, what do the lucky winners have to do? Write a cheesy statement about why they want to win? Save up millions of Fat Face stamps? Go and beg at the feet of a Fat Face store manager? Nope! Simply get into one of the 160 UK stores and just fill out their details. Simple as that. Or, just hop online and register here http://winacamper.fatface.com/sbrass

You could then be driving away in your very own campervan or driving one away for the weekend. Nice!

Snowsport GB the national governing body for Snowboarding & Skiing in the UK who are affiliatted with the BOA and FIS are looking for a new CEO.

View the role requirements here:

http://www.snowsportgb.com/about/staff/vacancies/snowsport-gb-ceo/

Regards
Snowsport GB Board

The Metro Ski and Snowboard Show took home two trophies from the Exhibition News Awards last week as the show continues to gain recognition as one of the UK’s most successful consumer events. The show collected the coveted title of the “Most Impressive Visitor Experience” and the “Innovation Award” for the 2008 Marketing Campaign.

Despite being up against tough competition, in the form of Interbuild, Top Gear Live and the Platinum Experience, the show was voted top visitor experience of last year by individuals across the whole exhibitions industry.

“For the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show to win ‘most impressive visitor experience’ was a great honour. When you are up against the calibre of ‘Top Gear Live’, to be voted as number one by the industry underlines how far the show has come in the last 3 years. The show team have constantly pushed the boundaries of what the show can offer to its visitors and to have this recognised by your industry peers is a fitting compliment for all the work and passion they have put in over the last year.”

Damian Norman, Show Director for the Sports and Leisure division at dmg world media.

The 2008 show is the 3rd year that the show has worked with Metro Newspaper as a partner after a 32 year association with the Daily Mail.

“Metro continues to support the Ski and Snowboard Show as it continues to deliver a fantastic experience for visitors and exhibitors alike. With ever improving entertainment and experiences, it is more than just a place to find next season's outfit, but a fun, informative day out for all those seeking the thrill of the slopes the following winter.”

Lisa Roxby, Senior Marketing Executive, Metro Newspapers.

The 2009 Metro Ski & Snowboard Show takes place from 21st to 25th October at London’s Olympia, heralding the start of the European wintersports season.

Every year Neil McNab runs and guides a Heli boarding trip to the Kamchatka peninsula on the east coast of Russia. This narrow peninsula is the most active volcanic region on the planet. It was, until the early 90's closed to all visitors including native Russian's and was a major Military strong hold during the cold war period. It hosts the worlds highest population per square kilometre of brown bear (Grizzly) and some of the greatest Snowboarding terrain on the planet. Neil tells all below:



With next to no restrictions on Heli flight and riding possibilities Kamchatka remains the perfect Heli boarding destination. With a big Russian MI8 heli at my disposal each year I guide a group of 12 riders on a McNab snowboarding BC Voyager Heli trip here. The potential of the region is unlimited with varied terrain that ranges from huge mellow volcanoes (giving over 2000m of vertical meters of fresh powder) to the steep Valdez style descents found in the aptly named 'Sharp mountains' to the North.

This year I ran an 8 day trip,flying for 6 days with 2 rest days mid week (whilst it snowed thus making an epic end to the trip when the skies cleared once again). Running just over 13 hours of flight time we scored 35 Heli drops and clocked up some 30,000m of vertical meters all fresh virgin lines on sometimes un-ridden peaks.

It was an awesome trip, filmed by fellow McNab Guide Sebastien Montaz so check out the movies and dream of endless deep fresh powder.

Right I'm off to Norway tomorrow to guide our last McNab BC Voyager trip in the Lyngen Alps some 500km inside the arctic circle. For this expedition style BC Snowboard touring trip we'll use a boat to access the picturesque mountains surrounding the Northern Fjords of this amazing region. You can check out our progress and catch up on news and pictures from our Kamchatka trip at www.mcnabsnowsports.com

Check it out,

Neil.

We’ve Got Balls in association with My Charitable Life presents The Snowboarders World Cup
Anglet, France 15th – 19th June 2009

After two very successful warm up events, the We’ve Got Balls tournament is going global with the first football World Cup for the snowboard industry.

Teams from every snowboarding nation will be led by riders whose love of football is only matched by their talent on a snowboard. Travis Rice, Nicolas Mueller, Cheryl Maas, Marius Otterstad and Iker Fernandez are just a few of the captains leading their nations into battle.

A classic format of group and knockout stages held over the course of the week in June will decide not only the title but also the Golden Boot award. All the games will be held in the evening with BBQs and the odd party and lots of sore legged surfing going down in the day. After the final the winning team will donate a €1000 to the charity of their choice

The teams are 7-a-side, with the rule that each team must have a female player on the pitch at all times. Aside from this all normal football rules apply, even offside! Confirmed teams are Switzerland, France, Spain, Austria, USA, Australia, England, Norway, Locals and Germany.

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We‘ve Got Balls Burton European Open January 17th 2009

Nicolas Mueller’s ‘Eco Nico’ side celebrate their title at the Burton European Open ’09.

Held in Flims, Switzerland, the second of the We’ve Got Balls tournaments delivered six teams of snowboarders hell bent on victory.

In the finals it was Switzerland’s Nicolas Muller who captained his side ECO NICO to victory over an injured Ed Leigh’s British Bull Dogs who went down 3-1.

Following Burton’s European Open, athletes and celebs like Nicolas Muller, Cheryl Maas, Ed Leigh, Sina Candrian, Florent De Maria, Annie Faust, Tricia Byrnes, Chris Backman, Adam Gendle and Ray Palomino took it to the pitch to see whose board skills translates into boot skills at the My Charitable Life “We’ve Got Balls” Tournament.

It was a quiet morning in Flims as the teams gathered in a cold gymnasium. After a hard fought day of competition that saw everything from bicycle kicks to swellbows being thrown onto the pitch it was the superior talent, stamina and heart of Eco Nico that saw them triumph. But as the BBC’s resident Snowboarder Ed Leigh put it, “We've got Balls is the opportunity to crush the mountains into a level playing field and see whose board control translates to ball control. It's all about Glory and Pride, love it!”

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Quiksilver/ Roxy Soccer Team wins the Vitamin Water's "We Got Balls" Charity Soccer Tournament

Carlsbad, CA – September 7, 2008 The Quiksilver/ Roxy Soccer Team celebrates a win over the Vans team at the Vitamin Water "We Got Balls" Action Sport Charity Soccer Tournament.

It all began with a conversation between Terje Haakonsen, Ed Leigh and Ray Palomino about hosting a tournament during the Euro Cup for their friends in the action sports world. In San Diego, California, USA, that conversation became a reality with the "We Got Balls" Soccer Tournament.

Quiksilver/ Roxy team riders Travis Rice, Brian Fox, Erin Comstock and Alexis Waite along with Quiksilver's Brian Craighill, Bud Seyedin, Jamey Beeson, JT Akers and Guy Chanin dribbled through the competition that included notable names; Heikki Sorsa, Marius Otterstad, Leanne Pelosi, Jake Blauvelt, Molly Aguirre, Marco Frank Montoya, Annie Fast, Chris Cote, Don Brown, Steve Murray and Heather Rose.

The semifinal teams included Sole Tech vs. Vans and Active Ride Shop vs. Quiksilver/ Roxy. It was a hard fought battle with Peter Dericks making remarkable stops in the goal. A controversial ending to the Active and Quiksilver/ Roxy game placed the Quiksilver/ Roxy team into the finals.

After a ten-minute rest, Quiksilver Roxy walked on the field to face Steve Murray and his Vans Team. It was close, until Travis Rice, Brian Fox and Erin Comstock took over and finished strongly with a four – zero win.

"I am proud of the Quiksilver/Roxy team. We came together and had a great time!" said Travis Rice.

Also making a strong presence, were athletes and employees from;: Active Ride Shop, Billabong, Burton Snowboards, DVS, Fuel TV, Mackdog Productions, Monster Energy Drinks, ProSoccer.com, Sole Tech, Sound, Surfride, The Program, Transworld Snowboarding and Transworld Surf.

"I had the best time!" said Erin Comstock. "It's was a great opportunity to compete with my friends outside the snowboarding world."

The Quiksilver / Roxy Soccer Team will defend their "We got Balls" title in January 2009 at SIA in Las Vegas.

"It's so on! My team will be back with a vengeance!" said Marco Frank Montoya.

Base Camp Sponsored Ghanaian skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong has qualified for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Kwame, 34, recorded his best slalom performances in Iran last week and reduced his FIS (International Ski Federation) points to 137.5, underneath the all important Olympic qualifying level of 140 points.

Having learnt to ski at SNO!zone Milton Keynes, Base Camp sponsored Kwame's first trip out to the European Alps and his first ever steps on real snow.

His first ski season was spent training with our Meribel BASI Level 1 & 2 Instructor Course and since then Kwame has travelled the world over in pursuit of his dream and qualification points.

Base Camp Director, Fergie Miller, comments,

'It has been a pleasure to support Kwame while training and competing to qualify for the Olympics over these last 5 years.

It has been a marathon effort and Kwame has had to overcome untold hurdles, including setting up a Ghanian Winter Olympic Association and overcoming the complex and bureaucratic world of ski racing.

His qualification is a true testament of his strength and determination and his work in developing skiing in Ghana and charitable causes says a lot about the man.

We hope Kwame is able to enjoy this moment with his family and wish him every success for the future. Go Kwame!'

www.basecampmag.com
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"We are very sorry but due to the very difficult trading conditions we have had to close down Extreme Holidays Limited.

Customers with forward booked holidays should contact the Travel Trust Association on 0870 8890577."

Despite the tales of economic doom filling the mainstream media, there’s a sense of optimism in the snowsport industry that those who love skiing and snowboarding won’t be deterred from their annual snow fix this coming winter.

The UK industry trade show is already around 90% full with several months still to go and the organisers will welcome some new and returning big brand names to Slide for 2009.

Blizzard is an iconic Austrian ski brand that has been absent from the UK ski scene in recent years, but that’s all about to change, with Bliss Outdoor planning to re-aquaint the UK skiing public with its reputation. With a strong pedigree in performance skis, the new UK distributor is looking forward to unveiling next winter’s range of skis and a new binding system.

Columbia Sportswear, a global leader in the active apparel and footwear industries returns to Slide 09 after an absence of several years. Dan Trapp, UK Country Manager enthused,

“We’re really excited to bring Columbia back to Slide in 2009. It ties in perfectly with our re-launch to the core independent winter sports retailers across the UK and Ireland. We’ve got a new logo, a new communication plan, a new team and an amazing new product range that we’re thrilled to be showcasing at Slide. All in all, we can’t wait to be back!”

One distributor who is less well-known in the wintersport business but whose name is synonymous with quality cycle brands, is Madison. Their portfolio of brands cross right into the heart of winter, with luggage brand Ogio, roof racks from Thule, knee braces, helmet cams and the latest energy drink to hit the UK, Monster. Says Will Fripp of Madison,

“Slide has established itself as one of Europe’s premier Actionsport tradeshows. With an exhibitor’s list that reads like a ‘who’s who’ of the actionsports industry, attendance is a no-brainer.”

The organisers are very pleased with the solid level of bookings for the show. Lesley Beck of the organising team explained,

“Given the current economic climate, it would be a foolish show organiser who took It for granted that suppliers would be wiling or able to commit to a show early. We’ve been really pleased that so many regular exhibitors have returned to the show, but also that the Fresh brands area of the show, set aside for newcomers, continues to be very popular. The fact that Slide is attracting back companies like Columbia and new exhibitors like Madison is really encouraging.

Full listings of exhibitors and outline information on Fresh brand exhibitors can be found at www.slideuk.co.uk

Head of Snowboard department required for a new Snow And Rock store which will be opening in Dundrum, Dublin, on the 9th October. The perfect candidate for this position would have at least one years experience in retail and have a vast knowledge of snowboarding and snowboard related equipment. This is a full time position offered with an attractive package. If you would like to apply for this position send your CV with cover letter detailing your retail and snowboard experience to: manager.dundrum@snowandrock.com