FIS World Cup and the GB Team News

The British Junior Snowboard Squad, who impressively collected over 24 medals at the recent BRITS 08, continued to be on top form over the weekend when they competed in the final TTR 3-Star event of the season, The World Rookie Fest Slopestyle Finals, Ischgl, Austria, 18th – 20th April. .... More...

The British World Cup, Freestyle, and Junior Teams continued to achieve top results yesterday and today when they competed in the Junior World Big Air and Halfpipe Championships, Valmalenco, Italy, 19th – 20th March 2008. Sam Cullum led the way for the Brits making it through to the finals in ....More...

Dan Wakeham and Ben Kilner from the British World Cup Halfpipe Team wrapped up the 2007/2008 FIS World Cup season in style over the weekend when they competed and finished in 10th and 20th place in the final World Cup Halfpipe event in Valmalenco, Italy. The British World Cup Halfpipe Team Dan .. More...

The British Halfpipe, Snowboardcross and Freestyle Teams secured valuable points over the weekend when they competed in the seventh FIS World Cup Halfpipe and Snowboardcross competitions in Stoneham, Canada and Europa Cup, Big Air and Slopestyle events in Slovenia. The British World Cup .... More...

The British World Cup Halfpipe, Snowboardcross and Freestyle Teams continued to achieve great results over the weekend when they competed in two World Cup events in Canada and the USA and an FIS Slopestyle event in Slovenia. The British World Cup Halfpipe Team Ben Kilner, Sam Cullum and Dan .... More...

The British Junior Snowboard Team, which is made up of 12 of the UK’s most promising young snowboarders, recently returned from the TTR THREE(3) STAR, World Rookie Fest event in Czech Republic, where great results and podium spots were achieved. Despite the poor weather conditions at the event .. More...

In order to secure better training facilities in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the British Snowboard Team has been in close discussions with the Swiss ski resort of Champéry – Les Portes du Soleil. Terms to the partnership which would establish the resort as the official training site ....More...

The British World Cup Halfpipe, Snowboardcross and Freestyle Teams continued to achieve podium results over the weekend when they competed in two Europa Cup Halfpipe events in Czech and World Cup Halfpipe event in Japan. The British Freestyle Team Dom Harington added a gold and bronze medal to .... More...

Zoe Gillings, Britain’s number one Snowboardcross athlete continued her seasons storming success today, Friday 22nd February, when she finished in an excellent 2nd place at the FIS World Cup Snowboardcross competition in Japan. Following her 4th place result at last weekends World Cup event in .. More...

The British Freestyle and World Cup Halfpipe Teams continued to achieve top results over the weekend when they competed in two Europa Cup Halfpipe events in Innsbruck, Austria and the sixth World Cup Halfpipe event in Korea. The British Freestyle Team Dom Harington (pictured) achieved his best .... More...

Zoe Gillings, Britain’s number one Snowboardcross athlete produced her best result of the season last Friday, when she finished in 4th place at the FIS World Cup Snowboardcross competition in Sungwoo, Korea. Zoe qualified into the finals in ninth position, and won her first heat convincingly .... More...

Land Rover has today announced its appointment as the Official Vehicle Partner to Snowsport GB, the British Alpine Ski Team and the British Snowboard Team. As Official Vehicle Partner, Land Rover will provide all team members - including Britain's number one female down hill skier, Chemmy .... More...

The British World Cup Halfpipe and Snowboardcross Teams proved they where World class last weekend (25th – 27th January) when they competed and achieved top results at the Winter X Games, Colorado, USA and the World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy. Zoe Gillings equalled her best result of the season .. More...

Members of the British World Cup Halfpipe and Snowboardcross Teams gear up to compete in the Winter X Games, Aspen, Colorado and the World Cup, Bardonecchia, Italy this weekend. Lesley McKenna, Dan Wakeham, Ben Kilner, Sam Cullum, Kate Foster, Zoe Gillings, and Freeskier Emma Lonsdale will don ....More...

The British World Cup Halfpipe, Freestyle, Snowboardcross and Junior Teams headed out to Europe in force last week, when they competed in the Burton European Open, Laax, Switzerland and the Nokia FIS World Cup Event, Bad Gastein, Austria. Zoe Gillings continued her bright start to the World Cup ....More...

The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced the full list of recipients of the 2007 Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy. Introduced in 2005, to mark the BOA’s Centenary Year and the awarding of the 2012 Olympic Games to London, the BOA presented a trophy to each of the 35 Olympic ....More...

Lindsey Jacobellis and Mario Fuchs have won the third Snowboard Cross of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2007/2008. In Austrian Bad Gastein, the reigning World Champion from the USA successfully relegated Switzerland’s Mellie Francon and Olympic Champion Tanja Frieden to the second and third ....More...

The British World Cup Halfpipe, Freestyle, Snowboardcross and Junior Teams head out to Europe on Thursday 10th January 2008 to compete in two of the most prestigious European competitions of the season, the Burton European Open, Laax, Switzerland and the Nokia FIS World Cup Event, Bad Gastein, ....More...

As a result of Dan Wakeham’s recent achievement of qualifying into the semi finals in 3rd place and finishing in 30th position overall in the O’Neill Evolution event, he was invited to compete in the prestigious Airwaves Invitational Halfpipe Competition in Tignes, France last night and finished in .. More...

Brit Snowboard Tour regular Paul Gordon (SCUK:flash) in his own words has "managed to blag FIS accreditation under the QuestX Film Division banner and will be shooting pics from the launch platform" at the Nokia Big Air in Sofia, Bulgaria this weekend. More...

Dan WakehamThe British World Cup Snowboardcross, Halfpipe and British Freestyle Team are getting set to compete in Colorado, USA this weekend when they take part in the Chevy US Grand Prix, Breckenridge and the Jeep King of the Mountain World Pro Championships, in Telluride. British World Cup .. More...

British Snowboard Teams Announced for 2007-2008 Snowsport GB, the national governing body for skiing and snowboarding in Great Britain, are extremely excited to announce The British Snowboard Teams for the 2007-2008 season. 31 elite UK athletes make up the five British Snowboard Teams, the British .. More...

Zoe Gillings, Britain’s No.1 female snowboarder, started off the 2007/08 winter season in style by achieving her best result in a World Cup Snowboardcross for three years, when placing 6th in the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup Competition in Valle Nevado, Chile, the opening event of the 2007/08 .... More...

We had this from Craig Smith - Head Coach - British Snowboard Teams.Ben Kilner is in NZ with Dom Harington and soon Dan Wakeham. As they all get ready for the first World Cup of the season in NZ.Ben has done his First 5 star TTR for the season. Ben asked us to let you know how he had got on in the ..More...

The British Ski & Snowboard Federation is seeking a coach to train the National Junior Team. The position plays a vital role within British Snowboarding and within the long term development plan for the sport.The position is part time for the 2007/2008 season. There will be approximately three UK ....More...

9th June 2007. The British Ski & Snowboard Federation is seeking a Coach to manage the National Development Snowboardcross Team. Theywill play a lead role in the creation of a long term plan for the future direction of Snowboardcross in the UK.This is a contract position full time for the period ....More...

Russia Black Sea resort of Sochi has won the contest to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, beating Salzburg and Pyeongchang in South Korea the other two finalists in the vote in Guatemala City on Wednesday.Both Salzburg and south Korea had been in the running to host the 2010 Games too. Salzburg had ....More...

Location: Saas Fee, Switzerland 11-17th August 2007Camp Objectives:This is the opportunity for all snowboarders to try out for the British Snowboard Freestyle (Development) Team, British Snowboard Boarder cross (Development) Team and The British Junior Snowboard Team. Who should attend the camp?Any ..More...

Salzburg, one of the three finalists hoping to be awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics, has stressed the importance of the environment in its bid to an IOC final inspection team that will visit Olympic venues this week.In a press release the Salzburg 2014 team says that more than 80 per cent of ....More...

We are please to invite you to the two day Snowboard Judging Course.When: Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd June. Time: From 9.30am - 5.30pm daily, with an hour for lunchWhere: Northwick Park Hospital, London (directions will be supplied)Cost: £60 per person course feeIf you are interested in ....More...

The British Snowboard Team continues to secure good results in recent weeks. This rich vein of form started with James Foster finishing in 7th place overall at the Europa Cup boarder cross in St Gallenkirch, Austria. This the best ever result recorded by a British male boarder cross racer, and ....More...

The USA Grand Prix snowboarding events are considered the equivalent of the Snowboard World Cup and attracts riders Ross Powers, Danny Kass and Shaun White. A veritable Who's Who of snowboarding.In Idaho, USA the USA Grand Prix had Ben Kilner qualify 6th from a field of 70 men. Held back at the ....More...

The eighth European Youth Olympic Winter Festival has suffered a troubled start with the poor weather conditions affecting several of the events. The snowboard boardercross events have been cancelled due to limited snow on the course, sadly resulting in four Team GB athletes not being able to ....More...

Senior British Olympic Association (BOA) executives today completed their first 48 hour fact finding and scoping visit to Vancouver, home of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.Following site visits and meetings with the organising committee, including Chief Executive Officer John Furlong, the BOA’s ....More...

Due to the end of the last Snowboard Cross training, organisers, fans and riders are getting more excited. On tomorrow’s Saturday, the first qualification of the 7th FIS Snowboard World Championships will take place in Arosa. All in all, 51 ladies and 102 men took part in today’s training. One of ....More...

The British Snowboard Team are ready to compete in the 2007 Snowboard World Championships, to be held in Arosa, Switzerland. Competing at the 7th FIS World Snowboard Championships will be Snowboard Cross hopefuls Zöe Gillings, James Foster and Nick Dudar and Olympian Dan Wakeham, Ben Kilner, Sam ....More...

The 7th FIS Snowboard World Championships will take place from January 13th to 20th in Swiss resort Arosa. 47 nations, the latest Lativa and Romania, have confirmed their intention to send competitors, the list of which includes five reigning World Champions from the last event in 2005, ready to ....More...

Last week the British Half-Pipe Team made their way over to Breckenridge for the Chevrolet US Grand Prix making full use of the Zoom Airlines deal providing free flights for the season (There was a long drive to the resort though!). Whilst the results may not have been the best for some of the ....More...

Half-Pipe This week started with the Europa Cup half-Pipe event in Saas Fee with Sam Cullum qualifying for the finals out of 90 riders and eventually finishing with a ranking of 14th. After his second run, Sam was in 11th place amongst a strong field of World Cup riders who were using the ....More...

Advances in snowmsakiong technology has made urban snow events possible at any time of the year in virtually any location. Snowmaking standards are now so high that the snow sports world governing body, the FIS, is increasingly sanctioning these events for World Cp competition points standard, .... More...

Dan Wakeham and Sam Cullum will compete again today (Friday) in Saas Fee, Switzerland in the second of two FIS World Cup half pipe events. Dan finished 37th in the first half pipe on Wednesday and Sam, competing in his first ever FIS World Cup event, finished in 47th. Ben Kilner did not compete ....More...

Although the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup will open with a Parallel Slalom in Landgraaf, Netherlands, the upcoming month, the Big Air aces prepare themselves for their first appearance in this winter. On November 11th, 2006, the season’s first freestyle action will take place in Stockholm. For the ..More...

Last week Snowsport GB held the selection camp for the GB snowboard teams and development programs. Approx 20 kids tried out and the teams will be annonced later this month. But whilst in Zermatt there was a Half Pipe and a Slopestyle jam session that took place with 80 guys and 40 girls .... More...

As we reported the other day, Olympic funding for skiing and snowboarding has been slashed by 50% because GB did not get top results at the Turin Olympics. Read British ski chief Jason Cockburn's comments on the BBC Sports Pages.A few of us have been swapping emails about this - Mark Wayne at X-....More...

UK Sport today announced a £6 million package to support Winter Olympic and Paralympic sport up to and beyond the Vancouver Games in 2010.  The money, a 20% increase on the funding allocated over the Turin cycle, will be distributed across seven Olympic and two paralympic disciplines on the basis .... More...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board Meeting in Lausanne Switzerland, on Thursday narrowed the field of seven candidates to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games down to three.The three survuiving candidates, one of which will be chosen to host the Games at the final vote which ....More...

Daniel Wakeham and Kate Foster spent three weeks at Windells getting acquainted with what the riders describe as one of the best halfpipes in the world this time of year. The result: victories! More...

A quick email we received today from Craig Smith (GB Snowboard Team Coach) who is out in Mt Hood training the British Team for about a month."Hi AllToday in the Chevy truck Revolution Tour , Ticket To Ride event, at Mt Hood, USA.In the 22 foot supper pipe with clear skies, saw 50 men and 26 women ....More...

If you think you have what it takes to get on the British Snowboard Team, then this is the camp you need to attend. More...

The British Olympic Association (BOA) today launched the first annual publication that will chart the progress of Team GB in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.‘Team GB 2005: Countdown to 2012’ analyses the 2005 performances of our 35 Olympic Sports (both summer and winter) and ....More...

Development of a $300 million ski resort in India's Himachal Pradesh region could lead to the country, which will host the 2010 Winter Commonwealth Games at Delhi and plans to use its current leading resort of Gulmarg for some events, putting in a bid to a host a future Winter Olympics.The ....More...

The 9th year of Trofeo Topolino took place from 7th to 10th March 2006. Trofeo Topolino is called the Mini Junior Worlds and is for kids up to the age of 16 and took place in Marilleva, Italy.Great Britain sent a team of 6 kids to compete, along with coaches Gavin Learmonth and Sarah Higgins. The ....More...

With the FIS season now over, we thought you might be interested in how the Brits did overall.Zoe Gillings finished 36th in snowboardcross.Lesley McKenna finished 27th in halfpipe.Kate Foster finished 28th in halfpipe.Dan Wakeham finished 31st in halfpipe.Dom Harington finished 52nd in halfpipe.Ben ..More...

Kate, Dan and Zoe all got good results in the final FIS event of the season in Furano, Japan. More...

Gretchen Bleiler and Tommy Czeschin celebrate double victory for the USA in the Halfpipe at Lake PlacidFavoured Gretchen Bleiler and her fellow countryman Tommy Czeschin have won the second-to-last Halfpipe contest of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2005/2006. At Lake Placid, the Silver medal ....More...

The Great Britain Snowboard Development team headed to Klinovec in Czechoslovakia to conclude their 2005/06 FIS season. Two halfpipe Europa Cup competitions were held with a field of 33 riders. In the first competition James Foster secured 3rd place with Angus Leith close behind in 4th and the ....More...

Dan Wakeham is sitting in 36th place in the World Cup Halfpipe standings and wants to finish in the top 20 to secure additional funding. Currently on 611 points, Dan needs to get around 1100 to break into the top 20. Lesley McKenna and Kate Foster are sitting in 22nd and 23rd respectively, so are ....More...

Stefan Gimpl wins Crystal Globe in the Big Air World Cup. Read the full review. More...

Lesley was very ready for the Olympic competition and couldn't believe it when she fell in the bottom of the pipe. Check our her website to see her thoughts on the competition. More...

The British Olympic Association (BOA) Chairman, Colin Moynihan today announced an additional £120,000 for the Olympic winter sports.By donating the entirety of the Chairman’s Honorarium, and with match-funding, the ‘BOA Olympic Winter Athlete’s Honorarium Fund’ will be made available to support ....More...

Daniela Meuli from Switzerland has taken Gold in the Olympic event ahead of Amelie Kober from Germany and Rosey Fletcher from the USA. More...

Swiss riders Philipp Schoch and Simon Schoch took the honours ahead of Siegfried Grabner from Austria who took Bronze. More...

Here's a good article from The Times on how the rebel image of snowboarding has put the cool, back in the Olympics, including some words from Zoe Gillings on Friday's competition. More...

Well, it could have been better, but Zoe Gillings has taken the best Team GB placing for snowboarding at the Winter Olympics in 15th place.After qualifying the time trials in 12th place, Zoe was taken out on the first burm in her quarter final by Katherina Himler (GER) after a great passing move, ....More...

Zoe Gillings has qualified for the finals of the women's Olympic snowboard cross in 12th place. Her second run of 1.31.93 was only 4.08 seconds off the fastest time of Maelle Ricker from Canada. Dominique Maltais (CAN) and Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) make up the remaining top three, with the Team USA .... More...

Seth Westcott has won the Olympic snowboard cross event ahead of Radoslav Zidek from Slovakia and Paul-Henri Delarue from France. More...

Radoslav Zidek(Slovakia), Jordi Font(Spain), Paul-Henri Delerue (France) and Seth Westcott (USA) are through to the finals of the menu's Olympic snowboardcorss setting the USA on course for another gold. The finals will start at 14.50 and BBC2 were still showing the action when we last checked.....More...

SCUK had the chance to chat to Dan after his performance in the Olympic halfpipe event. "I spoke to my mate in the pub in Plymouth and all I could hear was cheering. That was a good feeling!" More...

Kjersti Buass from Norway nudges out reigning Olympic gold medallist Kelly Clark, to leave the US's Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler in gold and silver. More...

Kate Foster has finished 14th in the second qualifier with a score of 24.7, meaning she takes 20th position overall, with six having already gone through to the final in the first heat. Well done Kate. Lesley McKenna finished in a disappointing 33rd place with a score of only 5.2.The finals will ....More...

Lesley McKenna has crashed out of the Olympics and is currently running bottom of the table in the women's halfpipe. Kate Foster finished Q1 in a respectable 24th place. USA dominate the finals. Read the report from the BBC. More...

Shaun White takes Gold in the Olympic halfpipe ahead of countryman Danny Kass and Finn, Markku Koski. More...

Dan Wakeham took a great 26th position in the Olympic halfpipe event this morning, but it was the USA that will dominate the final with Shaun White, Andy Finch, Mason Aguirre and Danial Kass through. The Fins Markku Koski, Antti Autti and Risto Mattila are also in there. White only made it through ....More...

We've had a chat with Dan Wakeham and Zoe Gillings. See what they had to see about getting to the Olympics, training and their chances. More...

With a veritable crew of snowboarders representing Great Britain at the 20th Winter Olympic Games, we felt it would be rude not to introduce them to you and give you the low down on their chances. More...

Eight years down the line, and snowboarding and the Winter Olympics still make uneasy bedfellows. Of course, much has changed since Terje Haakonsen boycotted the 1998 Games in Nagano... More...

The opening ceremony is a few days away and the snowboarding starts on Sunday when Dan Wakeham will try to qualify for the halfpipe finals. We have full details of the whats, wheres, whens and whos. More...

Once more, Matevz Petek showed his nerves of steel. Like last weekend at Winterberg the Slovenian secured the victory in the last heat in the Big Air World Cup at Milan due to his strong concentration. More...

Sam Cullum seems to be top UK dog at the moment at the Junior World Championships in Korea, with a 25th in big air and 37th in halfpipe. For a review and more results... More...

The British Junior Snowboard team are out in Korea competing at the Junior worlds....Sam Cullum just dropped a quick email to say...."In Korea at the moment Junior Worlds amazing place just done the half pipe did well, doing the big air tomorrow, they ride all through the night here, it's always ....More...

Ben Kilner's dad was in touch to say that there's a bunch of Brits out in Korea for the Junior World Championships. Ben, Angus Leith, Sam Cullumn, James McLvaney and a few others.Ben reports that Vivaldi park and complex is out of this world, but they have been warned that no helicopters will be ....More...

The Junior UK team are already there are raring to show their stuff at Vivaldi Park as Korea hosts the Junior World Championships for the first time. Good luck chaps and chapesses. More...

With the 2006 Turin Olympics just a few days away and a goodunder four weeks away, our friends at the Ski Club have launched a new Winter Olympics Guide on www.skiclub.co.uk.This informative section will provide Olympic lovers with a guide to the Games, a whole host of Olympic facts, a full ....More...

FIS will hold Milan's first night time big air and the fourth of the season on Saturday 4th February, just a week ahead of the Olympics. More...

One week after the Olympic qualification date closed, Ben Kilner finished 3rd out of 46 riders in an FIS halfpipe event at Montgenevre in France on 28th January at which Sam Cullum came 4th, James Foster 12th and James McElvaney 13th. Ben also came 2nd out of 47 riders at a Europa Cup halfpipe ....More...

We thought we should bring you the full official list of the snowsports athletes that will be representing the UK in the forthcoming Olympics, so here they are.The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced that the following skiing and snowboarding athletes would represent Team GB at the 2006 ....More...

Dan Wakeham at Leysin today (©FIS)Whilst I don't pretend to fully understand the qualification criteria for the Olympics, it looks to me like both Kate Foster and Dan Wakeham have just qualified for Team GB.If you read our ramblings from 12th Jan, it looks like riders need an average of 120 .... More...

We have the latest from the FIS World Cup in Leysin and it's great news for our Olympic hopefuls.Lesley McKenna came in 15th position and Kate Foster came close on her heels at 16th, which gives Kate a really good shot at joining Lesley in the halfpipe for the Olympics next month, so well played ....More...

With Lesley McKenna one of the favourites, it's up to the other UK Olympic hopefulls to secure the FIS points they need to be up for selection at the end of the month. Check it out... More...

As we published in a recent newsletter, we understood only Lesley McKenna and Zoe Gillings were representing the UK in the Torino Winter Olympics this year. We might have been wrong on that. Thanks to Paul McConnell (and Ski Sunday) for pointing this out. We decided to do some research.Here's how ....More...

World’s best riders meet on KronplatzAlmost one month prior the highlight of this winter – the Olympic Winter Games – the athletes get their last chance to fulfil their national Olympic criteria in the Snowboard Cross and Parallel Giant Slalom if they want to make it to Turin. On Kronplatz, the all-..More...

We didn't spot this yesterday but it looks like the boys from the UK did okay in the pipe at the weekend. Dan Wakeham took 27th, Ben Kilner too 28th and Dom Harington took 52nd. They need top 25 places to qualify for the Olympics a I understand it, so almost there. Good luck from SCUK.Full results ....More...

Results from the latest FIS half pipe event from the night time halfpipe just run in Kreischberg, Austria. Lesley McKenna/Kate Forster don't seem to have competed and remain 29th/31st overall. More...

Review from the FIS city big air from Kalgenfurt, Austria. More...

Results of the weekend's PGS in Kreischberg, Austria. More...

Like last winter, the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2005/2006 guests once more in Winterberg. After the successful debut in the last year with more than 8.000 enthusiastic spectators it’s time again for some Big Air action on January 28th in the Sauerland region. The freestylers will then jump the ....More...

Zoe Gillings didn't qualify in 30th place. Let's just hope she's taking it easy for Turin. She finished on top of the podium twice during last season. More...

Shaun Palmer came in second to Canadian Drew Neilson at his first FIS Snowboardcross event yesterday. The UK's Zoe Gillings did not qualify in 36th place. More...

Both the PGS and halfpipe competitions will provide enthralling duels struggling for World Cup points and the last national tickets for Turin 2006. The halfpipe finals will be floodlit. More...

On Saturday more than 50 snowboarders of more than 15 countries will struggle for World Cup points at the season’s second Big Air. The ten best freestylers will compete in night finals. More...

Zoe Gillings and Shaun Palmer will be competing at Bad Gastein in Austria on the 5th January. This Buchebenskiwiese is a regular of the tour and this year will host a night time floodlit final. More...

Avoriaz had to cancel its tour stop for the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2005/2006. Both scheduled Halfpipe contests will now take place in Leysin, Switzerland on January 19th and 20th and thus offers the last chance for the freestylers to qualify for one of the national Olympic spots.

Here's some news about the UK team results in the halfpipe last weekend in Whistler. Lesley McKenna came 11th despite having only been back on snow for a few days after injury and playing it safe. More...

Lesley McKenna takes 11th in the Half Pipe in Whistler, and the rest of the GB team... More...

Alberto Schiavon and Julie Pomagalski taking the top spots. More...

McKenna, Harington, Kilner and Wakeham are in the halfpipe next weekend. In the boardercross, Zoe Gillings will also be going for points in the all important run up to the Turin Olympics, 2006. More...

We thought we pass on this link from The Herald. It's an interview with Lesley McKenna on the Olympics, her broken ankle and return to form. More...

Not sure if you heard it the other day on Colin & Ediths radio show on BBC Radio 1 but they do a public request for people in need of songs, and Lesley McKenna dropped them an email from Germany to ask the British Public to choose a song for her Halfpipe run at the 2006 winter Olympics in Turin.If ....More...

Zoe Gillings didn't race in the event as expected in Saas-Fee, which saw Marie Laissus (FRA) and Nate Holand (USA) grab the Gold medals. More...

Melo Imai and Kazuhiro Kokubo grab victory in the Halfpipe of Saas-Fee. Read the full review. Snowboardcross (and GB's Zoe Gillings) still to run this weekend. More...

Zoe Gillings competes in the snowboard cross this Saturday in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Best of British from SCUK. More...

Check out the review and results from the weekend's first Big Air World Cup from Rotterdam. More...

The tour has arrived in Europe. Read all about it. More...

The World Cup weekend in the Chilean Andes finished with a victory for European riders. In the 2006 season’s second Snowboard Cross of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup, Austrian Lukas Grüner and Deborah Anthonioz from France successfully competed in their final heats. Especially for the boarder ....More...

Britain's leading young snowboarders will return from the first FIS World Cup events of the season in Valle Nevado, Chile this week having achieved the first of their key targets en route to the upcoming Olympic Winter Games. Best of the four British Snowboard Team competitors proved to be Kate ....More...

In yesterday’s first two Halfpipe competitions of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS Weltcup 2005/2006, an US-American girl has imposingly captured both top spots: Hannah Teter collected 2000 points for the current World Cup ranking in Valle Nevado. In both finals, the 18 years-old rider impressed the judges, ..More...

Here's some words from Craig Smith, GB Snowboard Team coach:Hey all,Today in Chile we saw an ok pipe. However the guys did realy well. Dom Harington got a 24th. Ben Kilner got a 25th. Dan Wakeham got a 32nd (however I feel he was ripped off). He was the last to drop in the melting pipe out of 90 ....More...

SnowsportGB, the UK governing body for Ski and Snowboarding, announce the British Snowboard Team for season 2005-2006.The teams which are broken into three groups; The British Snowboard Team, The British Snowboard Development Team, and the British Junior Snowboard Team were selected by a panel ....More...

The new snowboard season is ready for take off: From September 13th to 18th, the Kick off of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2005/2006 takes place in Chilean Valle Nevado. In the Andes, the boarders will compete for six days in two Halfpipe and two Snowboard Cross contests. The first highlight is ..More...

In less than one month the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup starts in a new season. In Chilean Valle Nevado, from September 14th to 18th four competitions will take place. First of all the boarders start in two Halfpipe contest, then, after a rest day, two Snowboard Cross races are on the program on ....More...

Despite coming in a disappointing 18th place in the final snowboardcross FIS event of the season, Zoe Gillings from the UK has finished the season in 4th place overall. That's a damn fine show all round and should almost certainly see her at the next Winter Olympics, so congratulations to Zoe from ....More...

Zoe Gillings and Lesley McKenna are both in action this weekend in Saas Fee, Switzerland. Check out the BBC report on the two, who are aiming to compete at Turin in 2006. Best of luck to all the Brits this weekend. More...

In Saas-Fee, the halfpipe specialists have their first appearance in the current season of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup. On October 29th, the competitors will present their airs, grabs, spins and flips to the spectators in the Swiss ski resort.The day after, the all-rounders struggle for World ..More...

Zoë qualifies with a gold and silver in the opening Snowboard Cross World Cup events of the season, Valle Nevada, Chile, 16th and 17th September 2004.Britain’s only female World Cup Snowboard Cross competitor has surpassed expectations bringing home a gold and silver to the British Snowboard Teams .... More...

US-Americans dominate second World Cup day in Valle Nevado, Chile: Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) and Graham Watanabe (USA) are the winners of the second Snowboard Cross of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2004/2005. In the Chilean ski resort, Jacobellis increased her efficiency compared to the first ....More...

Zoe Gillings (GBR) and Drew Neilson (CAN) are the winners of the first Snowboard Cross of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2004/2005. In Valle Nevado, Gillings successfully competed against Kathrin Kellenberger (SUI), Austrian Manuela Riegler and Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) in the women’s final run ....More...

Twenty Talented athletes go through to the British teams to compete amongst the best in the world.For the 2004/05 season candidates for the British Snowboard Team were asked to attend a selection camp in Les Deux Alpes, France, in July to ride before the selectors and impress the coaches with their ..More...

The BSA has been a fairly lack-lustre set up as far as the UK's snowboarders were concerned, for a few years. There's been a recent injection of enthusiasm and they're changing the way things are done, to bring the organisation more up-to-date to do a good job for UK snowboarding and UK ....More...

If you're interested in the details behind the selection of the British Squad for the 2004/5 season, then the information has just been included on the BSA website. More...

Check out the new look British Snowboarding Association website.You'll see there's plenty of new content available from the menu including 'GB Rankings'. Anybody who's entered an Orange AIM Series event will find their current GB standing. You will also notice that if you click on the individual ....More...