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For the fourth consecutive year, leading UK brand Animal will be spreading their freestyle wings to take the title rights of the Animal British Slopestyle Championships, and host the brand new Animal Rock Night featuring Guitar Hero at the forthcoming BRITS Snow & Music Festival, 21st – 28th March 2010, Laax, Switzerland.

Following on from an inspirational 2009 Slopestyle Championships, which witnessed BRITS records being smashed, Animal pro mountain biker, Sam Pilgrim attack the course on his bike and younger riders including Jamie Nicholls, Katie Summerhayes and James Woods pushing up through the ranks, the 2010 Animal Slopestyle Championships looks set to be a major highlight of the BRITS week.

A huge number of the UK’s top slopestyle riders including, Jenny Jones, Ben Kilner, Dom Harington and freeskiers, James Webb and Paddy Graham will be hitting Laax’s World-class course to showcase their ever growing bag of tricks in the Animal Slopestyle Championships, on Wednesday 24th and Friday 26th March 2010.

With more cold weather rolling in, there’s no denying that winter is making itself felt this season, so there’s even more reason to attend Slide to get the best gear for next year.

And as winter continues, yet more exhibitors have signed up for Slide. Recent additions include:
Dix gloves, Mycoal, with their amazing range of excellent accessories, Ryders Eyewear and the Chaos Brothers.

Acrobat release equipment guide

Electric Party – Wednesday 27th

Put snowboards through their paces

With less than 60 days to go before the BRITS 2010 Snow & Music Festival hits Laax, Switzerland, organisers are excited to announce the brand new Garmin Speed Challenge and the return of the Red Bull Homerun and much loved Cushe Airbag at this year’s event, 21st – 28th March 2010.

This bevy of additional, exciting events including the admission into all of the BRITS club nights, and the chance to demo the latest equipment from our hardware sponsors is absolutely FREE for all BRITS revellers when they arrive in Laax and flash a BRITS festival wristband fixed firmly around their wrist.

Garmin, the global leader in satellite navigation and creators of a series of GPS devices geared toward the snowsport enthusiast, will be introducing the brand new Garmin Speed Challenge at this year’s BRITS. Throughout the week revellers will charge the slopes to register a fastest time to be displayed upon the Garmin Leader board positioned centre stage at the Après Arena. Destined to spark post-slope boasting and debate, the Garmin Speed Challenge winner will naturally receive bragging rights plus a trip to The BRITS 2011 to defend their crown.



Back by popular demand Red Bull Homerun will finish off the high-speed BRITS action spectacularly on Saturday 27th March, when hundreds of competitors race en-mass from the top of the mountain to the bottom five miles below. The starting line sees an army of skiers and snowboarders jostling for position before racing to their kit – Le Mans style – and then tanking it flat-out all the way to the bottom for glory.



Known for their innovative way of doing things, BRITS official footwear partner, Cushe will be on hand again this year to offer some extra slope time on the Cushe Air Bag. Situated in the heart of the Après Session Arena, it will give the maverick an opportunity to push the boundaries all week, and set the scene for the Cushe Huck Fest, a one night only all-comers contest encouraging BRITS wristband holders to throw their inhibitions to one side and their bodies skyward for crowd appreciation and a haul of Cushe prizes.



Amazing package deals for the BRITS are available and start from as little as £230* per person, which includes - seven nights’ accommodation, seven days lift pass and an event pack containing an exclusive BRITS Ignite beanie and BRITS festival wristband giving access to the Club Nights and discounts. To book one of the package deals go to:www.brits10.com

The BRITS, which is part of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard 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. Destination partners: Switzerland Tourism and Laax

The BRITS are excited to announce the initial music line-up for their 21st annual Snow and Music festival in Laax, Switzerland from the 21st – 28th March 2010. If the fact that you can get a week’s package deal out to the BRITS from as little as *£230 wasn’t enough to convince you to book, then the promise of five banging Club Nights, an Air Guitar Rock Session and a 3-D Movie Premiere should!

Kicking off the BRITS music week in true British Hip Hop style and christening one of Laax’s hottest new club venues will be top DJ collective, SCRATCH. Fresh, fly, bold and wild – is the legacy, encompassing all forms of Hip Hop culture from djing, rapping and breaking. Featuring the Godfather of British Hip Hop, Rodney P and a DJ demi-god against mere DJ mortals, DJ Woody, described by friends Scratch Perverts as “one of the most creative djing forces the UK scene has ever produced”!

All new for this season the TSA Shred Down series kicked off at SNO!zone Scotland on Saturday 28th November and got off to an epic start. The vibe was great, the park was perfectly shaped and the riders were throwing down huge tricks all night. With points up for grabs at each event of the four events all riders had their eye on the championship title, plus the sweetener of a brand new snowboard setup courtesy of The Snowboard Asylum.

Spot prize battles on each feature produced tech tricks and smooth stylish riding. David Lindsay and Danny McCormick went head to head on the flat down rail and the gas pipe before an epic contest on the kicker. Danny and Kevin were both throwing down huge rodeo 7’s and toe side rodeos, however Danny went on to take the title of rider of the night after killing it on every feature. Matt McCormick took top spot for the groms and Emilia Vanni stepped it up for the girls with backside 3’s over the kicker. All three bagged themselves some sick prizes from Westbeach and TSA and clock up points towards deciding the overall TSA Shred Down champion at the end of the series.

The second Shred Down date had to be brought forward by a couple of weeks to make way for the Christmas rush of tobogganers. With some top swag now on offer from new sponsors Signal Snowboards, Salomon Snowboards, Bonfire, Westbeach, Burton, Forum, Airhole and Demon the event attracted a host of local rippers as well as some talent from further afield. The park featured a sick kicker and a few smaller hits were added allowing the groms to push their riding even further. Youngest in the field was Brandon Bow was mixing it up with nosegrabs, shiftys and frontside 180’s over the jump and nailing frontboards on the 10m flat bar. Grom of the night however went to Jacob Robertson after standing out during the whole jam and raising the bar since the first event. Emilia again stood out for the girls by nailing clean and stylish tricks all night long to take the top spot. After some tough judging decisions overall rider of the night was awarded to David Lindsay. Danny McCormick won best trick with a corked front 5 however Connor Carey, Onorio Mancini and Kevin Cowie were all in the fray. David impressed the judges the most with a barrage of tech rail tricks and stomped a huge back 3’s on the kicker.

Having taken a break to enjoy the festive season the TSA Shred Down returns on the 30th January 2010 before the final event and crowning of the champion with a new snowboard, bindings and boots form TSA on 27th February 2010.

With under 80 days to go before the BRITS 2010 Snow and Music Festival descends upon Laax, Switzerland organisers are proud to announce that, SNO!zone - the UK’s largest indoor snow slope operator, are back onboard to take the title rights for the SNO!zone British Snowboard and Freeski Halfpipe Championships.

An impressive display of World-class Halfpipe riding was witnessed during the 2009 SNO!zone Halfpipe Championships, with riders, Ben Kilner, Sam Cullum, Dom Harington, Dan Wakeham and James Foster setting the standards and raising the bar in the men’s snowboard final. It was younger skiers, Katie Summerhayes and Tyler Jay-Harding who were pushing up through the ranks in the Freeski Halfpipe Championships whilst experienced skiers, James Machon and Emma Lonsdale dominated the top spots.

Here's the Final Part of the Snowcamp Snowball Rally video. Catch up with the teams on their last day, as they battle to complete as many of the dry and indoor slopes this country has to offer all in the name of charity.

Who will win? Who will raise the most money? Who will stack it on the Snowflex? It's all here!

The BRITS, 21st – 28th March 2010 Laax, Switzerland.

With less than 90 days to go before The BRITS 2010 Snow and Music Festival hits Laax Switzerland it’s time to make the most of the UK’s recent snowfall and get the shred stick out, head for the nearest hill or snow covered common and practice manoeuvring between those extreme sledgers in preparation for one of the BRITS first events, the Trespass Snowboardcross and Skiercross Championships.

Alright Troops!!

I hope this little flury of snow has got you all a little bit excited? Well come show your excitement at one of TheAirBag.net sessions this weekend. We are at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hemstead from 7pm until 11pm with the sessions running every 45 minutes. This will be a busy session so booking in advance is highly advised and this can be done by contacting the centre on 0845 258 9000 or online at www.thesnowcentre.com.

Then on Saturday we travel up to Swadlincote dryslope for the night. We have split the night into 2 sessions - the first session runs from 7:00 until 8:30pm and the second from 8:30pm to 10pm! Each session costs £25 which includes your slope access so you can hit the assorted rails and features that will be out at the same time. If you would like to book, please contact the slope on 01283 217200.

Hope you are all well and if we dont see you this weekend have a top Christmas and a Happy New Year!

All the best for 2010, Nick, Jamie and TheAirBag.net Team

The search is on for the next Mathieu Crépel, Travis Rice, Candide Thovex or Torah Bright!

Quiksilver and Roxy are launching an innovative, new challenge: to find the best kid capable of following in the footsteps of Torah Bright, Travis Rice, Mathieu Crépel or even Candide Thovex.

A European competition open to all boys and girls aged between 8 and 13, who can snowboard or ski.
The prize is taking part in the European Winter X Games in Tignes (France) in 2010, one week’s summer camp and nothing less than a year’s contract riding for the Quiksilver or Roxy team.
Participating Quiksilver and Roxy shops will be transformed for the occasion into talent-spotters, with the winning shop being awarded a week in the Hossegor “Quik house”, as well as an invitation to the Winter X Games Europe, held in Tignes.

The budding champion has to complete three stages to realise his or her dream: riding for Quiksilver or Roxy side by side with his or her idols!

1. Apply by submitting “Sponsor me” photos and videos with profile, via www.quiksilverlive.com and in all participating Quiksilver and Roxy stores, so he/she can qualify for a web preselection during January.
   
2. In February, a Quiksilver & Roxy Radar competition will be organised in the five ski resorts across Europe. The kids have to impress the jury with their riding skills, as well as taking part in video clips and interviews, before going online to be judged in the public vote.
   
3. The grand final will take place in March, during the European Winter X Games in Tignes, during which the budding riders will than take part in a final jam session under the watchful eyes of their idols.

Here's second part of the Snowball Rally coverage. There will be a third and final part coming shortly too!

This Sunday will see the largest event in the world hit the UK for the first time in it’s history at Milton Keynes SNO!zone, from 7pm until 10pm!

It's going to be an unmissable evening of snowboarding, product testing, spinny whizzers and mince pies.

It’s the perfect opportunity to get out for a final shred before Christmas, and the evening is promising to be a belter, with free coaching from Trickology, the TSA’s product demo selection in full effect, and a special SNO!zone WSD ticket for the evenings riding – 3 hours for £25!

The park layout shows what’s going to be out on the hill if a bit of freestyle takes your fancy. There is of course plenty of room for some straight up shredding, and input from Trickology will be on hand if you would like some free advice on your freestyle or just your general riding; all you'll have to do is ask one of the Trickology coaches that will be out on the hill for the evening, just look out for the jackets!

Mince pies and some warming Mulled Wine (alcohol free) will be available to grab while you decide which piece of the latest gear you want to take out for a ride, again all free demos from the TSA – as they will be bringing a huge selection of demo stock for you to sample.

It’s going to be a cracking evening of riding and good times, so come and get your shred on and help celebrate World Snowboard Day 2009 – Sunday 20^th December, 7pm at MK SNO!zone.

Want more info? Check out these links !

www.facebook.com
www.fearofthepark.co.uk
www.snozoneuk.com
www.snowboard-asylum.com

When someone on their first run lands a nollie front flip off the kicker you know that the riding standard will be high for an event. It's been a whole year since the last Santa Cruz Rookie Rider Clash and people rocked up to Tamworth Snowdome with full expectations of going home with some great memories, goodie bags and prizes - they were not disappointed.

Leading the night and busting out some tricks to inspire was Santa Cruz team rider Jo Howard.
Top prize was a full setup from Santa Cruz including board, bindings and this season's kickass outerwear. Vans, Dragon, Vestal, Skullcandy, Kickzoo, SCUK and Avalaan all gave an amazing amount of stash from their ranges to be won by all so no one left Tamworth Snowdome empty handed.



Judge and Santa Cruz pro-rider Jo Howard said: "It's been a wicked night! The standard of riding was again really high and very difficult to judge. In the end we had to go for versatility with the winners both showing steez on a variety of the kickers, sliders and rails out on the night."

Event organiser and press lady for Santa Cruz, Cherry Martin said: "To watch people lean just that bit further to add style, or push themselves to land a trick that's been bugging them for a while to win on the spot prizes creates such a good buzz. We'll definitely come back next year..."

Congrats to the winners and cheers for everyone that came along to make the night go off. Now check out some sick photos from our main man James North.

It's Christmas!

And to help us all celebrate, Chatham slope is running an extra festive Christmas Bash! Not only is the night for all things FREEstyle, but it's FREE for every one to come ride. Santa has also come early and he has left loads of goodies from Forum, One Love, Demon, Spazz, Snowboard Club UK, Airhole & Movement Skis. To top this off we also have the top ski coach from Anarski on slope giving tips for FREE just to help the skiers get their tricks down in time for Christmas!

So come along, a FREE night, some FREEbies thrown in too, it's all about the FREEstyle! Santa suits and other fancy dress more than welcome!

So we'll see you there on Thursday 17th December 19:00 to 22:00 (the date on the poster is wrong).

Less than 100 days to go and counting! The official countdown until the first day of the BRITS 2010 starts today. The hugely anticipated BRITS festival will be heading to the European freestyle mecca that is Laax, Switzerland from the 21st – 28th March 2010.

• £230* - based on 5 people sharing a 180 room, including 7 nights’ accommodation, 7 days liftpass, event pack and festival wrist band.
  
• £264 - £285* - based on 2-3 people sharing a 360 room and includes 7 nights’ accommodation, 7 days liftpass, event pack and festival wrist band.
  
• £306 - £355* - based on 2-3 people sharing a 540 room and includes 7 nights’ accommodation, with plasma TV and Xbox, 7 days liftpass, event pack and festival wrist band.

• £359* - based on five people sharing and apartment (Sunday –Sunday) and includes, 7 nights’ accommodation, 6 day lift pass, event pack and festival wrist band.
  
• £399* - based on four people sharing and apartment (Sunday –Sunday) and includes, 7 nights’ accommodation, 6 day lift pass, event pack and festival wrist band.

• £444* - £646*, including 7 nights’ accommodation, breakfast, 6 days liftpass, event pack and festival wristband.

If you wanted some idea how the Snowball Rally went for www.snow-camp.co.uk, then take a look at Part One of the Snowcamp Snowball Rally from www.mycornwall.tv

They followed 2 Cornish teams, Team Kernow Sessions and Team Attla (plus some footage coming later of the SCUK team!) as they embarked on a journey to ride 37 artificial ski slopes in 3 days, all in the aid of the Charity Snow-camp. who take disadvantaged kids snowboarding in order to increase their life skills and confidence.

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TSA Shred Down moves to this Saturday
Posted Monday 7th December 2009, 11:47 am by Dunx

It’s time for the second leg of the TSA Shred Down series and we have had a date change. Please note this second TSA Shred Down will now be on Saturday the 12th December and NOT the 19th December as originally billed.

A whole host of sponsors have now come onboard with a heap of swag now up for grabs at each of the events, plus the overall winner will score a full setup from the TSA. See you this Saturday.

December 12th 8pm – 10pm
January 30th 8pm – 10pm
February 27th 8pm – 10pm

Jam at Bracknell
Posted Wednesday 2nd December 2009, 5:47 pm by Dunx

Bracknell is hosting a launch party for their 3 nights of freestyle on 7th December, starting at 7pm. There will be a bit of a party with DJ and on spot prizes for good tricks out on the slope.

SNOLF at the SnowDome
Posted Tuesday 1st December 2009, 3:15 pm by Dunx

On Saturday 19th December will see the Snolf event will start with a fun jam session throughout the first half of the night. Spot prizes will be given out to riders showing enthusiasm.

Read the whole story here

Results of the 16th Morrow Jam
Posted Wednesday 25th November 2009, 6:04 pm by Dunx

Year 16 over and a great time was had by all. Photos here.

Here are the results:

Juniors
1st Sasha Needham
2nd Mason Ferebee
3rd Daniel Thomas Nastari-Ellis (is that a real name?)

Women
1st Alice Blake
2nd Charlotte Keirle
3rd Victoria Wise

Men
1st Lannig (Lon) Canu
2nd Ross Welch (Skier)
3rd Mark Trimmer (Skier)

Sponsors
Morrow, TSA, SS20, Santa Cruz Westbeach, 32 Boots, Bond, Ride, SVDLR, Etnies, Dephect, SCUK, Trespass, Sputnik, Salomon, Misticon Clothing, Wild duck, Bucks Boarding, Imperium, K2, Bonfire, Never Summer, Ignite Beanies, Etnies, Conspiracy, Ulytrasport, Weekend Snowboards, Trespass, Adio Shoes, SP, Snow and Rock, Burton, Demon Impact Shorts.

Thanks

These people made it happen.


DJ Equipment - Jack and Pete
DJs - Duncan Carr, Brian Turnbull and others
Sorting out Live Bands - Dave Townsend and Sonny
The bands - Royal Flush and Saving Sebastien
Park - The DWA Crew
Admin - Mark Tebbenham
Trophies - Joe Rackley and www.IdBelts.com
Prize Room - Andy Lewington, Paul Needham and Steve Cross
Judging - Ben, Richard Godfrey and Ed C-H
General Help and Support on the day - Katrina Needham and Mike Lee

Well done to Rob too. Despite being seriously ill for the last few months, this event was still a cracker.

First ever Snowball Rally raises over £10k for youth charity
Posted Monday 23rd November 2009, 5:21 pm by Dunx

Winning team rides 26 slopes in 3 days!

The first ever Snowball Rally came to a close on Saturday after months of planning and with the support of ski centres up and down the country. 11 teams spent 3 days trying to ski and board as many of the country's dry and artificial slopes as possible, in a massive effort to raise funds for youth charity Snow-Camp.

Setting off from the Milton Keynes SNO!zone, teams collected points for every slope they rode, with the points available increasing for slopes further from the starting point. Cornish trio George, Mike and Pat from Team Kernow Sessions were crowned 2009 Champions, riding an amazing 26 slopes in the time allowed including Plymouth, Dorset, Southampton, Halifax, Sheffield and Castleford. The team will be celebrating in the French Alps this winter having won the top prize of a ski holiday donated by P&V holidays.

Sponsorship raised by each participating team combined with fundraising and an auction held at the Rally After Party raised a total of over £10,000 for Snow-Camp's work with inner city young people. Corporate sponsorship from SNO!zone, Base Camp, SCUK, Snowsport England and FBBB all ensured a successful and well supported event.

Snow-Camp Director Dan Charlish said, "We have been totally amazed at the effort and commitment that teams have shown in making this first ever Rally such a success. Teams returned with all kinds of stories and adventures from their road trip around the country's ski slopes. They rode in all conditions and at all hours dressed as gorillas, Santa Claus, Ali G, comedy cows and Super Mario just to earn the extra 20 fancy dress points available!"

Top fundraisers were Team Jackrabbitt, who completed the entire Rally dressed in bright orange boiler suits and won themselves a ski holiday by fundraising over £2,400 for Snow-Camp.

The idea for the Snowball Rally was dreamt up by two Snow-Camp volunteers, Rich Brown and Steve Marsh, who worked as volunteers on Snow-Camp's programmes in the French Alps last winter. After their experience in the Alps they wanted to launch a competitive event that would bring together teams of snowsports enthusiasts to raise funds for Snow-Camp's ongoing work, and have a great time in the process!

Rich Brown said, "It's been an awesome experience. The response from the slopes my team visited over the 3 days was all so positive - they all want to enter teams next year! And to have got 37 slopes on board for the first ever Rally shows the level of support for the event, we couldn't have done it without them. We aim to do it bigger and better in 2010!"



The Snowball Rally concluded with a huge party held at the Milton Keynes SNO!zone, where the slope was open late for Snowball Rally competitors to complete the final slope of their challenge. The SNO!Bar then hosted the Rally After Party and awards ceremony, with DJs from FBBB playing the tunes and everyone celebrating their achievements over a well earned beer!

To enter your team for next year, discuss sponsorship, find out more about the event or arrange an interview with Snow-Camp staff please check out the Snow-Camp website www.snow-camp.co.uk, contact Dan or Rich at snowballrally@snow-camp.co.uk or call 07930 695384.

Pics from Morrow Jam
Posted Sunday 22nd November 2009, 10:23 pm by Dunx

The final of three great Friday events at the Hemel Snow Centre saw the Morrow Jam cracking out some mayhem as expected. With an innovative twin gas pipe setup either side of a booter, the setup pushed the boundaries as we've come to expect from Rob Needham who did the decent thing and wasn't dead for the event - congrats on that Rob!!

There's a heap of shots up on Facebook as usual, but here's a few favourites.

K2 distro - Pat Meurier


Ryan Davis

World Snowboard Day in the UK
Posted Saturday 21st November 2009, 9:00 am by Dunx

On Sunday 20th December 2009, the weekend before Christmas, something pretty rad is happening for the first time in the UK.

World Snowboard Day is going to be going off at Milton Keynes SNO!zone, with an evening of freestyle, board demos and hearty Christmas banter!

Read the whole story here

Scrap Metal review and video
Posted Friday 20th November 2009, 5:12 pm by Dunx

On November 13th the 2009 Burton Scrap Metal rolled into The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead and set a new standard for British indoor competitions. With a host of freshly constructed rails, cash prizes and a chance to ride the newest indoor slope in the UK, it meant jibbers travelled the length and breadth of the country to take part.

On arrival the set-up didn't disappoint as riders were met with a slopestyle course that looked like something out of video game. Five bright red brand new rails ranging from a down-flat-down corner bar to the Rude Chalets mini quite literally littered the slope in north London.

The format was simple with a 1 hour practice going straight into a 2 hour qualifying jam session. The top 10 male and top 3 females would go through to the final at the end of the night and be in with a chance of winning a slice of the £450 prize money as well as goodies from Burton, Analog, Gravis and Monster Energy. The best unsponsored rider of the night would take away a holiday with Rude Chalets for them and four of their friends to the freestyle mecca that is Avoriaz, France.

Check out Dunx's 181 shots from the evening.

Things kicked off with Burton European rider Wojtek Pawlusiak taking a few laps before the comp started to test the newly built kit. With an arsenal of tricks on pretty much every feature he quite literally assassinated the course even before it was open to the public. He continued to ride all night then took the reins as guest judge for the final and offered his expert opinion on what he thought of the UK's best jib monkeys.

With utterly atrocious weather resulting in an accident on one of the motorways many people turned up a little late for practice. This included a mini bus full of Halifax locals captained by Wayne Taylor and The Tamworth Massive including Burton rider Chris Kightley and Analog jib technician Matt Higson. Eventually all the remaining people arrived for the qualifiers and the competition started to heat up.

Stand out moments during the qualifiers had to be Shaun Miller's frontflips off the top of the wallride, Ollie Plumley's (text book) gap, to back lip on the down flat down and Tom Hunt's 50/50, frontside 360 out of the Donkey Kink rail. The girls were stepping it up with mini shredder Jade Walsh attacking the ribbed gas pipes and Kirsty Taylor laying down some solid runs. At one point during the evening everyone's attention turned to the bottom of the course where a session started on the down bar and down-flat-down rail with Simon "super smooth" Foster, Ross Needham aka The Wizard and fellow Snowdome local and Burton young gun, George Wooley.

After a fairly epic 2 hour jam session the finalists were announced. The top 10 males and top 3 females made their way to the top of the course and prepared for their two runs. The girls went first with local rider Helen dropping in and hitting the top of the wallride, Kirsty Taylor went for the safe option and laid down a steady run on the medium side of the course but no one could stop 12 year old Katie Ormerod who put down a run consisting of 180 onto the gas pipe, frontside wallride and front blunt, 270 out on the down bar to finish. A trick that she'd only learnt that evening!

The boys were next with Simon Foster completing a run consisting of a variety of change-up, tap out tricks reminiscent of his hero and look-alike Lucas Magoon. Ed charged through the course and went "balls out" on the downflat-down, corner rail trying to boardslide it which resulted in him being catapulted a good 15 feet down the course, landing badly and dislocating on his shoulder... Ouch!

George Woolley marked his territory with probably one of the smoothest runs of the night including 50/50, change up, switch 50/50 on the corner bar to the amazement of the on looking spectators. But there was no stopping Castleford's Jonny Russell who, in all fairness had owned the course all night. His run went a little like this: frontside 5-0 on the Donkey Kink, Backside Boardslide through the corner bar and Backside 360, 5-0 on the bottom down bar. Easily the best run of the night and meant he would take home £250, armfuls of swag and the title of 2009 Burton Scrap Metal Champion. The prize giving took place in the bar with hundreds of on lookers who stayed on to watch the results, which went like this:

Top Three Men
1st Jonny Russell
2nd George Woolley
3rd Simon Foster

Top Woman
1st Katie Ormerod

Best Unsponsored Rider and Winner of the Rude Chalets Holiday
Edward Castle-Henry

A massive thanks has to go out to Steve Terry who dedicated a good number of weekends to tirelessly constructing the beautifully constructed rails, the park crew at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead and of course Burton Snowboards.

Snowsport Scotland Lowlander & Highlander Series
Posted Tuesday 17th November 2009, 1:36 pm by Dunx

After a successful first series of competitions and crowning the Scottish Freeski and Snowboard Overall Champions, the Lowlander returns for another winter season. It will retain its TTR status for the snowboarders, allowing all levels of riders to get their world ranking.

This year the events will be running a little later in the season to take advantage of the quieter event calendar and to keep competitions running throughout the winter.

Sat 31st October 09 – Aberdeen Snowsports Centre.
Sat 21st November 09 – Glasgow Snowsports Centre
Sat 5th December 09 – Midlothian Snowsports Centre
Sat 23rd January 10 – Bearsden Snowsports Club.

Riders at each event will accumulate points for the overall title to be awarded at the end of the Highlander events. The snow dependent, provisional dates for the Highlander are;
Sat 13th March 10 – Nevis Range Resort
Sat 3rd April 10 – Cairngorm Mountain

Red Bull, Ruroc, Bawbags, Boax, Synergy, Skullcandy, SNO!zone & Joystick have already confirmed continued support for the series with others sponsors still to be confirmed at a later date. The entry fee is staying the same at £10 per event for both the dryslope and snow competitions.

This year all entrants will need to be registered as competitors with Snowsport Scotland, Snowsport GB or any of the other Home Nations Governing Bodies. This covers each individual for personal civil liability insurance and TTR registration. Competitors will also have access to preferential discounts, information and VIP services. The registration year runs from Oct to Oct and information can be found on the Snowsport Scotland website, www.snowsportscotland.org. It will also be possible to register as a competitor on the day of the events if you do not get round to organising it beforehand.

If you have any further questions, or would like to become partners in the Lowlander and Highlander Series then please contact Donnie Hall, donald@snowsportscotland.org or 0131 445 4151.

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