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Launch of the second Freeride World Tour
Fri 03 October 08Four locations around the world have been selected for the second edition of the Freeride World Tour. On top of it, qualification events have joined as Freeride World Qualifier events making the Tour even more attractive, with more events and more riders
British Snow Tour Stays Indoors for Glasgow
Fri 03 October 08The British Snow Tour heads to Glasgow this weekend, Saturday 4th October for the final indoor event of the series, the Trespass Snowboardcross and Slopestyle Jam.
Ischgl has the X-factor, Leona Lewis opens season
Fri 03 October 08Gabriella Cilmi with guest appearance by Britain's Leona Lewis are set to launch 2009 season at Ischgl on 29th November
It's snowing .... on Mars
Wed 01 October 08NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected falling snow from clouds about 4km above the spacecraft's landing site
Val Thorens to improve parks for 2008/9
Tue 30 September 08An much enlarged terrain park, addition of another drag lift to service it, and a new boardercross are the major changes this season
Results from the BST Big Air at Milton Keynes
Tue 30 September 08The British Snow Tour hit Milton Keynes over the weekend, Saturday 27th September, to host the Quiksilver British Big Air Championships. The huge 10m kicker set the stage as over 120 of the UK’s top Snowboarders and Freeskiers threw down an impressive bag of tricks including stylish 7’s, frontfilps and textbook 9’s
Vallnord area in Andorra spends huge for 2008/9
Tue 30 September 08new 6-seater detachable chairlift in Arinsal, a remodelled terrain park and the obligatory snowmaking improvements make up a 10million euro spend this season
Freestyle.ch lights up Zurich
Mon 29 September 0846,000 visitors over the 3 days witnessed some fantastic snowboarding, freeskiing, Skateboarding and Freestyle motorcross. Full details and an exclusive photo gallery awaits ...
Les Arcs for 2008/9
Mon 29 September 08New artificial lake to improve snowmaking facilities. Improvements to the Apocalypse Park for beginners & intermediate freestylers
BST Castleford Slopestyle results
Wed 24 September 08The 2008 British Snow Tour headed indoors to Castleford SNO!zone this weekend, Saturday 20th September, for the hugely anticipated Animal Slopestyle Championships
LG Air Bag UK Tour 2008
Tue 23 September 08The LG Air Bag Tour kicked of in style last week with massive airs being shown by participants at Norwich and Sheffield. So if you need to work on your Big Air Style or want to huck a backflip of glory, then get yourself along to a stop on the LG freeze Air Bag Tour 2008
British Snowboard Tour heads to Milton |Keynes
Tue 23 September 08Its Milton Keynes next on Saturday 27th September to host the hugely anticipated Quiksilver Big Air Championships. Stopping off at two local schools along the way the on the 25th & 26th September, the Tour continues its quest to inspire more newcomers, give away 100 FREE lessons, offer FREE demo testing and display some the best Snowboarding and Freeskiing in the UK
Steamboat 2008/9 season improvements
Thu 18 September 08US$1m spent on Snowmaking and and 2 new grooming machines make up the bulk of the changes for the new season
2008/9 Changes at Stratton
Thu 18 September 082 new trails, new Natural terrain park run in the Emerald Forest glade, the terrain parks & pipes are being moved around a bit, new groomers and a few other enhancements
Winter Park 2008/9 update
Thu 18 September 08No specific on-mountain improvements this season but a new base and open gondola to get you from the carpark to the base
Whistler Peak-2-Peak to open 12th Dec
Thu 18 September 08Everything is one time and on target for the ambitious project to link the 2 mountains with the huge gondola
US$13m spent on upgrades at Northstar for 2008/9
Wed 17 September 08extension of trails and new express quad lift on Lookout Mountain, new snowmaking systems, tree thinning to make for improved glade skiing, increased lift capacity, and the widening of the ski area boundaries, increasing the skiable acreage by 414 acres to a total of 2,904 acres
2008/9 Season improvents at Åre, Sweden
Wed 17 September 08A new lift is under construction connecting the ski area Åre Björnen with Copperhill Mountain Lodge plus improved snowmaking are the big changes for 2008/9 season
Burton European Open's 10th Birthday
Wed 17 September 08In January, they will be filled with confetti, streamers and candles as The Burton European Open (BEO) Snowboarding Championships, the fourth event of the Burton Global Open Series 08/09, will celebrate its birthday in LAAX, Switzerland from January 9-16, 2009
Big names & big bands announced for London Freeze
Tue 16 September 08The Enemy & The Automatic are set to play, and Danny Kass, Hampus Mosesson and Chris Sorman are amongst those to jump in what really does promise to one hell of an event from 23-26th in London
Zoe Gillings 4th in first boardcross World Cup
Mon 15 September 08In the first boardercross event of the season, the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup 2008/09, Zoe comes 4th in Chapelco, Argentina
Riders for Zurich Freestyle 2008 announced
Sun 14 September 08Antti Autti, Mikkel Bang, David Benedek, Scotty Lago the list of top riders heading to Zurich the 26th-28th of September goes on and on. If you're unable to visit then watch the live webcast on this site
British Snow Tour Heads Indoor
Thu 11 September 08After a great British Dryslope Championship series across the UK, the British Snow Tour looks forward to heading indoors, kicking off its first indoor event, the Animal British Slopestyle Championships at Castleford SNO!zone on Saturday 20th September
Munich Air & Style 08 cancelled
Mon 08 September 08The decision was made today by the organizers of the event, the Air & Style Company, who, due to the last minute cancellation of one sponsor and the current generally difficult economic situation, cannot guarantee the same high standards for which the event has been known for in the past
Japanese riders dominate the NZ FIS World Cup
Sun 07 September 08The final day for the LG FIS World Cup started with a closely fought semi finals followed by a spectacular final which saw an all Japanese victory with Kohhei Kudoh and Shiho Nakashima taking out the men’s and women’s titles respectively
