Team GB’s Olympic Snowboard finalist, 22 Year old Jamie Nicholls has proven he defied the laws of gravity again with the video release of his 2nd ‘never been done’before stunt on, off and around The Snow Centre’s real snow slopes!

 

 

 

In 2014 Nicholls filmed his 1st creative route down the centre’s Lesson Slope and through the car park, but no one could have guessed the video’s creative approach to snowboarding would become a viral phenomenon, receive more than 7 million views and appear on Sky and BBC’s Ski Sunday! Startingoutside the back of the centre with a huge drop off a railing, Jamie’s 2014 ‘Hemel snowboard run’ saw him ride through a very narrow doorway onto the largest Lesson Slope in the UK, whilst styling some tricks on a jump and a rail on the way down! The then 20 year old athlete then sped through a corridor, round a tight bend and out into The Snow Centre car park, where he proceeded to jump 4ft onto the railings!

 

But, 2015’s stunt took ‘indoor snowboarding’ to a whole new level! With a brand new route around the outside of the building and past The Snow Centre’s 160m Main Slope, Jamie’s 2015 performance saw him complete 7 different daring snowboard tricks, in the most creative journey down the UK Slopes.Completing a Switch Frontside Rodeo 540 Spin (afrontflip with a 540 degree spin in the air) as he gapped a stair-way from inside the indoor ski and snowboard centre and landed outside in the car park, a crowd had gathered to witness his jaw dropping finale!

 

The Snow Centre’s Team worked through the night to build this exciting course for the GB Park and Pipe Snowboarder, moving tonnes of snow outside the building and shaping jumps, boxes and rails in the most unusual spots. The run took more than 17 Hours to build and a 4am start saw Jamie complete filming that morning ready for the stunt’s full release on 8 September 2015.

 

Jamie said “I am excited to see if everyone likes my 2015 ‘Hemel Run 2’ as much as 2014’s footage! It’s definitely bigger and better than last year’s! I just wanted to do something even more inspiring that would push the limits of UK snowboarding even further. This time we had the Red Bull winch, which helped me reach greater speeds and so much support from everyone, including GB Park & Pipe, Red Bull, The Snow Centre, Nike, Salomon and UK Sport.”