| We’re all going on a summer holiday…
The British Snow Tour bus will be making its third stop
of the series at Warmwell Holiday Park on the weekend
of 29th & 30th September, for the Quiksilver British
Snowboard/Freeski Big Air Championships and Quarterpipe
Jam. Prior to the weekend’s competition, the British
Snow Tour Schools Team will be heading into two Dorset
schools on the 27th and 28th September to inspire over
1,000 school pupils to get active and offer them the
great gift of a FREE ski/snowboard lesson at Dorset
Snowsports Centre whilst the Championship event is in
action.
The Quiksilver British Artificial Big Air Championships
Over the weekend, Dorset Snowsports Centre will witness
approximately 150 of the UK’s snowboard and ski
elite showcasing impressive tricks over the huge 8m
jump for the Quiksilver British Artificial Big Air Championships.
With 2007 British Snowboard Big Air Champion, Si Brass,
hanging up his boots for the day to fulfil his event
duties as start referee, the Artificial title is for
the taking and those ready to snap it up, include big
hitters Jamie Nicholls and Ben Knox. On the female side,
hot favourites to take the title on home turf include
2007 British Snowboard Big Air and Snowboardcross Champion
Jo Chastney and freeskier Teri Spencer, who placed 2nd
in the 2006 British Big Air Championships and 5th in
the 2007 British Slopestyle Championships.
In the morning’s Quarterpipe Jam, riders will
show off their skills, inspired by the chance of winning
one of the four prestigious spots to compete in the
Invitational British Quarterpipe Championships at the
Metro show, Friday 26th October. UK talent will have
the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of
thousands of spectators and compete alongside super
stars, Dom Harrington, and Paddy Graham, to name just
a few!
New to the British Snow Tour, Nike 6.0 will be running
a ‘Killing It’ competition, where an exclusive
‘money can’t buy’ prize will be up
for grabs. This will be awarded to the snowboarder who
pulls off the biggest and most impressive tricks throughout
the day. During the championships, Salomon and Faction
Ski’s will also be dishing out new set-ups in
the “Salomon Best Un-sponsored” and Faction
Ski’s “Step Up” awards.
Schools Tour
The British Snow Tour team, accompanied this week by
Ride’s Ben Knox, will again be taking over the
PE curriculum for the day in each school, holding high
impact, interactive presentations to over 1,000 pupils,
and offering them FREE beginner ski or snowboard lessons,
courtesy of Quiksilver, during the Championships at
Dorset Snowsports Centre. Local pro and ‘brains’
of the schools tour team, Sonia Shaw commented; “It’s
great to have the Championships at my home slope again
and I’m stoked about going
into the schools to encourage more local kids to get
involved and see them in action on their free lesson.”
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