Archive - Competition

Photos by Jools Smith: BST Giro Big Air

September 27 0 Comments Category: All, Competition, Photos, Snowboarding

Jools has been beavering away all day and I can now link to his slideshow on Flickr.  If any of you do want hi-res shots then simply drop him an email (details in the set on Flickr) and he’ll ping them over to you.  Enjoy.

Snow Tour in Kickers Built to Meet Planned Sizes Shocker!

September 27 3 Comments Category: All, Competition, Snowboarding

I’m feeling slightly odd at the moment. Why? You might ask. Well this Saturday as Jools and I drove home from the British Snow Tour Indoor Big Air competition (sponsored by Giro) we realised we actually weren’t moaning! It’s been a good few years since I’ve been to any Snow Tour competition that I haven’t [...]

British Snow Tour – Loads of Changes

September 08 0 Comments Category: All, Competition, Snowboarding

Just wanted to share this email that came out from Stu Brass today.  I think that this season is starting off in a positive way with some good changes in the British Snow Tour format for competitors. The jam session warm-up and 3 comp runs should mean more shred time than in the past and [...]

Snow Tour | New BST Park Shaper

September 08 0 Comments Category: All, Competition, Snowboarding

New BST Park Shaper Damo’s onboard! – In additional to the mass of improvements that the British Snow Tour is unleashing this year, things have been taken one step further as the freestyle-shaping prowess of UK’s best-loved snow-sculpted expert, Damian Doyle is brought onboard. Damo and crew will be creating and shaping every British Indoor [...]

Press release: Live Scoring at Burton NZ Open

August 09 0 Comments Category: All, Competition, Snowboarding

This is a change that I would definitely welcome in the UK snowboarding competition scene. I’ve always wondered why it takes so long after a competition has ended to tally up the scores and work out the finalists, if you’re using a clear marking scheme then surely it should just be a simple rearrangement of [...]

Let the revolution commence

July 21 3 Comments Category: All, Competition, Snowboarding

How many times have you been in a restaurant having a meal and been moaning about it to your fellow diners yet when asked by the waiter if everything is OK said yes? And how many times have you been to a snowboarding competition and had an issue with the setup, the judging, the cost [...]