Two snowboarding sessions in 8 days and I’m loving being back on my board. Things have been tough on the snowboarding front this season, work has been hectic and not only did I not get away to the mountains but I haven’t even managed to ride indoors on a regular basis. Freestyle sessions are normally [...]
I actually did some snowboarding on Saturday! Circumstances have been conspiring against me recently and between work and bad weather I hadn’t ridden since the end of October. On the positive side it meant that my mega bruise had gone, on the downside it meant that it had been over 2 months since I’d been [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
