British Snowboard Tour
Following five very successful years of the AIM Series, that has witnessed over 1000 competitors, visited over 50 schools and introduced over 4,000 newcomers to our beloved sports, the National Championship circuit has undergone a wee nip and tuck, and is ready to reveal the new look “British Snowboard and Freeski Tour”, which will be unveiled this September 2007.
Angus Leith
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Continuing to represent the highest level of snowboard and freeski competition in the UK, the British Snowboard and Freeski Tour will also boast some very attractive new features including:- seven domestic competitions, two brand new venues, Friday night demo’s, free coaching sessions with the UK’s leading professional athletes as well as exclusive snowboard and freeski video premieres and parties.
By adding two new venues, Norwich and Chatham, and incorporating a dedicated schools tour program, which takes professional athletes and Olympians into the classroom, the British Snowboard and Freeski Tour 2007 will create new breeding grounds for emerging talent and continue to provide a path from grass roots participation through to international competition.
Jo Chastney
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The British Snowboard Tour continues to be a prestigious Ticket to Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour ranked event, following an immensely successful first year. This resulted in two of the UK’s most promising riders, Sam Cullum and Jamie Nicholls, who both competed on the tour, finishing in a jaw dropping 39th and 66th position in the Men’s TTR World Snowboard Ranking List 2007! The Tour will give UK riders the continuing opportunity to not only win British Championship Titles, but to secure World Ranking Points and gain an overall position alongside snowboarding megastars such as Shaun White and Travis Rice. Check out www.ttrworldtour.com for more information
Events coming up
British Artificial Championships 2009
12-13 September 09
British Artificial Championships will be held in Norfolk featuring Big Air, Slopestyle & Boardercross
British Big Air Indoor Championships 2009
19-19 September 09
In the fridge at Milton Keynes
British Indoor Boardercross championships 09
26-26 September 09
Held in the Xscape Glasgow fridge, Braehead
British Indoor Slopestyle Championships 09
3-3 October 09
Hosted in the XScape centre in Castleford near Leeds
British Invitational Championships 09
23-23 October 09
Held during the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show in Olympia, London.
Event news
British Snow Tour Announces 2009 line-up
Over 130 British Championship medals are up for grabs along with prestigious TTR World Ranking points and a credit crunch-busting combined prize purse of over £20,000 -20May09
Dan Wakeham announces retirement
The first British male snowboarder to compete at the Winter Olympic Games, has announced his retirement from World Cup snowboarding -19May09
Slopestyle closes the Brits in Laax
Surely the safest bet for any of the competitions in the Brits would be that Jenny Jones would win the slopestyle, and true to form she did. 15yr old Jamie Nicholls picked up the mens title with a super technical run. -3Apr09
Day 3 is halfpipe day at the Brits in Laax
Ben Kilner carried his excellent season form into yesterdays halfpipe with Dom Harington and Dan Wakeham filling the other 2 podium spots. In the ladies it was Lesley McKenna who proved she is still the women to beat. Check out the highlights here. -2Apr09
Nate Kern lands a 1260 to win Big Air at the Brits
2nd day of the BRITS 09 for the Quiksilver Big Air Championships yesterday and the standard of riding was immense. Nate Kern set a new BRITS record with a backside 1260 and Laura Berry stepped it up with a huge 360 to take the 2009 British Quiksilver Big Air Championship titles. Check out the highlights here! -1Apr09
Boarder-X at the Brits 09 in Laax
Day 1 of the Brits, and would overwhelming favourites Zoe Gillings and James Foster take the top prize in the boarder cross? -31Mar09
More good news by the Brits at FIS World Cup Final
Ben Kilner finished ninth to lead a superb performance by the Team GB quartet in the Halfpipe in Valmalenco, Italy -23Mar09
2010 Olympic qualifying standards set
The British Olympic Association has just announced the Olympic Qualifying Standards for Vancouver 2010, and the top British athletes now have the chance to earn a place in Team GB -17Mar09
Go! Team and the latest on the Brits event in Laax
The Go! Team and Kovak will be doing DJ sets and some mad nutter Sam Pilgrim will be attempting the slopestyle course on his mountain bike, sober! -13Mar09
British Snow Tour Stays Indoors for Glasgow
The 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. -3Oct08
Results from the BST Big Air at Milton Keynes
The 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 -30Sep08
BST Castleford Slopestyle results
The 2008 British Snow Tour headed indoors to Castleford SNO!zone this weekend, Saturday 20th September, for the hugely anticipated Animal Slopestyle Championships -24Sep08
British Snowboard Tour heads to Milton |Keynes
Its 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 -23Sep08
British Snow Tour Heads Indoor
After 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 -11Sep08
Norfolk Locals Set the Pace on British Snow Tour
The British Snow Tour made its final stop of the dryslopes series over the weekend, 19th & 20th July at Norfolk Ski Club for the Trespass British Snowboard & Skiercross Championships and Big Air Jam. -22Jul08
High Style at Chatham on the British Snow Tour
Chatham's impressive slopestyle course, which included a monster 60ft rail, set the stage for over 80 of the UK's best freestylers who linked together an amazing assortment of technical rail and kicker combo's -14Jul08
British Snow Tour Accelerates into Norfolk
The British Snow Tour picks up the pace and accelerates into Norfolk next weekend 19th & 20th July for the third and final event of the dryslope series -11Jul08
Halifax Locals Take Big Air Titles
It was a rainy start to the opening event of the 2008 British Snow Tour in Halifax over the weekend, but spirits weren't dampened as over 70 of the UK's top snowboarders and freeskiers, charged the kickers and threw down technical rail tricks during the Quiksilver Big Air Championships and Rail Jam -7Jul08
British Snow Tour Tailslides into Chatham
Over 100 of the UK's top freestylers including local ripper Cody Heirons will be destroying the slopestyle course over the weekend which will include a 42ft long, 5ft high rollercoaster rail -3Jul08
GB Juniors Slope into the Summer in Style
despite the flat light and challenging slopestyle course the Junior Team, which included: Aimee Fuller, Lewis Courtier-Jones, Henry Shackelton, Ollie Jackson, Sam Turnbull, and Dean Horsefield, stepped it up and achieved some great results -24Apr08
Related pages
Previous events
- Brits 2009, Laax
28 Mar-4 Apr - Metro Ski & Snowboard Show 2008, London
22-26 October 08 - British Indoor Snowboardcross 2008
4 October 08 - British Indoor Big Air Championships 2008
27 September 08 - British Indoor Slopestyle Championships 2008
20 September 08 - British Snowboardcross Championships
19-20 July 08 - British Slopestyle Championships 2008
12-13 July 08 - British Big Air Championships 2008
5-6 July 08 - The Brits 2008
29 Mar-5 Apr 08 - British indoor champs - Big Air
3 November 07 - Best of British
26 October 07 - Metro Ski and Snowboard Show
24-28 October 07 - British indoor champs - boarder cross
13 October 07 - British indoor champs - Slopestyle
6 October 07 - British Artificial Champs - Big Air Championships
29 September 07 - 2007 Trespass Snowboardcross
23 September 07 - Animal Slopestyle Championships
15 September 07 - BRITTS 2007 at Laax
10-17 March 07 - Orange AIM SeriesBig Air & Quarter Pipe Jam Finale
30 Sep-1 Oct 06 - British Artificial Slopestyle Championships
2-3 September 06
