British Snow Tour Heads Indoor
The British Snowboard & Freeski Tour gets set to head indoors and make its fourth stop of the series at Castleford SNO!zone on Saturday 6th October for the Animal British Indoor Slopestyle Championships. Stopping off at two local schools along the way on the 4th & 5th October, the tour looks to inspire even more newcomers, give away 100 FREE lessons, offer FREE product testing and freestyle coaching, plus display some of the UK’s finest snowboarding and freeskiing.
The Animal British Indoor Slopestyle Championships
The Animal British Indoor Slopestyle Championships will showcase some of the UK’s most progressive freestyle riding as over 150 of the UK’s best riders including, freeskiers, Paddy Graham, Andy Bennett and 2007 Animal Artificial Slopestyle Champion Jamie Nicholls, put together an assortment of technical rail lines.
To compete, all riders must pre register online before 6pm on Thursday 4th October, so get online to secure your spot and check out further information about the FREE coaching from Method Snow School and product testing from, Ride, K2, Salomon and Faction Skis up for grabs: www.britishsnowtour.com Salomon and Faction Ski’s are continuing to reward fresh talent during the event by giving away new set-ups in the “Salomon Best Un-sponsored” and Faction Skis “Step Up” awards.
Schools Tour
The British Snow Tour team, 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 Animal, during the Championships at Castleford SNO!zone.
Animal British Slopestyle Competition Schedule:
• Thursday 4th October: – Schools Tour Team head to Hemsworth Arts & Community College
• Friday 5th October: – Schools Tour Team head to St Wilfrids Catholic High School
• Friday 5th October: – 7 – 10pm Castleford SNO!zone, FREE snowboard and Freeski coaching, plus FREE product testing (Ride, K2, Salomon & Faction Ski’s)
• Saturday 6th October: – 09.00 – 14.00, Castleford SNO!zone, Animal British Freeski Slopestyle Championships
• Saturday 6th October: – 13.00 – 20.00, Castleford SNO!zone, Animal British Snowboard Slopestyle Championships (registration opens at 10.30)
• Saturday 6th October: – 12.00 – 16.00, Castleford SNO!zone, FREE Ski & Snowboard Lessons with the Animal Ski and Snowboard Academy
The British Snowboard and Freeski Tour would not be possible without its highly supportive sponsors: Animal, Quiksilver, Trespass, SNO!zone, Salomon, Ride, K2 and Faction Ski’s. Official retail partners TSA and Ellis Brigham. Media partners: Whitelines, Dark Summer, Snowboardclub.co.uk and Skiclub.co.uk.
