Girls Shred Day

Cairngorm Snowboard Club in association with Snowsport Scotland and sponsored by Roxy, invite all skier and boarder girls to come along to the Girls Shred day hosted at Cairngorm mountain. The shred day is aimed at ladies/girls looking to learn basic freestyle skills and ride with like minded girls - THIS IS ...

Revised Entry Process for Courchevel Races

Snowsport Scotland would like to advise all racers attending, or intending to attend, the Childrens and FIS races in Courchevel in April, that the entry process for races has changed. Snowsport Scotland are no longer accepting entries to the races, however, all entries already made to the races through Snowsport ...

Alpine L1 Coach Pilot Course

Snowsport Scotland, England, Wales and BASI are currently working on a UK wide performance coaching pathway which will be recognised by all organisations. As part of this process BASI are running a pilot course for the new Alpine L1 on the 8-10 Feb at SNO!zone Braehead. The Level 1 Alpine Coach is designed for ...

Andrew Musgrave 2nd at Norwegian Championships

Snowsport Scotland would like to congratulate Andrew Musgrave on finishing 2nd in the 15K Freestyle (Skate) at the Norwegian Championships yesterday beating most of the Norwegian Team. Andrew is a member of the British Team and started competing with Huntly Nordic Ski Club.

Claire Jeffray Takes Gold at the Special Olympics

Snowsport Scotland would like to congratulate Claire Jeffray on her success at the Special Winter Olympics in Pila Italy earlier this month. Claire who trains with LSRA (Lothian Ski Racing Association) won Gold in the Slalom and came 4th in the Super G events. ...

THE LECHT OPEN

CANCELED / POSTPONED - Lecht 2090 Unfortunately the heavy snow forecast has not been heavy enough and the race organisers have had to make the very difficult decision to cancel the Lecht Open for this Saturday and Sunday. John Allan and the organising committee form Gordon’s Skiers have worked ...

More World Cup Points for Andrew Musgrave

In Toblach, Italy, today Aberdeenshire’s Andrew Musgrave finished 23rd in the freestyle sprint prologue, earning himself more World Cup points. Since he took Britain’s first ever cross-country World Cup points last weekend in the Tour’s opening race (the 3km freestyle where he finished 28th) ...

Andrew Musgrave achieves first World Cup points

Another milestone was reached yesterday in the British cross-country skiing programme when Andrew Musgrave from Aberdeenshire became the first Briton ever to earn World Cup points in cross country skiing. The annual “Tour de Ski” opened in Oberhof, Germany, yesterday with a 3.75 km freestyle ...

Avalanche Awareness Courses Winter 2012

During the winter of 2009/10, 30% of human triggered avalanches in Scotland were triggered by skiers and snowboarders. Last season, the Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) teamed up with Snowsport Scotland to bring practical training sessions that were tailored towards Scottish skiers and ...

Scottish Freestyle Series 2011/12

Following the success of the Scottish Freestyle Series in 2010/11, Snowsport Scotland is once again supporting British freestyle skiers and snowboarders by delivering a comprehensive programme of national and regional freestyle events in 2011/12. With three Scottish Freestyle Championships covering all surfaces for boarders and skiers from age six up. This season’s competitions programme is designed to encourage strong competition.

The long standing Lowlander and Highlander series will run with a full programme of events in partnership with regional organising groups. Dates and venues are as follows:

22/10/2011 - Lowlander - Aberdeen "Own it"
Location: Aberdeen Snowsports Centre
Organisation: Aberdeen Snowsports Club

20/11/2011 - Lowlander - Glasgow
Location: Glasgow Ski & Snowboard Centre
Organisation: Snowsport Scotland

03/12/2011 - Scottish Dryslope Freestyle Championships
Location: Bearsden Ski Club
Organisation: Snowsport Scotland

04/02/2012 - Highlander - Glenshee
Location: Glenshee
Organisation: Aberdeen Snowsports Club

25/02/2012 - Highlander - Nevis Range
Location: Nevis Range
Organisation: Nevis Range / Lochaber Ski Club

10/03/2012 - Highlander - Glencoe
Location: Glencoe
Organisation: Glencoe Park Project

31/03/2012 - Scottish Freestyle Championships
Location: Cairngorm
Organisation: Snowsport Scotland

09/06/2012 - Scottish Indoor Freestyle Championships
Location: SNO!zone Braehead
Organisation: Snowsport Scotland

As in previous years the formats will be based around slopestyle, big air or rail jam competitions allowing both sponsored and rookie skiers and boarders to compete across a wide range of freestyle elements for a British Ranking.

Snowsport Scotland has developed a UK wide freestyle seeding system in partnership with the British Snow Tour, www.snowsportscotland.org or www.britishsnowtour.com and this development has enabled British freestyle athletes to follow a direct pathway from regional to national and on to international competition. TTR points are once again up for grabs when competing at the Scottish Indoor Freestyle Champs and the Scottish Freestyle Champs at Cairngorm.

For further information, please contact:
Jane Harvey or David Rutledge
Snowsport Scotland
0131 625 4405 or 01479 861213