Snowboard Competitions

There are regular snowboard competitions on the UK's artificial slopes, indoor snow slopes and the Scottish Ski areas - all great places to start competing.

 

The main snowboard competition circuit in the UK is the BritishSnowTour

 

There is a full half-pipe at the Sheffield Ski Village. It plays host to a number of competitions, and is perfect for practicing moves before heading into a real snow half pipe. Sheffield also has the National Aerials Water Ramp. Although it was designed for freestyle skiing, the ramp was instantly adopted by the snowboard big air specialists.

 

The International competition circuit is made up of independent events in various disciplines and an established World Cup Series run by FIS (International Ski Federation).

 

FIS is the governing body for skiing, and started to run World Cup snowboard competitions in 1995. It was also responsible for getting snowboarding into the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. British half pipe star Lesley McKenna made history in 2002 in Salt Lake City as the first British snowboarder to compete in the Winter Olympics.

 

To compete on the FIS tour you must have a FIS Licence, which is issued by Snowsport GB and become a member of your Home Nation. To move to the international stage you need to be performing to a very high level at national competitions. An international licence gives access to open and then European events. World Cup events have entry restrictions and are usually for British Team members only (FIS).

 

Independent international competitions such as Air and Style, Verbier Ride, Bomb comp and Cham Jam are open events held in Europe for both the pros and aspiring rider alike.

 

 

 

 

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