British Artificial Snowboard and Freeski Championships Kick Off

The summer here may be drawing to close, but it seems some are a little keener to hit the slopes than others and have been riding their hearts out at the opening round of the British Artificial Snowboard and Freeski Championships in Kent. The first event took place last weekend and saw some great action and tight races, which is all the more exciting (in a sadistic way) due to the fact falling over on the fake stuff is a lot more painful planting into real snow (as anyone who has experienced both will testify to!)

The weekend included the Snowboard Big Air Event, Freeski Slopestyle and a nail biting Snowboardcross event. This was then followed up on the Sunday with the Skiercross, Snowboard Slopestyle and Freeski Big Air. And if none of these terms means anything to you, basically lots of crazy people went very fast down a fake snow slope and some of them jumped pretty high on occasions.

Here are the results of the first weekend:

Results:

Trespass Snowboardcross Championship Results

Men

1st – Wayne Taylor – Halifax

2nd – Edward Castle-Henry – Hertfordshire

3rd – Jordan Southgate – Norwich

4th – Tom Moriarty – Norfolk

Women

1st – Gemma Marshall – Sheffield

2nd – Vicky Pullin – Gloucestershire

3rd – Alice Blake – Hertfordshire

British Snowboard Big Air Championship Results

Men

1st – Wayne Taylor – Halifax

2nd – Cody Hierons – Chatham

3rd – Ben Knox – London

Women

1st – Liz Osbourn – Cambridge

2nd – Katie Ormerod – Halifax

3rd – Lynsey Ashdown – Manchester

Animal British Slopestyle Championship Results:

Men

1st – Andy Nudds – Halifax

2nd – Cody Hierons – Chatham

3rd – Ben Knox – London

Women

1st – Katie Ormerod – Halifax

2nd – Sophie Nicholls – Halifax

3rd – Lynsey Ashdown – Manchester