April 7, 2008 7:08 PM
BRITS Animal Snowboard Slopestyle
After being rescheduled from Thursday, competitors and crowd alike at the Animal Snowboard Slopestyle Championships were spoilt with blue skies and sun on Friday April 4, as they witnessed some of the most impressive freestyle skills in the UK scene.
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BRITS Quiksilver Freeski Big Air
With snow falling heavily the BRITS day four was postponed to what is technically, day five, Friday April 4th - including the final skiing comp of the week, the Quiksilver British Freeski Big Air Championships.
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Column: Vallée Blanche – my off piste adventure…
Climbing Harness? Check.! Rope? Check! Helmet? Check! Avalanche transceiver…mmm…check, but
confidence fading rapidly – this is quite a lot of gear for a few hours of
skiing! But this is different: the Vallée Blanche is high in the French Alps
with over 22km of off-piste skiing and vertical descents of over 2500 metres.
This is a chance for a real challenge!
Skiing the Vallée Blanche has to be the highlight any ski trip to Chamonix. The morning looks stunning for me, and two friends, one of whom is a local and agrees to guide us through the Vallée.
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April 6, 2008 10:59 PM
BRITS Day Two Animal Freeski Slopestyle Results
While moi was "oohing!" and "aahing" over at the British Snowboard Big Air Champs there was a far more curious two planked monster revealing itself over the other side of Laax's Crap Sogn Gion summit with the Animal British Freeski Championships on Tuesday April 1.
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BRITS Quiksilver Snowboard Big Air
There's a new generation of talented jumping British snowboard queens - as proved at the Quiksilver British Snowboard Big Air Championships, on Tuesday April 1 in Laax, Switzerland.
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April 3, 2008 5:47 PM
new issue of Cooler out now

The new Spring issue of the relaunched Cooler magazine is out now. With a edgier design, stunning Devon Roxy surfer Sophie Hellyer is on the cover, with other highlights including a Brazil surf special, spring snow, park fitness for gym haters, yoga breaks and an interview with the Foals.
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