Monthly Archive: September 2011

Sep 29 2011

Squad Training – session now longer & there is an air bag.

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September 29, 2011

Squad Training – 9 am start – to 11:30

Important!

Yes the slope management recognised that people travel further to the squad sessions so give us an extra 30mins.

We have realised that we have not being putting as much structure into the squad sessions as we used to so we are going to make sure we turn up at 08:30 to prepare & be ready to start sking at 09:00.

The purpose of this session is still to have fun but also to work on goals with  riders from around the south & when possible with extra coaches and bigger course setup than the average Sunday.

We are going to use a bit of extra time to start the sessions with some warm ups & fun ski skills  so if you havent tried the increasing speed slalom or the backwards duel slalom get down the slope early as we plan to start those at 09:00.

We also expect to put out the air bag on Sunday,  we are still developing the use of the bag.  Currently we are just running it with one of our mini quarter pipes acting as the take off ramp & we have ordered a custom jump & a big crash mat for in case of overshoots.

Normally the air bag company will be charging an extra £5 to hit the bag.

As always current and non-members welcome to attend the squad session.

Hope to see you Sunday …. Dave , Paul , John & Daran

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Sep 29 2011

Membership fees Due…..

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September 29, 2011

A little late this year but has to be done to keep your liability insurance in force!

The end of September is our membership renewal point.  This ties in with Snowsports England request in October for the club to pay its registration and liability insurance.

For this year the basic fee will remain at £15 for the year.

Check out the Membership benefits page on our web site (the basic renewal fee does not include the provision of any tee shirts, these can be brought separately if required).

As an additional benefit those registering as members will have entitlement to use our Airbag when its out for club sessions.  The fee means that the club has liability insurance through Snowsports England covering its members usage of the Airbag.  Unfortunately if you’re not a member of the club you will not be able to use the Airbag.

Please note we are having to build a special jump for the Airbag which means it will not be out for general club members usage until the end of Oct.

Once the Airbag is in general usage we will have to charge a small fee of £5 per session to our members to cover repairs and running costs, but thats two hours usage for a small fee.

When renewing your membership, please complete the attached form and  either post to address below or hand to the club coaches at the next training session:

Southernfreestyle Club. 30 Cressex Close, Binfield, Berks. RG42 4DR

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Sep 28 2011

Southernfreestyle Squad Selection

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September 28, 2011

******* Stop Press ***** Southern ski squad now published on on UK freestyle site as well as in membership section on this site.

We are working on the Snowboard squad announcement too.

http://www.freestylesnowsports.co.uk/british/fsteam.html

We have been working on hosting our own squad for the last couple of years now, showing the talent building in the South and with your membership and support we are  in a position to look at our own squad selection.  To kick this off we are announcing an interim squad which will be in-place until formal selection in May 2012 and every May after that.

The squad will also be published alongside other regional & national squads on the UK Freestyle website.

The criteria can be found at the bottom of this post.  If anyone is unsure, speak to us at squad sessions and we will be more than happy to explain.  The selection is based on riders in regular training & competition.

Intially this we are publishing skiers but will plan to add snowboarders as well.

Previous SFC skiers who have already progressed to National teams include:-

James Webb – England Squad 2007 : GB Squad 2008

Josh Birch – England Squad  2009/2010

Ed Salisbury – England Development Squad 2010 – present

Southernfreestyle ‘A’ Squad

Mike Rowlands

Tom Saunders

Monty Wright

Madi Rowlands

Southernfreestyle ‘B’ Squad

Kyle Wood

Luke Gorman

Archie Coode

James Colclough

Michael Brain

Mike Pestel

Development Squad

Ethan Prince

Callum Brown

KJ Woledge

Max Hughes

Emily Keen

Lexi Rowlands

All listed squad members will be listed for one month within which they will need to pay the club fees of £15 per annum to confirm their wish to remain in the squad.

If anyone is not listed but interested in being part of the squad please contact us directly.

SFC Nu Skool Squad Criteria 2011 V2

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Sep 28 2011

Atom Jam

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September 28, 2011

Put this one in your calendar Event organised by your friends at Atomic.  Some great prizes including skis and a Go-Pro set up

Check out their Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atom-Jam/256950547677010

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Sep 28 2011

SFC now have their own Airbag

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September 28, 2011

Check this out at www.airbag.uk.com

We aim to use this at club sessions. From a liability point all people using the airbag must be paid up members of Southernfreestyle club.

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Sep 25 2011

Atom Jam

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September 25, 2011

All the details...

Atom Jam registrations now live!

Kick start your winter with this super fun jam session comp for freeski and snowboard on Saturday the 8th of October at the Hemel Snow Center 6-8pm.

Three catagories: Under 14′s, over 14′s and 18+. Prizes for 1,2 &3 in each as well as a pair of Atomic skis and snowboard for best unsponsored skier and boarder and raffle give away for all competitiors!

Confirmed sponsors: Atomic Freeski and Snowboard, Snow and Rock, GoPro HD Cameras, AMC Development, Planks Clothing, POW Gloves, UK Tall Tees and more to follow!
Unique rail set up and big air!

Please email your name, age, ski or board and sponsors to atomjam2011@yahoo.com to pre-register now!

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Sep 23 2011

SFC had fun & some injuries at the Farmers Jam

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September 23, 2011

Hi hopefully we will have some more details with pics & videos soon but several members of the club had a great time at the Farmers Jam in Norwich, Mike, Madi & Lexi Rowlands, Lewis Sonvico, Amber Cordingley and Monty Wright got into the prizes , Tom, Luke, James, Callum & Kyle all skied their socks off and in the link below you can  see Kyle spinning fast to get a 900 off a pretty small jump so not easy ! Well done Kyle.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=219030514823350

Best wishes to Madi who broken two thumbs & two fingers on the Dendix slope style course & is managing school with a laptop at the moment as she can’t hold a pen.

You can check out the full results here

The farmers jam has a fantastic atmosphere but I do worry about the injury rate on the Dendix , I heard there were several other injuries too.

The fun never stops as this weekend 24th Sept is the Brits Snowtour at Castleford with two comps for each age group.

Good luck to all taking part.

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Sep 22 2011

The BRITS, Laax, Switzerland

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September 22, 2011

The highly acclaimed and long-established BRITS is the original weeklong winter festival. Now in its 23rd year, the BRITS attracts thousands of snow fanatics, novices and the inbetweeners alike to Europe’s premiere freestyle resort for a full-bore week of snow, music, dressing up and general debauchery…

Big Air at The BRITS

Check it out here – The Brits

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Sep 11 2011

I am happy to announce that there will be a club session on Sunday 18th Sept

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September 11, 2011

I am happy to announce that Steve Wells has stepped into to help out & run the Sunday session on the 18th , it was in danger of being cancelled as several members will be away are skiing at the Farmers Jam in Norwich ski club ( see link below ), another group are at a skate park session in Wales & I am “on call” for work.

Thanks Steve for helping out it is much appreciated as we hate to ever cancel a session. This kind of co-operation is what makes the club work.

For anyone who can get to the Farmers Jam in Norwich , this is a great event with a long history & runs Fri eve, Sat & Sun but you can attend for any session as they run them as seperate comps within the whole weekend.

Farmers Jam

Paul Webb
Southern Freestyle Club

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Sep 02 2011

Short film of the South Freestyle Grand day out in France , by Dave Saunders

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September 2, 2011

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