WhiteWorld

On the back of the huge success of the White World series we have decided to change Snowzone tv to White World TV. The site will be undergoing a major revamp throughout December to create a viewer friendly online channel that will satisfy all snowsport enthusiasts’ video cravings.

We will keep you fully updated to these changes as they happen.

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White World will be returning to your screens on the 6^th of January and the 2^nd series promises to be even bigger and better than the first. White World will bring you highlights from the World’s most prestigious competitions, all the finest action, park, resort and gear reviews, interviews with leading wintersport athletes and much much more. You will be able to watch White World on a number of websites, but get first look at www.whiteworld.tv.

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White World started the winter in style coming in first place at the Ride Freesport Film Festival in the Prince Charles Cinema Leicester Square. The event kicked of the winter season for the UK ski market with 3 short ski movies being shown and 3 photographers being showcased.

The short films and ski photography were judged by Phil Streather, founder of PLF and an IMAX movie producer, Chris Carr, founder of Brain Creative Concepts and Production, Rob Tucker, founder One Six productions and Nuview. In the end, Nick Southwell’s ‘White World’ movie took 1st place for the films and Camilla Stoddart’s montage of photography was voted top of the Photographers.

Feedback from the judges was excellent and you can see the White World film here on www.whiteworld.tv

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Where will it Snow this Summer? Prepare yourselves for unseasonable weather as 30 tonnes of snow is set to fall in the middle of July at Cliffhanger! SNO!zone, the indoor real snowsports centre at  Xscape Castleford, is turning part of the park into a winter wonderland by building a real snow slope with freestyle rail lines. Top professional snowboarders and skiers will be performing gravity defying tricks at the event, which also includes a live DJ set, family entertainment and the chance to win lots of prizes.

 In addition the Cliffhanger will play host to the British Bouldering Championships (the UK’s finest rock climbers battling it out on a purpose built mega-wall), an orient style UltraSprint orienteering competition and open event, Mountain Bike trials displays by Ben Slinger, Scuba Diving instruction, an on-site North-Shore Mountain Bike course, an open Skateboarding contest, come-and-try-it Climbing Walls and assault courses, Angling coaching, a heap of demonstrations, and loads of outdoor bargains. Once you’ve paid your £5 to get in virtually everything is FREE! What are you waiting for? Get the dates in your diary. July 12th and 13th, Millhouses Park, Sheffield. www.cliff-hanger.co.uk for more info, including plenty of information on local accommodation, and how to get there on public transport, on your bike or by foot. Keep your eye on the website for details as they are updated. If you want to be kept informed just subscribe to the newsletter on any page of the site and we’ll let you know what’s going on once every few weeks.  

Here are a few quotes form visitors last year: 

What did you like about Cliffhanger? Feel of the event, liked everything, family atmosphere, feel and mix of events, free stuff, fun stuff for kids, good location, good spectator points, high spirits, cinema tent, all the climbing, hot chocolate, lots to see and do, not previously our thing – now inspired!I missed sat due to work (bugger) sounds like it was ace. Went today though with the family and we had a top time. The wife and kids loved it even though it was raining, the bouldering comp was brilliant (I wish I could climb as good as those kids) and we got some great bargains in the tents.

If you didn’t make it last year check out the video of the weekend.Enter the Great Cliffhanger Quiz and you’ll be in with a chance of winning a pair of VIP Tickets entitling you to FREE Entry to the event (both days), FREE Food AND Accommodation during your stay. Spot prizes will also be available from Berghaus. To enter simply email us with your answers to the questions here. (the draw will be made and winners notified on Jul 1st). Editors: Cliffhanger is organised by Sheffield City Council and Heason EventsMore background information here: http://www.cliff-hanger.co.uk/ 

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From the 17th to 20th April the best boarders will be in Saas Fee for the arrival of the Swatch TTR Snowboard Tour, “SNICKERS Classic & POPCORN Wallride 08″.

It’s the second time the glacier ski resort has hosted the freestyle event which endeavours to test who will get higher, travel faster and go further. Nicolas Müller, last year’s “the King of Popcorn 2007″will be competing again. The event will be staged in the Längfluh area kicking off with Qualification Slopestyle on Thursday 17th hosted by Scott Sullivan and the Kin liv at Popcorn Bar.

On Friday the 18th the Semi Finale Slopestyle with party at the Living Room Bar. On Saturday 19th it the Slopestyle Final with Brutal God performing live at the Popcorn Bar and DJ Stylewarz spinning in Living Room Bar. The event winds up on Sunday, the 20th with the Wallride Session “King of Popcorn.”

Saas Fee’s season continues for another two weeks after the event through to May 4th.

www.saas-fee.ch

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What a fantastic event!  The Serfaus weather was kind, the girls were ready and the atmosphere was just buzzing.  Earlier on in the day, during qualifications, the snow flurries set in reducing visibility but soon cleared up with bright sunny spells shining as the afternoon wore on and the finals took place. All in all there were nineteen girls who took part on the women’s contest and three in the juniors.  Eleven went through to the women’s finals and deciding judges Julia (Baumgartner) and Vinzenz Lüps were impressed with the standard of riding which had improved from even last year’s event.  First, second and third places were clear whilst placing four to eight made for some difficult decisions.   Founder and Head Designer of Nikita Clothing Heida Birgisdottir was in Serfaus to witness the contest and give away prizes as well to do some shredding herself.  When asked, she said that “it’s great to see how much the girls are progressing, not only in tricks, but also in style. I’m stoked that we at Nikita have been able to create an event where the girls get together and push each other without the often not so pleasant ‘contest pressure’ in the air. They are just hanging out and chatting between runs, the atmosphere is super friendly - and I think that’s exactly why they are pushing themselves to new levels here today. This is also what makes the Nikita Chickita, as an event, a pure success.” Here’s the WOMENS FINALS RESULTS 

1. Ana Rumiha (Croatia)
2. Bohdana Šebestová (Czech Republic)
3. Maude Richon (Switzerland)
4. Anja Stefan (Croatia)
5. Elena Kenz (Switzerland)
6. Sandy Gecek (Austria)
7. Hanka Voyteckovska (Czech Republic)
8. Helen Wyss (Switzerland)
9. Agnieszka Rusin (Poland)
10. Cristina Tuberosa (Italy)
11. Sandra Graf (Switzerland)

 …and the JUNIORS FINALS RESULTS 

1. Katarzyna Rusin (Poland)
2. Sophie Gogl (Austria)
3. Viktoria Bayer (Austria)

 Ana Rumiha competed last year and just missed out on a podium place in the women’s finals by finishing 4^th, this year she was a clear winner with some really safe and stylish runs.  She did three different runs in the finals, the last of which was awesome.  It consisted of a backside 180, frontside 360 indy and she was the only girl who bonked the tree with a nice frontside 180, then frontside 360 on the wall.  She won 1,000 Euros and the coveted one-year Nikita contract.  Congrats from Snowzone.tv to both, Ana Rumiha (Croatia) and Katarzyna Rusin (Poland) on their wins! 

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The Nikita Chickita Europe is back for the second year running, opening up yet another opportunity for girls only to take part in the chance to win a year’s contract with Nikita as a fully fledged team member.  The contest will be taking place on Saturday 5^th April at Serfaus Park in Austria.  There’s a special team of shapers who will be working hard to make the best course possible, maintaining it throughout the day.  Should bad weather stop play, the contest will be held the following day.   It’s a fun open slopestyle contest for all female snowboarders.  There are two categories including womens and juniors who will take part in one to three heats of 15-20 competitors.  Each rider gets two runs with the best score taken into consideration.  The best twelve riders selected and best six juniors will then go on to compete in the finals.  At this stage there will then be four runs per competitor with the best two runs counting. Three judges will be looking at style, versatility, technique and creativity when choosing the winners.  The rider who does two, three or even four runs in the finals will get a higher overall mark from the eagle eyed judges.  The prize money for women’s category is 1000 Euros for 1^st, 750 for 2^nd and 500 for 3^rd plus a contract on the coveted Nikita Team for the winner.  Not only that but the top three women and juniors will get the exclusive and limited Nikita Ring!  There are loads of goodies to be handed out, including on the mountain; the Nikita Chickita is certainly going to be a relaxed but competitive contest if last year’s event is anything to go by! The schedule for 5^th April is as follows: Saturday:09:00-10:25 - Open training10:25-10:30 - Reshape10:30-12:30 - Qualifying heats (Women and juniors combined)12:30-13:00 - Lunch break + reshape13:00-13:50 - Finals Juniors13:50-14:00 - Reshape14:00-15:30 - Finals WomenFrom 21:00  - Prize giving and after party shindig at local venue There will also be the chance to ride with the Nikita Team.  Shred to impress, this is your opportunity to get noticed!www.nikitaclothing.com

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The 9th annual, Wild Girls on Snow charity event is set to run from the 2nd to the 5th of March and will be held in Klosters, Switzerland.

The 2008, Wild Girls on Snow Event this year, is in support of two charities: Katie’s Ski Tracks, a small voluntary organization that provides opportunities for children with varying disabilities and funding allows these children to take part in skiing holidays.

The second charity is called, Right to Play, which uses sport and play programmes to improve health and education while fostering peace for children affected by war, poverty and disease.

The event was originally organised by Clair Southwell and over the past nine years, Wild Girls on Snow has grown to a well-established, recognized event and raised over CHF 440,000.

Wild Girls on Snow has also built the reputation as a “unique and fun skiing event” by creatively mixing twenty teams, with three girls per team (co-ed teams are also accepted) with an additional fourth celebrity member of the team’s choice. Celebrities are a combination of top skiers, together well known individuals.

The event entails three evenings with dinners, entertainment, and two full days of skiing in Klosters/Davos.

For more information visit: www.wildgirlsonsnow.com

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The second edition of the Davos Klosters Ride, aka ‘The British Big Mountain Championships’ will be taking place again this season in the snowy month of March.
The event is going to be bigger and better with the inclusion of an IFSA (International Free Skiers Association) sanctioned European tour event, which will be happening just after the British Big Mountain Championships. This will provide British Freeskiing athletes an excellent opportunity to qualify directly into a European standard competition. The Davos Klosters Ride 08 will be taking place from the 24^th to 28^th March 2008 in the world-renowned Davos Klosters Mountains. The Davos Klosters Ride 08 has been created by Ride Freesports and Southwell Enterprises to further promote backcountry skiing and snowboarding in the UK and to give British athletes a platform so they can compete in world class Freeride competitions like the Verbier Ride, Big Mountain Heli Ride and the Stimorol Engadinsnow 09. Event directors Warren Smith, Chris Southwell and Nick Southwell believe this will be a huge opportunity for UK freeskiers and Snowboarders to be judged with IFSA sanctioning, gain TV exposure and to eventually take their level to that of a European and World athlete.  The 24 minute TV programme director, Melody Sky, is excited about the opportunity to film a movie in the Davos Klosters Mountain’s and exposure the freeriding expanse to over 5 million viewers across the globe. The event will be a IFSA European Tour Qualifier with the top five male and top three female skiers gaining entrance in to the qualifiers of the European Tour Event on the 26^th and 27^th of March. The event will also be a qualifier for the top snowboarder to gain entry into the Stimorol Engadinsnow 09. This is a huge step for British Freeriding and will give the winner of the Davos Klosters Ride 08 a chance to compete against the likes of Ted Davenport, Flo Örley, Steve Klassen and Cyril Neril.

For more information about the Davos Klosters Ride 08, please visit the events official website on www.davosklostersride.com

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