The British Snow Tour provides riders with a path from grass roots through to the highest level of snowboard & freeski competition in the UK, offering snowboard competitors prestigious TTR points and TTR World Ranking. Its not all about the competition with 500 FREE introductory lessons, FREE product testing, live music and MC, plus amazing 3 for 2 offers on competition entry. The aim of the tour is to encourage everyone to get involved. Open to all ability levels from novice to pro across five age categories: Kids, Youth, Junior, Senior and Masters. The tour ends at the London Ski & Snowboard Show on October 22nd, where the Snow Tour British Invitational Championships will be held.

The London ski and snowboard show will again be at Olympia running from October 20th - 24th. The show is an excellent opportunity to have a chat with ski break experts, skiweekends.com and take advantage of a show booking discount. Skiweekends.com will be at the show throughout all dates to help you book your ski holiday. Drop in and meet the team on the way to seeing the snow tour championships.

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That's right folks, Nikita Chickita is not over for 2010. The epic Cardrona Alpine Resort will host TWO Nikita Chickita ski and snowboard freestyle camps for girls only to be held on 8th August and 4th September 2010. Each camp caters for up to fifty girls so expect plenty of smiles, laughter and friendships to blossom in the southern hemisphere!

For beginners and intermediate level riders there will be a champagne breakfast before hitting up a full day of coaching and riding with Cardrona's top female instructors and coaches and guest pro female riders hanging and helping out. Including Olympic halfpipe snowboarder Kendall Brown, X-Games (snowboard slopestyle) competitor Shelly Gotlieb and top freeskier Janina Kuzma. The day will be broken up with a lunch break on the hill, afternoon prize giving and then more bubbly to flow at the Mint Bar in Wanaka for the evening's party.

To get involved just drop into the snowsports centre at Cardrona, 18 Dunmore Street, Wanaka or 35 Shotover Street, Queenstown. There are limited places already so book early to avoid disappointment! Cost for the whole day is just $120 to include champagne breakfast, all day coaching, lunch, goodie bag and prizes. Participants will also get a 50% discount on a full day ticket at the Cardrona resort.

Source: http://www.nikitaclothing.com/blog

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