Ski and Snowboard Racing

 

THERE WILL NO RACE TRAINING IN TERM 3. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR NEWS ABOUT POSSIBLE SUMMER TERM COMPETITIONS.

 

YUsnow is currently involved in 5 national ski and snowboard competitions, racing on dry slope, artificial snow and real snow in Europe.

The majority of our ski and snowboard squad had no alpine racing experience when they first arrived in York, so any competent skier/boarder is welcome to come along and give it a go. We train every Wednesday afternoon with a qualified race coach, at Ski Rossendale, on dry slope and occasionally at the Castleford SNO!zone indoor slope.

 

2008/2009 accomplishments have included a complete whitewash victory over Lancaster in the annual Roses, the ski team consistently coming top 8 in the country and the snowboard team, in its inaugural year winning their regional league. Individual highlights included our current Snowboard Captain, Marlies, achieving a podium position at the British University Snowsports Championships in Alpe D’Heuz, France last Easter and another snowboarder, Eugene Dodd, winning the British University Indoor Northern Championships.

 

Click Here for 2009/2010 King’s League Results

 

BUDS Placings:

 

Ladies’ Slalom              Men’s Slalom              Ladies’ GS                 Men’s GS              Boarder X                 Boarder GS

Steph - 33                    James - 74                  Steph: 46                   Dave - 14             Marlies - 1                  Marlies - 2

Emily S - 60                  Matt - 100                   Emily S: 48                Matt - 86              Tom -                        Tom -

Emily B - 83                                                   Lowri - 90

Lowri - 95                                                     Emily B - 104

Louise - 107                                                   Louise - 115  

Alana - 111                                                    Alana - 117

 

Contact ski captain James Lodge and board captain Marlies Neuner at snow@yusu.org for more information. Also check out the facebook group.  New racers welcome all year round!