http://www.snowsurge.com News, straight from the slopes Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:23:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Woopy jumping can be thought of as a combination of gliding and skiing or snowboarding. It's the latest and hottest crazy to hit the slopes and if you haven't tried it yet, you should! Skiers or snowboarders wear an aerofoil wing that enables them to glide and jump much greater ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/08/woopy-jumping-get-real-big-air/ On the 19th of July some of the world's top, best freeskiers competed in the Saas-Fee Ride 08 in the Allain Snow Park on the Saas-Fee Glacier itself. The event was a complete success, with everyone having fun and it becoming aparent that the recent developments to the snow park have ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/07/saas-fee-freeskiing-competition/ The Swatch TTR board members met in New York City, USA on May 19th through May 22nd to devise some changes for the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour 2008-2009 to try and increase the progress snowboarding has been making. Given below are some of the notable changes that have been ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/06/swatch-ttr-changes/ For the first time ever, the British Ski Cross series will be on tour this summer. They will be show-casing five events all through the United Kingdom. The Cross series has already visited the SNO!zone in Castelford, and is now getting ready to take on Sno!zone, Scotland. They will be ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/06/british-ski-cross-series/ In the Olympic city Beijing, China, Burton has signed on as the sponsor for the new indoor terrain park. Touted as one of the most strategic moves in the Chinese snowboarding market, Burton will be the key sponsor of the Burton Qiaobo Mellow Park. This terrain will provide ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/06/indoor-terrain-park/ Hello We have been working behind the scenes recently at Snow Surge and are proud to announce the launch of our Snow Surge Forums. For a few weeks now we have been working on setting up the forum with full integration and it is now up. You can find a link in ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/06/snow-surge-forums-launched/ In Lake Wanaka, Snow Park New Zealand will be the first and only resort offering night skiing and riding during winter 2008. The resort will give visitors ample time on the mountains and a unique chance to ride on snow under the floodlights. Various installments have been made along the ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/05/snow-park-nz/ The Boost Mobile Sno Sho is all set to kick off this 2008 on Terrain Park in Perisher Blue’s Front Valley on Saturday, August 30th. The Boost Mobile Sno Sho breaks away from the routine snowboarding events and encourages the world’s best snowboarders, extreme maneuvers, illuminating lights, longest rail slides ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/05/boost-mobile-sno-sho/ Thursday, May 29th, 2008 will be the day the host venue of the 2013 World Championships is revealed. The announcement will be made in Cape Town, South Africa by the FIS council. Alongside the announcement of the 2013 World Championships host, the FIS council will also unveil the ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/05/world-championship-dates/ Jamaican skier Errol Kerr has his eyes set on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jamaica hopes to make an entry into the 2010 Winter Olympics after a gap of almost 18 years; their last appearance being in the Calgary games, where they sent a bobsleigh team. The team was ... http://www.snowsurge.com/2008/05/errol-kerr/