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The Metro Ski and Snowboard Show 2006 |
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The rapidly installed temporary Snowflex slopes at the Metro
ski and snowboard show were unveiled to the public today. Two slopes - an
introductory "skills slope" and Quarter pipe (together 600m2 of Snowflex) were
completed yesterday in time for a selection of the UK's best riders to practice for
the show. The bustle of stand
installation and shop fitting was temporarily stopped as people were stunned by
the display of technical tricks from all the riders.
The show featured, for the first time ever on Snowflex,
a spectacle known as "Acid Drop", where skiers and boarders jump from a crane at
varying heights into the transition of the quarter pipe. Wayne Taylor, who came
down to the show as part of the Snowflex installation team, impressed onlookers
by being the first snowboarder to take
the plunge, dropping from 3 meters above the coping. Riders were expected to be
making progressively higher drops throughout the shows duration.
The riders making an appearance were chosen by the aim
series team and the media, with an additional three boarders and three skiers who
won their invitation at the Aim series event at the Snowflex slope at Warmwell
earlier this year.
SNOWBOARD (12)
Sam Cullum
Dan Wakeham
James Mcelvaney
Ben Kilner
Jamie Nichols
Dom Harington
Matthew Gibson (AIM qualifier)
Sparrow Knox (AIM qualifier)
Kevin Mills (AIM qualifier)
Angus Leith (Wild Card)
Jack Shackleton (Wild Card)
Colum Mytton (Wild Card)
SKI (9)
Paddy Graham
Andy Bennett
Mike Wakefield
Richard Martin
Murray Buchan (AIM qualifier)
Ben Hawker (AIM qualifier)
Charlie Richards (AIM qualifier)
James Webb (Wild Card)
James Woods (Wild Card)
On Saturday the show hosted the "British Quarter Pipe Championships" where the above riders competed.
Visitors attending the show got the chance to try out
skiing or snowboarding on Snowflex themselves on the Skills slope.
Download the video here
For more information visit
http://www.metroskishow.co.uk/
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