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SNO!zone at Xscape, Braehead come under new ownership

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SNO!zone was recently sold and major investments are being planned by its new owner Jamie Smith.

The Ice Factor Mountaineering Centre at Kinlochleven, the home of the world’s largest indoor ice climbing wall, has acquired SNO!zone, Britain’s longest indoor ski slope at Xscape, Braehead. Continue reading ‘SNO!zone at Xscape, Braehead come under new ownership’

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Double Olympic gold medallist experiences indoor skiing for the first time

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Dame Kelly Holmes tries indoor skiing for the first time.


Since retiring as a professional athlete, Dame Kelly Holmes, the first British Olympian to win double gold has relished the freedom to have a go at a range of sports that might previously have interfered with her career on the track. Continue reading ‘Double Olympic gold medallist experiences indoor skiing for the first time’

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World’s third indoor freestyle training centre on track to open in California this summer

 

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Boreal plans to open the third indoor training facility this month.

Construction is well underway on Woodward Tahoe, a new freeestyle indoor training centre at Boreal ski resort (www.rideboreal.com) in California which is scheduled to open next summer. Continue reading ‘World’s third indoor freestyle training centre on track to open in California this summer’

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Indoor skiers set Guinness world record

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Manchester skiers break the Guinness World Record for the longest chain of skiers.

Manchester skiers can write their names in history as record breakers as they managed to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chain of skiers at Chill Factore (www.chillfactore.com) last fall. Continue reading ‘Indoor skiers set Guinness world record’

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SnowWorld plans major expansion to France and Spain

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A skier trains takes a run at Snow World Landraaf.

The Dutch Snowworld indoor snow centre operators have announced plans to invest 40-50 million euros ($64m USD) to build two new facilities in France and Spain by 2014. Continue reading ‘SnowWorld plans major expansion to France and Spain’

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New runs coming for Edinburgh Slope

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The view from the summit of Hillend.

The Midlothian Snow-sports Centre at Hillend, in Edinburgh, which already operates one of the world’s biggest artificial-ski slope surfaces has submitted a planning application for an extra 210-metre slope, another 80 metre nursery slope, upgrading existing nursery slopes, new tubing runs and two new conveyor lifts. Continue reading ‘New runs coming for Edinburgh Slope’

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West England snowdome to create 600 new jobs

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Plans are in gear to build a new indoor snowdome facility in Western England

If plans to turn a former Royal Air Force base into the UK’s seventh and longest indoor snow centre are approved, then shovels may break the earth this year on the proposal.
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