Fin Jacobs dun dun dun....

One day Fin will fly onto the airbag on a board :)

Fin Jacobs is a gnarly awesome skateboarder but he ski's so on speaking to a gnarly snowboarder a snowboard lesson was arranged. To be honest I don't know who was more excited about it and as was predicted Fin kicked ass and did awesome. He was stoked, Natalie was stoked, everyone was stoked (well except the skiiers!!) and he's coming back for more :) Has Fin seen the light? can he be turned into a gnarly snowboarder? I think it's possible oh for sure it is and Fin has offered to give Natalie skateboard lessons stoked. 

Wed 29th September....

Well what can I say really, Wednesday was set to be a busy rad day at the slope with lot's going on, what happens.... we all awake to the worst wind and rain we have had in a while, boo to you weather gods!! We don't mind the rain so much as it makes the slope nice and fast but it's the wind, oh don't get me started on the wind.


We saw RGU and Aberdeen Universities in for their annual meet and greet, racking up new members for their snowsports clubs with some ski and snowboard taster sessions being ran and an open session for those who already have the skillz to come down and shred. The weather didn't seem to put a dampener on their spirits and considering the conditions a pretty good turn out was had. Let's hope to see the students back as a regular appearance at the slope.


Following the day time antics of the students the night was for the Burton and Forum board test, unfortunately we had a poor turn out and I'm going to put this down to the weather putting people off the bunch of wuss's as by 7 o'clock the wind had died down and the conditions were pretty good. 

Simon was down from Boarderline helping out the rep guy from Burton, with a steady flow of people testing out the boards and bindings on offer. Andy Duthie was the most stoked on testing out Burtons boards and was killing it it was non stop for him he had that adrenaline running through him all night and doing the cleanest 5 we've seen him do on return to the slope then thought why not I'll go for 7's and came pretty close on some and a front flip, wowzers.

Nicol, Chris Mahony, Emmet and Natalie were there representing the Boarderline snow team with Ben Kinnear still away and Barry P down in Glasgow doing his level 1 ski instructor course, they were both missed.


Overall all despite the turn out and the weather a pretty rad session was had, Fin and Keilan Bremner killing it and all the others doing some sick moves while testing out the boards and bindings, let's hope they come back next year.

Boarderline present the Burton & Forum board test....

Last year this was thee board test to be at, come shred test and have fun, woop woop :)

OPEN DAY....

Introducing.... Fin Bremner

Fin is really pushing it with his riding and has been unfortunate with injuries this year but has not let this get him down and comes back fighting each time. Check out what he has to say....

Date of Birth?


age 11 date of birth 080899

Years riding?


Years sliding 3


How did you start skiing/ boarding?


Dunno how I started my aunty went to snowbombing for a few years an thought i'd give it a go


Favourite Scottish Mountains and why?


Fav Scottish mountain glenshee


Favourite resort worldwide and why?


Fav world resort alp dhuez and really want to go mount hood Oregon


Favourite rider?


Fav rider jj Thomas he's a leg


Favourite trick?


Fav trick cork 7 mute


What music get's you stoked to ride?


?


What does snowboarding/ skiing mean to you?


Boarding is everything I'm not new to this I'm true to this......


Most memorable moment so far?


Memory busting my face on a huuuuge kicker in alpdhuez park and from the mat- Matt Gibson backflip

Any words of wisdom?


Wow bones heal but glory is forever

Airbag A'deen

Yes our Airbag is ready and a waiting to have you all flying onto it, it's been getting quite lonely in it's hut so started a facebook page to make friends :) Befriend it here http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706800103#!/profile.php?id=100001562411702, Sir BagA'deen would love to be your friend and in return will grant you mucho airtime which will occur twice monthly. Next session will be on Sat 23rd October so think of some gnarly tricks and get down and huck huck huck!!!!

Andy Duthie....

Andy Duthie has moved back to the Deen working in local board store Boarderline (head there for all your boarding needs, DO IT). He has been loving riding at the mat again and can't seem to get enough of it. A regular feature at the slope once again. No ones more stoked on this than Nicol Paton who has been riding more than ever now too, like Duthies lit a fire up his ass to bust out his sick board skills once again and learn some new ones too, stoked to see this.

The return of....

ALLY GRAY....

A couple weeks ago Ally headed up to Aberdeen to have a slide at Garthdizzle, after a good few months of not been on his board he was stoked to get back on it getting used to riding dryslope again. By the end of the night he was throwing his steezy corked 5's off the kicker. Unfortunatelly his radstorm team mates were all away surfing apart from Natalie who was there to greet him but no worries we shall shred together soooon. Stoked your back Ally, we've all missed you and hopefully you'll make it up to ride again soon.

Fans

So Ed Bruce who has been learning to snowboard at the slope, getting lessons with his friend Ross from the one and only Barry P has made up a poster advertising what we offer, I like it so am posting it up for all to see....

Wed Night....

watch out Nicol, Fins turning pro fisherdude, while on his skis too, he'll have that fish spinning 5's

Kris Bell landed rode away a back 1080 linking it to a 7 in the quarter pipe, unbelievable. Fin Jacobs, crazy wee Fin landed a 5 off the kicker on his ski's so stoked for him such a rad kid :)

Check out this vid Barry has put together from footage from his new toy a GoPro and you'll see both Kris's 10, Fins 5, oh yeah and Grant Donald spin 9's, woooo, things are stepping up at the slope right now....
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=518319558400&ref=mf

Westbeach Goes Off....

The Westbeach Snowflex Series headed up to Aberdeen for the first time and guess what they think our dryslope is one of the best in the UK, something that all local riders have known just people don't like to head so far North to see it's amazingness.

It is the best comp that has been held at the slope, well organised, talented riders good atmosphere, just an awesome day. Highlight was Kris Bell going for the backside 1080, so so so close to stomping it and guess what he stomped it on Wed night, he had that adrenaline running through him going for it again and again, he was KILLING IT!!

Read the review here.... http://snowflexseries.westbeach.com/aberdeen-2010/

and here.... http://www.fearofthepark.co.uk/?p=11848

Ski and Board edits of the day filmed and edited by Will Nangle....


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Introducing....Lewis Wilson

Lewis has been stepping it up in his skiing lately and got his first backflips off the kicker stomped last Wednesday night, everyone was stoked stoked stoked for him, here's what he has to say for himself....


Date of Birth?

15/2/95

Years riding?

5-6 months of freeski and around 10 years of actual skiing

How did you start skiing/ boarding?

started skiing cuz i was going away with my skool and needed some practice and then met grant and kinda kept goin down and met new mates

Favourite Scottish Mountains and why?

the gorms cuz of a good fun park

Favourite resort worldwide and why?

dunno if this is the right spelling but morzine in france (and yes it is the right spelling!!)

Favourite rider?

tom wallisch

Favourite trick?

Cork 7 or 3 mute :)

What music get's you stoked to ride?

any thing with a fast tempo and a good beat

What does snowboarding/ skiing mean to you?

alot, funa and chillin with mates, learnig new tricks backflips

Most memorable moment so far?

cork seven and of course busting my collor bone:L

Any words of wisdom?


dont try frontflips off of mals box wen its on the table top :L

RIDER OF THE MONTH

Rider of the month



What is rider of the month?

Rider of the month will be an ongoing competition with a skier and snowboarder being chosen each month as the overall best rider of that month.

How will it be judged?

Riders will be judged on their overall progression throughout the month. They will also be chosen for having a good attitude and the ability to get others stoked simply by watching them.

So, who will be judging?

Nobody will know who is judging. Judges will be chosen each month but must keep it a secret until the end of the month. A different judge or judges will be chosen every month.

Will there be any prizes?

Of course there will be prizes. The best riders of the month will each get a t-shirt designed by our very own Natalie Riley. Furthermore they will each get a photo to be displayed in the log cabin.

Sounds good but, how much will it cost?

There will be no added cost; just the usual slope entrance fee


Starting This October...

Whoa Kris Bell

Kris Bell uses the power of DR PEPPER to transform from Space Cadet to super human snowboarder who can bust out an insane run of mahusive back 9 to big cab 5 in the quater pipe, inspiring to see, he's KILLING IT!!

Jumping and a Spinning oh yes let's do it....

Here's a rad instructional vid that Nicol found and we both agree that it is the best instructional vid for spins we have seen, so check it out....


SBINZ jumping and spinning trick tip video from SBINZ on Vimeo.

Go Pro Is A Go Go

Andy Wilson has also got is hands on a go pro and it is a regular fefature when he's at the slope now taking muchos footage, here's a wee edit from a wed night shred sesh....


Untitled from andrew wilson on Vimeo.

Go Pro Fo Sho

Go pro camera's seem to be all the rage just now and rightly so the footage you get from them is amazing just check out this siiiick vid all the way from New Zealand of Ben Kinnear shred shred shredding, amazing....


Gotleib from Ben Kinnear on Vimeo.