Active Nation, a sport and exercise charity dedicated to getting the nation active, is organising new ‘come and have a go’ freestyle session at Alpine Snowsports Southampton on Fridays.
The inaugural event saw around three dozen people come and have a go at freestyle skiing and snowboarding at the launch event.
They included Sochi Olympian Billy Morgan who was back at the slope where he started almost 10 years ago, riding the brand new freestyle features and giving tips and advice to the adults and youngsters taking part.
“Friday evening at the freestyle launch was awesome. It’s been a few years since I’ve ridden down at the Alpine Centre like that. Rocking up to see heaps of people of all ages enjoying it like I did when I was younger is so inspiring, especially when there’s some really talented kids. I hope that it carries on, grows the freestyle scene and allows us to build on and improve the slope and features” said Billy.
“Active Nation is and especially at grass roots level in any sport. Sochi has had a huge effect on everyone and we would love to see our young skiers and boarders follow in Billy’s footsteps. It’s the start of something big at Alpine Snowsports and we hope it is here to stay” said Hayley Walker, Programme Manager for Active Nation.
Freestyle Fridays run every week from 18:00 – 21:30 and include ramps, rails, slide box, quarter pipe plus other features. Cost for sessions is £15 for adults and £11.50 for juniors, or included in the 30 day practice pass at £30 adults and £23 for juniors.
Freestyle Fridays also forms part of Snowsport England’s participation campaign GO SKI GO BOARD campaign.
