The largest ever snowsports participation campaign for England, GO SKI GO BOARD, has launched, aiming to get more people into, and back into, snowsports. The new campaign has brought together a network of the UK’s indoor and artificial snow slopes to offer value for money taster, beginner, improver and recreational sessions.
“With Sochi 2014 on the horizon and a continued buzz around the country after London 2012, we believe there has never been a better time to engage people into snowsports than now,” said Tim Fawke, CEO of Snowsport England, which is behind the scheme, which is also supported by Austria’s Tirol region.
Participating slopes are offering programmes at four levels as part of the campaign:
‘Try Skiing Or Boarding’ is aimed at getting new people into snowsports through a taster session with a qualified instructor. For beginners who know they have caught the bug, ‘Get Skiing or Boarding’ offers six hours of instruction to help build a solid foundation of fundamental skills. For those who can already ski or board, ‘Go Ski or Board’ offers development sessions with instructors to help refine technique and for people who simply want to ski or board with a group of people, there are the recreational social ‘Just Ski or Bboard’ sessions.
“Costs of all the courses will vary between slopes, but will offer value for money and will be all inclusive with no hidden costs,” said a statement from the organisers, “Typically the costs of sessions will include instruction, slope time and equipment rentals. Apart from the taster session, all courses are six hours of tuition generally over six weeks.
People can search for their nearest course on the www.goskigoboard.org.uk website, or if they are in a group they may be able to create their own course as a ‘ Snowsport Maker’
To complement GO SKI GO BOARD, Snowsport England are running a series of Slide2Sochi roadshows at indoor snow centres and outdoor slopes across the country. Aimed at bringing people into the slopes or centres and to engage in snowsports, Slide2Sochi roadshows will involve demonstrations, fun competitions on and off the slope, interactive games, giveaways, stalls and refreshments and some slopes will run taster sessions. They will also be the place to find out more about GO SKI GO BOARD. All the Slide2Sochi dates and more information can be found on www.slide2sochi.org.uk
