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Ormerod 5th in Snowboard Big Air World Cup, another top 20 for Musgrave in Cross Country World Cup and a top 20 for Wallace in Aerials World Cup

Lucy Mackenzie — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:38:15 +0000

Andrew Musgrave

19 December 2016

Ormerod 5th in Snowboard Big Air World Cup, another top 20 for Musgrave in Cross Country World Cup and a top 20 for Wallace in Aerials World Cup

Park & Pipe Nordic Aerials Ski Cross Snowboard Cross Alpine

GB Park and Pipe

Katie Ormerod secured a 5th place finish in the Copper Mountain Snowboard Big Air World Cup, despite having to pull out of the final due to a minor injury. After qualifying in 2nd place, she was one of the favourites for a podium, but despite not competing in the final, she still secured 5th. In qualification, unfortunately Rowan Coultas, Billy Morgan, Jamie Nicholls and Aimee Fuller all missed out on going through to the finals against two world-class fields.

Katie Ormerod satisfied with 5th, despite not competing in the final

GB Park and Pipe Halfpipe skier Madi Rowlands just missed out on the finals of the Copper Mountain Ski Halfpipe World Cup, but secured a very respectable 11th place overall. Rowan Cheshire finished in 29th place and for the men, Murray Buchan finished 23rd overall, and Pete Speight in 33rd position.

British Nordic Team

Andrew Musgrave put in another great performance at the Cross Country World Cup in La Clusaz, France on Saturday. He finished in 16th place in the 15km Freestyle Mass Start against a field of 77 athletes. In tough conditions with a narrow track due to sparse snow, Musgrave did well to secure another top 20 finish.

British Aerials

Aerials skier Lloyd Wallace had a strong start to his season on Saturday, with a 17th place finish at the Beida Lake Aerials World Cup in China, the opening World Cup of the season. Performing his top jump, a lay double-full full and a triple twisting triple, Lloyd said:

“I was glad to be able to land such a complex jump at the first World Cup. It was fast and high but definitely room for improvement in form and landing".

In Sunday’s competition Wallace finished in 28th place in the second World Cup in Beida Lake.

Lloyd Wallace in Beida Lake, China

British Ski and Snowboard Cross

After finishing 20th in qualification in Val Thorens and 24th in Arosa, British Ski Cross racer Emily Sarsfield made up a few places in Montafon, Austria, finishing in 18th place and missing out on qualification for the finals by just two places. Emily is now in Innichen, Italy for the next World Cup and the final leg of the Ski Cross-Alps Tour. Qualification begins tomorrow.

For the British Snowboard Cross team, Zoe Gillings-Brier missed out on qualification for the finals of the Montafon Snowboard Cross World Cup, finishing in 25th place in her World Cup return. Teammate Maisie Potter finished in 30th in her World Cup debut.

Delancey British Alpine Team

Alex Tilley put in a great performance in the Slalom at the Andalo Europa Cup in Italy on Friday, finishing in 6th place. In the GS the day before, both Tilley and Delancey British Alpine Ski team-mate Honor Clissold DNF in run one. Tilley will follow this with her next World Cup in Courchevel, France, tomorrow for the Giant Slalom, whilst Dave Ryding is next in action in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, in the Slalom World Cup on Thursday.

#ProjectPY2018 Mission 37: Dew Tour 2016

Lucy Mackenzie — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:27:12 +0000

Katie Ormerod

15 December 2016

#ProjectPY2018 Mission 37: Dew Tour 2016

Park & Pipe

The 2016 Dew Tour in Breckenridge was big for the GB Park and Pipe team, with our athletes Isabel Atkin, Katie Ormerod, Katie Summerhayes and James 'Woodsy' Woods all snagging invites to the prestigious comp.

But what’s it like for our athletes and coaches to take part in such an event? #ProjectPY2018 Mission 37 is our behind the scenes look at the Dew Tour through the eyes of our athletes and coaches. Tune in to see how it really goes down.

With thanks to Hertz, UK Sport, The National Lottery and #Delancey

Cheshire claims podium in Rev Tour halfpipe & World Cup points for Ryding & Tilley

Lucy Mackenzie — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:34:18 +0000

Rowan Cheshire podiums at Rev Tour

12 December 2016

Cheshire claims podium in Rev Tour halfpipe & World Cup points for Ryding & Tilley

Park & Pipe Alpine Nordic Ski Cross

GB Park and Pipe

This weekend saw GB Park and Pipe athletes in the USA to tackle the elements in Copper Mountain, with heavy snow and high winds making tricky conditions for both the Dew Tour and Rev Tour events taking place.

After a brilliant 2nd place in the jump part of the Dew Tour contest, James ‘Woodsy’ Woods couldn’t quite get in a clean run on the rails, finishing 12th overall. For the girls in the ski contest, Izzy Atkin was on form against the best skiers in the world, securing 4th place overall, with Katie Summerhayes just behind her in 8th. In the snowboard contest at Dew Tour, Katie Ormerod finished in 6th place in the jib contest - unfortunately the jump competition was cancelled due to high winds.

Woodsy after his 2nd place finish in the Dew Tour jump contest

GB Park and Pipe skiers Rowan Cheshire and Madi Rowlands continued to battle the conditions at Rev Tour in their first Half Pipe competition of the season. Rowan showed that she is back on form with a 3rd place podium finish against a strong field, whilst teammate Madi Rowlands finished in 6th position.

This week GB Park and Pipe Snowboarders, Katie Ormerod, Aimee Fuller, Billy Morgan, Jamie Nicholls, Rowan Coultas and Matt McCormick will be taking on the Copper Mountain Big Air World Cup, with qualification beginning on Thursday. Teammates Rowan Cheshire, Madi Rowlands, James Machon, Pete Speight, Murray Buchan and Alexander Yeadon, will all be in action in the Freeski Half Pipe with qualification also due to take place on Thursday.

Delancey British Alpine Team

In the Alpine World Cup, Delancey British Alpine Team athletes Dave Ryding and Alex Tilley both claimed some important World Cup points this weekend in Europe. In Val d’Isere Dave Ryding put in a solid second run to move up six places from run one, and claim 17th place in the World Cup Slalom. Over in Sestriere, Italy, Tilley had great result in the World Cup Slalom, claiming 22nd position yesterday. This was after missing out on the second run of the Giant Slalom on Saturday.

Alex Tilley

British Nordic Team

Andrew Musgrave was in action for the British Nordic Team at the World Cup in Davos, Switzerland this weekend. Musgrave claimed another excellent finish in the 30km Freestyle on Saturday, finishing in 15th position. He followed this by a 61st in the Sprint Freestyle on Sunday.

Andrew Musgrave

Over in Norway, British Nordic's Annika Taylor and Callum Smith were at the Scandinavian Cup in Lillehammer. Annika had an impressive top 30 finish in the 1.3km Sprint Classic qualifiers to take her into the final in which she finished in 31st, followed by a 38th place finish in the 5km Freestyle. Callum picked up points in both the 10km Freestyle and the 1.5km Sprint Classic finishing 74th and 98th respectively.

British Ski Cross

In the first World Cup season for Ski Cross, in Val Thorens, France, Emily Sarsfield didn’t make it through Thursday’s qualifiers, finishing in 20th place, but will now move over to Arosa, Switzerland for the next stage of the Cross Alps Tour. Qualification starts today.

World Cup action in Europe whilst GB Park and Pipe hit Dew Tour & Rev Tour in Colorado

Lucy Mackenzie — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:19:12 +0000

Dave Ryding | Photo by Vanessa Fry Photography

08 December 2016

World Cup action in Europe whilst GB Park and Pipe hit Dew Tour & Rev Tour in Colorado

Alpine Ski Cross Park & Pipe Nordic

British Delancey Alpine Team

It is a big weekend of Alpine World Cup action for the top two British Delancey Alpine Team athletes, Dave Ryding and Alex Tilley. After his 6th place finish in the Levi World Cup Slalom in November, Dave Ryding will be in Val d’Isere to tackle his next World Cup Slalom this Sunday, with a big contingent of Brits expected to be cheering him on. Over in Italy, Alex Tilley will be looking to build on her performances in Killington, taking on the GS on Saturday and Slalom on Sunday in the Sestriere Alpine World Cup.

British Ski Cross

Today sees the start of the World Cup season for Ski Cross, in Val Thorens with the introduction of the first-ever Cross Alps Tour. Emily Sarsfield kicks off today with qualifiers, followed by two races on Friday and Saturday, before moving on to the next stops on the Cross Alps Tour in Arosa (Switzerland), Montafon (Austria) and Innichen/San Candido (Italy).

Emily Sarsfield | Photo by Dan Smye Rumsby

The new Cross Alps Tour will bring some never-before-seen rules and features to the Ski Cross World Cup, with the most notable being the “wild card” slots for the World Cup’s top athletes (assurance that the top eight men and the top four ladies as ranked will get a spot in the finals, nomatter what happens in qualification) and also a ‘public’ heat selection where the top qualifying athletes will be given the opportunity to choose their three competitors for the first heat of the next day’s race.

GB Park and Pipe

GB Park and Pipe’s James ‘Woodsy’ Woods and Izzy Atkin will be kicking off their Northern Hemisphere season at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado, which will also feature teammates Katie Summerhayes and snowboarder Katie Ormerod. They will battle it out in a Slopestyle jumps contest and Slopestyle jib contest. The women are in action on Friday, with Katie Ormerod in the morning and Katie Summerhayes and Izzy in action in the afternoon (local time). The Ski Men’s finals take place on Sunday morning (Sunday afternoon GMT).

James Woods | Photo by Alison Robb

The Rev Tour, starting today in Copper Mountain, sees several of the GB Park and Pipe Halfpipe skiers and snowboarders hitting the pipe for the first time this season in competition. For the skiers, Pete Speight, Murray Buchan, Rowan Cheshire and Madi Rowlands are in action, joined by newcomers Connie Brogden and Alexander Glavatsky-Yeadon. The skiers will compete on Saturday, with qualification in the morning, and finals in the afternoon.

Lewis Courtier-Jones will represent GB Park and Pipe in the Snowboard Halfpipe, with qualifications and finals all happening today.

British Nordic

The British Nordic Team is back in World Cup action this weekend, this time in Davos, Switzerland. Both Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young will be competing in the 30km Freestyle on Saturday and the Sprint Freestyle on Sunday.

Over in Lillehammer at the Scandanavia Cup, Annika Taylor and Callum Smith will both be competing for the British Nordic Team from Friday to Sunday.

Double World Cup Podium for GB Park and Pipe and Musgrave claims World Cup points in Lillehammer

Lucy Mackenzie — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:49:21 +0000

Billy Morgan | Photo by Oliver Kraus

05 December 2016

Double World Cup Podium for GB Park and Pipe and Musgrave claims World Cup points in Lillehammer

Park & Pipe Nordic Aerials Alpine Snowboard Cross Ski Cross

GB Park and Pipe

It was a successful Saturday night for GB Park and Pipe in Möchengladbach, Germany as they walked away from the third Big Air World Cup of the season with a double podium finish, as Katie Ormerod claimed silver in the women's finals and Billy Morgan took bronze.

After her bronze at the Snowboard Big Air World Cup and Olympic test event in Alpensia, Korea last weekend, Katie Ormerod stepped up to finish 2nd behind Austrian Anna Gasser. Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN) took 3rd. GB Park and Pipe’s Aimee Fuller finished within the top 10, in 9th place.

Ladies' podium (left to right): Miyabi Ontisuka, Anna Gasser, Katie Ormerod | Photo by Oliver Kraus

Ormerod said after her podium finish: "I'm extremely happy to get 2nd at another World Cup Big Air! The standard was really high and I'm stoked to put down my two best runs and also try two different 900s. It's so awesome that two Brits were on the podium at this event with Billy grabbing 3rd place in the men's event as well!"

Katie Ormerod in qualification | Photo by Oliver Kraus

Billy Morgan was on fire in Germany as he fought hard for his 3rd place finish behind Roope Tonteri (FIN) in 1st place and Jonas Boesiger (SUI). Rowan Coultas claimed 13th place, just missing out on a place in finals, and Jamie Nicholls was 21st overall.

Morgan said after claiming bronze: "I had an epic day riding, it was a lot of fun and getting a podium is the icing on the cake! It's also epic to be up there with Katie, she rode so well."

Men's podium (from left to right): Billy Morgan, Roope Tonteri, Jonas Boesiger | Photo by Oliver Kraus

GB Park and Pipe now head to Colorado, with the first competition being the US Rev Tour in Copper Mountain and the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, which both start later this week.

British Nordic

British Nordic’s Andrew Musgrave had a mixed bag of results in the 3-day Tour in Lillehammer, Norway. After finishing 57th in the Sprint Classic on Friday, Musgrave put in a storming performance in Saturday’s 10km Freestyle to finish in 11th position in a field of 97. He then finished a respectable 29th in the 15km Classic, meaning a 29th place finish overall in the 3-day Tour and bagging some World Cup points.

After yesterday’s concluding race Musgrave said: “A tough day for me today, but still managed to stay in the top 30 and get a few World Cup points. Could have been worse!”

Andrew Musgrave | Photo by Alex Standen

British Aerials Team

Lloyd Wallace clocked a good result at the Aerials Europa Cup in Ruka, Finland on Friday, where he finished in 10th place with a double twisting double (full, full) and triple twisting double (full double-full).

British Snowboard Cross

The end of last week was the Pitztal Ladies Europa Cup in Austria. In the first race Zoe Gillings-Brier finished 15th and then in the second race on Friday, Maisie Potter and Gillings-Brier finished joint 17th with Anna Richardson in 33rd position. Yesterday, Maisie Potter finished 3rd in the Junior FIS races in Pitztal.

Delancey British Alpine Team

For the British Delancey Alpine Team, Charlie Raposo and Nick Moynihan were competing in the GS Europa Cup in Gaellivare, Sweden, but both unfortunately DNF in the first race, and then the second race was cancelled.

Charlie Guest is competing today and tomorrow in the Europa Cup Slalom is in Trysill, Norway, and this weekend sees both Alex Tilley and Dave Ryding in World Cup action.

British Ski Cross

Emily Sarsfield will compete in her first World Cup of the season on Thursday, with the World Cup tour beginning in Val Thorens, France. Sarsfield will be competing in the first ever Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup Cross Alps Tour which, after Val Thoren, goes to Arosa in Switzerland, Montafon in Austria and finally Innichen/San Candido in Italy.

Big Air World Cup heads to Germany for GB Park and Pipe & British Nordic in Lillehammer for second World Cup

Sophie Morrison — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 16:02:20 +0000

PC: Matt Georges

01 December 2016

Big Air World Cup heads to Germany for GB Park and Pipe & British Nordic in Lillehammer for second World Cup

Delancey Alpine Park & Pipe Nordic

In what is shaping up to be a busy season for the GB Park and Pipe snowboarders, Katie Ormerod, Aimee Fuller, Billy Morgan, Rowan Coultas and Jamie Nicholls head to Moenchengladbach, Germany for the next Big Air World Cup, the second of three Big Air World Cups which form part of a City Big Air ‘Super Series’. Katie Ormerod will be looking to match her third place finish in last weekend’s Big Air World Cup and Olympic test event in Alpensia, Korea.

The British Nordic Team are also in World Cup action this weekend with Andrew Musgrave looking to capitalise on his brilliant start to the season after his top 10 finish in last weekend’s 15km Classic in the Ruka World Cup. He will be joined by teammate Andrew Young at the Lillehammer World Cup, where the schedule started today with the Sprint Classic, followed by the 10km (Men) and 5km (Women) Freestyle and finishing off with the 10km (Women) and 15km Classic and overall races. Cross Country Performance Squad athlete James Clugnet, and Senior Squad athlete Sam Cairns competed today at the 15km Classic FIS race in Premanon-Les Tuffes finishing 20th and 23rd respectively.

BNDS athlete Andrew Young, photo credit Fabien Mauz

For the British Delancey Alpine Team, it is a weekend of Europa Cup, FIS and CIT races.

Following the Levi Slalom Europa Cup races this week where Charlie Raposo finished in 45th in the first Slalom, Raposo and Nick Moynihan will be competing in the GS Europa Cup in Gaellivare, Sweden. The first race is Saturday with the second GS on Sunday.

Charlie Guest is in Trysill, Norway competing in the Europa Cup Slalom. The two Slalom races take place on Monday and Tuesday.

Delancey Alpine Team athlete Laurie Taylor finished a well deserved first in yesterday's Haus im Ennstal FIS GS races scoring a PB, while Billy Major finished 19th yesterday and 14th today. Nicole Ritchie and Alice Macaulay are in Val Thorens competing in the FIS GS races and CIT Slalom races. Ella Still, Jess Anderson, Abi Bruce and Olivia Ward are in Pass Thurn competing in two FIS Slalom races on Saturday and Sunday. Also in action are Iain Innes and Sofia Iglina who will be competing in the Slalom races in Arvidsjaur in Sweden on Saturday and Sunday. Honor Clissold returned from injury with a 4th and 6th in the Bormio GS races this week, and she scored a PB in slalom in Santa Caterina Slalom.

Britain’s top Aerials athlete, Lloyd Wallace is currently in Ruka at the Europa Cup opener of the season and finished 10th in today's event.

This week in the Pitztal Ladies Europa Cup Zoe Gillings-Brier finished 15th Wednesday's race and 17th yesterday. In yesterday's event, Maisie Potter joined Zoe in 17th place, with Anna Richardson finishing 33rd.

Main Photo: Katie Ormerod, credit: Matt Georges

Successful weekend for British Ski and Snowboard including podium finish for Ormerod and top 10 for Musgrave

Lucy Mackenzie — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:43:37 +0000

Katie Ormerod

28 November 2016

Successful weekend for British Ski and Snowboard including podium finish for Ormerod and top 10 for Musgrave

Park & Pipe Alpine Nordic Telemark Ski Cross

GB Park and Pipe snowboarder Katie Ormerod opened up a successful weekend for British Ski and Snowboard as she claimed 3rd position in the Snowboard Big Air World Cup in Alpensia, Korea, a PyeongChang Olympic test event. Team-mate Aimee Fuller clinched a respectable 11th place in the Women’s Big Air following her 4th place at the Milan Big Air World Cup last week. In the Men’s competition, challenging a world-class field, Billy Morgan finished in 6th place, Rowan Coultas in 8th position. Matt McCormick placed 30th after landing a clean run in his first ever World Cup. This Friday and Saturday sees the next Big Air event in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Ormerod said after her win: “I'm super happy to get bronze at the Olympic test event. Especially as the standard of riding was the highest it's been at any Big Air contest and I landed both the runs I wanted."

Following Ormerod’s podium finish, Delancey Alpine Team skier Alex Tilley put in a strong performance in the GS at the World Cup in Killington, USA, on Saturday, finishing in a brilliant 21st position against a strong field on a challenging course. She unfortunately had a DNF on the first run of Sunday’s Slalom, also in Killington. The next World Cup for Tilley will be in Sestriere, Italy, with the GS on Saturday 10th and Slalom on Sunday 11th December.

Alex Tilley

Sunday saw a fantastic performance from Andrew Musgrave in the opening Cross Country World Cup in Ruka, Finland. He took 10th place in a field of 98 athletes in the Men’s 15km Classic, a promising start to the season. In the other Cross Country races, British Nordic skier Annika Taylor finished 61st in the Women’s Sprint Classic on Saturday and 65th in the Women’s 10km Classic on Sunday. Teammate Callum Smith finished 77th in the Men’s Sprint Classic and 84th in the 15km Classic. The next World Cup begins this Friday in Norway, running throughout the weekend in Lillehammer.

For the British Telemark team, Jasmin Taylor put in two impressive performances to claim 4th and 6th in the two Ladies’ Sprint races and 5th in the Parallel Sprint at the first FIS Telemark World Cup of the 2016/17 season in Hintertux, Austria. Teammate Tara Parks claimed 9th and 13th in the two Sprints and 9th in the Parallel Sprint. For the men, Louis Hatchwell had the best result with 9th in the Parallel Sprint, after his 18th place finish in the first Sprint race (and a DNF in the second Sprint). Jasper Taylor finished 17th in the Parallel Sprint, 20th in the first Sprint race and 19th in the second Sprint. Alec Dixon finished 17th in the Parallel Sprint and 27th and 30th in the two Sprint races.

British Telemark Team

GB Telemark Team Captain, Louis Hatchwell said after the opening Sprint race: “Today’s Sprint has been a great opening tester for the British Squad. Newcomer Tara Parks, stormed into 9th in her first ever World Cup and Jasmin Taylor surprised no one and ripped into 4th after a blistering 2nd run, the fastest of the day. For the boys, Alec Dixon showed some of his best skiing today, really finding form in run two. Jasper Taylor vaulted up the leaderboard after putting down the 11th fastest time in the second run and I came 18th and got a lifetime best.”

For the GB Park and Pipe Pathway skiers, Chris McCormick was on form in the Europa Cup Slopestyle in Stubai, Austria, this weekend. After qualifying through to finals, he finished in 10th position in a large and competitive field. Joe Hides just missed out on the finals and unfortunately Monty Wright crashed.

Ski Cross athlete Emma Peters, finished in an impressive 12th position in the Pitztal NC race on Saturday in Austria after starting 37th. Peters went on to finish 27th in the EC races on Sunday.

Coming Up...

This week sees Delancey Alpine athletes Charlie Raposo and Nick Moynihan competing in the Levi Slalom Europa Cup races on Tuesday and Wednesday in Finland.

Britain’s top Aerials athlete, Lloyd Wallace is competing at Ruka Europa Cup on Thursday and Friday.

British SBX athletes will be competing in Pitztal Europa Cup on Wednesday and Thursday and will be joined by Olympian Zoe Gillings-Brier, who is competing in her first event since the birth of her daughter this summer.

#ProjectPY2018 Mission 36: Prime Park Sessions Stubai

Lucy Mackenzie — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:19:33 +0000

Rowan Coultas | Photo Jack Shackleton

25 November 2016

#ProjectPY2018 Mission 36: Prime Park Sessions Stubai

Park & Pipe

GB Park and Pipe athletes have been hard at work getting some invaluable training time on the world's best jumps at Prime Park Sessions on the Stubaier Gletscher. We catch up on their progress before they hit the road for the winter.

Thanks for the support The National Lottery, UK Sport and #Delancey. Filmed by Life Cinematic and produced by All Conditions Media as part of #ProjectPY2018.

Big World Cup Weekend for British Ski and Snowboard

Lucy Mackenzie — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:41:01 +0000

Andrew Musgrave

24 November 2016

Big World Cup Weekend for British Ski and Snowboard

Park & Pipe Nordic Alpine Telemark

This weekend marks the opening of World Cup competitions for both the British Nordic Team in Ruka, Finland and the British Telemark Team in Hintertux, Austria. The GB Park and Pipe snowboarders are in World Cup action at the Big Air Olympic test event in Alpensia, South Korea whilst Alex Tilley is in competing in the Alpine World Cup in Killington, USA.

The British Nordic Team will be hoping to capitalise on a good summer and autumn of training and competitions to make their mark on the World Cup circuit. Competing in Ruka for Great Britain will be Andrew Musgrave, Andrew Young, Callum Smith and Annika Taylor. Saturday will see the Men’s and Women’s Classic Sprint; and the Men’s Classic 15km and Women’s Classic 10km will take place on Sunday.

The GB Park and Pipe snowboarders have made a long journey to South Korea to test out the Big Air. At 49m it is the largest Big Air ramp in the world and will be used for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Big Air. After her fourth place in the Milan Big Air two weeks ago, Aimee Fuller will be looking to go one better and secure a podium in Alpensia. She is joined by in-form Katie Ormerod who finished second in last week’s Pleasure Jam. For the men, Billy Morgan will be joined by teammates Rowan Coultas and Matt McCormick. Men’s Qualification will be tomorrow, with Finals on Saturday, whilst both the Ladies’ Qualifiers and Finals will take place on Saturday.

Aimee Fuller at the Snowboard World Cup Big Air in Milan | Photo: Mateusz Kielpinski

Delancey British Alpine Team athlete Alex Tilley is in Vermont to compete in this weekend’s Alpine World Cup in Killington. After a good opening GS World Cup in Sölden, Tilley had a DNF in Levi last weekend. She will be looking for solid results in both the GS on Saturday and Slalom on Sunday.

Six athletes will be in action for the British Telemark team in the Hintertux World Cup this weekend. Jasmin Taylor will be looking to continue her impressive performances from last season and take to the podium on this season’s World Cup circuit. She is joined in the female races by Tara Parks. For the men, competing for Great Britain will be Louis Hatchwell, Jasper Taylor, Fred Thomas and Alec Dixon. Friday, Saturday and Sunday sees two women’s and two men’s Sprint races followed by a Parallel Sprint for both.

The GB Park and Pipe skiers will be competing in the Europa Cup in Stubai, Austria, this weekend. Tackling the slopestyle course on Saturday will be Monty Wright, Mike Rowlands, Joe Hides, Chris McCormick and Harris Booth.

GB Park and Pipe in Austria for Pleasure Jam

Lucy Mackenzie — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:17:46 +0000

Billy Morgan | Photo: Jenny Bletcher

18 November 2016

GB Park and Pipe in Austria for Pleasure Jam

Park & Pipe

This weekend GB Park and Pipe snowboarders and skiers head over to Dachstein in Austria for the Pleasure Jam, a Slopestyle World Snowboard Tour season opener, running on Saturday 19th November.

Fresh from their return from the Milan Big Air World Cup, Billy Morgan, Katie Ormerod and Rowan Coultas will be joined by fellow GB Park and Pipe snowboarders, Matt McCormick and Henry Shackleton.

The 14th edition of the international level event will see some of the world’s best riders head to the Superpark Dachstein to battle it out on the slopestyle course. As well as heats and finals there will be prizes on offer for the best male and female tricks.

Following Dave Ryding’s impressive 6th place World Cup Slalom finish last weekend, several of the other Delancey British Alpine Team athletes will be in action in FIS races this weekend. Back in Levi, Finland, Charlie Raposo returns from his first World Cup appearance in Sölden joined by teammate Nick Moynihan in the Slalom and GS. Nicole Ritchie and Gregory Saunders will be racing in the Slalom in Kåbdalis, Sweden, and Laurie Taylor, Billy Major, Fraser Middleton and Kieran Troup will be in action in Pass Thurn, Austria. Racing in the Slalom (both FIS and NJR races) in Pfelders, Italy, Charlie Guest will be looking to build upon an impressive start in the Southern Hemisphere season, alongside Alicja Krahelski, Megan Riley, Robert Poth, Zak Vinter and Ashley Breese.

The British Nordic Team is in action this weekend, with Annika Taylor competing in Beitostolen, Norway, in the Sprint and 10km FIS races. Over in Bruksvallarna, Sweden, Fern Cates, Callum Smith, Sam Cairns and Gregor Young will be competing in the FIS races.