Profile - Skyla Baily - Elite Junior

Name: Skyla Baily

Year of Birth: 2000

Career Highlights:

1st British Championships – Tignes (Youth) 2014

1st Scottish Championships (U16) 2014

1st English Championships (Overall) 2014

1st Davos Junior Open (U15) 2014

2013-14 was Skyla’s first season of proper competition and she was delighted with her results. She is looking forward to training and competing more next season.

Goals:

Skyla is keen to train as much as possible with the squad and try to gain as much competition experience as she can this season. Skyla hopes this early opportunity and some hard work will put her on track to be a World Cup and Olympic Snowboarder in years to come.

Personal sponsors:

Snozone: www.snozoneuk.com

Absolute Snow: www.absolute-snow.co.uk

Shout Outs:

Ash and all the guys at Snowboardcoach, all the people at Snozone who have helped me over the years and a big thank-you to my generous kit sponsors Absolute Snow!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkylaBailySBX

Instagram: http://instagram.com/skylabailysbx

Short Bio:

Skyla grew up in Buckinghamshire and learnt to snowboard on her home slope at SnoZone Milton Keynes aged 8 and really took to it. Although most of her time was spent indoors Skyla really wanted to try Snowboardcross from an early stage and competed in her first Brits aged just 10 coming 3rd in her age group. School and other sporting commitments (including gaining a black belt in Karate) kept Skyla away from competition for a year but in 2013 she competed again at the Brits before successful outings at both the English and GB Indoor Championships. Following a successful trial in Hintertux in October Skyla was delighted to be invited to join the GB squad as an Elite Junior. She hopes to make the most of this opportunity to develop her SBX skills and compete in selected competitions across Europe to gain further experience.