This is a great opportunity to buy a brilliant modular, multi-functional SnoKart bag, at a great price and use it for your summer holidays or summer pop concert or festival visit and then again in the winter, when it’s time to hit the snow slopes for your skiing or boarding holiday!

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The SNO!down took place Saturday 15th May. Kicking off at 5pm with a 2 ½ hour Jam session things got going fast! SNO!zone Castleford provided us with another epic park set up, with a technical rail line consisting of a 10m rail, side on mega pipe, canon mega pipe, a gnarly down rail or the option of a gap to flat down rail. The amateur line was slightly easier but still lovingly sculpted. It included the 3m rail, and a small kicker option onto flat-down-flat picnic benches. There was also a precision built gap kicker in the top section where we saw some huge corked spins and rodeos throughout the night. The music played its part in the night with a play list that felt like the best shred movie pick n’ mix getting everyone pumped.

All of the places had sold out by 6pm Friday, with the entry cost only at £25 and an amazing set up who wouldn’t want to enter? Yorkshire local Andy Nudds was amongst the shredders, as was skier James Woods. They weren’t just there to show off the UK’s talent but also do some coaching during the jam session to help the younger and less experienced riders. There were also some big names amongst the judges. Dom Harington, Wayne Taylor, Joe Tomlinson, Charlie Smith and Rob Hackney were judging for the day. They kicked off the jam session by riding for the first half an hour showing how the course should be ridden.

As the jam session heated up competitors started destroying the course, Sam Turnbull and Carl Howden were making the most of the kicker with their underflips and backside rodeo’s. Tom Hunt impressed the spectators with his front flips off the canon pipe and cab 270’s on the gap to flat down rail.

Jamie Lawson and Oliie Powell were on top form. Jamie was killing it all night, showing off his range of technical tricks on the 10m and down rail. This, together with his laid back steeze, helped him bag 2nd place in the 17 and over category.

Ollie Powel was riding consistently all night. He was throwing sick 540’s over the kicker, pretzeling out of tricks in the top section and destroying the canon mega pipe. As well as 1st place in the age 13-16 category, Ollie walked away with the Golden ticket. This was an exclusive invite to one of SNO!zone’s street sessions chosen by Damian Doyle.

A big shout out has to go to all of the under 12’s. These guys were showing up some of the older riders. Rowan Coultas was on top form as usual, mixing up combinations of kicker and rail tricks with style. He won top spot in the under 12’s snowboard category. John Leetham came second in the under 12’s and this was his first competition! He had some sweet back 3’s, tailslides on the 10m and rode consistently and stylishly. Both these boys have got big futures ahead of them!

Haydyn Fiori, only 9 years old, was also on top form and showed he is not afraid when he attempted a huge disaster on the flat down rail. But it was Ronan Connolly who took the ski title in the under 12’s. He was consistently throwing down and this kid oozes style. Expect these kids battling out many a freestyle competition in the future.

The ladies were on fire and definitely gave the boys a run for their money. Katie Ormerod made 1st place her own in female snowboarders and Sissy Herent took 1st place in the female skier’s category. Faye Young also impressed the judges with her front flips and claimed 3rd in the female snowboarders and the electric sick chick award, chosen by the coaches for outstanding female rider of the night.

At 7.30pm it was time for a well earned break and a swift park re-shape. Then came the SNO!down Throwdown. The riders had one run each to show off their skills. This was a good opportunity for first time competitors to feel what its like to take part in a limited run competition but without the pressure.
The skiers were up first, they all gathered at the top so they could cheer as each competitor dropped. The atmosphere was great and slave monkey was up to his usual tricks on the mike. Josh Birch and Sam Turnbull were crowned the SNO!down Throwdown winners and each collected a goodie bag. Sam’s run stood out from the rest with a huge back 270 disaster on the flat down and Josh’s smooth and technical run included a 450 out of the canon pipe, 270 on the down rail and 270 on, 360 switch up, 270 out on the box.

Prize giving in the bar saw over 35 prize bags given away. The event sponsors hadn’t held back on generous donations! Carl Howden was awarded Rider of the night. The judges were very impressed with his back 7’s and his incredible transfer from kicker to the up pipe with an underflip 540 hand plant! The best un-sponsored skier was Dean Eccleston and the best un-sponsored snowboarder was Dean Horsefield so a good night for the Deans then!

A big thanks to all of the sponsors Little Mountain, 4Frnt Skis, Rossignol, Bawbags, SnoKart, Subvert, UK Tall Tees, Bern, Electric and Standing Sideways.

Young Tomski Robinson styles out a mute tailbone
Results
Under 12’s Ski
1st Ronan Connolly
2nd Haydyn Fiori
3rd Tom Humphrys

Under 12’s Snowboard
1st Rowan Coultas
2nd John Leetham
3rd Tomski Robinson

Age 13-16 Ski
1st Ollie Powell
2nd Josh Herent
3rd Will Wozencroft

Age 13-16 Snowboard
1st Tom Hunt
2nd Jordan Gee
3rd Joshua Ainger

Age 17 +over Ski
1st Chris Wadsworth
2nd Jamie Lawson
3rd Joe Webster

Age 17 +over Snowboard
1st Carl Howden
2nd Sam Turnbull
3rd Ross Needam

Female Ski
1st Sissy Herent
2nd Molly Summerhayes
3rd Zoe Lewis

Female Board
1st Katie Ormerod
2nd Sophie Nicholls
3rd Faye Young

Best Old geezer Snowboard- Robert Knoble
Best Old geezer Ski- Phil Harrison
Rider of the night- Carl Howden
Best Stack- Sarah Gold
Electric Sick Chick award- Faye Young
The Steeze award- Tom Black
Best unsponsored Skier- Dean Eccelston
Best unsponsored Snowboarder- Dean Horsefield
Throwdown winner Ski- Josh Birch
Throwdown winner Snowboard- Sam Turnbull
4frnt Standout Skier award- David Furley
Exclusive invite to the street session- Ollie Powell

Rider of the night, Carl Howden receiving his prize, The Kart Bag from SnoKart

SNO!zone Castleford are renowned for building the best parks in the UK. So we at SnoKart are really excited to be involved!

This competition will give riders a chance to show off what they have learnt during the winter season. The competition is open to all standards giving pros and amateurs the chance to bag some prizes. The set up will offer something for all levels to jib on. A slopestyle event as a jam format with a 1 run showdown at the end of the night.

The competition will give un-sponsored riders the time to shine as well as the pros.
As well as best male and female in both ski and board we will be offering best un-sponsored male and female, Best Stack, Best tick, rider of the night and more. Also lots of spot prizes will be given out on the night.

2 ½ hour Jam Session followed by a 1 run Showdown.

Will you be the rider of the night?

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Here at SnoKart we aim to make as many of our bags as multi functional as possible, so that you dont have to go spending money on different bags for your snow and summer holidays. SnoKart bags are designed to cover all travels, whether work or play, all year round. Simon sent us these awesome pictures taken on the summit of Table Mountain and down on the beach… enjoy!

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We are saving you £12 on our Urban Boot Bag and 30% off all of our Airliner Bags lightweight lining bags.

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…winter sports or summer hols…

To help celebrate 2010 and the New Year, we are offering this fantasic discount for a limited period only and while stocks last.

The Kargo is a brilliant companion on ski or snowboard trips and can also be used all year round. It has the added benefit of offering a true split luggage facility, by breaking down into two separately useable component parts, thus maiking it also ideal for short weekend breaks etc…

Follow this link. to take advantage of this great offer…!

We haven’t seen so much snow here for many a year.
Checkout the views from near our SnoKart offices today.
If only we had a few more big hills nearby and if we could get to the top of them…. we would never have to go anywhere else to ski or snowboard again.

We hope that all of you have happy holidays and we look forward to a brilliant 2010. Roll on The Winter Olympics and many hours on the slopes all over the world this winter season….

We know that The Kart’s top section will take skis up to about 184cm, although we claim 180cm, just to be safe. Two pairs, or one pair and a snowboard (both with bindings) will fit in; as will two pairs of skis (with bindings) or multiple boards without bindings. There is also room for ski or snowboard boots if you can manage.

Just pack everything into our appropriate SnoKart AIRLINER lining bags first, with or without poles and wrap a little clothing around them to be extra safe. Zip up and now you’re ready to move on to packing the rest of your clothing.

Ski or snowboard boots will fit into The Kart: Base as will a helmet, both neatly wrapped in their Boot AIRLINER and Helmet AIRLINER bags. Fill the gaps with the rest of you snow clothing. Now move on to The Kart: Holdall. This module is ideal for stowing the rest of your clothes. Your glad rags, club wear, even pulling pants!

Use our Dry AIRLINER to pack away your smalls and keep them all together and as the trip goes by, you will find the Dry AIRLINER becomes perfect for isolating smelly used stuff… phew!

And that’s it, all ready to go!

So as we asked initially, “just how big is The Kart?” Well it’s plenty big enough and easy enough to carry around due to its unique modular construction.

We suggest having a browse through our website a bit more and looking at all the pics for a clearer idea.

Do drop us an e-mail if you have any queries.

Alternatively have a look at some additional pics on our facebook page here