Events At Castleford
Monday, April 16, 2007
Here's a list of the upcoming events at Cas':
SNO!storm Freestyle Nights:
- 4th May
- 3rd August
- 2nd November
Airbag Freestyle Nights:
- 12th May
- 9th June
- 14th July
- 11th August
- 15th September
I don't intend on visiting all of the airbag nights, in fact, I'm not sure how many I'll go to. It's good fun and you can try some nice stuff, but it's fairly pricey and I didn't like the kicker too much last time. Maybe it will be better in the future... Still, I'd like to go to at least one more, maybe two.
I do however, definitely want to make all of the SNO!storm nights. The two that I've been to so far have really impressed: good kickers and lots of good rails/boxes. There're the cool little snow-skates to play on too!
Labels: airbag, snostorm, xscape castleford
Airbags and Snowflex: Video
Thursday, April 12, 2007
So here's the video that we took last Saturday at Halifax and Castleford. Whilst we were riding that day we met a fellow rider - Sam. It turned out that it was his first taste of snowflex too and he was heading over to Cas' to session the airbag afterwards! What are the chances of that? Nice guy, good shredder...
Just in case you like the track, it's Soul Meets Body, by Death Cab For Cutie. Here's an iTunes link:
Labels: airbag, halifax, snowflex, video, xscape castleford
Airbags and Snowflex
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
So I got my first taste of snowflex at the weekend and I've got to say I really enjoyed it. I'll definitely be riding at Halifax again.
In fact the whole of Saturday was great; really busy, but great. First off was the drive down to Halifax, then a couple of hours riding on the snowflex, over to Castleford for the airbag night, and finally a late night drive home.
There were two firsts in there for me, so here's a little bit of info about each:
The Halifax Slope I opted to pay for flexi hours on the slope, which seems to be a really good idea. Basically you get a card with some credit on it, and then swipe in and out as you please.
Two hours of credit costs £18; but at the time there was a deal giving you £35 credit for £25, which is what I went for. There's more information on the website.
Airbag Night at Cas' The airbag night at Castleford was an extra freestyle session, in addition to the regular Thursday and Friday freestyle nights. So as well as the airbag itself, there was a collection of rails and boxes too.
Time on the airbag was separated out into four, fourty-five minute slots. Each slot was limited to eight people and you needed to book yourself in. The cost of a booking was £8, but this did not include your time on the slope. That is, you need to cover your time on the airbag with paid-for time on the slope.
The guy marshalling at the top did a pretty good job of checking tickets for the airbag; but invariably there were people sneaking on which added to the waiting a little. Someone called it air-blagging :-)
Video from the day and thoughts on riding snowflex to come...
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