It's dumping in the UK!!

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Yeah word. I'll be bringing skis, boots and a snow shovel down to london on the train with me, should be fun...

Jan 7 2010 7:27PM

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im suprised its lasted this long.

i was assuming it was gonna rain. eventually.

Jan 7 2010 7:35PM

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This dude was boarding newcastle town moor, there is def space there for a terran park and it has about 9 inches base layer. I want to go to London and bring my Pontoons up but i have exams!

Jan 7 2010 8:25PM

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Ok no idea how to embed

hope that works...

Jan 7 2010 8:35PM

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those pics are awesome!

Jan 7 2010 8:54PM

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today is the day me and my friend drunk as hell worked until 4 am. carried scafolding poles 15 mins back to my house and set that mother fucker up. shotgun rail in the backyard. session is beginning now

Jan 8 2010 6:09AM

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Slopes of newcastle - slayed.

Jan 8 2010 6:46AM

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i think it will be here for a while. It's far too cold to rain, and there's supposed to be another dump on sunday.

Jan 8 2010 6:48AM

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Hahahahaha! I lol'd. That's like mother nature giving the finger to man's efforts to replace snow.

Jan 8 2010 9:21AM

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OMG I can see my house!!!

Jan 8 2010 9:59AM

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jib that brick wall! When I was in the UK there seemed to be some potential jibs although everything seemed old and fancy I'd be afraid to break anything. Also I noticed you guys seem to have more camera, cops, security and less hidden rails. Shit would get broken up fast it looks like.

Jan 8 2010 10:02AM

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The problem is that no police officer will have ever seen anyone skiing urban before, so they'll be confused, and just shut it down.

Which is why, in Norway, the police don't mind, because they're used to it, and realise no harm is being done.

Jan 8 2010 10:05AM

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There are def some nice rails around!

And since we are not used to snow, here are some photos of the snow :-) we were so stoked

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So sick to have snow, even without much skiing for most skiers and even people who havent been before it gets them stoked! :-)

Jan 8 2010 10:15AM

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mate those rails look sick get onn them.

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

Jan 8 2010 10:22AM

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mate, mad props for cotching with that set up in your back yard, looks so sick, nice to see someone jibbing, i am going down to london in 2 weeks to grab my skis after my finals! My degree is definately getting in the way... lets hope for more snow, there is so much potential in newcastle!

Jan 8 2010 10:32AM

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Its really disappointing here in London, the warmth of the City plus the Tall buildings break up the atmosphere so although we have snow, its not the meter deep stuff the rest of the UK seem to be enjoying :-( still, should be fun 2moro!!!

Jan 8 2010 10:55AM

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What? You´ve been living in Norway for 5 years and not one snowday? Were the FUCK do you live? Even here in Oslo we still get snow every winter.

Jan 8 2010 11:07AM

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I guess he means Norway doesn't go into melt down like the UK does. I drove from Oslo to Hafjell the other week, and for all 4 hours, the roads were covered in snow, even the motorways, and no one was phased.

An inch of snow on UK roads, and people are abandoning their cars and getting heli'd out

Jan 8 2010 11:10AM

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i think what he's saying is that england an tiny bit of snow shuts everything down whereas in norway lots of snow can fall and not affect anything becuase you're used to it and therefore no days off due to snow.

Jan 8 2010 11:12AM

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8444835.stm

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i wish i lived around here;

there is no way (i think) i can embed this but check it out - looks rather picturesque!

look at dem hillz!

Jan 8 2010 12:45PM

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i rather lol'd at the music!

Jan 8 2010 12:46PM

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^ that music was lolerific but seriously that looks awesome

Jan 8 2010 12:54PM

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anyone found a goo urban spot in surrey somewhere?

Jan 8 2010 1:15PM

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thats where i live! havent managed to get out though cos of exams which sucks

Jan 8 2010 5:18PM

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thats where i live! havent managed to get out though cos of exams which sucks

Jan 8 2010 5:19PM

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^ The Cairngorms looks exactly the same but have ski centres on them :D Looking forward to another day in the next week or so once this stupid exams are out of the way.

Here is the best shot I have so far of the mini-sessions my friends and I have been having (yes it is a snowboarder, basically non of my friends ski (and those that do aren't around - at Uni, I'm at home).

Jan 8 2010 5:25PM

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we made a proper run with a really tiny kicker, a box then a small jump at the end. Got about a weeks skiing in on this but now I've got to go back to uni.

Japan on the kicker:

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My mate doing some 1 footers on the snowboard:

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And Me snowboarding for the first time in years:

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Jan 8 2010 6:49PM

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First image doesn't work unless you click on it for some reason...

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Jan 8 2010 6:50PM

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Getting after some in the secrets.............

Jan 8 2010 7:55PM

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Nice shots! you get any skiing done? where is this? so sick

Jan 8 2010 10:01PM

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I really wish I had my gear here... I would seriously consider going up to Scotland or even just Yad Moss ( http://www.yadmoss.co.uk/ ).

Jan 9 2010 7:14AM

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I can't give the location away......... Sorry.

The plan was, to head up there to have a look and not bother skiing. Because it's still a wee bit thin and sketchy. But another couple of big dumps and it should be filled in nicely.

Jan 9 2010 9:24AM

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and now it's raining, god damn Cambridgeshire.

Jan 10 2010 10:51AM

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Went to Yad Moss on news years eve day, hadn't heard about it until the week before......it's bloody awesome (to say its in England). Found a sketchy stone wall to jib over :-)

Jan 10 2010 11:02AM

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I know this sounds like the opposite of logic but this could be one side effect of global warming. watch inconvenient truth for the scientific explanation

Jan 10 2010 3:18PM

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yea, there's a change in the climate towards a warmer aggregate climate but the weather conditions have become more extreme.

Jan 10 2010 3:22PM

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Exactly. Warmer summers, colder winters. Perfect aha

Jan 10 2010 3:31PM

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win

Jan 10 2010 3:44PM

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Getting after some more, on a windy day..............

Jan 10 2010 4:54PM

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Jan 10 2010 4:58PM

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what!!!!!!!!!!! that looks sick! i am guessing this is in scotland - but is this one of the lift served resorts or did you hike? looks really awesome!

POW!

Jan 10 2010 5:09PM

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We skinned from glenshee and down into the ACF.. Then skinned up the other side and onto the ridge.

It's easily assessable slackcountry from the top glas moal poma or a 45 minute to 1 hour skin from glenshee base area.

Jan 10 2010 5:52PM

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Yeah, there is some sick stuff I would like to ski around the back of Glenshee but don't have the skis/skins to do it. Snow still looks good which is a good thing, going to have at least another day at Glenshee/The Lecht after next weekend (got an annoying Uni exam this week). Then got a week before Avoriaz so I'll see how many days I can get in. Might make a trip up to Cairngorm if I can be bothered with the drive.

Jan 10 2010 6:45PM

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Been on the hunt for some urban adventures and finally found a hiittable one tonight. smallish down rail with a donkey dick and a slight bump/kink in the middle. My First Urban!

Also an edited version for the Line Skis UK Facebook.

Really want to check out up north Cairngorms, Glencoe etc looks awesome, but i have no one to ski with at the minute. My Homie broke his back out in Mayrhofen so is home but cant ski!

Jan 10 2010 8:04PM

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Sick! So stoked for you.

Jan 10 2010 8:26PM

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followCam, you literally have my exact set up from nz. high 5s anthems and jesters. sick flicks

Jan 11 2010 7:12AM

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@ followcam - wow!

all the snow where i am has turned really hard/icy and there isn't much in the way of urban that isn't in plain view of roads and things, shit would get shut down pretty quick, plus i have noone that i know who is at the same level of skiing/(understands the need to slide down handrails) to help me set up etc. all my skier friends are racers/gapers who don't really understand this new fangled newschool nonsense!

Jan 11 2010 7:46AM

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Melting pretty rapidly in Norwich... Even though it's only 1°C.. the rainy snow has turned everything into an inch of slush :(

Jan 11 2010 8:28AM

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