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NEWS - JANUARY 2007
SKIING, SNOWBOARDING AND MOUNTAIN BIKINGSUMMER CAMPS Brand new this year and hot off the press... Tourparty & Tourparty are hooking up again to offer Summer Camps for skiers, snowboarders and mountain bikers in the mountains of Les Deux Alpes, France. You can choose from the Tourparty Freestyle Skiing & Freestyle Snowboarding Camp on the amazing glacier, with a fun park that's even bigger than in the Winter! Every morning you will be on snow learning how to ski and snowboard freestyle better with a team of top Coaches and Pro skiers and snowboarders. Or if Freeride Mountain Biking is your thing in the Summer holidays there is no better way to spend a week than with DirtTribe's top Coaches and riders in Les Deux Alpes with its massive freestyle bike park, numerous downhill tracks and many cross country trails. After you've finished skiing, snowboarding and/or mountain biking each day there are lots of multi-activities included in the programme, offering everything from beach volley ball, swimming, ice skating and go karting to trampolining, tennis, table tennis and bowling! These amazing Summer Camps are open to riders aged 10-17 years old with great value fully-inclusive packages on offer. Don't miss out!! Book now, places limited. For more information and booking forms for the DirtTribe Freeride Mountain Biking Summer Camp click here. Or to read all about the Tourparty Freestyle Ski & Snowboarding Summer Camp click here.
FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL & INLINE HOCKEYSUMMER CAMPS We have decided to offer two new sports our Summer Camp for boys and girls aged 10-17 years old in Barcelona, Spain. This is a great Summer holiday to keep your mind off the lack of snow until next Winter! We will be offering expert coaching in soccer and basketball, with GB and International coaches on the staff rosta for both the Kickers Football Camps and the Hoopers Basketball Camps. The Camps are open to boys and girls from anywhere around the world. For the full info click here.
NEWS - NOVEMBER 2006
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GARY GREENSHIELDS JOINS TOURPARTY FOR 2006-2007 Gary has done 8 seasons and traveled the world in pursuit of his first love - snowboarding. He is totally hooked, he loves being on his board and is always impatient to get back on it to ride with old friends and new, as he says himself: “jumping spinning sliding slamming shouting screaming rolling around in the powder… driving to find new snow fresh shaped pipes groomed runs… big jumps… I love it all!”.
As one of the UK’s most experienced riders and coaches Gary is sponsored by Burton Snowboards, Burton Clothing, Gravis Footwear, Anon Eyewear, The Snowboard Asylum, Volcom Clothing.
Gary will be sharing his passion, experience and top tips at Tourparty, don’t miss this opportunity to meet, learn from and ride with one of the UK’s best.
Gary joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Hamish Acland, Darryl Ball, Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Andy Evans, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Glen Lawley, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples, Lyndon Sheehan, Jossi Wells. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about him in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
HAMISH ACLAND CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT TOURPARTY THIS NEW YEAR Hamish was born to freeride! He recently beat allcomers at the Big Mountain competition at the 2006 New Zealand Open, internationally he ranked 5th on the IFSA World Tour in 2005/06 and placed 3rd at the IFSA World Tour Finals.
Coaching comes second nature to Hamish. He has coached or had a hand in developing many of New Zealand’s top skiers today. A member of the NZ Ski Team and Volkl International team, Hamish will be again competing on the IFSA World Tour in 2007.
The Tourparty Camp at New Year offers a unique chance to ski with and learn from Hamish, one of the world’s best freeriders.
Hamish joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Darryl Ball, Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Andy Evans, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Gary Greenshields, Glen Lawley, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples, Lyndon Sheehan, Jossi Wells. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about him in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
LYNDON SHEEHAN SIGNS UP AS PART OF THE KIWI CREW AT TOURPARTY THIS NEW YEAR Lyndon is one of New Zealand’s best freeskiers, ranked No 2 in pipe and park in NZ and like many of his Kiwi brethren he can rip the Big Mountain too. He has risen through the ranks with his style growing along the way and with a big of tricks. Recent international results include 5th in the Halfpipe at the World Cup (Apex, Norway) and a top 20 placing in the US Open.
A member of the NZ Ski Team, Lyndon has a full competition schedule ahead this season, competing around the globe in Halfpipe and Slopestyle events. His experience and ability, his love for the sport and easy-going manner show in his coaching style. Don’t miss this opportunity to rub shoulders with one of freeskiing’s most talented riders at the Tourparty New Year camp.
Lyndon joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Hamish Acland, Darryl Ball, Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Andy Evans, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Gary Greenshields, Glen Lawley, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples, Jossi Wells. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about him in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
YOUR CHANCE TO RIDE WITH JOSSI WELLS AT TOURPARTY THIS NEW YEAR Jossi is rapidly becoming a household name worldwide as one of the breakthrough performers of 2006. He will be riding at the Camp as one of our guest Pros, sharing his experience with everyone participatiing in Tourparty.
Jossi has achieved some big results, 12th in the US Open Slopestyle, 2nd in the Aspen Open Slopestyle and 7th in the Halfpipe at the Orage European Open. Adding to this he threw down at the Candide Thovex invitational being the first to hit the massive 140 feet booter switch and winning the 7’s comp at the Jon Olson.
His form has continued this year, taking 2nd in Halfpipe and winning the Slopestyle at the New Zealand Open 2006, with flawless tricks including a switch 630 to gap down box.
A member of the NZ Ski Team and the Atomic and Oakley International teams, you will see Jossi throwing down at all the major events over the 2006-2007 season. Come and meet him at the Tourparty New Year camp!
Jossi joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Hamish Acland, Darryl Ball, Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Andy Evans, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Gary Greenshields, Glen Lawley, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples, Lyndon Sheehan. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about him in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
DARRYL BALL GOES TOTALLY TRIBAL THIS SEASON Darryl is a professional skier from the UK, on the international Völkl team and also riding for Anon. Apart from competing internationally (Most recently at the New Zealand Open 2006) and appearing in UK ski magazines (not only in the action shots but in the fashion shoots too!), he is an experienced coach.
When he’s not coaching for Tourparty, Darryl spends the winter in Whistler, Canada coaching the Whistler Freeride Club and Tribal Freeride Team (www.tribalsnow.com). Yep, he’s gone all tribal on us both sides of the Atlantic! He also coaches freeskiing in New Zealand at both SnowPark and Cardrona. We’re stoked to have him on the Tourparty team!
Darryl joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Hamish Acland, Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Andy Evans, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Gary Greenshields, Glen Lawley, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples, Lyndon Sheehan, Jossi Wells. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about him in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
ANDY EVANS BACK AT LES DEUX ALPES FOR TOURPARTY Andy has been skiing for 20 years, spending the past 6 years on twins having got into riding park and pipe, though freeriding remains his real passion. He qualified as a ski instructor in Whistler, CSIA Level 1 and 2 and has also done seasons in Montgenevre and Serre Chevalier being kitchen porter, night porter, chalet boy and rep!
Andy has ridden dozens of resorts across the world but reckons Les Deux Alpes ranks as the perfect spot for Camps, with one of the largest and best maintained parks in Europe and legendary freeriding at La Grave… a regular in Les Deux Alpes thanks to Ryanair and Easyjet he’s looking forward to returning for Tourparty 06/07.
Andy joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Hamish Acland, Darryl Ball, Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Gary Greenshields, Glen Lawley, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples, Lyndon Sheehan, Jossi Wells. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about him in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
DISCOUNT PERIOD EXTENDED
In response to requests from people still in the process of booking, we have extended the discount period. Tourparty is offering a £25 discount per person for all bookings (subject to availability) received on or before Sunday 17 December 2006 - for more details see: Discount Conditions.
NEWS - OCTOBER 2006
HAMISH MCKNIGHT ON-BOARD WITH TOURPARTY We are very pleased to welcome Hamish McKnight to the Tourparty Coaching team rosta. Hamish has been at the forefront of the British snowboarding scene for almost as long as he’s been riding. He is now the Team GB Slopestyle Coach and will be travelling extensively with the GB team over the season working with the GB athletes at all the key international comps.
Having cut his teeth on the Hillend dryslope in his hometown of Edinburgh, Hamish spent his teens competing - and in many cases, winning - numerous events at home and abroad. Over the years he has continued to compete and do photo shoots etc while also developing coaching experience, working with the kommunity camps run by Neil McNab for the last 7 years.
He now divides his time between working as a snowboard expert in the Snowboard Asylum in Milton Keynes, and travelling abroad - to Europe, the US, the Far East, and even Iran. He is featured regularly in UK snowboard publications (White Lines, Snowboard UK, and Document Magazine) and his trips are frequently covered by travel and snowsports media from around the globe as well as being documented on film for channels such a Extreme and Channel 4. He is currently sponsored by Burton Snowboards, Anon goggles, Gravis footwear, Hurley clothing and The Snowboard Asylum (TSA).
Hamish joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Glen Lawley, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about him in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
POSY DIXON JOINS THE TOURPARTY COACHING TEAM ROSTA Posy has a cool job as a Snowboard Pro for Burton... fortunately she's also found time in her hectic schedule to participate in one or more Tourparty Camps and we're very pleased to have her on the team.
Posy has been riding for six years having started in Scotland at Hillend (Midlothian Ski Centre). Having proven herself in AIM Series and University competitions around the UK she was hooked up by Burton, Anon, Red, Coal, TSA and Gravis. She now spends her time between London and Myrhofen but has travelled everywhere, chasing snow from Canada to Austria, Iceland to New Zealand, competing in international freestyle events and filming for ‘The Playground’ (Hungerpain).
When coaching Posy likes to teach good style, confidence, how to really enjoy riding and get the best out of your days on the snow. She has coached on numerous snowboard camps in France and Norway, getting great satisfaction from introducing riders to the wonderful world of freestyle riding.
Posy joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Gavin Carruthers, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Glen Lawley, Hamish McKnight, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about her in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
MOL & TOM PERCIVAL TEAM UP WITH TOURPARTY Mollie and Tom are both pro snowboarders and coaches in their own right, but having got married they come as a bit of a double act which is fine by us, it's awesome to have both of them on the Tourparty rosta!
Mollie discovered snowboarding about 7 years ago and life has not be the same since. Her honeymoon was her first season in Tignes and since then she has headed out to the snow whenever she can, spending the rest of her time riding the dryslopes around North-West England and working at the University Of Bolton as a Sport, Health and Physical Activity Officer. As well as coaching Snowboarding she also coaches Trampolining, Boxercise and Fitness. Now sponsored by Sapient Snowboards, Mission Six Clothing, 32s Snowboard Boots, Etnies Trainers and Subvert Board Store, Mollie has a long record of competition success.
Tom didn’t start snowboarding until his 23rd birthday when he was bought a snowboard taster lesson at Ski Rossendale and loved it! Having caught the bug he went religiously every week to improve, trying to get better than his girlfriend, now wife, and claims he still hasn't managed it! But however humble he is about his own riding, the rest of us know him as an experienced coach and rider, sponsored by Rome Snowboards and Westbeach Clothing.
Mollie & Tom join a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Mike Hanley, Rick Hutchings, Glen Lawley, Hamish McKnight, Pat Sharples. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about them in more detail and the other Tourparty coaches.
TOURPARTY & TOURPARTY BROCHURE LEAFLET
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BURTON, ANON & RED SIGN-UP AS TOURPARTY SPONSORS
We are very pleased to announce that Burton, Anon and Red will be joining LINE Skis as main sponsors of the Tourparty Camps.
They will be supporting the Camps with coaching, pro riders, product testing (including early previews of new gear) and prizes and presentations.
Don't miss out, reserve your place now!
TOURPARTY WELCOMES MIKE HANLEY TO THE TOURPARTY COACHING TEAM Great news... Mike Hanley has joined the Tourparty Coaching Team rosta! Mike is from Southern California, USA. He was a US Freestyle Aerial Development Team member and NCAA diver before he got into new school skiing. Mike did stuntwork skiing for the movie Jonny Tsunami, before beginning his coaching career. His number one highlight was being asked to be Head Coach for the United States at the 2004 SAAS Fee World Cup Halfpipe. He has dual coaching certifications in Trampoline and Level 3 Aerials.
Mike is Head Coach for ISP at the Utah Olympic Park in the Summer and coach for PSI (Planet Ski International) in Whistler on the glacier in July. He coached Sean Field (2nd at the US Open and Top Ten at the Winter X Games two years in a row in halfpipe) and has worked with Tanner Hall, CR Johnson, Seth Morrison, Mike Wilson, JT Holmes, Matt Philipi and all of the Battersbies (Ashley, Tyler, Adam and Zoo) to name a few.
Pro riders usually call on Mike when they have something progresive they want to work on (spinning doubles & off axis doubles etc). If doing tricks in the park is your game, he is the man to see!
Mike joins a fantastic team of staff and a coaching rosta including Gavin Carruthers, Posy Dixon, Rick Hutchings, Glen Lawley, Hamish McKnight, Mollie Percival, Tom Percival, Pat Sharples. (Other coaches are joining the rosta soon - watch this space!) Visit the Team Profiles page to read about them.
£25 DISCOUNT PER PERSON
Tourparty is offering a £25 discount per person for all bookings in October (subject to availability, must be booked before 31 October 2006) - for more details see: Discount Conditions.
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Gary has done 8 seasons and traveled the world in pursuit of his first love - snowboarding. He is totally hooked, he loves being on his board and is always impatient to get back on it to ride with old friends and new, as he says himself: “jumping spinning sliding slamming shouting screaming rolling around in the powder… driving to find new snow fresh shaped pipes groomed runs… big jumps… I love it all!”.
Hamish was born to freeride! He recently beat allcomers at the Big Mountain competition at the 2006 New Zealand Open, internationally he ranked 5th on the IFSA World Tour in 2005/06 and placed 3rd at the IFSA World Tour Finals.
Lyndon is one of New Zealand’s best freeskiers, ranked No 2 in pipe and park in NZ and like many of his Kiwi brethren he can rip the Big Mountain too. He has risen through the ranks with his style growing along the way and with a big of tricks. Recent international results include 5th in the Halfpipe at the World Cup (Apex, Norway) and a top 20 placing in the US Open.
Jossi is rapidly becoming a household name worldwide as one of the breakthrough performers of 2006. He will be riding at the Camp as one of our guest Pros, sharing his experience with everyone participatiing in Tourparty.
Darryl is a professional skier from the UK, on the international Völkl team and also riding for Anon. Apart from competing internationally (Most recently at the New Zealand Open 2006) and appearing in UK ski magazines (not only in the action shots but in the fashion shoots too!), he is an experienced coach.
Andy has been skiing for 20 years, spending the past 6 years on twins having got into riding park and pipe, though freeriding remains his real passion. He qualified as a ski instructor in Whistler, CSIA Level 1 and 2 and has also done seasons in Montgenevre and Serre Chevalier being kitchen porter, night porter, chalet boy and rep!
We are very pleased to welcome Hamish McKnight to the Tourparty Coaching team rosta. Hamish has been at the forefront of the British snowboarding scene for almost as long as he’s been riding. He is now the Team GB Slopestyle Coach and will be travelling extensively with the GB team over the season working with the GB athletes at all the key international comps.
Posy has a cool job as a Snowboard Pro for Burton... fortunately she's also found time in her hectic schedule to participate in one or more Tourparty Camps and we're very pleased to have her on the team.
Mollie and Tom are both pro snowboarders and coaches in their own right, but having got married they come as a bit of a double act which is fine by us, it's awesome to have both of them on the Tourparty rosta!
Great news... Mike Hanley has joined the Tourparty Coaching Team rosta! Mike is from Southern California, USA. He was a US Freestyle Aerial Development Team member and NCAA diver before he got into new school skiing. Mike did stuntwork skiing for the movie Jonny Tsunami, before beginning his coaching career. His number one highlight was being asked to be Head Coach for the United States at the 2004 SAAS Fee World Cup Halfpipe. He has dual coaching certifications in Trampoline and Level 3 Aerials.
