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These are some skiing related web links we like but there are probably loads of great sites out there we haven't included - if you know of sites we should list here please email us at info@tourparty.com giving the full URL and telling us why we should list the site. [Please note, we accept no responsibility for the content of third party sites, nor do we necessarily recommend or endorse these sites, their content, products or services - you visit at your own risk... doh!]

www.aimseries.com - home of the main British Freestyle Skiing Championships (the "Brits") held in Laax, Switzerland each year, and also of the UK freestyle competition tour held over the Summer at artificial slopes around Britain. The site is run by Stu, Spencer and the rest of the team at Soul Sports (www.soulsports.co.uk). If you want to get involved in the thriving UK freestyle skiing scene, watch the action and perhaps compete too, start here.

www.allaboutthealps.com - offering tourist information and business guides, this site sets out to provide news and event details for resorts accross the Alps, as well as visitor information and guides covering town info, transportation, accommodation etc.

www.anonoptics.com - the website of our sponsors Anon, giving full information on all their goggles, sunglasses, apparel and team, also downloads too.

www.befsa.com - BEFSA is a nonprofit organization established in 1998 by a group of Bulgarian freeskiers to develop and popularize the freeskiing sport in Bulgaria, as well as to represent the needs and interests of the Bulgarian freeskiing community. With a lot of useful news, resort and mountain advice and information and insights into the Bulgarian scene, this is well worth visiting if you are tempted to head east.

www.bensbus.co.uk - Ben's Bus offers low cost Alpine Ski Transfers from Grenoble Airport to Les 2 Alpes and Alpe D'Huez. Having stepped off your budget airline you can now step onto an affordable, comfortable and direct ski transfer to either resort. You have to book online prior to travel. Full details and booking instructions are available on the website.

www.britishsnowtour.com - the successor to the old AIM Series and also run by Soul Sports (the team behind the Brits), the new "British Snow Tour" hopes to create new breeding grounds for emerging talent and continue to provide a path from grass roots participation through to international competition. There are competitions taking place around the UK in September, October and November, culminating in the Brits in March 2008. Visit the website for everything you need to know to participate or spectate.

www.darksummer.co.uk - Dark Summer is the quality core freestyle ski magazine available free in the UK from most snowsports shops and produced by Daniel and Zack through the Winter... the online version has a thriving forum area plus news, gallery, movie clips, profiles etc.

www.doglotion.com - funky, interesting, colourful US site for the freeskiing community, with resort info, blogs, articles, vids, pics, gear, links etc.

www.fallline.co.uk - Fall Line is the freeskiing magazine for the UK scene, available from most good newsagents... the website version offers news, vids, pics, gear reviews, travel etc.

www.fearofthepark.co.uk - UK site regularly updated with news and events from the UK's artificial slopes covering the freestyle skiing and snowboarding scene... great attitude and well maintained, with forums, pics, product information, links etc.

www.feedthehabit.com - a USA site from the Utah Backcountry, for powder skiers and mountain bikers with gear reviews, resort news, videos, photos and commentary.

www.freeride.se - jam packed Scandinavian site for freeride skiers and snowboarders with articles, news, forums etc. Great use of photos and a log-in area for members.

www.freeskiing.co.uk - friendly site for freeskiers by the MacKay brothers and Thorburn (?!) with features, forum, vis, pics, team news etc.

www.freeskimag.com - newsy, information, fun site for Scandinavian freestyle and freeride skiers, with event info and reports, video, calendar etc.

www.freestylesnowsports.co.uk - for everything you want to know about the British freestyle scene, this site is kept up to date regularly with news and event information for those who want to compete in the UK on the UK circuit and abroad with freestyle events, especially FIS competitions. Join the mailing list to be in the know.

www.tourparty.com/gromcamps - Pat Sharples, Head Coach on the Tourparty Easter Camps and Team Manager for Oakley and Salomon, is running a series of freestyle ski camps in the UK open to skiers of all standards, all ages and first time freestylers too. (For information on the next camps click on the link.) Don't miss this great opportunity to benefit from coaching by Pat and other Coaches and Pro skiers like LINE Skis Pro Andy Bennett.

www.h2o.ro - Romanian "portal de sporturi extreme" packed full of information about freesports, from snowboarding and skiing to mountain biking, kitesurfing and skateboarding.

www.ifyouski.com - very comprehensive site full of useful information for skiers and snowboarders - resort info, snow reports, webcams, news and views, fun stuff, gear reviews, techniques guides etc.

www.irishsnowboarder.com - community site providing a home for Irish snowboarders all over the world and promoting the sport of snowboarding in Ireland but also of use to skiers with loads of useful information - resort info, snow reports, webcams, news and views, fun stuff, gear reviews, techniques guides etc. Registration is free.

www.j2ski.com - an informative site, full of useful facts, figures and contact details. Did you know there are 789 resorts in Europe? No, we didn't either. Use the site for snow reports, snow forecasts, information on resorts around the world, airport info, travel planning, ski chat and resort jobs etc.

www.lineskis.co.uk - the core freestyle and freeride ski brand of choice, LINE has a rock solid range of skis which look great, perform brilliantly and withstand punishment... they also supply clothing and accessories too... LINE Skis UK are one of our sponsors, check out their site containing news, events, team and product information.

www.maxlifestyle.net - a network of websites that deals with extreme sports etc, with a link through to the "ABC of Skiing" site at www.abc-of-skiing.com packed full of information from news and technique guides to gear and holiday/travel services, plus a Community area with lots of special features like myspace layouts and downloads.

www.mysnowsports.com - mostly UK/European focussed skiing site with the fun slogan "going downhill fast"! Has blogs and forums for skiers to exchange news, especially industry/resort news, comments, opinions etc. You can register and generate your own content etc.

www.mysticfreeride.com - very happening Italian site for people who like to ride snow, water and dirt... full of event information and news, pics, tour and team info etc.

www.natives.co.uk - the number 1 site for anyone looking for work in a ski resort (and also year round resort work), packed full of the latest news, event information, snowcams, equipment information, links etc. Well maintained and kept bang up to date by the Natives team.

www.newschoolers.com - this is the dogs bollocks site for freestylers / newschool... membership has doubled in just two years with nearly 100,000 members around the world, though mostly North America... full of the latest news, articles, features, gossip and loads of forums and postings, this is where the industry and riders come together to share their passion for skiing. You can access it as a guest or register.

www.pistehors.com - grew out of a webpage about the La Grave ski area which went online in February 1998. It's a site dedicated to freeride and extreme skiers, with interesting news and information, comment and chat for those who love to charge off-piste and cruise the backcountry.

www.redprotection.com - for helmets, body protection, audex, apparel and team info from one of our sponsors, Red Protection. Don't ski or snowboard without a helmet, you need your brains in your skull... not all over the mountain!

www.ridersrepublic.com - Riders Republic offer ski and snowboarding holidays that are designed to be fun, friendly, flexible and affordable in a number of chalets based in the La Plagne group of villages on the doorstep of the lift to Les Arcs, in the heart of the Paradiski area. Now as a new service for 07-08 Riders Republic will be offering LINE Skis for rental and demo testing in the first LINE UK Test Centre in France.

www.saveoursnow.com - dedicated to climate change in ski resorts, providing impartial information on how global warming is affecting our planet's snowfall, ski resorts, glaciers and polar areas, as well as what the ski resorts are doing ...and what you can do.

www.skiandsnowboardmag.com - the website for the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazine available from most UK newsagents, the website offers recent articles from the magazine, news, events, advertising info, lifestyle, gear reviews etc.

www.skiclub.co.uk - the "Ski Club of GB" is working hard to shake off the image of being more "old school" than "new school" with a comprehensive website packed full of useful information from the latest news and features to snow reports, resort information, events, resort jobs, holidays, a "respect the mountain" campaign and even a new online snowsports TV channel at www.skitv.co.uk. The Ski Club are also the publishers of Ski and Board magazine available from most good UK newsagents.

www.skihomepage.co.uk - links site with a variation on the million dollar home page with an advertising "wall" of sponsor's ads, plus pages of links to sites of interest and help to skiers and snowboarders divided into different categories.

www.snow24.com - possibly the world's biggest ski resort guide, photo library and consultancy, Snow24 manages information on all the world's ski centres. Their central resource is a database of 5,700 ski centres in 80 countries, first established in 1991 and now grown to include up to 500 comparable stats on each ski area, detailed descriptive texts of the world's top 250 resorts and maps and images from the top 1,000 resorts.

www.snow365.com - billed as "the world's only comprehensive and independent indoor snow and artificial surface slope site and news feed" this site aims to give all the latest news and background information on the indoor snow domes and artificial surface (dry) ski slopes which now exist at more than 300 locations in 40 countries with new centres opening, on average, every month.

www.snowfix.com - aims to supply the latest snow forecasts, snow webcams, snowfall charts and other snow sport resources for skiers, snowboarders and anyone who loves the mountains. The latest snow data is updated four times a day.

www.summersnownz.co.uk - if you are heading for New Zealand this Summer to spend their Winter hitting the snowparks, visiting the land of Orks and Hobbits and generally having an unforgettable holiday... speak to Posy Dixon (Burton snowboarder and Tourparty coach on the Tourparty Easter 07 Camp) and her friends at Summer Snow NZ. Decent accommodation is notoriously hard to find in Wanaka and many people find themselves living in crowded hostels for entire seasons... SSNZ have bagged a few of the best cottages in Wanaka so that you can avoid the tourist traps and live in a comfortable ‘home’ for your winter stay.

www.whiteguides.ru - "White Guides" is a project created by Mountain Guides from the Elbrus region, Dombai, Krasnaya Polyana (Caucasus, Russia). The Mountain Guides Association unites mountain guides and instructors of various adventure and expedition programs - such as freeride, backcountry skiing and snowboarding, heli-ski, mountaineering, tracking and rock-climbing, rafting and kayaking, mountain bike. There is an introduction page in english, the site has various sections including news, guides profiles, company information, programmes etc.

www.xski.net - cool, stylish site for freestyle and freeride skiers in Spain.

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