That Roxy time of year

December 4, 2007 on 5:39 pm | In Snowboarding |

The Roxy Girls

it is creeping towards the darkest time of year, when it is totally dark at 4.40 and not light before 8.30. it is cold and wet outside and people in the towns are bustling around, busy with their Christmas shopping. The darkness was certainly brightened up this week by the welcome sight of snow on the hills in Scotland. There was enough on Cairngorm for the Ptarmigan tow to open and what that was there was very nice indeed. Hopefully we will continue to get snowed upon in the next few weeks so at Christmas I can get to ride at home. Before that, however, it is time for the Roxy Chicken Jam. Every year, just before Christmas, Roxy hosts an all girl slopestyle contest which turns out to be one of the most fun contests of the year.

This year the contest will be held in Kaprun in Austria where they have been having a lot of snow in the last few weeks. Girls from all over the world will head out to Kaprun in the next week to get ready for the competition, which is one of the largest all girl contests around. There is a large prize purse and a lot for the girls to ride for. I will be there along with Jenny Jones from Bristol and new comer Aimee Fuller from northern Ireland.

To keep the Roxy theme going, I am planning to host a Roxy film premiere in the Woodshed bar in Aviemore on Christmas Eve, after I have been shredding on Cairngorm, of course. The premiere will start around 7pm and all are welcome.

Lesley McKenna
http://www.chunkyknit.com
Professional snowboarder, film maker and ambassador for Visitscotland. All sorts of outdoor sports from skiing to mountain biking and now mixes her time on the Snowboard World Cup Tour with time in Scotland doing these sports.