Cairngorm - The Big Jump

March 16, 2009 on 11:26 am | In Uncategorized |

Things are hotting up in the Cairngorm snow park as local riders and riders from far afield are getting ready for the Easter Highlander comp. The comp will see a coming together of Scotland’s finest with the Great Britain freestyle snowboard team making a trip back from the Alps and the Brits to participate in the home grown event.

GBR team coach Hamish McNight will travel back to Scotland directly from the British Champs in Laax, Switzerland with his team to test out the Scottish park and comp scene. Angus Leith on the big kicker last year 

Meanwhile out in Europe the Scottish members of the British World Cup Half pipe team are pulling out all the stops for the last World Cup of the season. The Scots are top of the UK tree in the rankings list with Ben Banchory’s own Ben Kilner top male and me top female. We both want to better our seasons best results this weekend in Italy and it would be great if we could both post a top ten result.

In the World Cup in Spain this past weekend I was 10th and ben was 20th. We are both looking good to make the 2010 Olympic qualification criteria with Kate Foster also looking in a strong position. We will then head on to the British Champs and then look forward to coming home for a bit of fun on the Scottish hills and in the Cairngorm park.

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.