 Poster: A snowHead
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The Bearsden ski slope outside Glasgow - one of the UK's more impressive club-constructed artificial facilities - has been rebuilt and resurfaced. [Edit: possible error about "resurfaced". See below]. The new slope surface is Snowflex, with new teaching areas and terrain features added. A new clubhouse has also been constructed.
The official reopening will be this Saturday 6 May, with Olympic racer Alain Baxter 'cutting the ribbon'.
This report from SnowBoardClub.co.uk [SCUK]
If anyone in the area would like to pop up there, take a look, and report back, that would be great.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 5-05-06 10:44; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This is probably to compete with the new facility at Braehead, Glasgow
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bearsden Ski Club had a great racing tradition (inlcuding Lesley Beck, the only British woman to finish in the top 10 of the World Championships since 1972). But now it looks like they're aiming more for the snowboard/freestyle market with the Snowflex, and perhaps West of Scotland race training will be more centred around Braehead.
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The report on SCUK suggests the snowflex slope is an addition to, not a replacement of the original facilities - so shouldn't affect the racing?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Dave, you may well be correct. The sentence in the SCUK report says:
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| The club’s facilities now boast a state-of-the-art floodlit ‘Snowflex’ main 80m long slope with jumps and a quarter pipe for snowboarders and two new ‘Snowflex’ nursery slopes, which compliment the existing facilities at the Club. |
So it may be that Dendix remains on original parts of the slope. If I got that wrong - sorry. There's an edit note in the first posting now.
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David Goldsmith,
I'm just guessing from the report, the relevant bit of which you quote. Looks to be true though from the clubs website http://www.skibearsden.co.uk/ which has a news item on the opening of the new jump slope. Must be some Glasgow based  who could give us first hand info. though.
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jb1970, Fancy popping along???
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I used to live in Bearsden.........
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easiski I have it in mind. Have been looking at the prices and it is cheaper to go for 2 hours on a mon-fri afternoon than for one hour at weekends. Guess who is taking a flexi-afternoon from work!!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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The SnowboardClubUK site has some photos of the new slope features at Bearsden, and opening event last weekend:
click here.
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My kids go to lessons at the Bearsden slope and the snowflex jump slope is seperate from the main dendix slope where race training continues. For those who remember the slope in days of old the snowflex slope is where the old nursery slope was and a new smaller snowflex nursery area has been added.
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You know it makes sense.
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It's brilliant to hear that Bearsden is still going strong. A superb example of cooperative spirit and achievement in skiing.
I've only visited the place once (must be 15-20 years ago) but was really impressed with the vibes and purpose of the place.
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