About the club
This year the Snowboarder Club is focussing on getting more snowboarders in all fields, including juniors, females and development riders, to participate and experience this remarkable sport. The Club has a new home, being Afriski in Lesotho and have a recieved a warm welcome from this up and coming resort. The Clubs focus is to improve the rider expereince by upgrading park infrastructure, building a dedicated Club house right on the edge of the kicker, increasing club membership and securing long-term sponsors who share the vision of the benefits of snowboarding in Southern Africa.
Snowboarder.co.za is SA’s first snowboard club dedicated to the spirit of freeriding, park riding and the Aces Up Snowboard tour. Why? Because Southern Africa enjoys snow all winter, 2 active ski resorts, 2 dedicated parks, new features and riders super motivated to experience the rush of African snow.
The Club’s main aim is to introduce new people to the awesome sport of snowboarding, and to develop the sport in Southern Africa. In North America and Europe snow is a massive industry due the passion that these sports evoke. The Snowboarder.co.za team of committed riders has a vision to put South Africa on the map as a respectable snowboarding competitor in the international arena.
This year the Club is focussing on getting more snowboarders in all
fields, including juniors, females and development riders to experience
the sport. The Clubs mission is to improve the clubs dedicated
snow park, building a on-slope club house, increas
the clubs membership base and securing long-term sponsors who
share the vision and the passion to bring
snowboarding to Southern Africa .
Our Objectives
- To Develop, Promote and raise Awareness of Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing in Southern Africa.
- To increase access and increase the participation base of the sport amongst all aspirant board riders and freestyle skiers, especially the youth.
- To Promote and Encourage freestyle competition amongst SA's Snowboarding and Freestyle skiing community by managing, running and promoting snow events.
- To provide a starting point for access to International snowboarding competitions for passionate South African athletes. These events include Slopestyle, Air and Style and Boarder Cross events, including building affiliations with FIS and TTR.
- To invest in 'Park', Boarder Cross and Snowboarding type equipment
and infrastructure( eg. snowboards, helmets, rails and jumps) in order
to increase the variety
and quality of freestyle riding in SA.
Committee
Here we have assembled a group of peolple dedicated to the growth and
development of this unique sport in Southern Africa. Each member of the
committee is reposable for a part of the local snowboarding scene.
Chairman - Peter Peyper
Vice Chairman - Oliver Schwankhart
Park Designer - Matt Amoretti
Team Captain and TD - Robbie Alunni
Team Coach - Marcin Jekot
Media - Julie Coetzee
