UK Skiers and Boarders not up to standard

So where are the UK Olympic Stars?

So the Olympics have finally arrived and If like me, you have been up all night waiting for a glimps of a UK star in the making....

Oh, ok, so you have been watching on the red button the next day....oh, I see.

Well maybe that's the problem. 2 million of you go skiing or boarding every winter, yet maybe 1% of you could name a UK skier or boarder.

Does anyone really care? Does the 42 year old skiers from Kingston really care if anyone from the UK wins a medal. Well, you all should do.

Recently SnowSports GB went into administration due to lack of funds.Who bailed them out? No one. They were just left to rot.

In every resort I've been to there are a whole host of kids from the UK in the bars at night using up there bragging rights to get free beer. Stories of 720 grabs and how they just pulled of the new Shaun White move. Unfortunately, most of these stories relate to their most recent afternoon on the Nintendo Wii. It must be, cause to be quite honest, and with no disrespect to those in the Team GB squad, falling on both your sets in the half pipe or getting excited about 8th is no big deal. At least Chemmy Alcott actually wants to win and believes she can. She recently said she is only competing because she thinks she can win and I really like that attitude. Did the boarders think they cold actually win? I don't think so.

So the question still stands. Where are all the UK skiers and boarders? Why are we not winning in Vancouver?

It's 'simples' - The companies that take your hard earned cash so you can go skiing every year, put nothing back. Nothing into the sports at all. They don't sponsor or help the guys who spend their entire winter in the alps getting good at the sport. Well, that's not quite true. They employ lots of them, to cook food, serve drinks.......and you know that arse who just took you ski guiding.....well . . . . . .

That's why SnowBall Pass is looking for a youngster who skis and one who boards. For every SnowBall Pass they sell, they are putting a little bit towards the future of Great British Winter Sports. The mission is to get a Gold in the near future. If you know anyone who would like to be the benefactor of this program, just send a video to them on the hill to iwantagold@snowballpass.com and let them see your stuff. It doesn't matter what age you are, just get those clips of you on the hill emailed off and lets see if we can get some skiing or snowboarding gold at the next Olympics.

If the government won't help and the big ski companies of the UK won't help, lets see what SnowBall Pass can do.

If you want to help too, pop over to the SnowBall Pass website and get hold of one of there own drops of gold. The SnowBall Pass saves you money in the Top French Ski Resorts.

If you have a subject to do with Winter Sports you would like for us to discuss, just give us a shout.....