This weeks park at MK this week..

Here is the park setup for MK this week. We have the Freestyle zone (all features on the top left hand slope) which will be open from 12pm-close Thursday to Sunday.
We will also have selected features on the main park open during the day on Friday.
This Friday we have our first Who's Afraid of the park freestyle ski and board coaching evening so come down and get some tips from the Snozone coaches..
Dont miss the TSA board demo on Thursday evening 7pm-10pm.

Happy New Year!! This week at MK

Happy new year! Hope you all had a good Xmas. Sorry for the lack of posts over Christmas I have been off making the most of the storm swells that have been battering the Cornish coast line and getting a great New years surf in..

This week at MK we have Freestyle night on Thursday night and the first Park Strife of 2014 this Friday from 7pm..


New for 2014 we will have selected features of the main park setup open on Fridays from 12pm-6pm, This will change every week and we will aim to have as much open as possible, We will then of course reshape these features ready for the evening session. So if your stuck for something to do on a Friday day time then why not head on down for a day time shred!                              

As well as having the park open on Friday days we will be trialing our new freestyle zone which will be setup on the top of the left hand slope. This will be a smaller set of features aimed at progression which will be
open Thursday-Friday-Saturday and Sunday 12pm-Close. 

This week at MK

Here are the park plans for this week at MK.. This is the last park setup of the year so make sure you make it down for a shred. We have the #Vansofftherails winning feature designed by MK local Connor Gould..


This Friday as an added Christmas treat we also have the guys from Stepchild snowboards and Flux bindings on the slope providing free demo's of this seasons latest kit..






The next park night at Mk is on Friday the 3rd January.

#VANSOFFTHERAILS edit

The Parkshaperblog team have been working with the Vans UK team to design and build a pair of rails to live at Snozone MK.
After a few weeks of designing and building we have built a pair of 5m long round down rails which can be setup a number of different ways.
Check out this edit shot overnight at MK of just a few of the setups possible.

Vans have been running a hashtag comp for you to design your dream setup using these features.

All you have to do is draw it up take a picture and post on Instagram with the hash tag.

The first winner for this weeks park setup is Jade Walsh, so big congrats to her. Come and ride her dream setup this week at MK..

You still have time to enter for next weeks setup- Get drawing and posting today!



Vans Off The Rails from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday at MK

This week at MK the park will be out for Thursday and Friday night freestyle sessions and then on Saturday for the Who's afraid of the park ski and snowboard coaching evening.

We will be building the winning setup for the #vansofftherails design competition designed by Jade Walsh.

This week at MK..

Here is the park plans for this weeks park setups at MK.
The park will be open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from 7pm.
Wednesday is student night so you can get 3 hours for £22 with a valid NUS card.
Thursday is normal freestyle night and Friday is the monthly Park strife event, this month the guys from Swap boards will be down providing a demo session of the latest Nitro, flow and Arbor boards.

Oniell Shoreditch Showdown

Last Thursday the Parkshaper team headed down to Shoreditch to work alongside the DWA to build the setup for one of the best UK ski and snowboard events that London has ever seen..

The park build started early Thursday morning with the arrival of the 80 tons of snow from the snow centre which arrived in 4 lorry loads.
With the main rail setup already in place the day before the carpenters where putting the finishing touches to the specially made ledges and brick work, whilst all us shapers got to work on the moving the snow around.

Luckily the weather gods where good to us all day and with no rain and a slight chill in the air the snow held up beautifully. On previous external snow drops we have found the snow sometimes doesn't hold very well making it hard to shape and feel soft under foot..
This time it was definitely not the case.


We started by getting the bulk of the snow in the right places making sure we had a good foot of snow deep all over. We then started getting the snow up onto the drop in ramp and take off.

Luckily we had Mario the italian tele handler driver who albeit very slowly negotiated his way around the features to assist us in getting the snow onto the centre section.

From there we then pushed the snow upwards to fully cover the drop in ramp and then build the take offs using the park rakes to ensure a tidy finish..

I have to give a massive shout out to Joe Rackley and his team for the design and build quality of the rails, post box, bus stop and street sign.. They where all so sick and built to perfection.
I can't believe Joe built an exact replica of a london post box.. and if you looked closely you could event see Joes face peeking out at you through the letter box..

The level of riding on the day was great, with 45 of the UK's best skiers and boarders the lucky few that got tickets to the show where definitely in for a treat..

A massive well done from all the team to 11 year old Will Gilmore, the youngest rider out there by far but did not hesitate to drop in and front board his way down the down rail.. SO SICK..

A big thank you to everyone who made the event what it was and thanks for inviting us to be part of it, a lot of blood sweat and tears went into the setup which I'm sure if you speak to anyone they will tell you they would do it again in a heartbeat..

Roll on next year!?

PARKSHAPER BLOG TEAM.