After overcoming my first confusion regarding the whole concept of a snow dome I got around to chat with a couple of local shredders while they were building the park set up for the Girls Shred Day. Just to clarify, as a Finnish person who’s spent 5 years of their life living in the Alps, the concept of not having the option of riding park every day is simply not a thing – it is always an option (unless mother nature decides to go all ape shit on you). So, imagine my surprise when learning that domes in the UK do not provide the option for freestyle sessions on a daily basis. And why? Well, of course it has to do with money.

“The Girls Shred Day was a fine example of how sick the riding within the UK snow scene is”

Hailing from the deep core of capitalism, the snow domes do not apparently see freestyle sessions as profitable for the business. I’m not an expert on how the domes make their money, but surely, you’d think they wouldn’t go bankrupt if a tiny corner of the slope was be reserved for the creative minds of freestyle riders all year ‘round?

For someone who’s always taken for granted the easy access to both park and street riding, it was impressive to hear how much effort the riders themselves are putting into pushing the domes to organise more freestyle nights and asking for more features for the park set ups – and the Girls Shred Day was a fine example of how sick the riding within the UK snow scene is. Not only was the level of riding amongst these lovely ladies out of this world, but the fact that everyone was stoked on learning and improving was epic!