{"id":70515,"date":"2026-04-30T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=70515"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:57:27","slug":"watch-sheffield-ex-pro-snowboarders-on-the-state-of-snowboarding-in-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/watch-sheffield-ex-pro-snowboarders-on-the-state-of-snowboarding-in-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Sheffield Ex-pro snowboarders on the state of Snowboarding in the North"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two ex-professional snowboarders from Sheffield have highlighted the lack of price-friendly facilities for riders across the North of England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snowboardspringbreak.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.snowboardspringbreak.com\/\">The Spring Break British Snowboard Board Test<\/a>, an event held in Austria where the UK&#8217;s top brands and riders gather to test unreleased equipment provided the backdrop for the discussion, with Paul Cooper and Paul Ferguson reflected on the lasting impact of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheffield_Ski_Village\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheffield_Ski_Village\">Sheffield Ski Village closure<\/a> in 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Paul Cooper highlighted: &#8220;It is affordability. 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The Ski Village had a scheme where you could work six hours and get unlimited ski and snowboard, anybody could do that.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Both men still reside in Sheffield and remain active within the UK snowboarding industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snowboard Spring Break - Sheffield Ski Village\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukpvJh7VVM4?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield residents and Ex-professional snowboarders spoke about the closure of Sheffield Ski Village<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":775,"featured_media":70575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,21],"tags":[38,40],"class_list":["post-70515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","tag-sheffield","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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