Boom Club feeds the people with a Great British Banquet

Boom Club’s plan was to revisit these spots to find out if the scenes that had nurtured their talent were still thriving. The idea was to inspire the youth by bringing the international ski scene closer to home, in the same way that Woodsy’s Mad Dogs Tour or the Tell a Friend tour did back in the day. Those events bridged the geographical gap that separated the UK from the rest of freeskiing, inspiring a generation of Brits including Boom Club board members Chris McCormick and Tom Greenway in the process.

Boom Club’s tour kicked off on the plastic at Felix Klein’s local, Snowtrax Christchurch, with Peak Performance providing a cash-for-tricks session, with tonnes of prizes to get the kids stoked. A huge group of hungry local shredders came out to ride with the pros and to tuck into the jam session, kicking the tour off in style.

The next two stops were the turn of the fridge kids of Tamworth and Manchester. Both indoor events sold out in a real showing of strength from the dome faithful, backed up by serious riding from the likes of Tyler Nicholls-Stubbington and Mark Donnelly. More tricks, more stoke and more generations inspired by their heroes.

Between the stops, like all good hosts, Boom Club showed the crew of continental cousins what the UK is all about, introducing them to the traditions of fish and chips, all-you-can-drink pints of Guinness, betting on the nags (horse racing) and getting lost in the centuries-old canal systems.

The final stop took them north of the border to Bonnie Scotland. Here, on the moss encroached bristles of Bearsden Glasgow, Boom Club were blown away by the Scot’s appetite for big tricks. The dryslope brought together a clan of locals ripping doubles and tweaking Octo grabs, no doubt inspired by the OGs, closing out the tour under the elusive Scottish sun.