Leicester University Ski and Snowboard Club - LUSSC - 2014/2015

03/08/2015

It's time for us to step down and leave space for the new, behold the new and improved LUSSC page for this year! Like and follow to keep up to date with the uni's best club!

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04/05/2015

HEY TEAM. I HAVE POSTED THE SPORTS AWARDS PLAN IN THE EVENT. GO READ IT

04/04/2015

Thank you all so much for an incredible week! It has been fu***ng sick getting to know all of you and we hope to see you on the trips to come. Get home safe guys, until next time.

21/03/2015

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21/03/2015

In preparation for next week's ski holiday to Val d'sere, here it is, the much anticipated LUSSC TV Holiday Special!!! Featuring amazing skiing, death-defying crashes, extreme action, and some girls falling down a hill! It's everything you could hope for in a five minute video! Be sure to like and share with everyone you know.

This Christmas Leicester Uni Ski and Snowboard Club hit up the big beautiful Three Valleys in the French Alps. With a week of pizza and beer fuelled lust for powder…

19/03/2015

SO GUYS WE HAVE NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENT. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE CAN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT GEORGE SEYMOUR WILL LEAD YOU ALL AND LUSSC TO GLORY, OR DOOM, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. MAKE US PROUD NEXT YEAR BUDDY

17/03/2015

15/03/2015

A bit late, but better late than never,

HEY GUYS WE WON VARSITY

So if you were not lucky enough to come along and cheer us on last Wednesday, we're happy to let you know that we absolutely THRASHED DMU 4-0.

Ski Individuals:

1. LUSSC: James Campbell
2. LUSSC: Laura Whitley
3. DMU: Olly Fogden

Board Individuals:

1. LUSSC: Will Spenser
2. LUSSC: Lauren Harper
3. DMU: Gary Lester

Duals:

LUSSC Win

Freestyle:

1. LUSSC: Scott Baker
2. LUSSC: Will Spenser
3. LUSSC: Lauren Harper

So as you can see, LUSSC all around. Here's our fancy cup.

10/03/2015

So our article for The Ripple regarding tomorrow's Varsity has been published, and surprisingly approved, give it a read.

Name: Dan Shackleford
Committee Position: President
Sport: Ski & Snowboard
Varsity Date: Wednesday 11th March
Varsity Venue: Swadlincote Ski Slope & Snowboard Centre
Varsity Time: 13:00
Does it cost to attend? £5 for a spectator’s ticket which includes a delicious juicy burger.
How’s your season been going so far?
Well we were off to a somewhat slow start this December. We went to Val Thorens and our expectations were not that high to begin with, judging on what we had seen so far, but then when we got there, well our predictions were right, the snowfall had been TERRIBLE. We could see grass and rocks on some of the pistes and the only powder to be seen was crunchy and not exactly what you would define as “tasty.” However, we had small consolation knowing that the start of the winter season had not been any kinder to any of the other resorts.
However, this did not perturb us, and being the best skiers on the mountain we quickly adapted to the difficult conditions and sent it hard all over the mountain to ensure total winter dominance. You may have even seen our trip edit “One of those days 2.” We’re pretty good.
The gods of the snow and ice must have witnessed our tremendous skill because the conditions in the Alps have been on the up since then, with Val d’Isère, which is where we’ll be rocking out at the end of our season at the end of this month, having received 10cm of fresh, gnarly pow in the last 24 hours. Seeing these numbers has taken the club to Cloud 9 and have allowed us to continue stomping tricks, finding fresh lines, dodging avy, crushing pow, ripping corduroy, blocking gates, dropping cliffs, nailing blacks and just generally shredding the GNAR.
How’ve DMU been doing?
Apart from having a cool-ish name like “Demon Ski,” it would seem like they quite haven’t got the HANG of the actual sport yet…

Any players to look out for? Rookies who’ve really shone this season?
LUSSC is a breeding point for exceptional talent: we have Chris Diez, Scott Baker, James Campbell, William Mitchell and Laura Whitley who just so happen to describe themselves as “the best skiers on the mountain.” They wouldn’t lie now because LUSSC is also a centre of truth. Our talents as a club range from freestyling and slalom racing, to drinking and fancy dress. Make no mistake, each of these four categories is an essential pillar under the greatness that is LUSSC.
We’ve got four people in particular to look out for, our best freestyler (on the mountain, of course) is Kristian Drew; this guy is the embodiment of steez, throwin backflips, frontflips, you name it, check out his edit. The slalom racer to look out for is definitely this year’s newcomer, Amy Spranger, defined by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Sun as “sex on skis,” “ ” and “good lord almighty she’s fast.” Our alcohol-infused shout-out goes to first-year Amy Metcalfe, who on a five bar bar-crawl had to be carried home before the first bar. Finally, the fancy dresser to look out for is our very own Competitions Captain, James Campbell, who for the “50 Shades of Grey” theme came as a Dulux Colour palette with all the different shades of grey.
Are you going to win? (The only correct answer is a resounding yes)
I don’t think we’ve ever actually lost, and we’re not going to start now.
Score predictions? Bonus points for ridiculous levels of detail.
Ski Individuals: LUSSC Win
Board Individuals: LUSSC Win
Ski Duals: LUSSC Win
Board Duals: LUSSC Win
Freestyle: LUSSC Win
Fancy Dress: LUSSC Win
Funniest Jokes: LUSSC Win
Most Insightful Comments: LUSSC Win
Tastiest Cupcakes: LUSSC Win
And finally, why should people go to your match?
Because, in case we hadn’t made it clear, we’re the best skiers and snowboarders on the mountain.

10/03/2015

Only one week left for committee applications! Get those events up and running!

07/03/2015

Some fun was had...

01/03/2015