First, a very brief introduction to me and why I’m writing this blog post. I’m 49 years old, married with three teenage kids and I work for Snow+Rock (as Multichannel Director). Although I love sport passionately, I am, unlike virtually everyone else who works at Snow+Rock, not obsessive about winter sports. I skied a few [...]
Our annual end of season sale has arrived! Save 40% off a range of ski and snowboard clothing and equipment, as well as outdoor footwear and clothing. With reductions on brands including The North Face, Peak Performance, Scott, Eider, Burton and Helly Hansen, you can’t fail to find a great deal on all of your [...]
Every February a team of 10 or 12 from the Snow+Rock buying and marketing teams head to Munich for the annual ISPO trade show. Company Director Kevin Young tells us more about the impromptu ski trip afterwards… ISPO is one of the biggest winter and outdoor sports expo events in the world. Every year it [...]
Snow boots are the talk of the town at the moment, as they can help make your day a little easier if you have to go out and about in snowy and icy conditions, whether you’re in the UK or going abroad. We thought it would be helpful to give you a quick overview of [...]
Each year at the start of the season, the Snow + Rock Equipment Supervisors from across the company come together in Manchester at the Chill Factore to find out about hot new products for the year ahead, improve their skills, expand their knowledge and test ski equipment. The Equipment Launch is run over 3 days [...]
Last night Snow+Rock went to the London premiere of Quiksilver’s new Candide Thovex movie Few Words. The film is a biopic tracking Candide from childhood, his early X Games wins and climb to fame, to his devastating accident in 2007 when he broke his back and then coming back to win the Freeride World Tour [...]
Legends of the freeski fraternity – Mike Douglas, Josh Dueck and Andreas Fransson are coming to Chill Factore, Manchester this afternoon! The team are over to celebrate the launch of Salomon’s first UK Brand Store in partnership with Snow+Rock. Along with Snow+Rock Croydon, these new stores have the largest range of Salomon anywhere in the [...]
The winter season’s just kicking off, so now’s the time to delve into your garage/attic/cupboards and see how your skis have fared over the summer. If you heavily waxed them before you stored them, then it’s time to strip off the old and put new wax on. If you’ve not touched them since you got [...]
It’s that time of the year in the Snow + Rock warehouse where we start to get excited about the new winter season. Our buying teams have been out sourcing the very best brands from all over the world and ensuring all the new kit arrives in the warehouse before the weather turns cold and [...]
We’re really pleased to announce the addition of special Salomon brand stores to our Croydon & Chill Factore Snow+Rock stores! Salomon is a leading outdoor and winter sports brand producing footwear, clothing and equipment and was founded in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps. Since then, they’ve been creating innovative products that enhance [...]
This week we opened our newest store in Gloucester Quays Outlet Centre! You can now visit us at Unit 64 where you’ll be able to find clothing, footwear and accessories from the world’s best winter sports and outdoor brands such as Arc’teryx, Berghaus, The North Face, Salomon, Burton, Columbia, Eider and Quiksilver – all at [...]
Snow+Rock customer Jamie Hull takes the time to write in and tell us his story - battling back from a major burns injury in 2007 with ambitions to ski again: From Fire to Snow – By Jamie Hull Once upon a time – or so it felt like – I was just an ordinary guy living [...]
“Breath-taking action, stunning landscapes…” “One of the most talented skiers in the world…” LONDON PREMIERE THURSDAY 15th NOVEMBER, PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA, LEICESTER SQUARE Candide Thovex’s first feature-length film, FEW WORDS, will be premiered in London on Thursday 15th November at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square. Produced by Quiksilver, it shows the rise to fame [...]
Brand new Snow+Rock products were featured in the Independent on Saturday in their ‘Snow Traveller’ section as Mark Harris tested the best in traditional, updated and futuristic kit: Recon Mod Live – £319.99 The Recon Mod Live fits into compatible goggles to give you a heads-up display while you’re skiing or snowboarding. “Stay connected on [...]
This winter Gore-tex features in a large proportion of our outer wear ranges, and with the fabric technology being introduced into more main stream winter sports products we thought we’d give you the low-down on the differences between the products: What is GORE-TEX FABRIC? GORE-TEX® fabrics are created by laminating GORE-TEX® membrane to high-performance textiles, [...]