As you may well know, the Sheffield Freeze competition on 1-3 June should blow the lid off dry slope competitions as we know them.

After the action in 2001, plus developments to the slope, the event has just taken a serious kick into the realms of the huge event sector.

Confirmed riders for the event so far are: Cyril Neri, who is ranked in the Snowboard World Top 20 for Big Air and Half Pipe (and he's a real nice bloke with it). There's also Swiss riders Alex Coudray, Mederic Landois and Anthony Holland and UK legends Mark Hartley, Paul Cooper and Rob Yoemans. Not forgetting superstar Snowblader Mike Wakefield who managed 30 inverted tricks in his last comp.

Provisional riders for the event are: Jonas Emery who is a bit handy in the pipe, Pascal Imhof and Mickael Deschenaux, who can pull some mean tricks too.

So if all this hasn’t got you foaming at the mouth yet, there's also the wicked parties. On Saturday night it's the "Salomon Chill Zone Party" and on the Sunday the infamous and huge NY SUSHI Big Bang 7.

Saturday 1 June
10am-6pm Comp practice
7pm - 11pm Salomon Chillzone Party @ Ski Village
11pm - 3am Salomon Chillzone Party @ Po Na Na

Sunday 2 June
9am - 10.30am Rossignol Halfpipe Qualifier
10.30am - 12.30pm England v Sweden live
1pm - 4pm Salomon King of the Freeze, Slope style comp
6pm - 6am NY Sushi Big Bang 7

Monday 3 June
1pm - 2pm Rossignol Halfpipe Final
3pm - 5pm Snow & Rock Big Air comp
6pm - Prize giving

It's free entry to the Salomon chillzone party and the comps are free for spectators.
NY Sushi Big Bang 7 Tickets £21.50 + booking fee, available from www.ticketweb.co.uk