{"id":1187,"date":"2017-08-30T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2017-08-30T09:55:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:55:06","slug":"team-gb-park-pipe-squad-201718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/team-gb-park-pipe-squad-201718\/","title":{"rendered":"Team GB announce Park &#038; Pipe Squad for winter 2017\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Winter Olympic season has started well for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GBParkandPipe\/\">GB Park and Pipe team<\/a> with James &#8216;Woodsy&#8217; Woods winning the first Ski Slopestyle World Cup at the Winter Games NZ in Cardrona, New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>After qualifying in second place, Woodsy overcame windy conditions to take the title against a strong field.\u00a0It\u2019s a great start for Woodsy and for the GB Park and Pipe team which was confirmed recently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17_08_James_Woodsy_Woods_wins_Winter_Games_NZ_Ski_Slopestyle_World_Cup.jpg\" alt=\"james woodsy woods\" width=\"258\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17_08_James_Woodsy_Woods_wins_Winter_Games_NZ_Ski_Slopestyle_World_Cup.jpg 450w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17_08_James_Woodsy_Woods_wins_Winter_Games_NZ_Ski_Slopestyle_World_Cup-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17_08_James_Woodsy_Woods_wins_Winter_Games_NZ_Ski_Slopestyle_World_Cup-143x190.jpg 143w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17_08_James_Woodsy_Woods_wins_Winter_Games_NZ_Ski_Slopestyle_World_Cup-60x80.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17_08_James_Woodsy_Woods_wins_Winter_Games_NZ_Ski_Slopestyle_World_Cup-251x335.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Snowboarders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team is made up of two women and six men, all looking to build on a hugely successful season in 2016\/17.<\/p>\n<p>For the women, Katie Ormerod has a great chance of a medal in Pyeongchang in February after some stellar performances last year. She will be aiming to take the form that won her three World Cup podiums and an X Games bronze medal last season all the way to the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Katie revealed last year at the London Ski &amp; Snowboard Show that her favourite ski resort is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/breckenridge\">Breckenridge<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katie Ormerod&#039;s Favourite Ski Resort\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R9PIVH0IZFk?list=PLnWt0xPp4oTr07q3qHSOOMWwSeb1a8b2t\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Katie is joined by Aimee Fuller, who is hoping to build on two 4<sup>th<\/sup> place finishes last season as she targets her second Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>For the men, snowboarders Billy Morgan and Jamie Nicholls are also hoping to reach their second Winter Olympics, with Rowan Coultas and Matt McCormick hoping they can join them.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Morgan revealed his favourite resort as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/mayrhofen\">Mayrhofen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Morgan&#039;s Favourite Ski Resort\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WgixxTmIyow?list=PLnWt0xPp4oTr07q3qHSOOMWwSeb1a8b2t\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They are joined in the GB Park and Pipe Snowboard Team by two of the country\u2019s rising snowboard stars Henry Shackleton and Fin Bremner.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup season kicks off for the snowboarders on the 03\u00a0September in Cardrona, NZ with the first Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup. The Snowboard Big Air World Cup circuit kicks off on 04\u00a0November in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1064\" style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1064\" class=\" wp-image-1064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/katie-ormerod.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/katie-ormerod.jpg 664w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/katie-ormerod-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/katie-ormerod-142x190.jpg 142w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/katie-ormerod-60x80.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/katie-ormerod-251x335.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Ormerod<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Skiers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Watch out for Katie Summerhayes, Izzy Atkin, Madi Rowlands and Anna Vincenti in the women\u2019s Slopestyle and Big Air events.<\/p>\n<p>For the men, James Woods has a good chance of a medal in the Olympics, after showing his ability at the highest level with an X Games gold in Big Air last season. He will be joined by Tyler Harding, Cal Sandieson and Mike Rowlands.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1083\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1083\" class=\"wp-image-1083 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017-190x107.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017-60x34.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/James-Woods_X-Games-Aspen-2017.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Woodsy Woods at the X Games<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Ski Halfpipe, Murray Buchan, Pete Speight and Alexander Glavatsky-Yeadon will all be hoping for selection and for the women, Rowan Cheshire is a other medal contender. She is joined by Madi Rowlands (who also competes in Slopestyle) and Molly Summerhayes.<\/p>\n<p>The first Ski Halfpipe World Cup takes place in Cardrona on 31\u00a0August\/ 01\u00a0September, with the first Ski Big Air World Cup on 03 November in Copenhagen, Ski Slopestyle World Cup in Stubai on 25-26\u00a0November and first Halfpipe World Cup in Copper Mountain on 08\u00a0December.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1086\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1086\" class=\" wp-image-1086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/katie_summerhayes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/katie_summerhayes.jpg 620w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/katie_summerhayes-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/katie_summerhayes-190x119.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/katie_summerhayes-60x37.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/katie_summerhayes-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Summerhayes<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>GB Park and Pipe Team 2017\/18<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Snowboard Slopestyle\/Big Air<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jamie Nichols*<\/li>\n<li>Billy Morgan*<\/li>\n<li>Rowan Coultas*<\/li>\n<li>Matt McCormick<\/li>\n<li>Henry Shackleton<\/li>\n<li>Fin Bremner<\/li>\n<li>Katie Ormerod*<\/li>\n<li>Aimee Fuller*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ski Slopestyle\/ Big Air <\/strong>(N.B. Ski Big Air is not an Olympic discipline)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Woods*<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Harding*<\/li>\n<li>Cal Sandieson<\/li>\n<li>Mike Rowlands<\/li>\n<li>Izzy Atkin*<\/li>\n<li>Katie Summerhayes*<\/li>\n<li>Madi Rowlands*<\/li>\n<li>Anna Vincenti*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ski Halfpipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Murray Buchan*<\/li>\n<li>Peter Speight*<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Glavatsky-Yeadon<\/li>\n<li>Rowan Cheshire*<\/li>\n<li>Madi Rowlands*<\/li>\n<li>Molly Summerhayes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* UK Sport\/ National Lottery funded athletes<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1189\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1189\" class=\"wp-image-1189 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"GB Park and Pipe Team 2017-18\" width=\"510\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-190x134.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-60x42.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GB Park and Pipe Team 2017-18<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/team-gb-park-pipe-squad-201718\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-190x134.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GB-Park-and-Pipe-Team-2017-18-190x134.jpg<\/a><p>This Winter Olympic season has started well for the GB Park and Pipe team with James &#8216;Woodsy&#8217; Woods winning the first Ski Slopestyle World Cup at the Winter Games NZ in Cardrona, New Zealand. After qualifying in second place, Woodsy &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/team-gb-park-pipe-squad-201718\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[125,317,335,274,56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1192,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/1192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}