Skiing or snowboarding in the summertime? Yep, you can do that. These indoor facilities offer year-round opportunities for downhill speed demons in the GTA. Whose slopes are slickest? You decide.
Alpine Indoor |
vs. |
Axis Freestyle |
| I read an article about the Swiss Olympic coach using the same technology for his program. Our facility gives skiers and boarders access to fantastic training and practice 12 months of the year. |
What inspired you to open an indoor skiing facility? | There are gyms all over the GTA that cater to specific sports and give athletes the opportunity to participate all year, so we asked ourselves why we don’t have something for skiers and snowboarders. |
| Our indoor slope is a large revolving surface made of a synthetic material that replicates the feeling of snow. The speed and steepness of our indoor slopes can be easily adjusted. | How does indoor skiing/snowboarding work, exactly? | The dry slope is a specially made Astroturf similar to indoor soccer fields. When we mist the dry slope it rides pretty much like snow to help you lock down those tricks. |
| We’ve seen jumps, spins, 360s and switch-riding. We’ve also had Olympic and Paralympic athletes push their limits by generating huge angular and lateral force loads on their skis and boards. |
What’s the coolest trick you’ve seen pulled off indoors? | There’s nothing you can’t do! We have to give props and respect to an awesome dry slope shredder from the U.K. If you want to see what’s possible on a dry slope, search for Jack Labbett’s Shadows video. |
| Outdoor wipeouts are much worse! Our trainers always have the speed controller in their hand, so they are able to slow down or stop the system the moment a skier or rider starts to lose balance. | What’s worse: wiping out indoors or outdoors? | We guarantee that bailing on our dry slope feels much better than any hardpack day! We’ve done our best to protect you while you train, foaming up as much as we can to minimize the inherent risk of injury. |
