Sheffield Ski Village is an artificial ski slope complex in the Parkwood Springs area of Sheffield, England. It is believed to be the largest artificial ski resort in Europe [1] with a sports shop, bar, restaurant and a range of slopes which include a snowflex nursery slope, a dendix recreational slope and a freestyle park consisting of a half pipe, hip jump, kicker, a quarter pipe and various grind rails. The Sheffield Ski Village is also one of the main training grounds for the Yorkshire Freestyle Squad and many pro-freestylers such as James "Woodsy" Woods (slopestyle ski, 3rd place Euro Winter X games 2010/11) and Andrew Longley (freestyle moguls)
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The Sheffield Sharks Ski Club meets at Sheffield Ski Village on Saturday mornings and Thursday evenings. The club was formed in 1990 to promote children's skiing, both at recreational and competitive levels. In 2004 the club became the CCPR UK Sports Club of the Year. The club is run on a voluntary basis by an elected committee of parents, with a dedicated team of instructors. Older members have the opportunity to become ski instructors themselves, and often instruct the younger children on the Saturday sessions.[1]
In addition to the Ski Village slopes has been a Ten Pin Bowling Alley, Quad Biking, Lazer tag and coming soon a downhill biking track designed by local hero Steve Peat. Ski Village Bowling houses a state of the art Ten Pin Bowling Alley opened in 2009. The full sized Ten Pin Bowling lanes have been built with Brunswick technology.[2]