Long time since last blog, been mad busy !

Was really good, won the groms and qualified for the finals in Ischgl (more to come on that).Went over to the Czech Republic for the World Rookie Fest comp a few weeks back, was rad … half pipe to jib to big jump.

Here’s the edit from the comp:

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Spent the last few days in Laax, me and Jamie filmed a few laps in the park and put together this little edit with my New GoPro that they sent me  - hope you like it

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They replaced me with a picture !

Went over to Westendorf last weekend to do the under 18′s Slopestyle at the Austrian Masters, format was pretty cool – day 1 was Jib day … so just riding the rails and then day 2 was jumps day, 2 jumps, the second one was huge (check out the pic) !

Having done my runs we had to leave early, so couldn’t stay for prize giving ….. later that evening my dad got an email saying I’d won !!

The weather was amazing all weekend and it was such a rad comp, great standard of riding and super chilled, so stoked I won

Mone put together this little edit of some of the footage they got – thanks Mone !

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The second jump - big bertha

Volcom just released the video and write up from the event the other weekend, here’s the review + the video.

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Pretty stoked with this shot from the volcom website too !

Yesterday I went to the Volcom Peanut Butter Rail Jam at the Sane Rinn Jib Park in Austria with Chris Chatt, Ross Needham and my dad. When we got there it was just a small hill with one poma lift and a few rails, the setup was a down bar, donkey kink and a down flat down. It was a super fun setup and the rails were a bit wonky but were really nice and weren’t sticky. I was in the under 15′s category and it was a 15 minute jam session and you had to hit all three rails and the best trick on each rail got counted so I did front board on the down rail, back lip and 50-50 front 3 out on the donkey kink and nose press on the down flat down which got me through to the final.

Chatt and Ross both killed it in their heat but only Ross got through to the final. In the under 15′s final it was the same format as the qualification so I did front board on the down rail, 50-50 back 3 on the donkey kink and nose press and front board on the down flat down. I came first in my category which I was stoked about and won some Volcom and Electric stuff and then I won best rider of the day which I was even more stoked about and won 50 euros another pair of goggles and an invite to the finals in Avoriaz!!! Also Ross came 5th overall so well done Ross. Back in Mayrhofen now but the weather isn’t meant to great but we will see also I have got a comp this week which is the Austrian masters in Westendorf which will be fun!

My fizog from the iphone lense of the-goodlife.co.uk

Last Thursday me and my dad went over to Laax for the BEO, when we got there we met Katie Ormerod and her dad Mark Ormerod. The next day was practice day and the first time I had seen the course and it was, a down rail or up rail into two small jumps that were really close to each other there was only a 2 metre gap between the first landing and the take off for the next jump. After the two small jumps there is another two bigger jumps and then at the end there is the Creative Use Of Space feature which was a wallride into a drop or a pole tap. Or on the other side a close out rail into a stair set with a down bar or a down flat down. On the practice day the weather was perfect bluebird and warm so the course got slow and slushy nearer the end of the day, I got the run I wanted to do during practice just before it started to get slushy which I was happy about. Also on the same day when it got slushy I decided to try some front 9′s which I have never done before and I landed quite a few of them so I was stoked!!!

My Qualification score and rank

The next day was qualification and finals day for boys and girls so a lot was happening that day. I was in heat 1 and dropped second to last which was quite a good position to drop, In my first run I did 50-50 back 1 off into cab 5 mute to back 3 tail into back 7 mute into front 7 melon then into 50-50 front 3 on the close out to back lip on the down rail, but I fell on the front 7 because I went to big. On my second run I did the same and landed the front 7 which put me second in my heat which got me through to the final in 2nd place for my heatand 4th place overall from both heats which was pretty good.

In the final I did the same run for my first and second runs, just tried to improve the run on the second attempt and then went for the front 9 on the thirid run but put my hand down which I was a bit gutted about but it is a new trick so I need to work on it a bit more. In the end I came 9th which is pretty good at the BEO to be in the top 10 so I was stoked!!!

Squeek "Murder Face"

Also Katie came 3rd in the girls slopestyle and 2nd the day after in halfpipe so a massive well done to her. Today Jamie Nicholls qualified for finals with a sick run and then on his second run did an amazing scorpion not when landing on a jump but just doing a speed check after the first rail but still well done for qualifying Jamie! I am back in Mayrhofen now and there are some fun comps coming up like the Volcom Peanut Butter Rail Jam and the world longest rail attempt at Gerlos which will be good fun!!!

Heres a couple more pics from Jon Weaver (thanks Jon) and my dad.

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Got a ful page interview in whitelines as a future “contender”, I’m actually from York and my dads an IT nerd not a farmer …. but still sick

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Ok it’s not a magazine, but its the Madison (they are the UK distro for Giro & GoPro amongst others) 2011/12 catalogue and I got the cover shot …. stoked !!

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Lele who was shooting in Livigno sent me over these shots, pretty stoked with them

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Thanks Lele

Been riding in Breck the past few days and the jumps are sick! I have learnt cab 9′s whilst I have been out here which I am stoked about, the weather hasn’t been great the whole time I’ve been here but there are some sick rails so we rode them on the bad days.

Here is a little edit of me and Jamie hiking one rail in Park Lane

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We went to Keystone today and it was really quiet and the jumps were sick and I did 5 cab 9′s in a row off the first jump in the pro line!!