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ProFreestyle in The Hague

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I was lucky enough to be invited to the ProFreestyle rail battle which took place in The Hague over the last few days!

Sick set-up
Sick set-up

I had the privilege of spending two days riding with the nicest group of guys at one of the sickest events I’ve been to! The set-up was amazing, right in the city centre. At the end of the first evening they announced that I’d made the finals but the final itself was delayed to the following day.

The finalists
The finalists

 

 

 

 

The finals kicked off on Saturday late afternoon – it was awesome with everyone throwing it down. At the end of the session I was stoked to learn that I’d come fourth overall!

You can read all about it on the ProFreestyle website round up (in Dutch!)

Mike with Mees
Mike with Mees

Thank you to Reuben Principe for organising this weekend I won’t forget it anytime soon…

The Brits, The Oatcake Jam and Sports Aid Workshop

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Indoor Brits Mike
To kick off last weekend we had a gruelling 5 hour journey to Manchester for the Indoor British Champs. When I eventually arrived I was greeted by a perfectly groomed course. The set up provided options to be creative but also to throw some big tricks. The Format of the competition was the same as last year. Each row of features on the hill were ‘zones’ – the competitions would go through 1 zone at a time and each time the field was halved, until the final zone was reached and only a select group of riders remained. In the final there was only supposed to be 4 riders, but the competition was so tight the judges decided to allow more than this through. The Final itself has to be one of the closest finals I have ever ridden in – every single rider threw down! I was more than happy to walk away with 2nd overall, alongside Chris Wadsworth in 3rd and Chris Mccormick in 1st.

Kisdgrove
The day after the Brits we took a short drive to Kidsgrove ski slope for their opening day, as well as the Oatcake Jam! Despite it being autumn in the UK, it was still pretty hot! After a lot of laughs and some good, classic, sweaty British Dryslope skiing I was so Happy to find out I had ended up in 1st place! Chris Mavin and the folks at Kidsgrove put on an awesome day at a great new venue.

Mike Olympic Torch
Recently, I had the privilege to go up to London in order to take part in a SportsAid workshop organised by my SportAid supporter – Prudential. The workshop gave me the chance to learn how to be interviewed successfully, how to use social media to raise my profile and also how to tailor my diet to suit my body’s needs as well as the physical requirements of skiing! It was an excellent day!