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Harris Booth

English Slopestyle Champion!!

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Last week I headed up north, to Manchester, to compete in the English Champs. After registering we got the opportunity to head out onto the slope, scope out the course and get a few chilled practice runs in. The course was a lot more creative than set-ups here have been in the past, with multiple lines and potential for a lot of creativity, everyone was loving it. This was then followed by a verylong wait while the snowboarders did their qualification runs.

When the time eventually came round I put down two solid runs with some of my better tricks in them and managed to qualify first for finals for the under 18’s.

Finals was the same format as qualifications, two runs, best score counts. I flaked out a little on my first run but managed to put down a solid second run which I was very happy with.

English Slopestyle Champion © Brandon Griffiths
English Slopestyle Champion
© Brandon Griffiths

I managed to walk away with a 1st for Under 18’s Male Ski and a 1st Overall! I was over the moon with this result and becoming the English slopestyle champion. My mood was then lifted even further when I looked on the score sheet and found out that one of the three judges had given my run a perfect 100 out of 100!!!

I am so happy with these results and I can’t wait for summer to start!

The British indoor Champs and The Wham Bam Thank you Jam

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Last weekend I headed up to Castleford to compete in the British Indoor Champs and the Wham bam thank you jam!

The first half of the Competition was 2 individual judged runs, both of my runs went well and almost how I planned!

The second half was a completely different format than usual. Everybody got put on the slope for the competition. It consisted of a 1 hour long jam. The Entire field got cut in half and the people who didn’t make the cut got sent off! We then had a 20 minute jam session on the first set of features. At the end of this the field got cut in half again. This continued the whole way down the setup until there were only 4 riders sessioning the bottom features. I was lucky enough to be one of them along with Andy Collins, Chris Wadsworth and Monty Wright.

MJ Gold at the Brits youth men Jam

When Prize giving came around to my surprise I was presented with 1st Youth men. Unfortunately I didn’t make the overall podium for the Wham Bam Thank You Jam but I am more than happy with coming 4th overall out of 42 riders!

Podium Finish at Castleford British Snow Tour Mini Brits – Slopestyle

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MJ scoops a bronze at Castleford Slopestyle Mini Brits

Had an amazing time at the Castleford Slopestyle this weekend – we travelled up early on Saturday and arrived in plenty of time for a sausage sandwich before hitting the slope for a practice.

In the jam session I got a good feel for the rides and was stoked to win a spot prize.

In the actual comp I was first to ride in my age category (12-16) – I laid down a solid first run, my second was better and turned out to be my best as my third run didn’t quite go to plan.

Results

There were a lot of great skiers in the comp, including all the local Castleford crew so I was amazed when my name was called out to take the bronze prize in the 12-16’s category – Woooooohoooo!!!  Harris Booth claimed silver, and my ski buddy Tyler Jay Harding got the well deserved gold.