Fantastic day at the Brits in Laax today – I was competing at the Youth Mens Half Pipe comp which is for under 16’s – I was the youngest person in my age category and ended up finishing in second place with a silver medal, placing 14th overall out of 28 male entries in total!!
Absolutely chuffed with my result and a brilliant way to kick of day 1!!!!!!!!!!
If you haven’t already seen it yet, here is the edit that Quiksilver put together for me from their UK final at Tamworth:
If you haven’t done so already – go to the following link and click on “Vote for this Rider”
http://quiksilverlive.com/radar11/rider.147.php
The prizes that I won for coming first in the Male under 16’s Westbeach Backard Jib video competition finally arrived this week!! Here’s a photo of me opening my prizes – they were awesome.
Thanks Westbeach!
You can check my winning video out on YouTube or watch it below:
Hi everyone,
Here’s that Christmas edit that I said I was putting together. you can also see it at my webpage under Vids, or on YouTube!
Enjoy!
When it starts click on the “240p” and change to “360p” to see best quality
I was in Les 2 Alpes for the new year. It was fantastic to be back on real snow – the park set up was awesome as usual and the pipe was absolutely amazing. It took me a few runs to get used to the proper stuff again but I was soon hitting the big kickers and the rails, laying down some sick tricks.
I met up with Jack Peppiette and the Smithy’s Tavern crew and we sessioned the kickers together. Jack pushed me to do my first 7 over the biggest kicker in the park – I stomped it, thanks Jack!!
My new K2 Silencers were riding amazingly, they are well good on snow.
The first day was a bit of a white out but my new Adidas ID2 goggles really helped me to see where I was going unlike my granddad who had to be rescued by Skidoo when he got motion sickness and started throwing up everywhere!
I had an awesome week and we got some great footage in the park – so watch this space for an edit coming soon!
We’ve had about 2 foot of snow in Walderslade in the past week – shame to waste it so I built myself a slopestyle course on the front drive! I had a bit of a problem getting speed up as there is a definite lack of mountains in our close but I solved that one by using the garden slide.
I managed to lay down a few steezy runs – check out my video here
Me and my sister Madi were lucky enough to be invited to spend a day with the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust at Canterbury University as part of the Backing Talent in Kent scheme being run for F.A.N.S. members.
Along with mum, dad and our freestyle ski coach Paul Webb, we learnt a heap of things about training, nutrition, dealing with the media, mental psychology and loads of other stuff.
We met lots of leading British athletes and our personal coach for the day was Tyrone Swaray.
It was a brilliant day!
The Morrow Jam at Hemel on Friday night was sick! The layout had loads of crazy obstacles including the “Rainbow of Death” which eventually died!
I had a wicked time meeting up with James from my sponsors Adidas Eyewear who brought along a heap of glasses for me to try out. I chose some sweet sunglasses and a wicked pair of reading glasses that are unbelievably light! Thanks James – I’ll be wearing them soon!
It took me a few runs to get the hang of my new K2 Silencers but I had a brilliant time hitting all crazy stuff on the slope.
It was a really fun and relaxed jam and everyone had plenty of time to show what they could do.
Results
At the presentation, I was stoked to find out that I had come 2nd in the junior category across both skiers and boarders.
You can check out the full results at Morrow Jam Results
I went to the London Freeze to watch the best skiers compete and while I was there I bumped into Ben from Adidas for the first time! We had a chat and got to know each other before inviting him and his wife Emma to have a drink with us.
Then we went over the brand and what I would and wouldn’t like and what I could do to promote Adidas!
Our conversation was cut short by the start of the Relentless Freeze, so we said our goodbyes and got on with the day :)
Me and my ski buddy Josh had an awesome day at the London Freeze on Sunday – we saw some amazing tricks and even met some of the stars. Here’s a pic of us with the the sickest skier of all – Bobby Brown… he was a really nice guy and even went out of his way to go and get some posters for us!
Big up to my Adidas team mate Woodsy who landed a sick double cork 12 – it wasn’t enough to get him into the finals but there’s always next year!
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.
Just got back from a brilliant weekend in Norfolk where I had a fantastic time seeing all my ski mates while competing in the mini-Brits!
On the Saturday we arrived early enough to search out the local Sainsbury’s for a good breakfast to set us up for the day. When we got to the slope we were stoked to see a good turn out and a challenging set-up for the slopestyle.
we kicked off with a rail jam – I got to work straight away, getting the feel of the slope and tried out as many tricks as I could. At the end of the session Pat announced that I was the winner of the Jam for the Youth Mens section. I was stoked with that!
Slopestyle
After the rail jam we began the slopestyle competition where we got three runs each – my earlier practice during the jam session paid off and I laid down some steezy tricks with my best run including a K-fed on the top gas pipe followed by a switch-up, pretzel 270-off on the box rail and then finishing off on the down-up-down with a slide followed by a 450 off.
Slopestyle Results
At the end of the day we had the awards and I was announced as the winner of the Youth Mens Slopestyle which was fantastic for me as I was up against 14 of the top guys in the country. TJ Harding came a close second with my Southern freestyle squad team mate Tom Saunders coming third.
After the rest of the awards were announced they moved on to the overall positions for the day and when they called out the results I was stoked to hear that I had been placed 2nd overall in the mens Slopestyle across all age groups – 52 competitors including most of my heroes. Local legend Tom Coe secured the top spot with an awesome run while Chris Wadsworth came third.
Big Air
There was an entertaining quiz night where some of the adults took may be a little too much advantage of the local hospitality but the Chatham Chavs did well to finish second against some stiff opposition.
We got to the slope early on Sunday and started with a practice session for the Big Air. My best run in the comp was a cork 720 which Pat said I had put my own style to, but I very nearly landed a cork 9 in my final run.
When the results were announced I was mega-happy to find that I’d come 4th in my age category against 14 other competitors and 12th overall in a field of 45!! Super-stoked!
SkierCross
SkierCross was a total riot! I put down a respectable time of 16:56 seconds in the timed heats which put me 6th in the heats – not bad for a freestyler! I got through the quarter finals, despite having to run the race twice! I finally got knocked out in the semi-finals after a very tight battle that saw me cross the line holding three ski-poles – what a fight!!
Special thanks to my sponsors Waterbird for continuing to support me with my skiing and to Ski Bartlett and K2 for supplying my skis.
Had a brilliant time at the Farmers Jam at Norfolk Snow Centre over the August bank holiday weekend.
I came 4th overall in the Slopestyle against some of the biggest names in the country so was totally stoked with that. At the end of the prize giving I was also named as the best non-local skiier of the weekend which blew me away!
Thanks to Rick Hutchings for the photo.
Hey dudes… had a great time on the Air Bag at Chatham on Friday – check out the pics here:
http://www.mjski.com/Galleries/AirbagChatham/index.html
This weekend we went to the final event of the Southern Freestyle Jam Series at Warmwell in Dorset.
We arrived nice and early and got straight out onto the slope. Warmwell is amazing – a small but fun slope with built-in kickers in a fantastic surrounding and the park staff were all really friendly.
We had an hour to warm up – the built in kicker was really nice and the rails were totally smooth although the SnowFlex was running pretty slow in the heat.
The Comp
As soon as the comp started, I got straight to work stomping 7’s on the kicker – landing them every time. Hitting the street-rail was fun – getting 4’s off.
My skis were pretty sticky in the heat so lots of thanks to Chris and Sally at Ski-Bartlett for “lubeing” me up with a huge bottle of lube!!
We had a brilliant fun session with the skiers trying to land the longest airs, while the boarders had a high-ollie comp – man those guys can jump!
At the end of the comp I was stoked to hear my name called – making it into the final 6 against some of the big guns!
The Final
In the final, I put down two solid runs on the big kicker – landing two solid 7’s with a slight cork. I followed this with two runs down the rails – landing a 4 off on the first run, and narrowly missing a 6 on my second.
The Results
Then it was time to announce the results…
I was made-up to be announced as the winner of the day in the under-14’s category but was blown away to hear that I had also come second across all age categories for the day.
I still can’t believe I beat some of the the big boys!!!
Finally, I was announced as the overall winner of the under-14’s category for the entire series – winning a trophy, a camera and a host of goodies.
Well done to my ski buddies Tom Saunders and James Colclough for coming second and third in the series.
Oh – and my sister Madison also came first in the female under-14’s category on the day and for the entire series… we’ve got matching trophies on the mantle-piece at home now!
The only downer on the day was England’s performance in the World Cup – couldn’t even beat the Yanks!!
Big Up’s
Big up to John, Darren, Paul and Dave for organising such an awesome event… can’t wait for next year’s – I believe we’re going national!!!
Big up to Chris and Sally at Ski-Bartlett for the lube!
And finally, thanks to Vince and Ally for their continued support!
Cheers,
MJ.
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Signing the contract with Waterbird
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