I’ll be testing my new Flow 2013 snowboards, the new shifty (cambered) and the new micron verve (rocker).

A pic of the Davos pipe.

I left on Friday to go to the world rookie fest, it took about 6 hours to get to the hotel we were staying in, which was in France.  The next day we left about 11 in the morning to get to Zurich train station to pick Nathalie Silkstone and Ayla Thilding. We arrived in Livigno at 3 in the afternoon, so we had to go and get registered for the comp. we went back to the apartment to have dinner and have an early night. The next day I woke up at 7 and got ready straight away, we had breakfast and went straight up the mountain, it was a bluebird day and everything was groomed, the park looked sick. The kickers were big, but the rails hadn’t been put in yet. The practice start at 11 and the kickers were great, after a few hours of practice we decided to have lunch and head down to the bottom.

It as Monday and it was day of the qualifications for the Groms and rookies, I was 4^th to have my run and I was nervous but exited, the run in to the first jump was so bumpy and quite hard to control  but it was a nice kicker I landed my whole u with no hands down so I was happy and I did the same on my second run and managed to keep it clean.  After my second run the rest of the day was messing around and riding with Jamie Nicholls and other people. We had lunch and went to the bottom.

On the Tuesday it was the finales and I was just riding around all day.  At about 6 o clock in the evening there was prize giving.

Chamonix

After the world rookie fest we decided to go to cham for a few days, because they had lots of snow, we arrived in Chamonix at about 7 at night, so we had dinner and went to bed the apartment we were staying in was called  Chalet Chez Nous and it belong to The Thilding family. The next day me and max decided to go up and ride for a bit, but it was cloudy so we decided to make a quaterpipe, I hit it first and it sort of worked but you didn’t get much speed. So we decided to go back to the apartment and chill out. The next two days we didn’t go riding because the weather was bad. So we just chilled out and watch DVD’s and went in the hot tub. It was the last day of chamonix and it had dumped it down that night, I was sad to be leaving but it was cold and had school to go to. We arrived home on the Monday and I had to go to school the next day.

Thanks to the Thilding Family and Keith and Deb Silkstone.

We went to Holland the other day and Richard Clarke put this video together.

With enough sweets/candy to keep any dentist happy for years and a pair of bindings up for grabs, it was a night worth waiting for.

With one of these seats holding the golden ticket for a brand new pair of Flow bindings, neatly tucked into a Flow brochure.

All set up and ready to go.

Almost a full house, not often can you keep a room full of snowboarders quite and no one asleep. Flows International Team Micron rider  Jake Terry and The Board Syndicates team manager Rich Jonas in the VIP seats.

Congratulations to MarkTrimmer of London, for finding the golden ticketand bagging himself a pair of  brand new shiny Flow NXT-ATSE bindings

A great night and the best snowboard film this year, thanks Flow.

Bring on the snow and every one have a great season.

Steve T

Me in front of the Windells sign, it was huge.

Windells snowboard camp.

Well what can I say It was the best holiday of my life. I left to get to the airport on Wednesday morning and would be back the following Thursday, so I was there for 8 days. I had to fly from Heathrow to Toronto and then on to Portland. It was a long flight but I managed it without feeling tired. Once I arrived at Portland airport there was a guy from Windells camp to greet us and put us on the Windells bus. The man driving us to the camp said we wouldn’t make it back for dinner so we stopped for a Taco Bells which was sooooo good. We arrived at camp at 10 at night and I was tired. I met all the guys at Flow and then went to bed. The next morning we had to get us up at 6:30 (which I was not ready for), to get breakfast and get up on the mountain. Thursday was the day that we just shred around and have fun
After riding we headed down to camp and from there to about 9 at night it is carnage people doing back flips on trampoline people skating around and just generally having fun. I wasn’t really used to the food because it was self service and it was food like tacos and burgers and just different food but it was still nice.

Everyday was the best day getting to ride with top pros such as Tim Humphreys, Brandon Reis, Danny Buller, Pat Moore, Jed Anderson, Sarka Panchovia and Dylan Thompson. Filming with top photographers and videographers. It was a great park, everything was flowing so you didn’t have to stop all the time. Once the day finished I would get changed as fast as I could to be the fast one to the foam pit. I was in there at the end of riding until bedtime everyday. Wednesday was the last day of the US for me which I was upset about I went to the shop and I bought a few souvenirs and then packed for the trip back home. I had met some great people that I will hope to see at ISPO this year. And I can honestly say for a hyper kid like me a was so tired I could have slept for a week. My first flight back I was with a guy that was at the camp so we just talked about snowboarding and stuff and then at Calgary where I had to catch my flight back to the UK I had to run for because the flight from Portland was delayed. The flight back to the UK was 8 hours long. When I arrived back at Heathrow my Mum and Dad were there to greet me.

Saturday we went to the Oakley Grom games, at Chill Factore, Manchester, we didn’t make it last year because we were stuck in a traffic jam for 5 hours, there was really bad accident. This year we managed to get up there in time, just. I started practise, on a really sick park set up. There was a donkey dick, barrel stall, a massive ribbed pipe and loads of other features. We only had 1 hour to practise and the landings were pretty icy. After there was a massive jam session for 1 ½ hours. I had a bit of a hard slam on the ribbed pipe, I was trying to do a cab hard way one on, but caught my tail, just as I left the takeoff and I slammed my ribs against the pipe, it really hurt, no pain no gain I suppose.
After the jam session had finished it was the prize giving. I got first which I was really stoked about. In the prize bag I got a pair of Oakley goggles, a t-shirt and a Oakley rucksack. Well done to Jake Binnee for getting second and Billy Cockrell for 3rd.

Will be fun.