Archive - April, 2009

Nearly Nose Grab!

April 16 2 Comments Category: Competition, Photos, Snowboarding

Nearly Nose Grab!, originally uploaded by plasticsnow aka Kat. Here’s a shot Jools took of my second run in the Big Air at the Brits. After landing a clean Roast Beef for my first run I went for the nose grab on my second. As you can see I didn’t quite get the grab but [...]

Season Round Up & Exciting News

The Brits is over and I’ve had a good year in competitions with 9 podium places from 11 starts as the 2008/9 season draws to a close. Not only that but I’ve come close to qualifying for the overall final on a couple of occasions (Big Air at the Brits is my nearest miss so [...]

Back to the Grind….not the jibbing kind

April 06 1 Comment Category: Competition, General, Snowboarding

I’m writing this on my way to London, on the train, heading to the office after two weeks away in Laax. It feels a bit surreal, here I am suited and booted and fighting for a seat on the train ( I won) when this time a week a go I was waiting for the [...]

Medal Free Wednesday

April 01 0 Comments Category: Competition, Snowboarding

No medal for me today unfortunately, but the weather was good and I was happy with my half pipe runs. I’d out a couple of runs in on the half pipe yesterday but hadn’t really done anything spectacular (let’s face it, when you only ride pipe once a year it’s hard to be spectacularly anything [...]