Archive - June, 2009

MK Friday Night Shred

June 28 0 Comments Category: All, Photos, Snowboarding

So here’s the video Jools has put together after Friday night’s session.  My attempts at the down rail aren’t included but I’ll try and get them up at some point as well. MK Friday Night Shred from Jools Smith on Vimeo. The HD version seems to be playing up, so if it doesn’t play click [...]

New Trick OCD

June 27 0 Comments Category: All, Snowboarding

This is where I ride most of the time, SNO!zone MK.  As you can see it’s not that big, the two main slopes are 175m long, so you don’t really get the “whole mountain” feel while you’re riding, but it is perfect for freestyle and getting new tricks dialled. I was really looking forward to [...]

More Maverix Photos

June 22 0 Comments Category: Photos, Snowboarding

Jools has been on photo duty on the last couple of Maverix courses that I’ve done, photos are as usual up on Flickr. June One Day Course & June One Trick Pony session.

Exhausted!

June 22 0 Comments Category: All, Photos, Snowboarding

It’s been an insane week, or should I say last week was insane, since it’s now Monday again? Anyway, things are busy with work and play and I’m starting to feel a bit drained and exhausted. Nothing a lay in and some early nights wouldn’t cure I’m sure but with 5:30am starts, 4 client visits, [...]

I iz extreem

June 15 0 Comments Category: Snowboarding, Sponsors

Yes, I am indeed extreme, well according to this article on Weightwatchers anyway!  I had a call several weeks ago from Emma at Beattie Group, the PR agency for my sponsors SNO!zone, to see if I’d be willing to have a chat to Kate Corney, a freelance journalist who was writing an article on women [...]

Whoop!

June 14 2 Comments Category: Snowboarding

Well my new shred stick works!  I took it for a spin to MK SNO!zone on Friday night and it’s brilliant, it’s a Forum Manual 153 and in comparison to my Forum Craft 155 it’s definitely softer, with more flex.  It’s pretty poppy too, in fact I popped on to the jump on kink and [...]