Monster Energy Slopestyle Basel, Switzerland

Yo all,

Had an amazing trip this weekend just gone. Went out to Basel, Switzerland for the Monster Energy Slopestyle event.
The trip never started that well, someone jumped in front of the train in Liss so that stopped all trains. Luckily they organized taxi's so eventually got to the airport.
Arrived in Basel met Sam and Raphael who shuttled us around which was sweet. They took Sharky B (Daryl Brown) and myself to check out the course which looked pretty sick, then to the hotel to check in then Down to the river for a swim. Was so fun especially since it was crazy hot.
That night Sam Pilgrim and Chopper arrived they had to crash in our room for the night.
Next day and after a good breakfast we all headed down the river for a swim. got hold of Sam the guy who shuttled us around and ask where a skate park was. Eventually got the post code and went for a skate and little film session, was there for a couple of hours then after sweating gallons we went back down the river for a cool down, quick stop at the hotel to grab Chops Blow up mattress and floated on that down the river.
Went out that night where there was a street party going on was good fun until I bought 2 drinks that cost about £20 and that was the last drink I bought. had a good apart from having to walk back in the rain.
Saturday and Sharky and I got up early and headed to the course to watch the Quali's and have some practice. The course was fun to ride and felt pretty good, Did my first Tail Whip drop which I was stoked about.
That Night was the riders party but first Sam P, Sam R, Chops and I went to a local indoor skatepark where I ended up filming again but was ok. Went out to The riders party ended up staying out for quite a while, was amazing dancing like a lunatic with Syzmon Godziek and the other Polish guys.
Sunday and day of the comp, slept through my alarm but managed to wake up in time for Breakfast, Then organized a lift with Sam P to the course where we only had 30 min to practice which sucked but luckily they gave us an extra hour.
The comp started at 1 and we were put in heats. I was in the last heat which kinda sucked. Everyone rode really well. My first run was good and maybe a little safe. My second run and I whiped the first drop which I never tried before, landed ok but could not get enough speed to super flip the first so just got a Tuck no hander, the rest of the run went well with a three whip to end.
Sam P ended up winning, Szymon G in 2nd and Sam Rens got third and he also won best trick with a flip whip over the first. Chilled a bit after the comp, said our goodbyes and went back to hotel packed our things and headed to the airport. Was so quick at check in no queue's and flew home.
Trip Done Cheers to everyone that helped and looked after me out there.

Camp Bestival Festivalness

Just got back from a very Festive Festival in the lovely, middle of nowhere special Dorset. Just Jokes Dorset is so good.
Anyway got there on the Thursday evening after a day of riding Famous and picking up James Big Hair and Georgie. took damn ages to get or passes but we finally drove/sneaked as close to the freesport park as possible. I set up my sleeping arrangements in hotel passat then checked out the Freesport park. Said 'whats up' and a 'how are you' to Andy Potter, Badger, Nigel and all the builders.
The set up looked sweet Big Roll in to 2 kickers one mellow one for the mountain boarders and 1 steep one for the MTBers, finished off with a Massive Quarter. Just chilled that night listened to some live music, not sure who they were but pretty cool.

Friday I got woken up by some heavy bass not the best alarm i have woken up to. Not much happened that day, rode the ramp a bit was ok made a few adjustments. Had a demo with the Skaters, mountain boarders and bladers at 3pm which was fun. Jack Gear arrived just as we started so he joined in. Daryl Brown and a few others turned up in the afternoon and we chilled a bit, then checked out the various tents playing music. always ended up in the Bolywood tent. Spent the most of the night in there bouncing around like loons.

Saturday and my heavy bass alarm got me up AGAIN. all the other riders turned up around 12ish. was good to see Chopper and Sam Ren there. It was the first day of proper shows. we had one at 3 and the last one at 7 so another chilled day. First show went well. we modified the mountain boarders kicker, made it a bit steeper so we could roll in from the big side and go BIG. The last show was probably the best show of the weekend, we had a huge crowd, did some sweet tricks and moved the ramp back to 35 foot and Sam, Daryl and I did a train of flips and 360's which went down really well, loads of noise from the crowd which was cool to see and hear. Started the night in the Shesha bar and ended it in the Bolywood tent.

Sunday was a long day and I was tired from the night before, really hated the heavy bass wake up but still a lovely day, the sun was shining and after a well deserved shower and breakfast I packed up the car and got ready for the last show. the show went well even with all the riders a little tired and nursing a hangover. Actually never saw a lot of the main stage or live music which i am a little unhappy about but had an amazing time chilling, riding and partying with everyone.

Said our goodbyes and thank you to everyone we started our drive home, started well but a few miles down the rode we caught up to a traffic jam, the worst part about festivals.

Thanks to Nigel, Andy and all the guys at X Works for building and organizing the Freesport park. Also a Big thank you to Henry and Tom from EZO for inviting and looking after us.