Claymore Challenge

Hey Everyone, Well I'm in America, At Highland Mountain Bike Park for Claymore Challenge, Gold FMB event. I flew in on Tuesday last week, met up with a few buddies and was stoked to see the course and what was in store for us riders. Got to the bike park around 8pm so had a quick look at the HTC which is a sick indoor training facility with Foam Pit Resi and some fun box jumps. We checked into the hotel and went straight down for a swim and chill in the hot tub. Had my first day of practise on Wednesday, built up the bike then played a bit in the HTC learnt a few things then went up to check out the course. The course was amazing zigzagged down the hill with drops, Boner Logs, Berm jumps and some sender jumps. Had a good day of practise never came off which was good and managed to whip the boner log which i was stoked on. Went back to the hotel and of course straight to the pool and hot tub with a beer in hand. chilled there with a couple of the riders then headed out for dinner. Thursday was Qualifying day and I was feeling nervous with this being my first US comp. had a bit of practise in the morning then found out what heat I was in, it was the last one and I was pretty much last. it was a 2 run best 1 counts format. I dropped in for my first run and it all went to plan. flip table the step down to whip on the boner x the drop 3 table the Geax booter Whip the death jump down whip the quarter hip flip table death jump no:2 table out the wall ride to flip no hands on the last 30 footer. stoked I got my first run good and after waiting what felt like hours I was up for run 2, wind had picked up but dropped in did pretty much the same run but 3 whipped the Geax booter. second run went even better than the first. Had to wait ages for the results and out of 60 riders that were there they only took 15 so it was very tight. Results came in and unfortunately i had missed out by 2 places so i was bummed about that but still happy to have experienced the whole event. For the rest of the time there I trained in the HTC got some new stuff and learned to 360 drops so I should be good for the next event which is Colorado Freeride Festival. I had an amazing time chilling, riding, meeting new people and learning new stunts. Ill be posting loads of pictures on my Facebook and Instagram so keep checking to see what I'm up to. Just waiting in Boston airport now. got loads of time to kill before i fly to Denver for my next adventure. So until then look out for photos and updates of my trip through Facebook and Instagram.

Cheers for now

NASS Dirt Wars

Hi All, Well, NASS was on this last weekend and I was looking forward to it because not only was it Dirt Wars but it was also part of the FMB World Tour so a good opportunity to grab some points. Arrived there on Friday, set up camp and checked out the jumps which looked so good, Looked very bmx, steep landings and kicky lips. Got ready for the MTB's allocated practise. Sun was out wind was not bad so I dropped in first, they were actually really nice, it all flowed smoothly. Had a sweet ride got a few runs dialled in and felt really confident. So went for some lunch and as soon as I got back to carry on riding the heavens opened and it never stopped, rained all day saturday and night so Cliff had to call it off, much to my disappointment. But you can't do anything about the weather. English summers are getting worse and worse. I did have a walk around the festival my favourite was of course the bmx park that was insane. the tricks that the bmxers are doing now are unreal. I never stayed for the park finals as my tent got flooded and so I headed back down to the island. Wish I had stayed but I couldn't handle another night in a wet tent freezing my ass off. so this week I'm heading down to Cornwall with my Bro for a little break, surfing riding and chilling. Should be a video and blog to follow. looking forward to getting out and surfing its been a long time haha. Cheers for now...

Wisley Dirt Wars RD1

Yo, So this last weekend was the first round of Dirt Wars UK, After it had to be moved three times due to crappy weather it finally happened. I travelled up there on Saturday and had an amazing day flowing through the trails with the Welsh massive Danny and Adam as well as riding with Jimmy and Ollie which was so good, weather was amazing and trails were running smooth. Digs and the boys did an amazing job of getting them running because we have had such bad weather lately. Rode till I couldn't hold on anymore then chilled before heading to James's for a comfy night sleep. After turning up a little late on Sunday. Everyone was there and everything set up, riders killing it on the trails, I got padded up payed the entry and had a few runs through then the heavens opened and it rained not so stoked on that. After battling with the rain and trying to get the open and pro comp going there was finally a break in the weather and it all went down. Open riders were smashing it such a jump in skill its crazy the progression these days. Pro comp went well I made the finals and had two decent runs not quite what i had planned but worked out good and I took home 3rd. Team mate Clintdons took 2nd and so stoked for Marcel Hunt taking the win with such smooth, flawless and crazy stunts, Well deserved win. Amazing weekend and now looking forward to NASS this weekend. Ill be praying to the rain Gods to give us a break. Thanks to Cliff, Rob and everyone that made the weekend a GREAY SUCCESS!! haha PEACE!!