The Metro Ski Shows in Olympia, alway’s seem to be very hectic, there’s some that don’t seem too into the idea, but I look forward to that week, where i get the chance to catch up with everyone in the ski scene, have fun with my friends and most of all hit the kicker in London.
On the Wednesday, I took a short visit to the ski show, as i had to be back at mine later in the day because Tommo was staying with me. I relearnt the train route, caught up with some friends there and checked out this years jump. I only stayed there for a few hours before shooting back to meet Tommo.
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On the Thursday, me and Tommo both went up to the ski shows with our skis, so we had a little less luggage to bring on the Friday when we were due to compete. On the Thursday, we were up there for the whole day, watching the ski demos, catching up with people in the industry from the likes of the guys from Ski Bartlett, to Warren’s academy and to the Soul Sport guys. It was a fun day, and the highlight definitely has to be getting all of next years ski movies to watch. Again, we had to leave a little early in the evening, as this time Fawcett was coming down for the weekend. I picked Fawcett up from the station later that evening, and we enjoyed watching the ski movies for the evening.
Friday was competition day, the Best of Brits run by the British Snow Tour. We were up super early as my Mum was giving us a lift into London on her way to work. In the morning, we got a little bit of practise in on the jump. It was good to have a little ride on the jump whilst no-one was there, so we could get the feel off it.
For the rest of the day, it was sort of chilled out, doing the same old, catching up with everyone and getting ready for the competition later in the evening. The competition was really fun, I laid down runs that i was happy with but i couldn’t quite hack the transition of the landing which was a shame. But the likes of Woodsy, Webbo and Tommo were killing it and took well deserved podium spots from the competition.
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There was a sad incident in the competition, in that Fawcett ending up hurting himself pretty bad. The competitors that didn’t make the final, that included me and Fawcett, were set to do a grand finale at the end as a little crowd pleaser. Me and Mikey dropped in first doing big backflips, followed by Fawcett doing a front flip. Sadly, Fawcett over-rotated his front flip, like I did last year, but took it really badly in the arms, and ended up breaking both wrists and an elbow. It makes me wonder how many brain cells I killed when I did it last year. But anyway, major props to the way Fawcett took it, and hope his recovery process goes well.
The rest of the weekend was a bit mental from then on, we had the London Ride on the Saturday which was another great competition, with Murray coming out on top this time. I always enjoy the London Ride, it’s such a fun competition and a great atmosphere. My runs included cork 7’s, but I failed to qualify for the final, but nevertheless, it was a really fun competition.
The ski shows, were good fun this year, having the time to see everyone is always nice, and then a little bit of skiing in the midst of that top’s it all off. Thats it for now…
