The last few days at the YOG were sooo much fun..
Thursday was the first ever slopestyle competition at the Olympics! Course was really good it was a down rail or down flat down to a bonk to a canon, wall ride or flat box, to a down box or a down flat rail or a rainbow, yep thats right 4 jib sections! which then lead in to 2 jumps. It was a fun course to ride and i was sticking all my tricks in training and then in qualification i placed 7th which was good enough to get me into the finals, i was stoked on that. The finals were due to be held the next day, however as the forecast was not good they decided to run the finals straight after the qualies as the bad weather was already coming in. The wind and snow made it really hard to land a run, i think 4 riders stuck there 1st run, i was unable to land either of my 2 runs which was disappointing, i ended up finishing 16th out of 28 :)
This was me done for my events, however there was lots still going on, supporting the rest of Team GB, organised events and parties! was soo much fun and so many people from all over the world all our age group to meet and have fun with.
There was a new skate park right next door to the olympic village which only opened on the 17th December, they had a fun street section, a bowl and a sick mini ramp!! Tyler (freestyle skier), Woody (ice skater) and me spent most of our time in the mini ramp because there was nobody else skating it :) haha it was good fun i learned some new tricks in it which im stocked on and it was only 2€ to get in :). If you are ever in Innsbruck check this place out.
We went to watch Katharine who was doing the ice hockey and had a real medal chance, she ended up finishing 5th the scores were so tight the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th all had the same score, very unlucky. We did get a gold and silver medal in the short track relay and a silver in women's bobsleigh well done guys and girls!!!! It was a fun few days so gutted to be back home !! Missing every one!!
It has been an amazing experience, one i will never forget. Hopefully i can push on from here and get the chance to experience this again at the full Olympics in 2014 or 2018.. Thanks for all the support and messages everyone sent me during the games, made me soo happy!
This is me stoked to have made the finals in the Slopestyle, cool that i was allowed to wear my new O'Neill jacket from the 2012/13 collection.
These are my sick new Head bindings, they even got me them in Team GB colours! next seasons with the new soft base.
This is me in the halfpipe at Kuhtai, the setting for both snowboard comps.
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