Well right now I am in Mammoth, I came out here with the intentions of riding, but the bruised heel from X Games has continued to give me some grief, so I decided to stay out here, enjoy the mountains, rest up the foot and do a little fitness!

In the gym in Mammoth we have had the honor of meeting fellow brit Mara Yamauchi! She is over here altitude training in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics. So cool to meet her and hear some of her stories, super inspiring! Can’t wait to watch her compete on the 5th of August in London! Check out her blog here ….

Here are a few pics from what’s been going down!

Hanging on set of Kimmy Fascani’s shoot. Spenny bought out the sled neck in me! One day I will own one of these bad boys, so sick!

Gabi, Kimmy, Speno, ME, Enni aka team Finland in the house!

As Mammoth mountain is geologically active there are tons of hot springs !it’s crazy to go and sit in an all natural volcanic tub! sessions have become frequent out here! Pretty much going down every other day!

The scenic view… down by the springs,

Nate + Woodsy are out here camping so we headed to there’s one night for a …. Hobo dinner, pretty much one of the tastiest things on the market. I highly recommend it, thanks LADS!

RV style, tucking in!

Marshmallows going off! Ben, me, Woodsy, Nate

Kilner on his voyage

and in-case any of you were concerned, the club 300 that myself and Jones purchased got put to good use!

For now that’s a rap! check back for more photos from the last few days of the trip! and hopefully i’ll be going snowboarding soon.

AIMZ

Pictures from the road. Reno – Tahoe – San Fran – LA – Mammoth

South Lake Tahoe, 6am. Jet lag is amazing when you wake up to this…

Mist clearing over the lake before the scorch begins

Hitch hiking  in the Sierra mountains

Just the view of a little red bridge and a hilly city from Sausalito

The double JJ coming into full effect. Hercules

Hand stands never get old.

25 miles later

Nelson Pratt – future Mens health cover star?

The sea lion hang out

rolling South bound to SOCAL

There not lying…. at Red Rock Canyon state park

The open road “395″ produces some killer sunsets

Mojave dessert

Hot springs

I went out to Tahoe for Jamie Anderson’s session, and it went off, the foot was still not cooperating so decided to have a week off the foot and a bit of an adventure around Cali! Thankyou soo much to Jamie for having us out to Tahoe and renting an amazing house on the lake, was so epic!

Me, Jones, Nelson.

We rented some road bikes, across the Golden gate bridge! hill climbs, beach stops… was an epic mission.

that’s it for now. More pics soon!

I’d like to thank Di for all her support over the last few years, and check out there awesome mag

and read my ITW here!

I met Aimee at Windells when she was fifteen, with her funny British accent all I can remember her saying is “Do you think my coach will teach me backflips?  I must learn backflips!”  She was so serious, I admired her gusto.  Whether or not she ever landed a backflip didn’t matter; her attitude and determination gained Aimee one of her first real fans – me!

http://www.shredbetties.com/riders/story/betty_of_the_year_aimee_fuller/

Photo: Anita Fuschs – Cab undie!

right so i’ll stop with the waffle straight to the business…..

Roxy made this pretty sick banner, on the home page of the site!

and this little edit! Thanks for the support =)

My family was out all week, was great to have them over……My bro was pretty happy to meet this guy… the flying tomato!

The girls! Spencer O’Brien, Cheryl Maas, Me, Jamie Anderson

Signing went down in the Quiksilver tent, this dude was hanging out!

photo’s Kjersti Buaas.

I competed in Slopestyle on Friday, I was really happy I got to ride after dealing with injuries all week, shin splints, bruised heels and bruised ribs! a big thanks to Rob Maden and Jan the Nike physio for working the magic, I missed out on a couple of the practices and also bruised both my heels! I dropped into my 3 final runs not being able to walk… literally, amped up on adrenaline and pain-killers I managed to ride, I didn’t get down a clean run, but I had a blast and put down my back 7,  so happy enough! I didn’t ride to my full potential but that just gives me more motivation, to get back at it, and ride harder next year! Bring it!

The X games Jumboooo tron! I am from Keston… correct. IRL not.

Cab underflip nose during finals. Photo Sam Mellish

Man of the moment, Roope + myself Cashed UP!

The weather was epic, it was SOOO hot! the crowd was stoked and the vibe was super mellow! I finished up in 2nd place. Amped to land my run after over spinning a 9, I put down a 7 to take the 2nd spot, after Izzy Derungs, she put down a huge backside rodeo!

There was an avalanhce up top of the course so the lift wasn’t running we had some crazy dudes driving us on sleds! TERRIFYING…

sled ride of terror

Champagne fest!

Girls podium!

In the boys a massive shout out to fellow brit! MR BEN KILNER< who rode so sick and finished in 4th place! stoked for him!!

now it’s onto Mayrhofen, 8 hour road trip! to get in a little riding with Hamish Mcknight and some of the GB possy!

thankyou very much to Mr Nick Atkins for the photos above…

Back 7 during practice.

I headed over to the BEO in the GB van with India Stephenson and Pilot Mr Billy Morgan.

The BEO was an epic time,

cruising summer style. No hat… no gloves… (p) Susie Floros

the course was perfect, besides a few issues with speed however, I could deal with that as the weather was just perfect, it felt like full on summer up the mountain.

The girls, loving LAAX. Silvia Mittermuller , KJ, Me, Lisa Wiik, + Possum Torr

The new best way to warm up for a slopestyle contest. Race each other down the boarder X track!

Really fun practice session with the GB boiz, Jamie Nicholls + Ben Kilner

So…….Semi’s went down on Wednesday, my first run I fell on my backside rodeo, and my 2nd run I put down a clean run,  backflip, straight air, back 3 into back rodeo…… however it wasn’t quite enough to put me through to finals. That run put me in the 7th spot and the final 2 riders dropped, Silje Norendal and Sina Candrian and put there runs down which bumped me into 9th place. The standard with insane, I was really bummed not to be riding in the finals, but it has just given me more motivation to step up my safety run, so bring on the next contest!

Here is my 2nd run for you to view here

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After I got bumped from the finals I joined Henry Jackson and T-Bird in the live stream box, for the webcast on Redbull TV! first time in there and it was super fun! Commentating the mens semi finals and girls Slope finals yesterday!

I took this shot in yesterday’s Slope finals practice, KJ. Front 7, steeze.

The Home run, end of the day, SUN + Slush with Possum Torr

Thanks to Burton for such an awesome event, they really treat the riders well, putting us up in such nice accommodation and providing us food tokens all week!

and to my TM Lesley Mckenna, for the magic powder wax! She knows her stuff, I went from knuckling all the jumps to being able to make the sweet spot, so big shout out to the boss for being on hand all week

and Thanks LAAX for the epic time, now it’s onto Leysin with Ham and the GB crew!

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Here are a few random pictures from my travels…

Denver airport.

Arriving in Oslo at 1am Lisa + Nugg

My first time on a T-shirt haha, thanks Roxy!

Early morning press confrence! Ulrik + Kjersti

Me + Lisa

planes busy, planes empty, that’s what we like…

Norway is beautiful and so are all of the people living there