Trip to Lublin Sportival in Poland

So Will was invited a few weeks ago by his sponsors  Dragon and Stance, to attend a new up and coming rail competition in Lublin , Poland. He was due to fly out last weekend  with fellow Dragon Rider ( and UK big hitter) Andy Nudds. Unfortunately at the very minute Andy was'nt able to go, so I was the lucky person to get to go along with Will as a very poor stand-in for Andy.

Lublin was a great city and where the event was staged was spectacular, in front of the old medival castle . The Polish people were very friendly and welcoming to us both.

The rail competition started with practice sessions, and then there were three 20 min heats to qualify  through to the final. Will rode with his usual style against a crew of Eastern European big names including Dragon Rider Ziga Rakovek and the two  Redbull riders Wojtec Pawlusiak and Denis Leontyev.

He was really pleased to get through to the final , where he was competing against the top 9 other male riders ,being by far the youngest rider. In the end of an amazing final with everyone throwing down really stylish tricks, the top riders were Darek Bergman (Czechy) who came first, Wojciech Pawlusiak (Polska) who came second and the very smiley Jessi Blackwell (Norwegia) who came third. 

Through to the Final

The huge Polish crowd took Will to their hearts when he was riding and he also got a great reception from all the other riders. In all , it was a great experience for Will for his first European competition , and it was amazing of Stance and Dragon to make the trip happen. Will was also really lucky to get a new GoPro camera from The Snowboard Asylum. We used it to video some of his riding and this is in the clip below...