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Will at Snozone in MK

Will Gilmore at Snozone MK with his new Capita Snowboard

Will's 9th Birthday!

So today is Williams 9th Birthday. His Nana and Grandad travelled 400 miles from Scotland down to see him and spend time with us for Will's birthday and then the weekend before they head home again..
He seems pleased to bits with his presents which again are mainly lego and a huge Nerf gun.. Will post some pictures of them once they are built up. Later we are having a special meal follwed by a "Chocolate cake with chocolate filling, chocolate icing and chocolate decorations" specially requested by the young man and completed by myself yesterday...

His latest adventure was a long weekend out at Avoriaz with his Dad. They stayed at Rude Chalets so were totally looked after , had a lovely place to stay and eat & they got to play X Box every evening! Apparently it had snowed so much that the most freestyle parks were closed, so they played about in the STASH which is and awesome freestyle park made completely from wood. Some of those rails where huge ! But Will just loved it. They arrived home tired but buzzing, with Will nagging at his Dad to download the video's so we could all watch what he's been up to. Will chose the tune :)

Well the little Man had an amazing Christmas , Santa brought him all the toys he asked him for and he also had a complete Lego overload ,which kept him busy for days.. There was't much going on in the indoor slopes over the festive period although he did go to Hemel's Junior JIBJAB bash on the 23rd of December. He had a great time and came away with a few goodies including a longtee t-shirt which is just huge on him but he loves.. He made a big impression on a few people there who were raving about him and how well he rides.. " Star of the future " was said a number of times.

Burton Hi5 at MK

Its been a couple of late nights for William this week, poor lad, he still  does struggle past 9pm.
He was at MK 's Thursday freestyle night , the park was quite simple but he got a sneaky peak at  the park set up for the Burton Hi 5 on Friday. He took a while to warm up but by the end of the evening he was  having fun  on  side hit rail and the gas pipes.

Friday night was the Burton Hi5 event, which was a very long evening as we had'nt realised the competition did'nt start till half 9. William really enjoyed the park set up, especially the big A frame shooter thingy, and he was chuft to bits that he managed to boardslide the length of the very kinked rail ( seeing is believing). It was good for him to ride with some of his local snowboarding buddies, but he does still get intimidated by having so many good riders around him at the same time.. But we are assured that he will get more used to this over time and experience..Special thanks to Jeff  Menday (Becky's Dad) who boosted the little mans confidence by complimenting him on his riding..

At least we know he enjoyed it, as he asked when the next Hi5 event  was and could he go.. But then it might be the lure of the stickers and badges that he collected..

Saturday at MK

Will went along for an afternoon to join in with Definition's training session and generally have a play on the slope. It had been ages since he had seen Gav ,so it was really nice to catch up with him since he has had a few big events recently keeping him busy and off the slopes..

Will and Cerys were chatting a mile a minute to catch up all their news but Gav kept them busy too , practicing  on the box and on the jump doing some shift jump thing that looked abit like a BS shifty to FS 180.

Then after a great family meal at Pizza Express it was time for Park Strife for what turned out to be  a very quiet night.  For Will , it was a mainly rail night with  a big cannon jump at the bottom . Which given Will's small size he had to nail to get the speed to clear. He had a few tumbles which had us and a few fellow spectators gasping at , but like always he had a great time and was asking when he could come again.. The car ride home was interesting as Will recounted  in great detail all his tricks and crashes..

Why Aint You Jibbin camp at Landgraaf, Holland

What an exciting  week, Will  and his Dad have just arrived back from London's Freeze Festival. Sounds like it was amazing to watch the Snowboard competition  . Will's highlight was watching Jamie Nicholls , and asking if every person with a Red Bull helmet was him.


Thursday we came back from a 5 day snowboard training camp with Steve Addicott at Landgraaf.. Will had an amazing time and Steve got him working on some new tricks.. Including BS 360 spins, BS 180 tail grabs and he had a go at frontflips..
Steve compiled a great video of his tricks

Will at Landgraaf, Holland