Some pictures from Will's week in Morzine riding with the Why ain't you jibbin crew.
Look out for a little video edit coming soon.
He had such a great time and can't wait till he has another week out in Pila soon and then its Will's first time at the Brits in Tignes..
So Will is out in Morzine training with Steve Addicott and Kate Foster this week. He's been having a great time and its good to catchup and ride again with fellow GB team riders Callum Paton, Ayla Thiding and Natalie Silkstone. Its the perfect chance to get some much needed practice on some of the bigger kickers and the half pipe which Will just can't get access to at home in England.
It hard trying to decide how much mountain time Will should have , and then trying to balance those decisions around family commitments.... but we have decided at last what Will is going to do this season..
So Will is having a week out riding with the awesome Steve Addicott in Morzine, France in February and then another two weeks out in March, one week preBrit training in Italy and then he's going to the outdoor Brits out in Tignes for the first time ever. Will is really up for it and is really excited..
Plus we have found an awesome trampoline training venue for Will that is willing to help him with his arial awareness . Its at the National Trampoline Gymnastics Acedemy in nearby Northampton and we are starting with monthly one to one lessons.. He had his first session last week and it went really well..Its a relief to find somewhere that will help him as we don't want him doing potentailly dangerous tricks without expert help and advice.. Will post photos's soon..
Well its the little man's 10th birthday today and he's gone and got a flu bug which he is not happy about. But even feeling rotten hasn't stopped him from building most of his Lego presents up .
We'll post some pictures soon... He has requested Chinese Crispy Duck and a Triple Chocolate cake which we made together yesterday..
Most of those presents were Lego !
Lego Sopworth Camel all built up!
One other thing that Will has been up to is making his own video edit. He found it a facintating process and spent a good few hours mastering the software and the edits that Thom Bodington took of him last Thursday. Apart from a couple of glitches mastering the music rights he did it all himself..
Its been a while since we updated what Will has been upto. He's been going to the Thursday night shred sessions at MK riding with the usual crew and then went up to Glasgow early December for a two day grom camp with Ben Kinnear. That was great as Will got some practice at Bearsden Dry slope even though its not his favorite riding, he does have a go at it every few months or so.
But Will really got the most out of the training at Braehead Snozone . They did a fabulous job of the indoor double kickers and Will got to practice frontflips and 720 spins which he is getting really close to nailing..It's always great for Will to get to ride with fellow groms too and make more snowboarding friends.. GB Grom Camp in Glasgow
Also the TV shows that Will appeared in have been shown since we last updated . First he had an appearance in CBBC's Newsround and then the Friday Download programme which is below. It Features two fellow Milton Keynes freestyle pals Becky Menday ,who did the snowboard lesson and Jake Binney who rode with Will . Considering how nervous Will and Jake were they did so well and spoke more than we had been expecting.,..
Christmas has been brilliant and his favorite Christmas presents being his Lego R2-D2, his first ever phone and a new jacket.. We have Will's 10th birthday to look forward too over the next few weeks and we asre in the middle of planning where and when to get Will out riding in Europe..
Last Friday was the final Whitelines competition , and it was held at Will's home MK slope. He was really excited about it too. The Wednesday before was another late night sponsored riders photoshoot with the awesome Jools Smith. So Will got the chance to practice the park and ride with the rest of the Snozone Freestyle team before everyone else.
Friday Will rode really well with his favourite trick being a frontside thought the Whitelines down flat down rail, he was a bit disappointed he didn't make the final 8 but considering the caliber of the other riders that would have been a big ask for the little man. It's funny how his expectations of himself has grown.. Anyway he left before the end of the competition as he had taken a couple of heavy slams and was feeling really tired.. But much to his surprise he was awarded the most progressive rider of the evening winning himself a rather flashy new Ion video camera and a few Whitelines goodies.. So the little man is rather pleased with his prizes which were very kindly kept safe by Becky Menday's Dad Jeff until we could collect it all on Sunday.
Stoked with his most progressive rider prizes
So what next, well Will is having a day off school this Thursday to do some filming with some other young MK shredders for Cartoon network and then next week he is off up to Glasgow for two days of training with the GB junior freestyle team..
And then in amongst all this excitement came a lovely new pair of Union Miniflite snowboard bindings from the lovely guys at The Riders Lounge..
Pictures to follow ASAP.
