Just had to add this totally awesome picture taken of Will from below..

Sponsored Rider Session at MK Snozone

So it was another really late night for Will this Thursday , finishing at 1 am Friday morning.. But Will was stoked to have the chance to ride with the rest of the MK sponsored riders on a really great park set up by Thom Boddington.  There are some awesome pictures taken by Jooles Smith

WAYJ Camp in Morzine

Ayla Thidling, Will Gilmore, Steve Addicott and Nathalie Silkstone

So Will has just come back from a fantastic week of freestyle training with Steve Addicott.Although it was one of the last weeks of the winter season the weather was interesting with rain, snow and poor visibility. The slushy snow meant it wasn't suitable to practice any spins off kickers as Steve didn't want to ruin their good technique. So instead Will , Ayla and Natalie got to spend lots of time in the super pipe with Steve and half pipe verteran Kate Foster, before heading up to practice backflips on the airbag in the afternoon. On the last day it snowed really heavily and after a couple of runs through the Stash they headed off to practice a heap of switch one footed tricks in the park. Will's highlights of the week were perfecting alley oop 3s out of the pipe and managing to get some air out of the pipe, especially as it was Wills first time in a half pipe.

Boarders Boards Jam

Will had a total blast last night at Boarders Boards Bash last night! He was so stoked to win fourth place especially against the talent that gathered to attend. He was "killing it" as some people have been known to say. And even almost landed his first 720 spin...  Here is a link to the nights video, look out for Will at the start of the indoor riding bit..
Parkstrife Boarders Boards Jam Session Video

..... Next well , the little man is heading for a weeks training with Steve Addicott in Morzine.....looking forward to spring snow an d sunshine ....:)

Sponsored Riders Photo at Snozone MK..

Its been a little while since we last updated.Since last time Will has attended a fantastic late night sponsored rider only photo and video session with the Salomon US team riders. He was stoked to have the opportunity to ride with pro snowboarders on an exclusive freestyle park and to stay up so late that he and his Dad got locked in at Snozone..There were some awesome pictures of the session taken by Jules Smith

This next week holds the Boarders Board Jam session on Friday  before he heads out to have another week of freestyle training in Pila ,Italy with the Why Ain't you Jibbin Crew...
Look out for the pictures soon..

Why Ain' you Jibbin Freestyle Course

Well what a fantastic week Will had. Lots of fun doing what he loves best in the glorious resort of Pila just above the Aosta Valley in Italy. He quickly made friends with fellow juniour  snowboarders and thrived under the expert training given by Steve Addicott and Kate Foster.

The snowboard park was amazing giving them all access to some fantastic features & some much needed kicker training given that Will does'nt really get as much  access as he's like to large kickers in the snowdomes.

Road trip to Italy...

Will is on his way to Italy for another fantastic week of snowboard training with Steve Addicott. He is so excited and has all these tricks he wants to learn.So we will have to see how it all goes for him. If its anything like the last camp he will come away with a tonne of confidence and a bag of new tricks . Watch this space for new pictures and videos. It's going to be a fun week for Wills little brother who is going to have his first go at snowboarding at the tender age of 4.