Better

I'm super stoked to be riding again now. Had an awesome time in snozone last week, and got a great picture from James Streater.




















Also my grandad has taught me how to flyfish, I'm now hooked. I even managed to catch a fish!!!

Broken in Laax

Really gutted to broken my collarbone, the day before the Brits started as well :( Hopefully I will get better soon. Had a awesome week in Laax before that though.

Laax!!!

I had an awesome time out at Laax,  Switzerland. The park there was rad and I had a great time riding with the park and pipe crew. I can't wait to get back out there in April!

Children of Gnar 2017

I'm really stoked to have had a delivery of two next seasons Children of Gnar boards. The graphics by Jono Woods are awesome and I'm looking forward to ride them. The 138 will be for riding in the domes and the larger 142 version should be good for using out on the mountains on the bigger jumps.

2017 Capita children of gnar 142 & 138

Another cool thing that's happened recently is that I'm featured in the current Reason Magazine.

At the moment I'm enjoying being home and riding the rad freestyle parks in Milton Keynes. But I am also looking forward to going with Park and Pipe crew to the mountains in February 

Last Trip of the year

Will has flown off for his final snowboarding trip of the year ,so he's with the Park and Pipe crew in Tignes, France. Sounds like he's having a great time , doing some mountain skills training and just generally having fun.

Also TSA recently did this little video the first of a series featuring their sponsored riders , and Our Will and Harry Winnard are the in the first episode .. 

Tsa-gangcasts-episode-1

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...

Telegraph Ski Snowboard Show

Well its been a really busy few days for Will and the rest of the family. Will has been riding in the Telegraph Ski Snowboard Show again ,down in its new venue of Battersea Park. The Soul Sports guys built a  scary looking big air jump ,and invited Will together with   a crew of rad snowboarders like Sparrow Knox, Matt McCormick and Andy Nudds and Skiers such as little Bradley Fry and Olympian Murray Buchan  to ride it.
In all the weather stayed overcast but fair and the  guys put on a great demonstration of  riding over the four days.
It was a fab show with lots of atmosphere and a good chance to meet up with many of the friends in the snowboarding and skiing industry.

 So coming up there is Will's good friend Jake Binnee's Only Fools and Horses themed park night this Thursday at Snozone and then a potential trip out to Europe to take part in something exciting. Plus a little video blog that Will recorded with the guys at TSA is coming out any day now...

looks quite scary from this angle !