Archive for August, 2009

Saturday night was X-Fighters night in London,After a hectic shopping session around Harrods we left the Red Bull Hotel with the other athletes and headed to Battersea power station,The site of the 2009 Red Bull X-Fighters final. It was amazing to see the work that had been put in from the 17,000 spectaters to the Shipping container village that was the VIP area,stacked with Athletes from every disciplin it was rad to catch up with guys we know like the Forte Brothers,Baz Keep,John Tayler. I also met my Long time Hero David Knight and his Girlfriend Tarah Gieger,100m Sprinter Jason Gardener and from a distance the Football legend Didier Drogba.

Thanks a lot to Robbie Henderson from Red Bull for putting on a show and looking after us.

Two things that stood out for me,The massive cranes that held the lights,next time we shoot a night section with Clay,these will make life much easier. And the after party,where everyone was drinking alot but nobody was very drunk….?

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Day two at the jumps and they are looking rad, Me and Powy have been tag teaming the digger.I work for a few hours then go home and hit the gym while He makes as big a mess as possible,Ready for me to clean up when i get back.Could not have done it without you tho mate.Cheers.

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Most of the dirt is in place now,just need the crew to get down there and get shaping.The digger has had a rough few days but its all coming together now.

So with my shoulder down it was time to get the digger out and build some fresh lines at the trails.Its been a hard week,up at 6.00 on the digger and then taking breaks to hit the gym and drive to Manchester for physio.I thought having a bust shoulder would be an excuse to just stay in bed and watch Lord Of The Rings,But apparently not.dsc00374dsc003701dsc00373

The Jumps are looking amazing,Cheers to everyone for helping out.

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This is the moment it all went wrong,Bromont 4X track was one off the best tracks of 09,After a year of settleing in the coarse was dialled.

My Coach Darren Roberts had come out to this race,along with Pro Golfer Paul Casey,after making the decision not to race Downhill,i was feeling strong for 4X.I had my warm up down and i won all my rounds leading into the final.However,my gates had been low end all night and come final i choose to go in lane 4 with the thoughts of swooping wide and cutting under everyone,However,when the gate droped i had a good gate,i landed backside manual on the first jump and was pretty much level with Prokop,as i went to move over on the last jump,he had the same idea and we all ended up wrapped on the floor.

After loads of tests and scans,nothing is broken and i am working closely with Phill Burt and Darrren to get back up to speed for the world champs.

However with all this time on my hands,i am getting bored,so i have got a mini digger arriving any moment to build some new jumps in a local wood.I will do some daily updates on progress so keep it here.