MJ's Ski Blog

Yesterday we made the long journey to Castleford for the 3rd annual SNO!down.  The SNO!down is always a relaxed comp which means that everyone is in their comfort zone for most of the time!

The set up this year was sick and everyone was throwing down in the jam!  The team event was so much fun as usual!  People were coming up with the craziest ideas like jumping over people, skiing with their sleeves tied together and with their jumpers on backwards!

1st place in the SNO! Down

At prize giving I got awarded 1st place in the under 16′s category! I was completely stoked!

Congratulations to my team mate Sam Gaskin on getting 2nd place in the under 12′s

Can’t wait for next year!
 
 
 
 
 
 

My Silencers and ID2s were amazing

I was in Les 2 Alpes for the new year.  It was fantastic to be back on real snow – the park set up was awesome as usual and the pipe was absolutely amazing.   It took me a few runs to get used to the proper stuff again but I was soon hitting the big kickers and the rails, laying down some sick tricks.

I met up with Jack Peppiette and the Smithy’s Tavern crew and we sessioned the kickers together.  Jack pushed me to do my first 7 over the biggest kicker in the park – I stomped it, thanks Jack!!

My new K2 Silencers were riding amazingly, they are well good on snow.

Showing off my sponsor's gear

The first day was a bit of a white out but my new Adidas ID2 goggles really helped me to see where I was going unlike my granddad who had to be rescued by Skidoo when he got motion sickness and started throwing up everywhere!

I had an awesome week and we got some great footage in the park – so watch this space for an edit coming soon!

Sam Gaskin - king of the presentations

My ski buddy Sam Gaskin (son of Ally & Vince, my ski sponsors – Waterbird) just won a competition out of his whole year at school with a presentation on freestyle skiing that he gave – it included a video featuring some of his best tricks and also includes one or two shots of me…

You can watch the video on my private pages if you’re a mate at www.mjski.com (see the contact me page if you want to be a mate)