Merry Christmas!!!!

Hey Guys!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!! It has already been Christmas in Australia but is currently Christmas right now! I hope everyone was spoiled by family, friends and Santa!!! I got lots of beautiful gifts!!  Merry Christmas everyone!!

I for one am very excited to go shredding on Wednesday so I can wear my new Nike Boots!!

Talk Later!!

Emily :) xx

Colorado Beginnings - 2011

Hey Guys.

Last week I arrived In Colorado to train with ISTC Groms for 4 and a half months. I am living in a lovely condo with my Dad, Brother and friend, Matt. Matt is also a snowboarder from Australia. Whilst in Colorado , I will be trained by Jim Smith, who was recently voted best coach of the year, and Josh Heminger, Silver Medalist at Winter X games. I will also be training with all the top kids in America including Blake Moller, Chase Blackwell, Cody Warble, Cameron Staveley, Luke Staveley, Cameron Pool, Tate Sandman, Max Bartnitski and Rj Manis. I am really excited for this snow season!!!

Talk Later,

Emily :) xx

Australian Junior Seris 2011

Hey Everyone,

A few days ago was the AJS 2011(Australian Junior Seris) Slope Style event. It was a beautiful blue bird day but it was fairly icy and solid. All the competitors for the days event met at the Village 8 chair early in the morning for bib collection. We then had riders meeting. Baffy (Peter Baff) told us the basics about the comp and than Adam Beggs, Head Judge, told us about what they are looking for in a run. We than all ran to the village eight so we could get a decent amount of training runs. I was in the 2000-1999 age division. For my  first run I just did some nice clean straight airs over the jumps. In my first run I fell on the 1st jump! :/ So for my second run I just wanted to play it safe because If I was to have fallen I wouldn't have been successful. So for My second run I did the same but I landed all my jumps with good grabs on all of them. In result of this I got 1st!

The next day was the Halpipe event. It was another beautiful sunny day, and I was ready to go. My first run was Nose, Method, front 360, back 360. This run I was happy with and I hoped I got a good score! For my next run I did Nose, Method, front 540, Back 540. I was extremely happy with this run and got a result of 1st!

I got overall Gold in the series!

Talk Later

Emily xx :)

Nationals April 2011 USASA - Part 2

The next day I woke up and got on the Summit Stage Bus to Copper Mountain, the bus was very packed. I walked down the pathway heading towards the mountain, trying to resist the AMAZING smell of the Belgium waffles. I met my coach, Sabrina, at Jacks Cafe and then went to the American Flyer Lift. Sabrina and I rode down to the Woodward at Copper Terrain park where the event was being held. I had to runs of practice, where I was trying to figure out the speed for the jumps. Then it was go time! I did front board slide on the box to stale-fish of the cannon box. I then did straight airs with solid grabs off all the big jumps. I was going great until i fell on the run in of the rail... I mean, you would of thought that I would fall on a jump or rail, but no, the run in :)  So on the next run I did the same. It wasn't a very creative run but it was good enough to get me 3rd Place!! I was very happy with my self. :) The USASA Nationals was a very good experience and I'm excited to hopefully do it again soon!

Talk Later

Emily xx :)