I just had an awesome couple of weeks!! I just got back from filming in Kamloops for a week, But before that, I went to the Teva Mountain Games. The Teva Games Is a smaller slopestyle, but it is rapidly growing in popularity with riders such as Aaron Chase, Cameron Zink, Adam Hauck, Tyler Mccaul, Phil sunbaum, and many others. I have never been to Teva, so I was really excited because I heard the course is always super fun. But when the plane landed, It was raining!! Even with the rain, I couldnt wait to see the course, so I put on a waterproof jacket, and checked it out. It started out with a smaller drop into a good trick double followed by a wallride into another double. It ended with an on-off box into another jump. I was happy to see that the forecast was clear for the comp, and what a comp it was. everyone stepped up their game with consistent and crazy runs. The finals were even better with most of the people 360ing or tailwhipping the drops, and throwing their best tricks. I ended up 3rd with a couple of solid runs highlighted by a flip whip, a truck driver, 360s on the drop, and a flip barspin to x-up on the last one. Chase got 2nd and Hauck got 1st with an insane 720 on the last jump, and he was the only one to tailwhip the drop in finals.
Right after I got back from teva, It was off to Canada for filming. I am filming for this video called Barred for Life, and It is gonna be big. I have already done most of the filming for it, and it should surprise some people at the premiere at Interbike. The first stop was Jordie lunns house on vancouver Island. We rode some stuff he built as well as the jumps at his house. I watched him huck off this 25+ foot drop with a tiny landing and he stuck it clean hid first try!
Then it was off to Kamloops. This was my first time in Kamloops, and I instantly fell in love. The dirt is so easy to work with, and easy to crash on. We built some cool new lines and hit some already built ones too. I 360′d a 12 foot drop which was the biggest I have done yet, and flipwhipped a big step-up. Harooks was shooting photos, and got some epic shots. Look for them soon in the magazines. After we accomplished all we came there to do, it was time to go home and get some much needed rest.
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