Blog Januari 2012
Just got to Brazil to do some coaching and get an early start on the season. The weather here is amazing, Its their summer and its nice and hot. Not only that, but the scenery is beautiful. I started coaching in Broa Lake on Saturday, and since then have come to ride in Igarata with my friend Rodrigo. The Brazilians have so much enthusiasm for the sport. I let them try the Austin Series, and three of them bought it right away. Now, I'm learning some more Portuguese and making friends along the way. I can't believe I only have a week down here. I will be back down for sure at least twice a year. Enjoy the photos.
31/01/2012
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31/01/2012
On the 25th of October I headed out to Bli Bli, Australia to stay with James Windsor for 3 months. I would also be going to Singapore, Abu Dhabi, and Thai Wake Park. I had the best time in Australia James took me to go wake cable park in Bli Bli the first day I arrived there and I loved it. They have the best rails and kickers.
I also competed in 2 competitions whilst there. I got first in Logan for Flat Water Freaks doing a Mobe 5 and switch S Mobe. The next competition was in Cairns we had to catch a 2 hour flight to get there but it was great. I got to catch up with some old friends from traveling last year. I also got 3rd in Flat Water Freaks and had a great time in Cairns which included jumping off the waterfalls, scary times lol.
After 6 days in Cairns it was back to Bli Bli for a few weeks. Then off to Singapore for the Mettle Games and to the WWA Worlds in Abu Dhabi. I flew out with Courtney Angus and James Winsor
Our first stop was Singapore Mettle games. The cable was amazing and super high there wasn't many riders but the riders who were there where good Rene Konrad, Matty Hasler, James Windsor and a few others. It was a hard comp and I ended up getting second with Matty in 3rd and James Windsor in 1st place after landing his first 1080 in comp, well done bro lol. We then spent a week with the Oxlades an Ozzie family that live in Singapore. James and Matty already knew them. They made us very welcome and showed us a great time we played golf, did some wakeboarding and had some cheeky drinks here and there big thanks guys :)
Then it was off to the WWA Worlds. It was my first year in Pro Men so wanted to ride well to see if I could keep up with the best riders in the world. When we arrived I wasn't really loving the cable and found it hard to ride as the water was see-thru making it hard to spot your landings. After a day of riding the cable though I was riding well and looking forward to the competition. The first day I had to ride against Bernard Hinterberger,, Dominik Gührs and Rene Konrad. I knew it was a hard heat and went all out, I guess it paid off when I went through in 1st place putting me into the quarter finals. I made it through the next heat putting me into the top 8 for the semi-finals. In the semis I had a hard heat against Tom Fooshee, Julian Cohen and Dominik Gührs . I rode well but just missed out on the finals giving me 6th place overall, I was so happy as it was my first WWA Worlds and my first time in Pro men out of Europe.
When the week was up it was back to Australia for some filming and photo shoots with JP a filmier from Go Wake. We got some great shots and some good filming done. The following weekend there was a kicker comp at Bli Bli there were lots of great riders that I hadn't heard of before. I ended up getting 1st with an off axis Melon and a heel 720. James Windsor got 2nd with a grabbed toe 9 and Shane Dalton got 3rd with a toe 9, well done lads.
After the comp most of my time was spent surfing, wakeboarding, partying and hangout at the beach working on my tan. It was great riding at Go Wake ( Bli Bli ) there are so many good riders there to learn new tricks with and get better on the rails as that’s what the Ozzies do best. It was good just to hang out with these guys and just watching Mitch Langfield ride he kills it on rails along with Greg wood.
Time flew by and it was soon time to say good bye to all the great people I had met and that had helped me out and yes there was a crazy leaving party ;).
I was meant to be heading back to England but decided to take a detour and head over to Thai wake park and kick it with the boys from home as the had all headed out for a Holliday. I was easily the best cable I have ever ridden, the rails where perfect the kickers where good and the cable is so poppy making it easy to learn new tricks. I only spent 6 days there as a stopover on the way home but learnt some new tricks Crowmobe 5 off the water and 1080 so went home very happy :)
I just want to say some big thanks to a few people
The Windsor family from letting me live with them for 3 months without them
It wouldn't be possible xx
Go Wake Cable Park for hooking me up with riding
Jobe including Wayne Bryant in Australia for sending me gear etc.
And most of all my Mum for supporting me and making it all happen.
Peace
20/01/2012
I also competed in 2 competitions whilst there. I got first in Logan for Flat Water Freaks doing a Mobe 5 and switch S Mobe. The next competition was in Cairns we had to catch a 2 hour flight to get there but it was great. I got to catch up with some old friends from traveling last year. I also got 3rd in Flat Water Freaks and had a great time in Cairns which included jumping off the waterfalls, scary times lol.
After 6 days in Cairns it was back to Bli Bli for a few weeks. Then off to Singapore for the Mettle Games and to the WWA Worlds in Abu Dhabi. I flew out with Courtney Angus and James Winsor
Our first stop was Singapore Mettle games. The cable was amazing and super high there wasn't many riders but the riders who were there where good Rene Konrad, Matty Hasler, James Windsor and a few others. It was a hard comp and I ended up getting second with Matty in 3rd and James Windsor in 1st place after landing his first 1080 in comp, well done bro lol. We then spent a week with the Oxlades an Ozzie family that live in Singapore. James and Matty already knew them. They made us very welcome and showed us a great time we played golf, did some wakeboarding and had some cheeky drinks here and there big thanks guys :)
Then it was off to the WWA Worlds. It was my first year in Pro Men so wanted to ride well to see if I could keep up with the best riders in the world. When we arrived I wasn't really loving the cable and found it hard to ride as the water was see-thru making it hard to spot your landings. After a day of riding the cable though I was riding well and looking forward to the competition. The first day I had to ride against Bernard Hinterberger,, Dominik Gührs and Rene Konrad. I knew it was a hard heat and went all out, I guess it paid off when I went through in 1st place putting me into the quarter finals. I made it through the next heat putting me into the top 8 for the semi-finals. In the semis I had a hard heat against Tom Fooshee, Julian Cohen and Dominik Gührs . I rode well but just missed out on the finals giving me 6th place overall, I was so happy as it was my first WWA Worlds and my first time in Pro men out of Europe.
When the week was up it was back to Australia for some filming and photo shoots with JP a filmier from Go Wake. We got some great shots and some good filming done. The following weekend there was a kicker comp at Bli Bli there were lots of great riders that I hadn't heard of before. I ended up getting 1st with an off axis Melon and a heel 720. James Windsor got 2nd with a grabbed toe 9 and Shane Dalton got 3rd with a toe 9, well done lads.
After the comp most of my time was spent surfing, wakeboarding, partying and hangout at the beach working on my tan. It was great riding at Go Wake ( Bli Bli ) there are so many good riders there to learn new tricks with and get better on the rails as that’s what the Ozzies do best. It was good just to hang out with these guys and just watching Mitch Langfield ride he kills it on rails along with Greg wood.
Time flew by and it was soon time to say good bye to all the great people I had met and that had helped me out and yes there was a crazy leaving party ;).
I was meant to be heading back to England but decided to take a detour and head over to Thai wake park and kick it with the boys from home as the had all headed out for a Holliday. I was easily the best cable I have ever ridden, the rails where perfect the kickers where good and the cable is so poppy making it easy to learn new tricks. I only spent 6 days there as a stopover on the way home but learnt some new tricks Crowmobe 5 off the water and 1080 so went home very happy :)
I just want to say some big thanks to a few people
The Windsor family from letting me live with them for 3 months without them
It wouldn't be possible xx
Go Wake Cable Park for hooking me up with riding
Jobe including Wayne Bryant in Australia for sending me gear etc.
And most of all my Mum for supporting me and making it all happen.
Peace
20/01/2012
Lately my wakeboard activity hasn't got any further then watching Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and all the wakeboard websites :( I've seen some great web video's coming by the last weeks of people chilling in Asia or Australia. I wish I was there but instead of that I'm stuck in cold Holland!
I would rather stand on my board but I still like the winter as well. It's time to sort some stuff out and it's nice to get ready for the coming season. I try to do this by working out a little bit. I visit the gym twice a week and I do some running. Playing a game of squash and ice skating are also good ways to stay in shape. Ice skating is really nice accept the fact that my girlfriend is twice as fast as I am... I don't like it when she is better in sports then me ;) I really feel that my body likes the winter break so that's good but my mind is ready for summer already! First I'll try to find some time and money for a small snowboard trip and then it's only a little while before the season starts.
Will keep you posted!
Sjors
16/01/2012
I would rather stand on my board but I still like the winter as well. It's time to sort some stuff out and it's nice to get ready for the coming season. I try to do this by working out a little bit. I visit the gym twice a week and I do some running. Playing a game of squash and ice skating are also good ways to stay in shape. Ice skating is really nice accept the fact that my girlfriend is twice as fast as I am... I don't like it when she is better in sports then me ;) I really feel that my body likes the winter break so that's good but my mind is ready for summer already! First I'll try to find some time and money for a small snowboard trip and then it's only a little while before the season starts.
Will keep you posted!
Sjors
16/01/2012
Happy New year everyone! Now it’s 2012 I’m looking forward to planning my year and deciding which contests I will be riding in over the coming year.
Unfortunately as I was injured last season I am not able to go away over the winter to ride and I am definitely missing the sunshine! Last year I spent the whole winter riding in Australia and didn’t get back to the UK until May so I haven’t had a winter here without going away for ages and I’m not really used to it being cold every day!
I haven’t ridden since the end of October but have been keeping myself busy training at Lakeside Health and Fitness so I will be nice, strong and fit when I get back on the water at the start of the season. I had my first workout of the year last week after a little time off for Christmas and did a legs session, I was aching so badly the next day. Climbing the stairs was a challenge so hopefully I will be really strong by the time I start to ride again! I’m also spending a lot of time on the trampoline and as we have a handle set up to use when trampolining I have been doing all my tricks on it. It’s really helping me improve my awareness as this was something I thought I need to work on. Having this at home means I’ve been trying lots of new tricks so hopefully it will help me to learn them once I am back on the water.
This has been the longest I haven’t ridden for a couple of years and I’m really missing being out on the water, but luckily I am riding in the Ladies Demo at the London Boat Show this week and am really looking forward to get back on my board.
10/01/2012
Unfortunately as I was injured last season I am not able to go away over the winter to ride and I am definitely missing the sunshine! Last year I spent the whole winter riding in Australia and didn’t get back to the UK until May so I haven’t had a winter here without going away for ages and I’m not really used to it being cold every day!
I haven’t ridden since the end of October but have been keeping myself busy training at Lakeside Health and Fitness so I will be nice, strong and fit when I get back on the water at the start of the season. I had my first workout of the year last week after a little time off for Christmas and did a legs session, I was aching so badly the next day. Climbing the stairs was a challenge so hopefully I will be really strong by the time I start to ride again! I’m also spending a lot of time on the trampoline and as we have a handle set up to use when trampolining I have been doing all my tricks on it. It’s really helping me improve my awareness as this was something I thought I need to work on. Having this at home means I’ve been trying lots of new tricks so hopefully it will help me to learn them once I am back on the water.
This has been the longest I haven’t ridden for a couple of years and I’m really missing being out on the water, but luckily I am riding in the Ladies Demo at the London Boat Show this week and am really looking forward to get back on my board.
10/01/2012
Hello people,
December was a month with a lot off nice things to do, things like Sinterklaas (It’s a Dutch tradition. Sinterklaas is the Dutch Santa Claus), Christmas, new year’s eve.
A kind of a break for me, just relaxing and get prepared for a new season of barefoot water skiing!
Two days in a row, I had a big meal with Christmas and I had a big party with 50 people at my house with new year’s eve. As you can imagine the motivation of going to the gym and train was a bit low in December, that’s why we have January!
Last year we did some fun stuff in the snow. We tight a rope behind the Land rover and did things like knee boarding, wakeboarding on the snow pulled by the car. So I‘m waiting for the snow to come! Haha!
They said it would be a horror winter in Holland… The only thing I see is a lot of rain, and the town is half underwater… A new idea has born: Skiing on the roads, we are going to try it this weekend! Pictures will follow…!
I’m planning my events and competitions for the new barefoot season, but the calendar is not as full as I hoped for. There are the Worlds, Nationals, and some clinics. But Holland is planning some extra competitions. I can’t wait to see the planning!
My bare footing hours are starting when we get the new F250 Yamaha outboard behind the boat. That will be in the course of February.
Until then, I’m trying to make the best of it! Creating new ideas off fun!
See you guys!!
06/01/2012
December was a month with a lot off nice things to do, things like Sinterklaas (It’s a Dutch tradition. Sinterklaas is the Dutch Santa Claus), Christmas, new year’s eve.
A kind of a break for me, just relaxing and get prepared for a new season of barefoot water skiing!
Two days in a row, I had a big meal with Christmas and I had a big party with 50 people at my house with new year’s eve. As you can imagine the motivation of going to the gym and train was a bit low in December, that’s why we have January!
Last year we did some fun stuff in the snow. We tight a rope behind the Land rover and did things like knee boarding, wakeboarding on the snow pulled by the car. So I‘m waiting for the snow to come! Haha!
They said it would be a horror winter in Holland… The only thing I see is a lot of rain, and the town is half underwater… A new idea has born: Skiing on the roads, we are going to try it this weekend! Pictures will follow…!
I’m planning my events and competitions for the new barefoot season, but the calendar is not as full as I hoped for. There are the Worlds, Nationals, and some clinics. But Holland is planning some extra competitions. I can’t wait to see the planning!
My bare footing hours are starting when we get the new F250 Yamaha outboard behind the boat. That will be in the course of February.
Until then, I’m trying to make the best of it! Creating new ideas off fun!
See you guys!!
06/01/2012
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As I told you in my last blog, I'm back in France since the 11th of December and since then I've been snow skiing in the French Alps!
Hitting the snow ski slopes is an excellent way to keep in shape during the waterski off -season. The first 3 days killed my legs. My calves and thighs were so sore.
I told my coach that I was going to the mountains and he told me to ski every day and once or twice a week to go for an hour of cross- country skiing.
It's been almost three weeks that I've been skiing and I feel so much better than at the beginning. I'm not sore anymore and I can ski so much longer, I don't have to take a break every 5 minutes anymore!
Besides I realized that waterski and snow ski requires similar techniques. In fact, they both involve weight shifts and lateral movements. They also require turning your legs and hips at the waist without turning the upper body; the lower body is doing the work. I'm trying to think about letting the ski moves underneath me to change the edge; the edge change starts at the feet not at the shoulders. That's the biggest similarities I can think of. It's pretty fun to try to implement the same movement in a different sport.
I'll be here one more week before flying back to Louisiana to go back to school. One more week of fun workout before going back to the good old indoor gym... gotta make it count!
Cheers,
Nancy
04/01/2012
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I run and do some stuff in the gym and that's ok but always kind of boring. That's why I was happy that some Dutch wakeboarders organised a trampoline training last week. The jumping is so cool to do! It's just an awesome feeling to jump so high and practice some skills. Check out my picture!
If you take a look at the 2012 calendar it's hard to plan some events. Not much events are announced yet so it's a bit hard to plan anything. I would love to ride more obstacle only contests like Wakestock and Waterfront Battle so I'll keep my eyes open for those competitions.
So, for now I don't have a lot to tell. If you are looking for a new ride for next season have a look on the product videos. You can find a video for each board on this website or on Youtube. Check out my favourites: THE VANITY and THE GUERRILLA.
Wish you all the best for 2012!
Sjors
03/01/2012
