Winter X Games TIGNES Hi there,
Just got back from the first european x games in tignes. Let me take you thrue the week.
a (fun) day in les 2 alpes Hi,
I just got back from les 2 alpes. I first went there for the kumi yama, a fun team contest that we won with my friends Aluan Ricciardi and Arthur Longo, then I stay for a few more days to train.
@larturongo oui ca va pas mal, ca fait 2 j que je ride, c'est bien fun. Pour l'instant encore un peu tranquille mais ca devrai vite revenir
on September 12th, 2009
fun day on the hill today even if it was raining! Spring is around the corner...
back in wanaka again after a nice road trip in the south.
The ankle is still not feeling great but I hope I can get back on the snow soon!
on September 4th, 2009
New Zealand
This time it’s winter, well almost. I joined the all Quiksilver team for our annual photoshoot in Mt Cook, New Zealand, but after a great start of the season over there, it turned warm on rained all the way to the top. Not a single powder turn and it was already time to get to Wanaka and the first half pipe world cup of the season.
The level in the pipe got pretty crazy while I was recovering, with pretty much everybody training on airbags and throwing double corks and stuff! But few days of training got my confident back, and I was actually surprised on how I was riding after such a long break.
But once again karma hasn’t been good to me and on the trainings for the contest I sprained my ankle.
I’ve been resting for 10 days now, witch allowed me to visit the south coast of New Zealand in a camper van with Arthur and Bourbousse and I’m now back in Wanaka and will go ride tomorrow to see how my ankle feels. I’m staying for one more month so surfing will have to wait a little bit!
on September 2nd, 2009
back in old good wanaka! The heli mission didn't happen.
on August 17th, 2009
Holidays Mexico Here I am in the south of Mexico, speaking Spanish a bit witch is fun, pretty nice place, amazing culture and cool people. But it’s hot, too hot, how do they do it!
Trip is ending, 2 weeks here surfing some of the best waves of the planet made me want to explore more of that country, but I’m still young, and it was time to be back on the snow.
on August 5th, 2009
Training Mt Hood After my foot injury in February, I couldn’t wait for the time I would finally be back on the snow! So my « endless winter » summer would start up in Mt Hood. I went there for almost a month and as usual I had a lot of fun. Pipe and weather were great until Arthur Longo, Aluan Ricciardi and our coach joined me. The High cascade park crew had pulled up a 22 ft pipe for the US team to come train and we got lucky to be able to ride that pipe, but the weather got a little tricky.
Anyway, that was a fun trip, it felt amazing to be back on the snow, I got some new tricks in my bag and that was good for the upcoming olympic season. The only bad thing was that my foot was still feeling sore, so I decided to take a break and went surfing in Mexico. Life’s hard!
on June 24th, 2009
Tahiti Quiksilver surf trip To finish my recovery I received a great present from Quiksilver. I was invited to the annual surf photoshoot in tahiti to promote my eco circle boardshort along with all the Quik team.
Amazing trip, surfing every day with all the pros of the team and the world tour, even had an insane session on a secret spot with Slater, Irons, Parko, Flores, Picon...
I was also there to celebrate my good friends Caroline Béliard and Gary Zebrowski's wedding, witch was pretty fun.
Thanks to Quiksilver, Jasper, the Riou family, Raimana and the boys for those great times. But now it's soon time to be back on the snow, I can't wait.