Hi Ross, yeah its me, "the embodiment of freeride :thinking:"!! Thanks, I've heard about the mag write up but haven't seen it yet!
Pippa and I (she sends a big soppy hello) are hoping to come out to do Brazil and the US round, I've got this freeride bug big time, so see ya in September... We're not big into freeride in the UK so Tan and I doing the IFWA has grabbed some attention.
Guys, as Ross and Eddie have already said, the IFWA is such a great gig. The top riders are of course awesome, but some of us mid field runners and qualifiers are just more average guys who ski just at weekends. This was our first surf event, we turned up not knowing anyone and met so many great people and the friendly welcoming atmosphere..... I'm still buzzing now.
The double backy.... I got just past 1 and 1/2 rotations.... Truth - it was a big wave, I hit it big and gave it full trim, but I've got a flatwater freestyle boat so the throw is massive so I rotate really fast. I landed upside down with the pole in the balls!!. I made it back to the beach in agony and everyone came running up saying do you know what you've done... I collapsed in agony thinking I'd just lost my little tinky winky...!!!
Mean while for us guys, its back to our local little lake and flat water freestyle...