Monday, 21 December 2015
Monday, 14 December 2015
Great summer, excited about winter
I’ve had a really good summer but I’m looking forward to getting back on snow.
I’ve been in the gym a lot over the summer working on my fitness and now feel faster and stronger than ever! I also got to do lots of different sports over the summer including climbing, white water canoeing, hiking, paragliding, BMX racing, bungee jumping and more.
I ran a talent ID series with Mitsubishi over the summer months; it consisted of five events spread throughout the country looking for talent. Loads of people came along, mostly kids, and there certainly was tons of talent! I’m really glad I was involved and I look forward to seeing everyone progress and hopefully I get to see some of them competing at the Olympics one day.
I did some equipment testing out in Italy last month and found some great new bindings from Union Binding Company called Trilogy which I am really looking forward to racing on this winter, they are super light, comfortable and super responsive!
I’m attending an event in the Isle of Man next week with Pokerstars who are supporting me towards the next winter Olympics. The event is a UKIPT Poker tournament. I’ve played in a few before and they are airways good fun so I’m looking forward to that. After the Pokerstars event I travel out to Hintertux in Austria for pre season training. I’ll be based either in Hintertux or Pitstal (also in Austria) through till the middle of December when the competitions start.
I took a season out from World Cup last season and concentrated on training and a few European Cup competitions. The competitions went really well and I got four podiums including 3rd in the overall European Cup series, I was particularly happy with the overall podium as I only raced in half the races!
This season I’m back on the World Cup series and am looking forward to it. Like REALLY looking forward to it! My first races in December and January are in Austria, Italy then Germany.
In February there’s one in PyeongChang, South Korea where the next winter Olympics are being held. I’ve been to South Korea before but never to PyeongChang so it will be really good to check out the ski resort and surrounding area to get familiar with everything in preparation for the Olympics.
In March we come back to Europe for a race in Switzerland then fly over to the USA for one in Squaw Valley, then back to Europe again for the World Cup finals in Spain at the end of March.
At least that’s what the calendar is now! In the world of snowboarding everything is always getting delayed, cancelled, new races get put in and more. Mostly because of weather, it makes it difficult to plan but after a few years you get used to it and I now expect my calendar to be in constant flux.
I’ll be updating with regular blogs throughout the season so expect to be hearing more from me over the coming months!
kite boarding
Kite boarding is a surface water sport combining aspects of wake boarding, snowboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, skateboarding and gymnastics into one extreme sport. A kiteboarder harnesses the power of the wind with a large controllable power kite to be propelled across the water on a kiteboard similar to a wakeboard or a smallsurfboard, with or without footstraps or bindings.
Kitesurfing is a style of kiteboarding specific to wave riding, which utilizes standard surfboards or boards shaped specifically for the purpose.
There are different styles of kiteboarding, including freestyle, freeride, downwinders, speed, course racing, wakestyle, jumping and kitesurfing in the waves.[1] In 2012, the number of kitesurfers was estimated by the ISAF and IKA at 1.5 million persons worldwide [2] (pending review). The global market for kite gear sales is wormillionth US$250
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
chemestry
Melting Metal With Magnets
The Science: The copper wire has a significant amount of AC electricity running through it, causing it to act like a really strong electromagnet. In the metal slug, eddy currents form due to the magnetic field the copper wire is causing while the copper wire has high frequency AC flowing through it. The metal slug’s electric resistance causes a portion of the electric energy to turn into heat, but the heat builds up until the metal slug becomes white hot and melts.
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
basketball player
- Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high mounted to a backboard at each end. Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.[1] The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the most popular and widely considered to be the highest level of professional basketball in the world and NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.[2][3]
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