World Snowboard Championships in Oslo, Norway

This past week was the WSC in Oslo, a great place to go. The competition was great had a really fun course. Although it was not as scary as I though it might be, I sadly didn’t make it past qualifiers. We had a wicked head wind and I just couldn’t pull it together. But we had great days, and practice always went well. The landings were a little flat so my body is sore now, but thankfully my LaMar Allure snowboard (lamarsnowboards.com) held up really well with the landings and knuckles I found. The mountain was right outside of Oslo, so it was awesome to see the city and furred from the mountain. It made taking laps really easy and quick. We also had a T-bar, which I haven’t been on in a while. It was funny to watch some of the locals try to ride it; they just don’t seem to get it. Luckily I didn’t really need my helmet because I didn’t hit my head but my Shred Ready (Shredready.com) helmet was awesome. A lot of girls were talking about their helmets flying back, and mine didn’t because of the adjustable setting, which I really like.
My good friend Kelli moved to Oslo which was awesome because I got to see her again, and she played tour guide for me and my dad. So we got to do some stuff I would have never know existed there. Like sledding, or death sledding as some call it which is pretty true, it was sketchy but so much fun. We got to ride those old fashion sleds too or luge sleds as some call them. I didn’t even know they still existed; glad they do somewhere. We also did a lot of sight seeing around Oslo like the opera house, and walked around the harbor. It was fun to spend some time in that part of Norway, guess I’m going to have to come up with another excuse to go back. Maybe to the northern part next time, because I really need to see the northern lights. And more fjords, the really cool once not like were Oslo is; some don’t even consider it a fjord which I can see why.
Next it’s off to Mammoth for the Grand Prix and Vermont for the US Open and home! Excited to go back for a little bit to see some family who have given so much support and love.