I went to the SNO!storm freestyle night last Friday at Castleford. Again, I was impressed with the effort that they put in the park setup - most noticably this time the kicker, which was easily the biggest I've seen there yet.
It's a shame that they don't put these special freestyle nights on more often as the quality of the park is high (the next one isn't until August). I understand that it no doubt takes a large amount of effort to set it all up; but when they build kickers like this one it can be really progressive. It certainly helped me to push my own limit...
I was pretty nervous the first time I hit it, and throughout the night I didn't try anything more adventurous than straight-air variations. I probably only hit the kicker a dozen times - but I was pleased that towards the end I was feeling more comfortable, more confident. I was ready to start trying some things.
These freestyle nights definitely attract some of the good riders from around the UK - there were some sick riding on display, putting the kicker to good use.
I learned some new stuff on the rails and boxes too, which felt pretty good: boardslide to 50-50, coming in regular and switch, and also a little frontside bone on a 5-0, which probably has a name that I don't know. I'm still nothing near to comfortable with frontside boardslides - something I definitely want to fix. Now I'm just looking forward to the next one in August...
We took a little bit of video over the last handful of runs - but unfortunately I've left my camera in Huddersfield! In the meantime I'll post some pictures of the park setup and then I'll sort the video out when I get the camera back.
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