The OWIA Halfpipe Team has just completed one of its most successful training camps it has had, riding New Zealand’s Snow Park Resort halfpipe.
The OWIA Halfpipe Team has just completed one of its most successful training camps it has had, riding New Zealand’s Snow Park Resort halfpipe.
Andrew Burton, Mitchell Allan and Holly Crawford have been pushed their riding over the two week camp – in preparation for the opening World Cup in Valle Nevado, Chile – in a pipe which OWI Head halfpipe Coach Ben Wordsworth rates as “one of the most well-shaped pipes I have seen outside of competition”.
Andrew Burton, having already met the qualifying standard for the 2006 Torino Games, has been focusing more on new tricks and movements to increase his technical difficulty for his Olympic run. He is building up a routine that will feature some of the biggest tricks seen in halfpipe riding to date, including a cab 1080 and front side 1080. Andrew is getting close to having these consistent and ready to put into his competition run
The youngest member of the team, Mitchell Allan, is working extremely hard to meet the Australian Olympic Committee’s Torino qualifying standard during the Chilean World Cup
“Mitchell has been riding extremely strong over the last weeks and is progressing with his snowboarding everyday”, reports Wordsworth.
“He is currently working on getting a solid run together with tricks such as front side 10s and a backside 900. Mitchell is spending the majority of his training getting the consistency to put a run together every time he trains. This is what it will take to get him up alongside the top riders in Chile.”
Holly Crawford has returned from a two year injury hiatus, and her riding has returned to the level that she was at before her injuries.
“Holly spent a great amount of time in Perisher Blue getting her legs back into snowboarding and working on increasing her confidence,” Wordsworth says.
“She is now back to the level she was and ready to put together a solid performance in Valle Nevado.”
“Holly has been riding strongly in New Zealand with some of the biggest airs I have ever seen her do and a very consistent run to take into the World Cup.”
The team competed in the New Zealand Nationals, which gave team members an opportunity to simulate their World Cup runs, before traveling to Chile for the double header season opener.
The events will be held on September 14 and 15.
Andrew Burton, Mitchell Allan and Holly Crawford have been pushed their riding over the two week camp – in preparation for the opening World Cup in Valle Nevado, Chile – in a pipe which OWI Head halfpipe Coach Ben Wordsworth rates as “one of the most well-shaped pipes I have seen outside of competition”.
Andrew Burton, having already met the qualifying standard for the 2006 Torino Games, has been focusing more on new tricks and movements to increase his technical difficulty for his Olympic run. He is building up a routine that will feature some of the biggest tricks seen in halfpipe riding to date, including a cab 1080 and front side 1080. Andrew is getting close to having these consistent and ready to put into his competition run
The youngest member of the team, Mitchell Allan, is working extremely hard to meet the Australian Olympic Committee’s Torino qualifying standard during the Chilean World Cup
“Mitchell has been riding extremely strong over the last weeks and is progressing with his snowboarding everyday”, reports Wordsworth.
“He is currently working on getting a solid run together with tricks such as front side 10s and a backside 900. Mitchell is spending the majority of his training getting the consistency to put a run together every time he trains. This is what it will take to get him up alongside the top riders in Chile.”
Holly Crawford has returned from a two year injury hiatus, and her riding has returned to the level that she was at before her injuries.
“Holly spent a great amount of time in Perisher Blue getting her legs back into snowboarding and working on increasing her confidence,” Wordsworth says.
“She is now back to the level she was and ready to put together a solid performance in Valle Nevado.”
“Holly has been riding strongly in New Zealand with some of the biggest airs I have ever seen her do and a very consistent run to take into the World Cup.”
The team competed in the New Zealand Nationals, which gave team members an opportunity to simulate their World Cup runs, before traveling to Chile for the double header season opener.
The events will be held on September 14 and 15.