Jamie Nicholls’ first Powder Kicker

What whitelines had to say…

Believe it or not, young Mr Nicholls had never really hit a proper powder kicker before this season… I know, it seems incredible – his riding is impressively mature for his years – but it’s true. This little video shows his first ever pow kicker session, and the kid couldn’t be in better company – alongside his team manager James Stentiford, he had seasoned kicker experts Scott McMorris and Johno Verity to show him the ropes. This video shows the three of them slaying the shit out of their creation…and Jamie getting his stoke on properly when he lands his first trick. See Video

A write up on Whitelines about Burn Riverjump 2010

River Jump proves itself worthy of its 5th star

The awarding of a 5th TTR star to the Italian ‘Riverjump’ competition in Livigno, Italy was proved to be well deserved last week. The competition went off smoothly with contenders and spectators alike enjoying the event to its fullest. Read more

Double Corks!

I just leant Backside double cork 10s, so it was great timing before the Burn Riverjump kicked off.

Here are some shots from Burn Riverjump.

Me in the Brux Slopestyle.

Hamish Mcknight and Me.

Photos taken by Alex Henderson

Jamie

The Burn Riverjump in Livigno was amazing! So many people turned up to watch; it was a great atmosphere. But it was a bit sketchy in the afternoon as it was windy and snowing pretty hard but it got better towards the night for the Finals of the Burn Riverjump.

I made it to the bottom 8 riders qualifying in 6th, so it was great to be in the top 8. On my first run of the finals I landed Backside 1080 double cork to frontside 360 over the river to front 180 up the step up then cab 180 onto the rail. I scored 500 for my first run so I was pretty happy. It was great to be apart of an amazing final, the standard was very high and everyone was having fun. At the end there was a big firework display, which was great to watch.

In the end I finished 6^th and I am now 20^th in the Swatch TTR world snowboard ranking. So overall it was a great week

Photos coming soon!

Jamie

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Today was amazing, just 3 days before the event i learnt a backside double cork 10 and it was great to land it in the Qualifications today. It went really well, my second run was cab 900, to backside 10 double cork, to frontside 900. I was so happy to land this run and was even happier when i finished 1st in my heat. Tomorrow is the finals and i am looking forwards to it, cant wait.

Jamie

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Here is the link to the interview i did with Fear of the Park: Jamie Nicholls gets personal. | Fear of The Park

Jamie

3^rd February, Chamonix

We set of from Morzine to go hit a powder jump in Chamonix, there was me, Scott Mcmorris, Johno Verity, James Stentiford, Stu Monk who was filming and Dan Milner taking photos.

It was a great session as it was my first proper powder jump. We all set of hiking from one of the chairlifts, but can’t say where as it’s a secret place! But it was a great hike and when we got to the spot we started building, at first it was windy and rubbish visibility.

When we were half way through building it became clear sky’s and sunny, perfect conditions for getting great shots.

When we started hitting the jump I had a couple of bad falls but it was still loads of fun, after that I got the hang of it and started landing some tricks. Johno and Scott were both killing it and I learnt a lot from everyone there and cant wait to do it again, which will be pretty soon.

We finished around 5 in the afternoon and headed back down one of the shoots that lead’s down into Chamonix. It was a great day and it was a great experience. Now off to Munich!

Jamie

James Stentiford, team manager of Quiksilver in UK came 3rd today in the Nissan Freeride Tour in Chamonix, France! Yeh James

Jamie

29^TH January in Chamonix, I was riding on Brevent for most of the day as the visibility was not so good anywhere else. We did some hiking for most of the day riding on the hotel face. I was riding with James Stentiford and Andy lagan, which was fun. James has a comp further right of the hotel face on the Sunday for the Nissan Freeride Tour, so he was analysing all day. 

At the end of the day we went down one of the shoots that lead down to the bottom of the valley. The snow was ok, not the best but still loads of fun! Now I think I am going to head back to Morzine and ride some park. Then coming back to Chamonix later next week!

Jamie

Hey….

I have been in Chamonix for 2 days now, but yesterday we headed to the Avoriaz park to shoot some ”How Too” for Whitelines Snowboard Magazine with Dan Milner who was shooting the photos, Johno Verity who was filming and James Stentiford. It was a great day as there was no wind and it was sunny; everyone was riding the jumps including Scott Mcmorris, Sam Cullum and even Johno and James were throwing down in the park too. After we got the photos done we all went to the cafe for a hot chocolate and a sandwich, after that it was time to head down as everyone was tired. So we all enjoyed a home run down to Prodan, which is at the bottom of Avoriaz. Then we had an hours drive back to Chamonix!

Today was a down day as it was snowing pretty heavily, so we just slept in, watched some films and went looking for hand rails around Chamonix which was a good end to the day.

More soon.

Jamie

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Here is a video of the Burton European Open Finals of the slopestyle and Pipe!

http://www.method.tv/player.php?ch=00034&id=2138&aid=2153&player=flash&menu=2

More soon!

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Here are some write ups from the Burton European open 2010.

http://www.fearofthepark.co.uk/?p=7071

http://www.ttrworldtour.com/multimedia/video/play/ttr-tricks-jamie-nicholls-snowboarding-tricks-at.html?hasFlash=true&

Video of my runs in the semi finals of the Burton European open 2010!

I didn’t choose the music!

More soon!

Jamie