Northstar Rev Tour;; the night before.

I'm about to force sleep upon myself but I figured I'd post here really quickly.

Rev Tour is starting tomorrow at Northstar, and once again I'm competing in both Half Pipe and Slopestyle. I'm definitely less anxious about this one than I was about Copper (still not in the "confidence zone" though). I do feel a little more prepared this time, and I'll have both Austen and Spencer coaching me. I rode pipe with Austen today, and slope with Spencer yesterday, and having them there for me as coaches made me feel better about what I'd be doing in my contest runs.

I don't really have high hopes on making it to the Finals of either event, but who knows what will happen. Everything could somehow work out perfectly in my runs and I could make it in the top 6. I guess in these things you never know what the results will be until it happens.

My goal is to just ride my best, have clean runs, and be able to set my sights higher for my next slope and pipe contests.

I have to wake up at 7am tomorrow (EEEK!) so I'm out. Peace. Later. Night. Catch you on the flipside, internet world.

A humbling day

Well today knocked me off my pedestal. I mean, I wasn't really on one to begin with, but I thought that maybe I could make it to half pipe and slope finals at least. I thought I had some skills.

After watching the girls out here during pipe practice I realized I'd be lucky to make Top 15. I got super discouraged after my first practice run. I couldn't even get to the top of the walls. I was able to air out every hit when I went to Mammoth so I kinda freaked out. Why could I not even see above the walls now? I was super bummed and rode like crap all morning.

It's hard doing a contest like Rev for the first time and not having a coach there for support. I called Austen, my mom, and Eric and talked to them all for a bit, which really really helped. They all told me the same thing "do it for you, don't think of it as competing against the other girls". We all know I'm new to this and don't have as much experience or skills as the other girls so really all I can do is my best.

After talking to them I went back out with a new attitude and my riding improved right away. Still not going as big as the other girls though. I just have to remember that snowboarding is fun, and as far as competing goes, I'm a newbie.

I hate losing. All I want to do is win. But I obviously have a couple of years of hard training until I'm there. I've gotta be tough, work hard, and not forget that I started all this because of my passion.