I am now 2 months post op from my apendix and am back into full training lifting weights in the gym and flipping around at gymnastics.
Heres a little edit of my gymnastics training so far. I can still do majority of my competition skills from my last comp in 2008.
I got the chance to be part of the State of Origin NSW Blues team leading them onto the field and backflipping out of the tunnel.
The atmosphere of being on the field with 80000 people in the stadium and all of Australia watching on tv back home was unreal and such an amazing experience. After back flipping and the Blues boys were on the field i was able to stand on the sidelines for the singing of the national anthem before heading to our ground level seats to watch a great game. I had an amazing night and with NSW Blues winning made it perfect.
Be sure to watch State of Origin Game 3 as i will be backflipping the boys out again!
Here are some shots from the night.
Last week i attended the Australian Winter Olympic Shadow Team Assembly. The assembly involved getting fitted for all the 2014 winter olympic uniforms, filling out alot of paperwork, photographs, medical checks, flu shot and getting a breiffing on how the olympics runs.
It was a very exciting day with alot of official business involved.
Here are some shots while having fun in the photobooth with our team mascot BK (Boxing Kangaroo)
Also having a laugh with the largest rain coat on the smallest person.
Sunday 28th of April was one morning i did not see coming. I had only been home in sydney for 3 days when i started suffering from stomach pains and constant vomiting which resulted in my dad needing to rush me to the emergency room at St George Hospital at 5am. It only took a quick review by 1 doctor to diagnose me with appendicitis and book me in for surgery that morning.
My Operation went as well as expected with no complications and doctor said i should make a full recovery in 6 weeks time.
I am currently released from hospital and back at home where i can now concentrate on my recovery.
My trip to Sierra Nevada Spain became quite the adventure i never want to experience again!
This week I achieved the best result of my career by getting 10th in the Park City
World Cup / Grand Prix.
The Park City World Cup was also a US Grand Prix event meaning it counted for both FIS and TTR points.
I landed both my Qualification Runs scoring a 65.3 which is my highest score in a world cup yet. This had me in 5th position in my heat and securing myself a spot in my first Semi-final. Both my coaches (Berto and Boydy) were very happy with how I rode in qualification, because I was guaranteed a top 10 finish no matter how semis went.
I landed my first semi-final run not scoring as well as I did in qualification but that was ok. Then I switched my run around for my second semis run but was unable to land my crippler 7.
All up it was a great day achieving my personal best so far and walking away with a 10th place and a huge smile on my face.
After this great result I am currently sitting in 7th position on the World Snowboard Rankings and in the Top 20 on the FIS World Cup Tour Rankings.
2013 AUSTRALIA DAY
Check out a little edit i made of the comp i was in at breckenridge on Australia Day!
January 26th 2013.
I dont remember the last time i actually had Australia day in Australia but its still my favourite day of the season living in america!
The night before i decided to compete in a local usasa event to try and qualify for nationals.
There were 5 other local girls competing in open womens one of them being a fellow aussie!
Being australia day and not a serious comp i wanted to have some fun wearing as many aussie flags as i possible could, having then on the back of my bindings and wrapped around my leg and as a cape.
I was able to calm down from all the aussie excitment and focus on landing a run for the comp which i was able to land both my runs including a new combo ive been trying to land the past few World Cups.
My run was Air, Back 5, Air, Air, Front 3, Haakon Flip (Switch inverted 720), Crippler 7 (Inverted 720). It was the first time i landed back to back 7s in competition and it was more than enough to take home the Gold.
It was a great feeling standing on the top of the podium on Australia Day!
