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Well, who would of thought that doing spocks was going to be easier than bloody carve gybing!!  I was terrible in the Slalom!! I was on the wrong board and so just slid and skidded around all over the place!  Nik Baker and Matt Wemms were the clear standouts they both gave an amazing performance.

At 8.00 this morning we were limbering up for the freestyle trials and after my performance in the slalom i was a little nervous!  But as it turns out spocks were easier than carve gybes!  I nailed some clean 1 handed spocks and a flaka in the practice.  During the judged runs i did a spock and a forward on starboard and i full planing 1 handed spock on port, i came out so fast i crashed into the end of the pool!  I was also one of the only guys to make a flaka and thats including the guys that had already pre qualified.

In the warm up session for the guys that had already qualified the usual suspects from Margarita were looking good with various switch moves being completed.  The French boys however, are like nothing i have ever seen before.  Nicholas Akgazciyan was coming down the ramp in a Gozada position which is switch stance and bac to sail!  Also clew first switch stance and some 1 handed shakas!!!  Thomas Traversa, my Gaastra Tabou team mate did a huge shaka on starboard which was pretty amazing.

Jump trials later on today so stay online for any updates.