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think i prefer that but maybe ill use this again sometime if i dnt like it haha

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Summerr 09

Sooooo i only got 3 and a half more days at school :). Then its the summmer :D maybe my last proper summer where i get sooo long off but who knowss. cant waitttttt.

Word. X

11 Days til mine and toms lil adventure ;)

Get Switch or Die Trying #1 from Friday's In The Dome on Vimeo.

BOOM edit by Lil Will Smith

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HOT HOT HOT

Danm the weather is soooo damn hot right now haha.
SOOOOO good tho gonna try work on my tan ;) haha

On friday its SNO Storm at cas so that shud be sikk the parks pretty sikk too.

I'm so over school right now too hot no ones there, there all in France on some trip so miss them guys :( haha only 2 weeks left tho cause my Hintertux trip has been postponed until end of summer but it still gna be a SICK trip. haha

only 3 weeks til mine and toms lil adventure gna be Sickk haha

HERES THE PARK PLAN.....

FBBB

yeahhhh FBBB was sickk. I managed to get into Finals top 7 men so that was pretty sik and i got some new tricks so STOAKED with that. now time to tan ;) haha
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Tamworth FBBB

Tonight im going to Tamworth for FBBB shud be sikk get to see some friends not seen for abit shud be sik set ups pretty rad.

SUSHIIII

sorry for not updating for a while i been reall busy ;) haha

today i went on a school trip for business it was okay in the end maybe a lil boring tho haha and i had SHUSI for the first time and what can i say i love it haha soooooo good just a shame i spent sooooooo much on it haha so it suck about that but im sure ill have it again ;)



now im just chilling at home riding indoor and we still got school :( but im going to hintertux i hope in 3 weeks or so for some summer shredding it gonna be sikkk i cant wait. then im going to SWEDEN i cant wait for that haha then some other stuff some more shredding and chilling in geneva i hope ;)

Chow for nowwww

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Chillinnnn

Yoooooo

now i have my last exam tomorro finally D1 Resit soo hopefully that will go well then there all over finally but we have to stay at school to start next years work WTF :s it sucksss soo bad. but anyway ive not been up to too much really just riding indoors and going to the gym alot to be ready for next season. hopefully i gonna be going on one or 2 summer trips so that should be funn.. and of course to Sweden :D

ciao.................xxxxxxx



Drawing by LIL Will Smith
ME, Ollie, will and PJ in the copter haha

London

London was soooooooooo fun i went down on friday on the train watched a movie on my way downn then got the tube across to earls court to where my hotel was then i met up with nina and mimmi :D. it was such fun hanging out with them like sooo kwl haha we went and shopped for abit along oxford street then went to pizza hut for tea then back to the hotle and chilled out. then slept but my fuking room was right above the tube line not sooo fun haha so i got woken up at lyk 7 and that suckedd.



The View From My ROOM :/

next day me and Nina went to get some breakfast for us then back to Mimmi to give her, her food then out to shopping again :). i kinda sucked casuse i had to go home at lyk 4 to MK for dawn of the shred and that sucked so dnt wna tlk about that haha. but congrats to tom hunt for 3rd and pj for 1st :D.

so basically i had the best weekend ever with Nina and cannot wait to go to sweden now in the summer to see her again :D.

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Me And Nina :D

CHERY KREW Websitee

sooo check out the new Chery Krew websitee its sikk

gonna have podcasts from other the coming season and hopefully summer.

when joe power comes england (Y)

london tomorro sooo that shud be soooo muchh funn im pretty excited

http://www.thecherykrew.yolasite.com/



ciaoooo



me if i was in south park haha

Fbbb

Sooo Fbbb was sikk the setup was pretty fun just getting quick lines all night :D. the comp went ok i got into finals so that was kwl but then i didnt do anything onthe down rail haha so that sucked. was kwl ridin with jesse again even if he is slow hehe.


Now im gonna go to london for a night on friday to hang out with some friends then go to MK for dawn of shred and the park looks insanee. so that shud be fun hopefully :D.


heres a review from fear of the park

http://www.fearofthepark.co.uk/?p=3721

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EXAMSSSSSSSSS

Exams suck sooo much haha
ive had 3 in 2 days now and got another one on friday, then some after that but i duno exactly when haha.

im going to FBBB at glasgow on friday with dean horesfield so that should be fun get to see jesse again and ride with him so thatll be funn, maybe get some shots too but who knowsss.

the parks pretty sik check it out

Chery Krew

Check this teaser out form the chery krew in morzine/avoriaz/ les getsss

peaceee

CHERYpop's teaser
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Lloyds TSB Local Hero

well i havent said anything about this but i have recived funding from lloyds tsb bank and there local heros program. so i am a local hero haha. its a pretty cool program as they help us out with funding and i was lucky enough to go to a day they had on at loughboro university where i was told about diet, sport psychology and all that stuff and it was a pretty good day ohh and i got such a cool tracksuit off them to train in ;) haha. theres about 270 locla heros in the uk so im pretty lucky to get it :) soo heres the website if u wana noo more.

http://www.lloydstsblondon2012.co.uk/Local_Heroes.htm

ciaoo

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Home Sweet Home

sorry not for updating for a bit.

Ive been home now for about 2 weeks been pretty good apart form stdying soo much to catch up with school and revising for exams not fun :(.

Been riding indoor with everyone pretty fun although everything is sooo small :( so that sucks but at least we can do stupid things haha.

will update soon wiht some news.

ohh yeah and 26 days til probably the best day in my life ever. haha ;)

World Rookie Fest Finals

sooooo the finals day didnt go so good for me and i couldnt land my runs so it sucked :(. the day started off super icy and i didnt really wna spin but i did but i just could not land anything i sucked haha anyway was a super fun trip in the end with tom hunt and his dad so gota say thanks to them for taking me:)


check out the park it was sick.

Mayrhofen from Mark Raper on Vimeo.

Mayrhofen/Ischgl

yooo

finallly got on internet haha

mayrhofen was sik for last 2 days sunny and slusy the kickers were fun i got some shots too.

now i am in ischgl for the world rookie fest finals training was today but it got stopped half way through casue it was too windy which sucked. tomorrow the weather is ment to suck too so i duno whats gonna happen.

peace
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Mayrhofen

yoooo

got to mayrhofen yesturday with tom hunt and his dad dave. what can i say it is sick. we rode the kickers today they are sooo sick tom hunt is killing it doing some front 7s on the 20m or w.e it is. its sik haha

I took a bail getting somem nice ice burns haha

ill give some more updates later

ciao

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HOME

So ive been home now for a few days chilling the wheathers been good until now when its raining soooo much haha. Im gonna go ride at cas tonite with everyone for like the first time in 3 weeks ahah then tomorro im heading out to ISCHGL in austria for the world rookie fest with tom hunt and his dad so that should be fun.

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Britsss

The brits are finished it was a super fun week now i am sooo tired though and looking forward to home. the week was good i got 3rd in my age group in big air but didnt do soo good in the other comps haha.

the wheathers super hot ow and the snow is slushy but i go home tomorrow oh well.

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Laax Day 2-6

Sorry for not updateding for a few days been real busy. ;)

Its been crazy last days dumped for like 3 days staraight so we gota ride loads of powder, we did some drops and found a cool lil windlip to pop off to do some spins and butters and stuff :P. the bail of the day went to ollie jackson tho haha switch bk 2 to faceplant haha.




The day after we made 2 powder jumps they were sik i got a fornt 7 and tried a fs 9 haha tom hunt did a double front flip and ben knox did a double backflip sooo sik. heres some pictures from the session taken by james thorne one of our coaches this week.

Today though was sooo sik and fun we rode the big air kickers i tried a fs 5 and 3 off the big one but knuckled it :( but i learnt bs 5 on the medium kikcer i was stoaked cause if u no me u no i hate backside haha.

Laax

YEAH

got to laax yestrday after 2 planes and a drive took sooo long haha
rode the slopestyle course today only hit medium kickers tho just getting warmed up tho haha also rode pipe soo scary haha laax got a sik ril park too and a stair set at the bottom its sik

ill put some pics up tomorrow or something
time for sleep now

ciao

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Friday In the Dome

Edit from Jamie 'PJ' Nicholls


Another night at Cas from Jamie Nicholls on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/3666623

friday 13th

Friday 13th haha
lil will pretty scared to shred
was good setup did some filming on the 10m, quater pipe and dwn rail
everyone got some shots so the 3rd installment of friday in the dome shud be out soon.

I leave for laax in a week so that shud be sik riding with everyone again

peace
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yooooooooo

hey

ive been lazy not updating this haha
not much to tell really just been to the lake district for a school trip for the week which suckedd haha
now at home for 2 weeks then out to laax for british championships so that should be fun ridin with everyone again :D

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RAILS BAILS AND ALES

quiksilver comp tonite so henry and ollie coming up so shud be fun :P

the set ups pretty cool so maybe be an edit from it i dno though just gonna have fun

peace

HOME

Home sweet home
came home saturday got home at about 7pm was such a fun trip and good experience.
dean ended up 31st overall cause he bailed on his run but ohwell.

Gonna chill now at home for about 3 weeks then going to laax for 2 week and the brits so that should be fun :P

heres some pics from poland.

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yoooo

just had qualifying today only dean got through though but thats ok haha i hate boardercorss i got 41st ollie got 34th and dean got 31st and 32 go through so he got kinda lucky hahaha.

just chillin now before bed

peace

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ARGH

ARGHHHHH First real day in poland and everything is cancelled snowing tooo much sucks soooo bad. so now just gonna chill and go look round the town with the ski team ;) and scope out some spots

haha

sucks soo bad tho realy wanted to ride some pow today

peace
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Poland

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Just got to poland and its dumping here to do boardercross so i duno how ill do haha.

started with getting train down to london with dean and then going to gatwick airport and stayed in sofiotel and met up with ollie which was sick. and we saw the funniest thing ever some girl giving some guy head in there window haha. On the night there was nothing to do so we had some fun in the airport haha.

then 2day got up at 5:30 and now in poland chillin sooo sik.

ohh and happy valentines day guys
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SNOWMAN

HAHAHA This is crazy it snowed again today haha so we made a snowman haha so much fun

SNOW

This is sooo unreal we got lyk 8inch of snow outside my door haha thats crazy we never ever get snow, hopefully gonna get the day of school tomorrow and hit something.

pics to come

gonna get some food now

peace
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YEAH

As i promised heres a full edit from will smith.


SNO!Storm By Will Smith from Mark Raper on Vimeo.

SNO!Storm

YEAH SNO!Storm was Awesome, alot of fun with my james, will and dean. heres a few shots i got from the night. A full edit will be coming soon from Will smith


Untitled from Mark Raper on Vimeo.

SNO Storm

YEAH its sno storm tonite sik park but i no its gna be sooo busy so that suck but its gonna be a sik park.

hopefully gna od some filmin so yeah shud be a edit from it

peace

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Check IT

Heres a vid off some of my shots from last season ENJOY...


Untitled from Mark Raper on Vimeo.

Yoooooooooooooooo

YOOOOOOOOOOO

I just got back from Morzine and it was AWESOME first day got there and it was raining soo hard which sucked but i still went and rode and got drenched haha second day went up again and it had dumped over night which was sick so met up with joe and dec then went a rode the stash in pow which was sick so much fun then went to 383 for dinner which has the best burgers ever haha then we went back to the stash for aibt and then went a hit some spots in Avoriaz. Although i only hit one of the spots cause my leg was hurting and cramping up :S. we hit a roof drop to roof drop, a bomb drop and rode off the church hahait was sick and went down at about 5:00 pm.

3rd day it was bluebird yeah so rode the pipe for abit in the morning which was sooo scary for me it was my first time in pipe since march and when i hurt myself but i got back into it and started to get out abit so i was stoaked with that, we then went and rode the stash again in the afternoon cause the baby park was busy and the big park had been destroyed which was kinda weird.

anyways it was a sik trip and i had soo much fun ridin the stahs and pow yeah

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YOOOOOOO

Dudes
Exam sucked soooo bad i think i failed haha oh well.
Going to morzine tomorrow and its been snowing so hopefully gonna ride some pow with joe and dec if not just gna shred the parks and hopefully abit of pipe. soooooo should be fun. ohh and hopefully do some filimin

take it easy

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Hey

Hey just started this up so just getting use to using it. Got a math exam tomoz which sucks but im going out to morzine on firday to ride for a few days with some of my team mates so that should be fun, ill keep u updated on how everything goes.

Peace
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