World Cup Veysonnaz

bellnbritt — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:32:32 +0000

A small impression of the snowboardcross cours in Veysonnaz. Check it out and ride with me!

You can’t always get what you want

bellnbritt — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:59:14 +0000

So it seems the time has come to make a hard decision. After my 4th knee surgery on the same knee I endured constant pain. The whole summer I trained really hard to get my muscles as strong as possible to give competitive snowboardcross another chance. But after riding a week with Bell and the rest of the Dutch SBX national team I felt too much pain to train properly. My mind still wanted to pursuit 100% but physically this is no longer possible. I made the hardest decision of my life by retiring from competitive snowboardcross. I hope the Dutchies ride hard for me…

Snowboarding is my passion I’ll keep riding every chance I get. Never give up!

I want to thank all the SBX riders for the sweet times we had!

Britt

Avalanche course

bellnbritt — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:09:37 +0000

We signed up for a 3-day Avalanche course here in Klosters together with ex-SBX rider Sandra Frei and 3 others. It’s important to be aware of the dangers of the backcountry. In these 3 days we learned new routs in the region and how to make our own, walking on snowshoes, reading and interpreting the avalanche warnings, riding in groups and avalanche rescue. The first 2 days it was beautiful and warm weather after a great snowfall. We walked a lot and found some great steep powder!
The 3rd day it was snowing and the visibility was poor so we spent a lot of time practicing rescue methods but finished the day with a great powder run all the way down to Davos. We would encourage everyone who likes powder riding to take such a course. You learn a lot and find more powder☺. For all the Dutchies check out: www.snowsafety.nl

Life is what gets thrown at you while you’re planning

bellnbritt — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:44:56 +0000

I had good summer training and worked really hard to be back and stronger for this season. I was in Aspen training with my teambuddy Cleve Johnson and the rest of the National SBX team for the first World Cup SBX in Telluride when I got a call that a dear friend of mine died in a car accident en left my best friend and their 2 year old son behind… I immediately flew back to Holland to be with her. It’s been tough and we wish the family and friends of Nicolas strength in these difficult times.

Rest In Peace Nicolas you ARE missed…

NOS Studio Sport 27/11/2011

bellnbritt — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:19:16 +0000

NOS studio sport came and filmed us on the Hintertux glacier and in Mayrhofen. Thanx to Maarten Tip and his filmer for dropping by and making the cool two films.
This one was on @ 16.30

This one was on @ 18.30

Filming with NOS Studio Sport

bellnbritt — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:08:01 +0000

We’re training in Hintertux AUT and had the Dutch national broadcasting come and film us for a day. It’s going to be on NOS Studio Sport this Sunday (27/11/2011).

Snowboardcross talent gezocht!

bellnbritt — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:27:04 +0000

Dit seizoen start de Nederlandse Ski Vereniging met een Snowboardcrossteam voor de jeugd. Het Snowboardcrossteam is op zoek naar talent dat gemotiveerd is, hard wil trainen, grenzen wil verleggen én de wereldtop wil halen.
Snowboarders die geboren zijn in ‘99, ’98, ’97, ’96, ’95, ’94 of ’93 en uitblinken op het onderdeel snowboardcross, zijn van harte welkom om hun skills te laten zien bij de selectiedag op zondag 15 mei 2011!

Programma
12.00 uur          Aanmelden, ophalen bibnummer en inrijden
13.00 uur          Selectie technische vaardigheden freestyle
14.30 uur          Selectie technische vaardigheden alpine
15.30 uur          Individueel gesprekje met de snowboarder
16.30 uur          Einde selectiedag

Tijdens de selectiedag bij SnowWorld Zoetermeer beoordelen de trainers van het Snowboardcrossteam je alpine en freestyle vaardigheden. Meem je snowboardmaterialen, bescherming (helm = verplicht) en warme kleding mee. De jongste snowboarders (’99 en ’98) kunnen hun tricks op de schansen op piste 3 én op piste 2 (kleinere schans) laten zien.

Het Snowboardcrossteam is de opstap naar de nationale selectie snowboardcross. De snowboarders uit het Snowboardcrossteam worden begeleid in hun weg naar de snowboardtop. Snowboarders die zich hebben geselecteerd voor dit team, volgen een uitgebreid trainingsprogramma. Dit programma bestaat uit trainingen op de sneeuwbaan in Zoetermeer, sneeuwtrainingen en wedstrijden in het buitenland, deelname aan de Nederlandse kampioenschappen en verschillende internationale wedstrijden. Onderwerpen als fysieke training, turntraining en voeding staan op ook het programma. Het trainingsprogramma van het Snowboardcrossteam kun je hieronder downloaden.

Locatie:            SnowWorld Zoetermeer
Kosten:            € 10,00 (excl. toegang sneeuwbaan: € 19,50 voor twee uur).
Aanmelden:      inschrijfformulier vóór 10 mei a.s. mailen naar: g.compeer@snowboard.nl.
Fax:                 (070) 427 31 13.
Post:                Nederlandse Ski Vereniging, Postbus 82100, 2508 EC in Den Haag.

Ben je geblesseerd of kun je om een andere reden niet deelnemen aan de selectie geef dit dan vóór 10 mei a.s. per e-mail aan ons door. Uiterlijk twee weken na de selectiedag ontvang je een brief of je wel of niet bent geselecteerd voor het Snowboardcrossteam.

13th @ Winter Xgames

bellnbritt — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:29:07 +0000

After two days of training on this sick course I ended up with 2 blue feet and heels. I ended up short on a tripple jump. The qualification didn’t go as I wanted. I messed up in the first quali and landed to heavy on my blue heels in the second run what I couldn’t manage so I fell. Non the less I ended up 13th one spot out of the finals. The whole event was amaizing!! We saw some snowscooters flipping and Horgomo’s triple flip Sick! After the Monster party on top of Aspen it was time to head to Holland again.

X-Games 15

bellnbritt — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:28:01 +0000

After the second day of training Bell give’s a recap of the event. Follow the quali’s tomorrow live @ www.espn3.com from 11.30 – 13.00 Colorado time so that’s 19.30 Euro time.

11th @ World Championships, La Molina (SPA)

bellnbritt — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:24:21 +0000

The world championships were held in La Molina Spain. We drove from Holland to Argeles sur mer and than the next day to Barcelona. It was 18 degrees celcius and sunny so we didn’t have the feeling that we were going snowboarding at all! Driving up to La Molina that feeling only got stronger as everything around us stayed green. Alle the slopes were green except the venues of the world championships. Big up for the crew that made the white course in the green feeld.

The training started ok for me but after a couple of runs I started making a lot of mistakes and it wasn’t going the way I wanted The next day I wasn’t planning on doing the same so I got my act together and rode a good first quali run. In my second run I fell but I still ended up top 16 with my first time.

Racing day… I was stoked to ride in the 3rd womens heat of the day. Too bad the girl next to me crashed in the start section and I had to ride around her so I was chasing numbers 1 and 2 the whole course. I tride to pull an all or nothing on the before last jump but it ended up in a noting.

All with all I came in 11th at the world championships which is my best preformance yet at this event! I’m happy and ready to go to the Xgames in Aspen!

More photos from the World Championships here.