Extreme Spencer

USASA 2008 Nationals

2008-04-08T17:55:00.001-04:00

I have not had time to post any updates on the USASA 2008 Nationals. My Dad has been posting some updates on his site. You can see them at http://www.xtremethrill.com.

I Had a Great Summer

2007-08-27T16:05:00.000-04:00

I have not done a good job on blogging over the summer. I have been very busy with summer camps and baseball. For baseball I played in 2 tournaments.

I went to Windells snowboard camp in July in Oregon with my dad. We had a great time. It was very cool to be snowboarding in the middle of the summer. I was able to practice my rails and jumps so I can be ready to start up this season and make it to the Nationals again. Being third in last years nationals was a lot of fun. I want to be first this year.

A video of me sliding a box rail at Windells.

Here are some more clips of me snowboarding last season.

I took some wakeboarding lessons during the summer. I am now able to do a wake to wake jump and air 360. I tried doing a back flip but did not make it. I am able to do the back flip on the trampoline but need to work on it in the water. It was a lot of fun wakeboarding this summer.

This is a video of me wakeboarding at the beginning of the summer.

Wakeboarding

2007-06-13T14:28:00.000-04:00

Last week I went wakeboarding for my first time. It was very cool. My dad took some video of me on my first time and made a small movie. Hope you like it.

Article in Community Paper

2007-05-09T17:00:00.000-04:00

This is cool. I was interviewed a few weeks back by the community paper. They wanted to know how I did at the Nationals in Tahoe and publish an article on it. I got the paper last week and it looked great. Here is the link to the online version.

http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2007/5-02-07/OS-KID.asp

Overall Ranking at Nationals - This rocks

2007-04-07T13:46:00.000-04:00

Last night the Nationals people posted the overall rankings. My ranking based on all 5 events I competed in is third. This means that of all the competitors who completed all 5 events I am third best in the country. I thought this was so cool. Many of my friends here have been congratulating me all last night and today.

Giant Slalom Day

2007-04-06T18:57:00.000-04:00

Today I competed in Giant Slalom. This is like Slalom but the gates are farther apart and you can get going much faster. The scoring is like Slalom where they add your times from the two run you get. On my first run I fell so I got just over 50 seconds. On my second run I did not fall and shaved off 7 seconds for a time of just over 43 seconds. So my dad thinks that I am in six place. We will find out later tonight what the official results are.

After Giant Slalom we went up to the top of the mountain. The highest point is around 9000 feet above sea level. We then came down some very long runs going through trees. It was a lot of fun going in and out of trees in the snow. The runs were very fast.

I had a great time this week. It was a lot of work and I am so tired now. Tomorrow I am leaving to go home and I am looking forward to playing with my friends. I will miss the waffles because the whole thing is made of sugary goodness.

Slalom Day

2007-04-05T19:17:00.000-04:00

Today I competed in the slalom event. This is when you go down the hill really fast and zig zag between lots of gates. You get two runs and they add your time to see what your score is. On my second run I slipped and had to get back up fast and make sure I did not miss the gate. I still had a good score. I think I came in 8th for Slalom. They have not posted the final results yet.

After the competition I went to hang out with another snowboarder I know. His name is Darren but everyone calls him Big D. We kept riding the terrain parks having lots of fun. I did a nose grab off a jump and also worked on my 270 onto the box rail.

We did not take any photos today.

Attack of the Two Headed Mutants

2007-04-05T19:15:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was day 3 of the Nationals competition. I competed in the halfpipe event. The competition was a lot of fun. It was very warm out so the pipe was soft. My first run went well. I did straight airs, an indy, and aliupe. In my second run I did straight airs, an indy, a 360, frontside aliupe and backside aliupe. I came in 8th for my age class. The kid that won was awesome. The only thing I did not like about doing the pipe is that we had to walk up to the top of the pipe to do our next run. I was so tired from doing this.

Yesterday I went to the snowskate park and got these cool two headed mutant freaks from the Nike tent. I took one of them to diner in Kings Beach near Lake Tahoe and took some pictures of him coming out of the lake.

At night I watched a rail jam. A lot of kids were showing off some very cool tricks on rails. I tried to get a spot to register but did not win one of the lottery spots. The kids were doing front flips off some of the rails. It was so cool.

I had a great day 3 and am looking forward to the other days.

Updated My Day 2 Picture Album

2007-04-05T19:14:00.000-04:00

My dad added the pictures of me getting my Silver medal for Boardercross on day 2 of the Nationals.

Boardercross and Snowskating

2007-04-03T23:14:00.000-04:00

Today I did the boardercross event. This is when you race people down a course around corners and over jumps. You need to make sure you go around the gates. We started off by inspecting the course and then did a medium speed run to practice. After we did that we did time trials to determine who races who and find out the order of who picks which starting gate first.

I thought I was not going to win but I came in second place for the overall event in my age category. So I got a silver medal and some cool prizes. Now I am ranked as the second best boardercross in the US for my age category. I think this is so cool. My mom and dad were so proud of me.

My dad also competed today but he did the halfpipe competition. He said he did very well for an old guy.

After I competed I went to the Nike tent and tried out snowskating. They gave me a snowskate for free. It looks like a skateboard deck but you ride it on the snow. This was very fun.

Day 1 doing the Slopestyle Event

2007-04-03T23:11:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I had my first competition. It was the Slopestyle event. Slopestyle is where I do rails and jumps. I came in 11th place in the competition by doing a bend rail, two straight airs off two jumps, and and indie off of 1 jump, and doing a 50/50 on top of the car.

My dad also competed yesterday but he competed in Giant Slalom. He said it was icy for his first run and a little softer on the second run. So he shaved off 7 seconds between his two runs.

After the events I went with my dad and O.D.'s dad, Oliver, to the Burton Progression Terrain Park. My dad did the box rail in the park and I did a 270 jump onto the box rail and jumped off fackie. Fackie is when you land in the opposite direction that you normally ride. This trick is a backside boardslide fackie.

I also got to meet Andy Finch. He is an Olympic snowboard medalist. It was very cool.

You can se some pictures in my Day 1 Album.
It was a lot of fun being my first day at a National competition.

Practice Day at the Nationals

2007-04-01T23:27:00.000-04:00

I was amazed how large this place is. The mountains are huge and the Terrain Park was so long. It took my dad and I a long time to get down. I have never snowboarded on a mountain before. This was so cool.

Today I was doing practice on all five events it was pretty cool. But on one jump I almost knocked myself out. When I was going off of a jump I accidently twisted my board sideways and almost did a 180. I did not land it correctly and fell really hard and knocked the wind out of me.

When I was doing halfpipe I did a 360 in the pipe and then I accidently did a hand check when I landed. This is when you put your hands down to balance yourself so you do not fall. You lose points for doing this. When I do the actual competition later this week I will try not to do this.

On the slopestype course after the three jumps I grinded a car and landed. There is a rail type feature that looks like a large car that you jump onto.

My dad is also competing this week. He went to do the halfpipe practice today while I was doing the slopestyle practice. He told me it was cool and fun.

After all the practice times were done we had an opening ceremonies in the resort village. All the people in my regional series walked in together. It was like what they do in the Olympics. It was a lot of fun.

You can look at some other photos at my Practice Day Album.

Well I guess I will be going. I will blog about the event days this week.

Bye.

Going to Tahoe California

2007-04-01T23:24:00.000-04:00

When I was on the plane I watched Back to the Future. When we drove to Northstar from the airport in Reno Nevada we saw a beautiful sight. We saw all the mountains. When we got to Northstar we saw these huge pinecones from the large pine trees. We took this picture of the pinecone.

Welcome Dudes and Dudettes

2007-03-27T18:51:00.000-04:00

This is my first post to my blog. I wanted to create this site to share with everyone my experiences in different extreme sports I enjoy.

I really enjoy Snowboarding the most. The season is coming to an end and that makes me sad. But I did win my regional snowboard series and am on my way to compete at the USA Nationals in Tahoe. I will try to share my progress with all of you during the week I am there. I will be competing in Slopestyle, Boardercross, Halfpipe, Slalom, and Giant Slalom.

With Summer coming up I will also share with you how I am doing in the other extreme sports I enjoy like skateboarding, inline skating, rock climbing, and some others.