a day in the life of pro dirt jumper Grant 'chopper' Fielder

germany/cornwall

chopper — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:16:15 +0000

Well the whole event was awesome and as i said before the wind was going to play a big part in the contest which it certainly did for me.

Its was practically a guessing game when it was your turn to ride.

Paul 5th had some problems and so did Andreu 12th so it was the same for everyone!

I just arrived back from cornwall ‘the track’ where planning for the kona invitational event will be held on the 13th-14th weekend of september.

just went to finalise some obstacles etc for the course and also go ride too. everytime i go to that place its changed so much and such good fun.

will be making regular trips down there now. awesome time!

Munich

chopper — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:15:00 +0000

So the first day has been good fun with 2 doubles to start, burm to the right to a step down leading to 2 big doubles.

The wind has been a major problem especially the last section of the course but the same for everyone so lets see what happens

Qualifying runs are in the morning with 28 riders from 13 countries then the top 12 go through to the finals which you can watch on www.freecaster.com for the live webcast at 5.30.

Choi

Munich

chopper — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:06 +0000

So off to Munich i go to the 1st main round of the qashqai series, i’l arrive there tomorrow morning then practice for the next few days,

Germany is awesome for riding as it has a very similar riding culture to ours and you can always expect to see a good course and riders all year round,

taking my bikes apart now gotta go!

Townhill-Bergamo Italy

chopper — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:36:15 +0000

i arrived back from italy last night where i have been all weekend for the annual event there.

i like this event alot as its always fun, the qualifying round for the qashqai series was just down the road which also brought some big names to the event as well,

there was a street race through the town and we had a super good course to play on and win some prizes

the local beer took my fancy!

the results-

1st sam pilgrim uk

2nd andrew taylor usa

3rd me

4th geoff gullevich canada

5th alex reveles usa

T-mobile event Germany

chopper — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:13:02 +0000

So i just got back from cologne for the T-mobile event which was slopestyle based along with 3 doubles to finish on.

heres the course

on the boat party with frank, cowan, paul and lance, good fun

results-

1st paul

2nd lance

3rd phil sunbaum

i came 5th i think which was kinda disapointing but happy to have rode my new bike for the first time and win some cash so can’t complain!

thanks to Frank Weckert from mountain bike rider germany for putting up a great event for us

my new bikes

chopper — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:46:17 +0000

my cowan ds

and my hardtail……….B E A utiful

Florida

chopper — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:45:59 +0000

Well i’ve been here now for the last 2 weeks and the riding isn’t that great but i have put my bike to the side and taken in the rays.

I went to the vans skatepark on bike night which has been fun with my bmx friend matt,

learnt some new stuff so hopefully use that during the crazy summer contests, will be home on friday and can’t wait, i’l be getting my new bikes soon so need to have a spin on those which i’m looking forward to.

Florida

chopper — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:39:51 +0000

So my friends and i have been in florida for the past 6 days checking out the sites, only 4 hours behind the UK so not that tired with the whole jet lag thing.

Off to the vans skate park today with my bmx friends, can’t wait to go as i’ve been doing this for the last few days,

check me out in the front line!

Nissan demos in Geneva

chopper — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:41:22 +0000

I arrived back from 10 days of demos with my english buddys for nissans outdoor sports adventure area at the motor show,

i’ve always wanted to go to an event like this and it was well worth it

the cars there were incredible and i took too many photos so will put these up!

this is just a fraction of the show…..

the new skyline! holy moly……

this where i spent most my time along side the snowboarders and skiers

crazy looking mazda

i’d just like to say a big thanks to all the guys at nissan, nadja and maurice from rasoulution who put up with us for 11 days!

off to florida thursday early morning to ride and chill for a couple of weeks

Geneva motor show

chopper — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:49:37 +0000

well i’l be off on friday to switzerland for the Geneva motor show which is the second bigest motor show in the world and will be supporting nissan with a jump display alongside their new trucks etc with my bro ollie, chris smith and some german riders also.

We’ll be there for around 10 days with 3 shows per day entertaining which i imagine in front of alot of spectators.

I’l get some pics up on here and expect to see some awesome cars. hopefully i’l return in a new ferrari which i’l try and blag whilst there! not….