British Team (retired 2014)
D.O.B: 1991
FIS Ranking: 65
World Ranking List: 41
Biggest Jump: Lay-doubleFull-Full
Degree of Difficulty: 4.175
Competing Since: 2007
Coaches: Matt Saunders, Sharlee Holland, Zac Amidan
Ski Career Highlights: 8th CYNEAL Mondial AcrobatX Festival 2013
Quad front flip for charity
Goals: Olympics contender and World Cup podium challenger
Hobbies: Diving, Climbing, Indoor Sky Diving
Music: Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris, Jay-Z
Occupation: Full Time Athlete
Languages: English
Born: Epsom, Surrey
Home: Bolton
Ski Club: Fly Freestyle
Water Ramps:
Park City, Utah. Lac Beauport, Quebec. Jumpin’, Switzerland
Harry was based out of Park City, Utah and competed on the World Cup circuit, targeting selection for Sochi Olympic Games. The 2014 winter season kicked off with the two World Cup competitions in China in December; the one in Beijing to be held in the Birds Nest Stadium “What an awesome venue; I’m stoked to be part of this World Cup competition”
Aerials is an extreme sport combining skills in trampoline, gymnastics and skiing that provides Harry with the best of all worlds. Harry moved to be based in Park City Utah USA, one of the extreme sports capitals in the world; he now is able to be a full time athlete training at the Utah Olympic Park. Last year (2013) was his first season competing on the World Cup circuit.
Being able to do such an extreme sport full time is amazing but the best part of our job is when we go home safe without injury so we can jump another day.
After spending this summer training at the Utah Olympic Park, Harry has qualified more twisting triples to compete on snow this winter. The two competitions on the water ramps this summer gave Harry the chance to put into practice his new tricks; he stomped it at the Mondial Festival AcrobatX performing a triple twisting triple back Lay-doubleFull-Full with a solid score of 108.96.
In his dry land training both in the USA and UK he focuses on strength and conditioning and injury prevention. Along with training in the gym, he has trampoline training focusing on bio mechanics and his Sports Science support is delivered at Manchester, Liverpool and Loughborough universities.
Harry cross-trains into multiple different sports; in the UK he is learning Skydiving and spends his free time in the wind tunnel at Airkix with his brother and nephew. He is also expanding his coaching qualifications in swimming, diving and trampoline coaching. In the USA he is taking his Aerials coaching qualifications under the USSA system and he’ll be spending more time with his feet off the ground on the climbing walls of a new centre in Park City.
Harry believes in supporting youngsters in sport and whenever possible he helps at The Factory Youth Zone Manchester and the 2K Performance ski club based at Rossendale ski slope.
“We should encourage and motivate the youngsters coming through as they are the future of our sport which is really important.”
Harry would like to give a big “SHOUT OUT!” to his sponsors for their support. Please take the time to visit them.
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Figures in brackets denote multiple events at the same venue in one year
* Denotes new Championship format – scored from 1 jump
