 I got into freestyle skiing basically because as I was learning to ski they opened the jump at my local dry slope at Bearsden and I remember seeing all the really good riders there doing loads of really cool tricks and yeah it's pretty inspiring to see and yeah I knew from that point on it was something that I was really into and I wanted to do. When I first got into skiing I wouldn't say that I had many big goals or aspirations really I just really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun doing it so that was the main reason you know as I as I grew up and started to do more contests I realized that there was maybe you know a path there that I could follow and it's always been great to see people like Woodsy he's skied at the highest level since I was pretty young I mean to be honest I never thought that I would get there so to be skiing on the World Cup circuit with him now is a privilege and yeah something that I'm pretty proud of. I think what makes the UK scene so special is just how close we all are you know for obvious reasons it's not the biggest scene in the world but I mean especially when I was growing up every weekend we'd pretty much be a different dome or a different dry slope across the country competing or just skiing with the same group of people so that's something pretty special that you know you see them every week you get pretty close and it's a really nice thing I think. I think growing up in the UK riding dry slopes and domes does give you a certain edge obviously it's not clear advantage but you know once you've learned to do all your tricks on dry slope and you get to one of the best snow parks in the world like we're here in Corvatch now or any of the World Cup courses all of a sudden things seem a lot nicer you know when you're not skiing on a dry slope covered in mud or in the indoor dome where the snow conditions not exactly the best so there is that sense and also you know in the in the domes and at the dry slopes you're ratting out so many laps per hour you know it's a lot of practice which is also something positive. So to try and break down the Olympic qualification process there's essentially two seasons the season that we're currently in right now which is Olympic season and last season as well where all of the World Cups are qualification events and any points that you managed to pick up at these contests will go towards your Olympic ranking so once the qualification period is over it's the top 30 guys that will go to the Olympics for ski slope style and bigger. So I'm currently ranked 34th I think in the overall rankings about 10 points outside of 30th place where I need to be to go to Olympics. There's two events left before the Olympic qualification window shuts and although it's going to be tough to try and close that gap it's something that I think is achievable and I'm going to try my best to do it. I wouldn't really say that the Olympics is my main goal in skiing it's obviously something really cool that I would love to go to but when I was growing up the slopes down Big Air weren't even part of the Olympics so it wasn't something that I was aspiring to at that point. For me it was more you know we'd grow up watching all the top guys riding at S Games which would just be you know amazing if I ever managed to do that. It's obviously really difficult only you know use about 15 guys in the world getting by today at S Games so for me that's kind of the pinnacle of our sport but also I would say one of my main goals is just to make sure I always enjoy myself you know that's the reason I started doing this and the reason I still do it today is to have fun and I definitely don't want to try and lose sight of that. I would say my highlight of the qualification period has been the contest in Shadubai that was the first time I've made finals at a World Cup which has been you know a really big goal for me and something that I've you know just missed out on a couple of times so I've been really patient for that and to finally do it in Shadubai was a great feeling and then on finals day I was really happy with my skiing I actually ended up finishing seventh so yeah I was really stoked on that. I would say the main thing that I've picked up during the qualification process is just how important having some confidence in my own skiing is you know I think especially recently I've tried to believe myself a lot more before the contest in Shadubai I really tried to tell myself that I was ready to make finals and when it happened it was a great feeling so yeah I think believing in the work that I've been putting in and knowing that that's going to pay off when the contest comes.