Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Event Formerly Known As...

"The Event Formerly Known As..." is this year's rendition of Loon Mountain's annual Thanksjibbing contest. Thanksjibbing is Loon Mountain's first event every season. It's called Thanksjibbing because the contest is held every year on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. The Thanksjibbing contest typically follows a rail jam format with 2-3 features to session. This year's contest contest featured two new features, a Red Bull wall-ride, and a recently refurbished doghouse box. The new features consist of a 30' Lift Tower jib, and a new 3" round by 20' long single barrel down rail. The contest was DJ'd by Plymouth State's own DJ Scrumpscious a.k.a. Avert Guldemond. The contest got under way and some serious thrashing went down. The top 3 stood out among the rest of the competition. Taking home first place was Wes Walsh. Some tricks he stuck were Cab 270 to regular, front-blunt 450, and front-blunt switch-up 270 out. Taking home second was Chris Fredette. His second place tricks consisted of front-blunt to switch 50-50 cab 360 out and backlip to switch to half-cab out. Taking home third place was Ian Hart. Ian stuck frontboard to 50-50 to frontside 360 out and switch 50-50 to 180 switch-up to backside 360 out. Overall the contest went extremely well and contest footage can be seen on reelcomp.com. 

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