This past weekend Loon Mountain hosted their second snowboard contest of the year. The contest was the first of a three contest series called, "Open Season." This contest was held on the same setup as "Thanksjibbing," featuring a snake run that starts with a drop-in into a wall-ride, into the options of the "lift-tower" jib or a 20' by 3" in round single barrel down-rail, and then you hit the "dog-house" wall-ride. The contest got underway at high-noon on December 6th. Right from the get go the top riders immediately stuck out. The conditions were cold and everything was firm. As the first round went on we saw a variety of tricks. Advancing into the finals were riders like Brendon Rego, Mike Ravelson, Travis Nuehenhouse, Tanner McCarty, and Chris Ferdette. After the take-offs were reworked and the landings chopped-up the finals got underway. During the finals we saw some truly impressive riding. As finals concluded the judges got together to determine the top 3 riders. Taking home 3rd place and 1 point overall was Travis Neuhenhouse. Travis stuck some impressive tricks like a backside 360 backside on 360 off on the "lift tower" jib. Coming in second place, earning 2 points overall and a case of Red Bull, was Mike Ravelson. Mike stuck some very difficult tricks, such as a switch backside 180 on to 360 out on the down-rail. Taking home first place and winning a new Flow snowboard and earning 3 points overall was Brendon Rego. He did nearly every backside 180 combination you could do on the "lift tower" jib. He definitely earned first place. To check out some of my footage from the contest check out my youtube page: repptheeast.
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