(May 6, 2010) Holy fuck.Day 3 of Superpark 14 at Mammoth Mountain, CA saw the heaviest shit go down in years. The morning sessions on Mammoth's massive step down precluded what was one of the most prolific and progressive jump sessions (possibly) of all time.

For the first few days, apres rumors spread throughout the village at bar tables littered with beer bottles and empty shot glasses.

"Dude, I hear the thing is fucked."
"They built another big jump?"
"I wouldn't hit it for all the money in the world."

For their second annual Superpark appearance, the builders from Loon Mountain, NH pushed a pile of snow that would make any established park jumper shit their pants at the top of the drop-in. 2 and a half football fields of run in collided with a 3 story takeoff stepover that resulted in jacket-flapping airtime. Norwegian Gjermund Brten was the first to send the beast and once he safely rode away from his first two attempts, word spread around Superpark that the now-infamous "Loon jump session" was a go.

Jeremy Thompson fired his first run to flat, hopped back on a sled and dropped in again to a hundred-plus foot back seven. The chairlift erupted when Stompy touched down and the invite-only jumpers continued on. Standouts included Tyler Flanagan, Lonnie Kauk, Chas Guldemond, Austen Sweetin, Austin Hironaka, Mario Cappeli, Matts Kulisek, Heikki Sorsa, Sammy Carlson, Jason Robinson, Eric Willett, Markku Koski, Marc Swoboda, and a handful of other attendees.

Between Flanagan's back ten late cork, Austin Hironaka's late frontside 180, Marc Swoboda's perfect back sevens and Sweetin's flawless front threes, it was a session including myriad tricks and riders. Where else would you see two former Olympians, an X Games bronze medalist and a mix of unknown (but not for long) Euros session one of the biggest jumps built in recent memory?

After the jump session, Pat Melandoski and the High Cascade digger crew unveiled their creation: A huge quarterpipe located in the exact spot that Pete Columbo's massive hip was last year. Though it seemed like a bit of a warm-up session, riders like Trevor Jacob, Colin Langlois, Danny Garrity, Ben Bilocq, Dustin Craven, Nate Farrell, Austen Sweetin and a Japanese kid who didn't know what I said when I asked him what his name was were checking it out and getting a feel for the transition. Topping out at around 20 or so feet, Craven had arguably the highest air of the day, but tomorrow will tell yet another tale in this chapter of the Superpark book.

Keep checking back for daily updates from Superpark 14 at Mammoth Mountain, CA. Today was totally fucked, and the next two days are sure to follow in this afternoon's footsteps.

Just for kicks we rallied together whatever snowboard industry fellow or gal that happened to be online and available for chat, or that had posted some kind of facebook status relevant to basketball, to see whose rooting for who in the National Basketball semi-finals. If you've been living under a rock and didn't know that the western and eastern semi-finals are happening right now then you should know that the four teams that have made it this far are the L.A. Lakers vs the Denver Nuggets for the western conference and the Cleveland Cavaliers vs the Orlando Magic for the eastern conference.

Here's what we found out:

Uber-pro Heikki Sorsa is a Lakers fan. (Since when did Norwegians get into Basketball?)

Standout professional girl rider Ellery Hollingsworth: "I was rooting for the Celtics, now I guess I'm rooting for the Cavs cause LeBron is sick."

Professional Riders & O'Matic teammates J.J. Thomas and Josh Sherman are both huge Nuggets fans. "Thuggets for life." -Josh Sherman (If you haven't seen it yet, Sherman has an incredible half-court shot.)

Ashbury owner Lance Hakker hasn't taken off his borrowed Lakers Windbreaker since the series started.

Pro Canadian Rider Mercedes Nicoll thinks she's a Lakers fan since she rides in Mammoth, CA two weeks a year.

Transworld Snowboarding Video Dude Justin Gunson (who lives in Breckenridge): "Of course the Nugs. I'm not much of a basketball fan, I just gotta root for the home team."

Another Breckenridge Local and pro-rider Mike Casanova is "Too confused to know which team he wants to win... so he hopes all the teams do well."

Pro Shred Jack Mitraniavoided the question altogether. "I'm a Celts fan baby."

Pro Photographer Zach Hooper "I grew up a Lakers fan watching Magic and Kareem battle the Bird and Celtics/Jordan Bulls with my Dad while living in Newport Beach. Now I live in Aspen and see the Nuggets having a good ball team- I have been stoked that they have been playing so good. During the playoffs I have just straight up been torn. One of these two teams are going to take it. Birdman reminds me of a white Dennis Rodman. All flash."

ESPN Action Sports Snowboard Editor Tracy Anderson "Usually the Utah Jazz but since the Lakers beat out the Jazz I want the Lakers to win so that at least the Jazz lost to the best team." (Fair enough.)

Professional Snowboard Videographer Tyler Mcleod: "What are my choices?"

And X Games Announcer/Daily 10 Host Sal Masekela is apparently rooting for the Nuggets. After the Lakers lost a game to the Nuggets he wrote on his facebook status "Lakers fans, thank you for fueling my joy with your pain."