Bail edits will win every time. People relish in watching other people eat it - it's a fact of life. On that note, thank the heavens for DC's Iikka Backstrom & Devun Walsh. They've just posted the full-on crash section from their year-long video and blog project, "Polar Opposites".
Why is this amazing, besides the fact that it's people falling over and over again, you might ask? Because these guys go huge, that's why and that results in huge bails.
This project has been a major success so far - teaming up these two particular pros was genius in my book and on top of all that goodness, DC pros Lonnie Kauk and Lauri Heiskari make appearances.
So while you're waiting for the finished full length product (set to release at the beginning of the season), take some time and revel in the carnage that was inevitable in the making of this film.
The general consensus these days is that if you're not riding Mammoth - you're blowing it. This idea is proven once again with Mammoth Unbound's latest park edit featuring their Main Park. Lonnie Kauk, Scotty Vine, Eric Jackson, Mark Reininga, and Garrett Warnick pretty much own the set up and provide tons of entertainment for their fellow riders on the chairlifts. Scott Vine
Check the edit below or better yet, get off your computer and just go to Mammoth.
Mammoth is still firing with no signs of letting up. This Thursday With Mammoth features more of the white stuffing we all would be grateful for this Thanksgiving. Featuring pow hungry pilgrims Jussi Oksanon, Shayne Pospisil, Lonnie Kauk, Kimmy Fasani, Scott Blum, Eddie Wall, Ejack and others. Time to start thinking about making the trek up the 395 or booking a seat on Frontier.
Chas Guldemond Photo: Snowboarder Mag, Daniel Blom
Snowboarder Mag (May 7,2010):
Words by Tom Monterosso
For the second day in a row at the Superpark 14 presented by Gatorade hosted by Mammoth, the Loon jump was the centerpiece feature for one insane day on-hill at Mammoth. Though the jump remained the same, there were some new additions to the roster. It seems that Cinco De Mayo celebrations the night prior prevented some of the DC team from sessioning the jump, but all hangovers pass, and when Halldor Helgason and Jonas Carlson were feeling back at about 90 percent, they pointed it at the monster and put down some of the heaviest tricks of the day. Teammate Lonnie Kauk came back for a second day and picked apart the colossal kicker with every variation of spin you could possibly imagine. Newcomer Mark McMorris set a few tricks down himself while Jeremy Thompson came back to prove that once just wouldn't cut it. One of the more impressive riders of the day on the Loon jump was Kyle Mack. Not necessarily because he's insanely good at snowboarding, but mainly because he weighs a little more than a wet beach towel and he was spinning over a jump that was 1,000 times his size. Chas Guldemond took it to the feature well into the early evening with the small crew and landed his now (almost) patented backside 12. Parker Duke stepped into the session and capped off his day with a huge front ten. In other news, Marc Swoboda might have the best style in snowboarding. Just sayin...
Sunny skies and little wind opened Superpark up to longer-than-normal shoots, and the photographers, filmers and riders were on the setup well into the evening hours. Hell, they might still be up there as I type this. As for us though, we're heading in to town for the Superpark Wrap Party in the village. Tomorrow will cap off 14 years of Superpark, and you can read all about it in our January issue, on newsstands right around Christmas. Keep an eye out for more photos, videos and behind-the-scenes footage from Superpark 14, only on snowboardermag.com.
After a sub-par Day Two (aka flat light, dragging riders, and sketchy take offs), Superpark 14 got down to business on the third day of the Mammoth event. The Loon Mountain builders are a little on the nutty side. The riders hitting the 100 foot Loon jump are definitely on the nutty side.
Rumor is that the riding that went down was plain jaw dropping. The kind of riding that makes you question life as you know it. The kind that makes you feel inadequate because just standing next to the takeoff of the jump makes you piss your pants and you don't even feel bad cause you're still scared out of your mind.
The kind of riding that one expects to see at Superpark 14.
This is Snowboarder Mag's event so I'll let you read what they had to say about Day 3 of Superpark 14 presented by Gatorade (Warning: Excessive "f-bombs"):
(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.
