Photo Courtesy of CampusRailJamTour.com

After a full day of lurking on underage college girls, taking in some warm desert air, and skating some available (non snow covered) concrete, the Campus Rail Jam Tour crew got their first stop under way at the University of Arizona, located in Tuscon, AZ. Fully equipped with a mini skate ramp to session, this rail jam was swarming with zonies (3,000 to be exact) that came to check out the scene. (Sidenote: Zonie, official slang term for an Arizona local.)

Lots of kids were throwing down, must have been all that ripping they've been doing at Snowbowl...I think it's the first season it's been open...with snow. I kid, I kid. In all seriousness, I've shredded at Snowbowl and it's a good time...when there's snow.





Results

Women
1st - Emily Astiz
2nd - Kristin Swanson

Men
1st - David Biner
2nd - Loren Brinton
3rd - Colin Ofloy

Men on Skis
1st - Alex Gaynor
2nd - Andrew Salter
3rd - Nate Johnson


Photo Courtesy of CampusRailJamTour.com


Click HERE for all the gruesome details. Next campus to raid....ARIZONA STATE.

Photos courtesy of Burton.com

It's no secret that Shaun White is about ten steps ahead of his competition right now when it comes to slaying it in the pipe. America has high hopes for the red headed anomaly to bring home the gold in this February's Vancouver Olympics- and with that kind of pressure Shaun's been in extreme training mode for the past year or so. He's had private halfpipe's built, top-secret nighttime training sessions, and even took the summer off from skating vert ramp to concentrate on upping his game.

We've been wondering what kind of physical training he's been up to when he's not on the hill. We stumbled across this blog from our friends over at Burton and perhaps this is his Shaun's secret...


Olympic Halfpipe coach Bud Keene analyzing Shaun's "Batsman" technique on the "Pitch"

Ok, so the game of Cricket doesn't have a damn thing to do Snowboarding... but at least Shaun and the crew are having fun in New Zealand during their down time. Check out the full blog here over at Burton.com- there's more hilarious photo's. While you're at it cruise around in their News and Events blog. They've always got tasty nuggets of internet content to keep you entertained.


Just look at the intensity of Coach Keene's pitch...

The 10th stop of the Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour looked sicker than
ever. Held at UCSD in La Jolla, tons of kids came out to support their
local shredders. As the sun set, everyone continued slayin' it while
the Galvanic Design crew got some awesome night shots of the riders
hitting their set up. The last stop before the Portland finals is at
Oregon State this Thursday, May 21st.

Folow up story courtesy of Taylor Murray:

With 70-degree weather, Red Bull flowing, and Swine Flu in the air, the conditions were perfect for the rare breed of shredding that is the Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour.
Mother nature was able to sit back and rest as the crew brought in a
massive ' margarita maker' to blow 25 tons of pearly white flakes onto
the setup. By the time the machine was near finished grinding the huge
ice blocks, a massive sea of people had already gathered around the
setup to peep the scene and get their photo taken at the ELM company booth. Cricket Wireless was giving away tons of free shirts and stoking out the crowd. Big ups to Cricket for making it happen!

60 local shreds came out to terrorize the rails and throw down for
their shot at some skrill and assorted products from all the fine
sponsors. Knife Show' (TM)s
own Casey Wrightsman took home the win for the men' (TM)s snowboard division
and walked away with the cash and an invite to the Portland finals.
Second place finisher, Colt Morgan, flew down from Tahoe just to
qualify for the finals, and that he did! Colt also walked away with a
crisp new Omatic board to beat all the babes off him. Eric Singer is no stranger to the Tour, and finished in third with some Skullcandy gear.

As for the ladies, Nirvana Ortanez took home the W and the infamous
jackalope trophy. So sick. Monica Thatcher finished in second and got a
ticket to the finals. Congrats ladies!

Let' (TM)s talk about some skiing. The San Diego skiers are some burly
dudes, they simply don' (TM)t give up. Bloody gashes, smashed limbs, no big
deal. The two plankers put on a great show for all the UCSD students
and walked away with big smiles despite their injuries. Andrew McDowell
stole the judges' (TM) hearts and scooped up some cash and a first place
spot on the podium. Robert Thorpe came in a close second and took home
some killer Boone
skis after getting wild on the Red Bull box. Lars Johnsgard Jensen
rounded out the pack in third and was rewarded with some sick Spyder outerwear and an invite to the Portland finals on May 30th!

When the sun had set and the winners had been crowned, the crew got
their hands dirty and tore down the setup in record time to make it to
the after party in Pacific Beach. 50 shred rats in a bar full of bros
always makes for a good/interesting time. Now that UCSD is in the
books, the Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour
is back in Oregon to host one more event on their home turf, before the
final showdown in downtown Portland on Saturday, May 30th. Keep your
eyes peeled on www.campusrailjamtour.com for a live webcast from REELcomp!