The riders at Snowboarder Mag's Superpark 16 made it to day four. Although there have been some major battle wounds along the way, it was worth every moment. With one more day of the event to come, everyone involved was sure to make today memorable.

A staple of every Superpark is extended sessions. Working and riding late into the evening or dragging themselves out of their warm beds to get incredible sunrise shots. And well, let's be honest you can't beat a sunrise session. This mission was undeniably accomplished this year with Sam Taxwood, Hans and Nils Mindnich, Scotty Vine, Seth Hill, Nils Arvidsson, and Sebastien Toutant showing some determination as they rose before the sun and scored insane photo opportunities on Loon Mountain's daunting kicker.



There were a mess of variations on every type of spin along with Scotty Vine pulling his signature move-- unstrapping his back foot and throwing gigantic one footers. Later in the day, the crew had a sunny afternoon session on the Loon Mountain hip. All in a day's work we suppose.

Perhaps one of the most impressive demonstrations of progressive snowboarding, Snowboarder Mag's Superpark 16 at Mt. Bachelor is outdoing itself. The third day played witness to heaps of the ever-so-popular double cork. Teenager Sebastien Toutant nailed a Cab 1260 double on the Seven Springs jump while Tyler Flanagan threw a back 10 double cork on the Loon Mountain crew's behemoth jump. And shortly thereafter, Ride Snowboards team rider Yuki Kadono followed suit.




Rider: Andrew Brewer Photo: E-Stone

According to Snowboarder Magazine's Senior Editor, Tom Monterosso, "Though the weather was a bit more inclement than the previous two days, the action at Superpark 2012 was nothing short of phenomenal. This course consists of at least a dozen features, and that's not counting little side hits, bumps, rollers, and cut-ins that the riders have carved out since we started on Monday, and with so much terrain, there's almost too much going on at once to keep up with."

The day came to a close with the crowd moving to the Boreal section, which features a fully loaded step-up jump and a hefty wallride/rail setup. We're pretty sure things can only get more intense from here on out but in order to fully grasp the level of snowboarding that is reached at Superpark, try watching the Day 3 video repeatedly.

The riders at SNOWBOARDER's Superpark 16 are fiending to make history this year. The rumor circulating Mt. Bachelor is that this could quite possibly be the gnarliest and best Superpark event yet. If you've witnessed the past years, your mind should be spinning right now. Day two saw insane tricks on the setup constructed by the Seven Springs park crew along with a handful of riders dropping jaws during a hip session.

Looking for an example of the insanity? Jaeger Bailey clipped his board on the closeout rail to frontflip and stomped it. Bailey walked us through his thought process at the time, commenting, "What was going through my mind as I was approaching the rail was, 'Man, I actually have to purposely commit to a clip.' It felt damn amazing to land on my feet and to somewhat be able to control the flip behind it."

We needn't say more. Watch the recap video from SNOWBOARDER below:

You might not have known who Jorn Simen Aaboe was before today but you won't forget him now. Why? Because this Norwegian amateur threw down the first ever toeside triple cork 1440. The spinning trend continues this year as snowboarding reaches another level of acrobatics. This trick is extremely hard to comprehend without seeing it for yourself, so check it out here, courtesy of Cyclone:

SNOWBOARDER Magazine's Superpark event tends to go bigger and burlier each year it goes down. One major aspect of that are the crews from resorts across the country who build their own specific features for the athletes. Four teams, from Mt. Bachelor, Oregon; Loon Mountain, New Hampshire; Boreal, California; and Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, got together to make Superpark 16 at Mt. Bachelor unforgettable. .



SNOWBOARDER released a few videos spotlighting the Loon Mountain and Seven Springs park staffs' work creating their signature features. Loon showed up ready to make the massive 70-80 foot kicker while Seven Springs brought in five snowcats to push three jumps, two hips, and a rail set-up. No one is messing around here.



With the official shred season pretty much over with, Superpark 16 is one of the last events of the year that allows these riders to show what they are made of.