Snowboard contests from coast to coast need to take a tip from the annual Bonfire Pipe to Pipe. The contest recently ripped through Mount Hood for the 14th year in a row and it was one of the rawest and wildest to date.

The competition is notorious for its unpretentious vibe and centers around rowdy riding and good times. This year Snowboarder Magazine's Tom Monterosso was on scene to break down all the glory of this shredtacular summer event.

Words: Tom Monterosso

A lot of contests these days just aren't fun to watch. The rapid evolution of snowboarding has made modern-day contest riding to seem static, in my opinion. Double corks are now stock tricks and style has been amalgamated and condensed. They all look the same. Set up turn, Cab 12 double cork; set up turn, back 10 double cork, so on and so forth. It just kind of bores me. But this weekend, up on the Windells lane on Mt. Hood, contest riding scored a big one in my book. The 14th Annual Bonfire Pipe to Pipe happened. It was hectic. It was loose. And it was really fun to watch.

The Pipe to Pipe is the longest-running summer snowboard contest in the world. For fourteen years, riders have gathered on the glacier overlooking the Timberline lodge and rode a fun, unique setups that lended more creativity than your average rail, rail, box, triple line courses. This year, the folks at Bonfire decided to tip their hat to the days of yore, deciding to pepper two mini pipes set back to back with jibs.

Get your butt over to SNOWBOARDER MAG to read the rest of the recap and watch TWO videos of all the fun. Do it.