Any sane person at Bear Mountain this past Saturday would swear that it was the month of June. A cloudless sky, uncomfortably warm temperatures, zero wind, and offensive tank tops greeted the crowds on the sun deck in Big Bear, CA for the Analog Design Unlikely Features contest. Yes, everyone in attendance was sweating their balls off like it was the beginning of summer, however to their dismay, it was in fact January 7th.

The winner of the design aspect of the contest was Paul Heran with his "Bat Wing" concept. This feature was unveiled before the contest started rolling and was the popular jib option during the rail jam. All jib masters alike were hiking The Scene vying for the full AG outerwear kit. Locked and loaded with five different park features, the competitors had multiple line options to consider - The Bat Wing, last year's Design Unlikely Feature winner The UFO, a multi-level staircase box, a cheesewedge with flat box on top, and lastly a flat bar set up for primetime stalls, handplants, and spins.

Kids were straight up hucking themselves on this set up, and definitely not always in a good way as you'll witness below in the recap video. One competitor in particular, with flowing blonde locks, thought it was a genius idea to continuously come in to the Bat Wing at mock speed and gap to flat bar. Needles to say, things got a little messy.

The sun beat down on the setup and snow and the shredders beat down on the setup until the end. After a flurry of hiking, gapping, sliding, and spinning, the panel of judges (Dave Downing, Mikkel Bang, Eyan Alferos and Matt Rohn) were faced with a tough decision. Who the hell was going to win this thing? Check the results and video below:

Photo courtesy of Bear Mountain

Men
1st -- Devin Allen
2nd -- Nathan Sovich
3rd -- Juan Poanco

Women
1st -- Melissa Spillman
2nd -- Veroniqi Hanssen
3rd -- Natalie Kerr