Goes for the gold but gets the pole…
…was probably the best quote of the day at the Downtown Throwdown in Pioneer Square in Seattle. There were some pretty impressive diggers, but some pretty awesome shredding was happening too.
As the residents of Occidental Park looked on, Snowboy Productions descended on the park and set up three features–a quarter pipe, box, and rail–and went through bags of snow to cover it all for an hour and a half of shredding.
Besides getting super excited for the upcoming season, we got to see what seemed like every trick combination known to man. There were so many sick moves, but the best trick award went to Jason Robinson for his backside 360 railslide with a backside 180 out.*
There were lots of stalls, grabs, 50/50s, hand plants, you name it. Some riders ended up launching over the quarter pipe and landing on photographers below. In one instance two collided mid-air, mid-trick. Eek!
But, it was lots of fun with good music, sweet shredding, and an audience that was really into it.
With the mic cutting in and out, they announced the winners:
5th Place–Ben Bogart
4th Place–Johnny Lazz
3rd Place–Scott Stevens
2nd Place–Forest Bailey
1st Place–Nick Visconti
*Pictures don’t necessarily match up with the people or tricks mentioned.
Were you there? What did you think?
