Yesterday Mitch and I headed up to the Summit at Hyak for our first ever Holy Oly. It was the Summit’s seventh time and they promised Cobra Dogs and the biggest anti-contest in North America.
Hyak had been taken out by a mudslide, so lifts were closed, and hiking to the quarter pipe was in order. Snow has also been sparse this year so Summit pulled its snow from all over the mountain to make the QP.
(Almost to the top.)
The hike up wasn’t so bad, it was blue sky in the Cascades and a good competition was going down. No complaints here.
A decent number of riders got pretty familiar with the backside of the quarter pipe after launching themselves over it during the competition. That was always exciting–one minute they were in the air, the next they were gone from view.
But there was lots of big airs and methods to be had.
A few skiers showed up.
Riders hiked the hill to hit the pipe for four hours. By the end, everyone seemed kind of tired and there were some breath-catching falls. Fortunately everyone walked away.
There were a few females that were competing, which was awesome. I had no clue who any of them were (since they weren’t announced). But, I did hear about Jess Kimura. She won best crash and was seriously hitting the features hard–literally and figuratively. It was pretty impressive.
I also got to meet Shay of Shayboarder.com.
The winners:
Thanks Shay and Rumorator for convincing me to go. Can’t wait for next year! Be sure to head on up if you’re in the PNW.
