The pre-season snowboard contests in parking lots, away from snow have been real fun but thankfully the real snow season has begun. The first Volcom Peanut Butter and Railjam went down at Mammoth Mountain this past weekend on real snow. The PBRJ is an amateur/entry level pro rail contest. The series runs all over the US of A and Canada with the final event in the spring. The format is simple; three rails side by side, 20 minute jams, four different classes. There are the 15 and under groms, 16 and over ams, ladies and the open/pro class. The top 5 from each class got an invite to the finals and the top three open riders got a little money and lots of love from the crowds.

Mammoth had received its first major snowfall of the season just prior to the weekend so everyone had fun, contestants and crowd alike. The obstacles consisted of a lift tower, shark fin and down rail. According to local pro/hero Matt Moriarity all three obstacles where fun and good, there is usually at least one obstacle I dont like but they are all fun this year; the down rail is best In the Transworld Snowboarding Dirty Dozen Issue Mason Aguirre says it is an honor to see all the stuff he does while being a pro snowboarder. Mason is correct and events like the PBRJ provide the future doers of amazing feats. Since these guys and gals are up and comers and the announcer called out bib numbers and not names I apologize for any mis-spellings and mislabeling. I tried so hard to get the names correct. If anyone wants to correct me, email dirtrag(at)sprynet(dot)com Welcome to the Peanut Butter and Rail Jam

Back 360 out in the 16 and over division

Another unidentified rider in the 16 and over division gets steezy

Wade Gody 360s off the Shark fin. Wade got 3rd in the 16 and over division; this is not even the open class

Andrew Mackenzie with a super stylin backlip to crail

View from the top. The day started sunny and beautiful but the weather got a little nasty for the finals

Not just a pretty face - Tyler Flanagan makes a slight adjustment to the down rail before the start of the open class qualifiers

Top 5 female finisher Micki Slechta front boards the down rail

Second place female finisher Michelle Shaw Unknown to a back 180 out off the shark fin. Someone email the names of these rippers please!

Tyler 270s on

They dont call it the Peanut Butter and rail jam for nothing free PB & Js, cheese puffs, cookies, and soda all the good food a growing body needs

Oren Tanzer is the man behind the Mammoth park and the one who helped make the PBRJ at Mammoth possible. Everyone liked the obstacle heres why, well Oren and his crew

First pro snowboarder Shaun White makes the switch to skateboarding. Well 2007 X games skateboarding medalist Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins is making the transition to snowboarding. Lyn-Z actually lives in Mammoth. She rips the skate park and she made the finals of the PBRJ ladies rail jam

Bryn Valaika gets shifty on her way to 4th place Mammoth Local Javier Silva got third place in the open division. He was ripping solid and he was stoked on his 150 dollar third place money. He said the money was going towards rent. Go visit at the Pita Pit while in Mammoth, tip big too

Second place open winner Jared Dawond. He got second and he works at 5 Boroughs pizza, again, tip big until he gets a full sponsorship

Local hero Matt Moriarity. Matt could have won but he spent a lot of time working on really hard combos. Look for a sequence of him later on this week

Greg Bretz seriously should have won. He was soo consistent, even the other riders thought he deserved the top 1-2 spots. For some reason he did not even top 5. Regardless, Greg got 7th at the Grand Prix pipe last year in tamarack and he rips rails. Could Greg be the next big deal?

waiting for the awards Welcome to the future, Trevor Jacob won the 15 and under division

Just because it appeared Greg Bretz should have one does not mean Johnny Lazz did not rip. His hardside back 180 out was sick. Johnny Lazz won the open class, congrats Johnny! Results 15 & Under 1 Trevor Jacob 2 Garret Weinart 3 Garret Warnick 4 Breannen Wise 5 Gray McCalla 16 & Over 1 Jackson Jewtt 2 Brent Anklam 3 Wade Godi 4 Josh Warnick 5 Andrew McKenzie Ladies 1 Laurie Currier 2 Michelle Shea 3 Tammy Varner 4 Bryn Valaika 5 Micki Slechta Open 1 Johnny Lazz 2 Jared Dawond 3 Javier Silva 4 Cody Rapp 5 Christian Mares