- The scene at Mammoth Main park
Otterstrom Takes Fiesta De La Pipa, Again!
Chances are if you are reading this you are thinking about Snowboarding in May, which means you are really into it. You think about snowboarding all year, not just in the winter like all the tag along types. You know the ones that only ride on Presidents day or such bullshit. You are like us here at the Revolution, you can not get enough, you are a lifer. You may or may not be stuck in some shit hole town far from the snow. Fear not, many of the shreds you see pictures of here were in a similar situation. Through dedication and work they ended up in Mammoth in May. It was rad and someday you gotta go. Put down the fuckin X Box, make it happen. Or maybe you are rich and can do what you want or maybe you are just really board. Anyway, here is snowboarding in May.
Stoked! It snowed and the weather was so snowy that the second annual Vans Fiesta de la Pipa at the Mammoth was delayed from Friday May 4 until Sunday May 6. Bullshit you say? Maybe so but not for moi cause I had to trabajo (work) at my normal job on Friday. That means I got to witness the pipe action in freakin May. Who cares I have seen a million contests, right? Wrong! This was not like other pipe contests - it's a 3-hour jam, judged by the riders themselves, in a freshly-built, 18-foot Zaugg-cut pipe lined with boxes, rails, unique jibs and piñatas. So this was more like some of the best pipe riders around riding pipe for a few hours, not a best of 3 run slog. Fun to watch – check out the action, take a run, grab a beer, smoke a blunt in the woods (I don’t condone drug use but if you do, who am I to judge) go back, watch some more…you get the idea…a cruising, yet exciting good time. For those who do not know a piñata (pronounced pin-yata) is a paper machete thing that is full of candy and kids try to hit it with a stick will blindfolded. Only the Piñatas became jibs.
The action was not like the big airs you usually see in the pipe. It was a subtle beauty. Like Peter Line doing 540 to lip slides on the box, Pat Moore inverting off the tombstone, Chad Otterstrom doing complex tricks on the obstacles, to Tyler Flanagen just doing laps. It was a good time. Thanks Mammoth! Oh yes the free riding was kick ass and the park is still good
More Todd Richards quotes
“Thanks to Mammoth, Vans, Red Bull, and Quiksilver but mostly Quicksilver. Thanks mostly to Quiksilver”
“Hey Cody high five yourself”
“Just tell them you are Shaun White, you have red hair” – to Pat Moore
“How about Smith and Wesson? I would like to see more relevant sponsors come in and sponsor events”
“Hey Todd I bet Paul Mitchell has bought you an Audi” – Sullivan
“Paul Mitchell is right for Snowboarding”
Results:
Womens:
Jamie Anderson - $2,500
Mens:
1st: Chad Otterstrom - $5,000
2nd: Chaz Guldemond - $3,000
3rd (tie): Peter Line & Pat Moore - $1,000 ea
George Crosland Photos:
- Announcing is such a hard job, Sullivan, Capitan Cripple T Richards and Oren Tanzer.
- This is probably one of the only times all year you will see this guy on the hill
- Joe Eddy spinning to the top of the box
- Cody Rosenthal getting wild
- Fiesta de la pipa yo!
- Pat had this on lock every run
- Oren with the money
- Pat Moore was so stoked on his tie with Peter Line he open mouthed him with tounge
- Chaz with his 2nd place bills
- The boys
- Jamie, Chaz, Peter and Pat
- El podium (l-r) Chad Otterstrom, Jamie Anderson, Chaz Guldemond, Peter Line and Pat Moore (Crosland photo)
- Chad with his loot
- This was the only shot i got of the crazy billy bob sled neck show before one of the two sledders land on each other on one of the jumps. It was crazy one guy was stopped on the landing and the other snomo dude jumped the double and landed his sled right on the guys arm. He got destroyed and so did his sled and the whole demo was over in about 3 minutes.
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