After the Yankee Swap. Check out Ryan Manning getting iced in front and Mark Wakeling icing himself with Mojito in a bag in the back.
This past weekend Loon Mountain held its annual old-guy contest, Rep Challenge. Usually Rep Challenge is a weekend event, paired with Shop Showdown--the first day, the reps compete and the local team riders get to heckle the old guys. The second day, the kids strap in and try to impress the reps so they get to stay on their teams! This year, though, the competition was rescheduled and coincided with Loon's 80's Day, which was perfect since most of the reps haven't done an actual trick on their snowboards since '89.
It was beautiful, spring weather, and Loon Terrain Park Manager Brian Norton provided plenty of pizza and Narragansett, so the crew of road warriors and pseudo desk jockeys stepped to the rail jam and quarterpipe portions of the event with some unreal old guy tricks. Fitting, since this was the last WUSR event of the season. I got upside-down on the QP for the first time in years and took first place. Wakeling earned second, rounding out a solid Oakley showing.
Rep Challenge crown.
Huge thanks to Norton, Scambio, Jordan, and their crew, for putting on one of the funnest events all season. And to this guy:
