Campus Rail Jam Tour mobilized by Cricket and Ford – GONZAGA RECAP!
By: Snowboarding Events | Date: Tuesday April 20, 2010
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Campus Rail Jam Tour mobilized by Cricket and Ford – GONZAGA RECAP!
To a bus full of college-bred shredheads, the city of Compton doesn't sound like a pleasant place to hold an inner-city rail jam. Sure, we all enjoy a little Eazy E or N.W.A. every now and again, but let's face it, a shred-mob wearing tall-tees and tight pants probably wouldn't be welcomed with open arms by the local homies. So naturally, when the Campus Rail Jam Tour crew began to head to a little city in Washington dubbed "Spo-Compton" everyone was a little skeptical. However, this ghetto-fabulous stereotype couldn't have been further from the truth. Not only did Spokane welcome the Campus Rail Jam Tour with open-arms, but the event laid-claim to the best skiing and snowboarding of the entire tour. Spo-compton represent!
Cricket Campus Rail Jam Gonzaga Photos
Photos: Darcy Bacha
For the full photo gallery click HERE!
Before the comp kicked-off, Tour emcee "Uncle Moo" hyped the riders and laid down the judging criteria as anxious competitors slapped high-fives and got ready to throw down. People already formed a line in front of the Cricket Wireless booth in hopes of scoring a free custom-made t-shirt. Once the DJ fired up the tables and dropped the first beat, all 20 riders in the first heat dropped with a bang and laid down some hammers. No need for warm-up tricks with this crowd, the Spokie shreds came out swinging for the fences. By the time the finals began, all the kids had shaken off their contest jitters and warmed up for the final showdown. After taking a beating all day, the skiers were determined to show Gonzaga what they could do. Third place finisher, Essex Prescott put down some killer moves on the metal and walked away with some cash money and a CRJT x Neff collabo hat. Noah Wallace nailed second place after spinning 450 degrees onto the gap box and got hooked up with some fresh Bonfire outerwear. Landing in first and claiming the cash and Coreupt skis was Ian Hamilton, killing the competition with a super clean 450 off the kink.
As previously stated, the snowboarding at GU was the best of the entire tour. A mixture of tour veterans and fresh faces showed up to battle it out. 270s and switch-ups were the name of the game throughout the contest and into the finals. Newcomer Derek Lever slayed the DFD for two hours and wound up in third place with some Bonfire outerwear. Ian Sullivan silently destroyed all three rails, spinning on and off with ease and landing in second. Ian took home a custom Ford snowboard, Bonfire outerwear and some skrill. At the end of the day it was Mr. Gared Schneider who took home the win. Gared scooped a sick new Salomon snowboard, some Celsius boots, and big wad of cash money.
(L-R) 3rd place - Derek Lever, 1st place - Gared Schneider, 2nd place - Ian Sullivan
Last but certainly not least, the dudettes all put on quite a show for the crowd and hung with the boys all day long. Kendra Scurfield took the third place spot along with a handful of Roxy gear. Last year's victor, Randa Shahin walked on the podium once again with a second place finish. Randa was stoked as always and headed home with a custom snowboard from Ford. Bringing home the bacon with super smooth 180s onto the gap box was Ms. Jen Davis. Jen filled her wallet and her trunk with a mess of cash, boots from Celsius, and a Roxy banana traction board.
(L-R) 3rd place - Kendra Scurfield, 1st place - Jen Davis, 2nd place - Randa Shahin
After the smoked had cleared and the winners had been crowned, the Galvanic crew packed up shop and valiantly traveled off into the horizon back towards their home base of Portland, Oregon. Be sure to check back for updates on the next event at Oregon State University on May 21st!
Cricket Campus Rail Jam Gonzaga Video
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