Jib Jam '08 Recap

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On April 6th, 2008 – Only minutes after the hill closed at Schweitzer Mountain Resort in northern Idaho – the Poorboyz crew began tearing apart the slopes and reshaping the snow into a series of multiple gigantic, mind-boggling, and cojones testing features in order to prepare for the Second Annual Poorboyz JibJam. Complete with oversized rail-to-rail transfers, huge gap-to-rail setups, massive jumps, and a ninety-foot channel gap; this years setup has become symbolic of the constant progression of skiing as Poorboyz once again raises the bar of standards that defines skiing today.

Several days later, dozens of pro skiers, both young and old, arrived in the tiny town of Sandpoint with high ambitions of slaying whatever features were provided to them. Once the JibJam began, they all got their wish and so occurred what is vaguely referred to as the great rail slaughter of 2008. Everything in the arsenal was utilized to the fullest, including multiple spin variations, steezy presses and inverted hand-drags. It took the athletes a couple days of slaying before the huge triple jib line was good and dead, finishing things off on the elevated ‘danny-way’ style rainbow box.

From there, the riders moved on like little hungry mice over to the cheese wedges where mad amounts of dairy was consumed – much milk was spilt, but few tears were shed. The session lasted several days, and finally ended when stomp after stomp echoed through the valleys of Sandpoint like bombs over Iraq, and we were asked by local authorities to stop the madness.
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Laying low for a while, the riders partook in various other jib activities around the base of Schweitzer including parking lot bomb drops, road gaps, and even a little nocturnal barnyard quarter piping. Laughter and good times were had by all, to say the least.
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The final days of the JibJam were spent sessioning a transfer gap gnarlier than any of Gnarls Barkley’s whack songs. The scene on hill was hectic, with numerous spectators and crew trying to coordinate athlete sled-rides up, helicopter shooting laps, cable-cam drops, and boom-arm movements in the 6 AM sunrise light; all while capturing the aerial antics of the many riders as they threw down consistent natural and unnatural spins off of both lips, every one complete with a stomped landing. With everyone in the lower valley convinced that America was being bombed, we were forced to discontinue such stomping behavior, and thus the JibJam 08 was over.
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However, a recap of this two week long session is now available in movie form, complete with trick tips from all the skiers involved so that one day, you too can reap havoc in jibtastical form at your home mountain or wherever you may shred next. ORDER MEOW!!
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