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PINEWSKI'S RAIL JAM
July 29th, 2006
Minnesota

For the third year in a row the crew at Pinewski’s in Anoka, MN felt the need to give back to our snow community by putting together another blazing summer snowboard rail session. Doug and the guys with FreshTip Design along with Pinewski’s brought us the largest amateur jib contest setup ever to hit the Midwest.

The ledge / handrail setup was up to par with the likes of the High Roller Rail Jam in Vegas, the Boost Mobile Pro in Chicago or even any of Mammoth’s epic village rail jams. Along with the help from sponsors, some of which included DC, Nomis, Rome, Smith, Ride and Oakley, Fans, Kooks, Groms and Bros all seemed to be having a great time.

Regardless of 100 degree plus temperatures and scorching sun, riders still got busy and put on a wild show of jibs, bonks, presses, tweaks and bails. Jake Olsen-Elm slaughtered the handrail while Colin Tucker got down on the double ledge. Pat Campro threw down a couple of bangers, but in the end Alex “The Rush” Ulyankin and his crazy combos filled his pockets with 800 bones and a cool first place finish. Congrats to all the shredders who came out to climb the 40 plus foot structure and throw themselves down a gnarly ledge / handrail setup for our viewing pleasure.

Minus the intense heat and a major “donkey dick” that seemed to be the talk of the day, this event was one for the books. Doug and his crew took this whole “snowboard rail jam” idea to the next level. Hopefully this is just the beginning of a whole new standard in midwestern snowboard events.

RESULTS:

Alex Ulyankin – 1st
Jake Olsen-Elm – 2nd
Pat Campro – 3rd
Colin Tucker – 4th


BY SCOTT LADWIG,
STUCK MAGAZINE

This was an awesome day July 29th 2006. The sun was shining, the heat index was in the 100's, and it was as humid as a swimming pool locker room, this was the perfect combo for some down home midwest snowboarding, complete with the 20foot tall bails of hay if you over shot the ledge.

Fresh Tip Design and Doug Fresh had been working late into the night to get this monstrosity of a rail set up together. Over the weeks they had poured their hearts and souls into making this thing a reality with lots of dedicated manhours. Rising 40 feet above the scorching hot parking lot of Pinewski's in Anoka,MN was one of the largest rail/ledge combos ever to call the midwest home.

Midwest signal rider Jake Olson-Elm took home the $400 dollar second place prize purse. Matt Hammer, Dave Lee, and Stephen Meyer were on hand to stoke the riders out on the word of signal Snowboards. One lucky rider from the Zombie board shop in Burnsville, MN walked away that day with a snowboard personally given to him by Matt Hammer, just because the kid was so genuine and nice. The support for a summer event of this magnitude was overwhelming and is just proof of the dedication of the midwest's love of this sport that we call snowboarding.

BY NIK JACOBSON
Midwest Signal Snowboards Rep
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