Photos: Tim Zimmerman
Words: www.burton.com

Slopestyle began with crystal clear skies and gusty winds that cleared many riders from the course, leaving only the strongest to survive. The super-star lineup, including Travis Rice, Danny Kass, Nicolas Müller, Andreas Wiig, Heikki Sorsa and Wyatt Caldwell, provided for a great show of riding. Standouts, Andreas Wiig and Wyatt Caldwell, made it hard for judges to determine first and second place. Andreas prevailed with his run that started with a backside 270 on to frontside boardslide to fakie on the kink rail, tail press on the c-box to his jumps of a backside 7, frontside 9 to switch backside 9 combo. Marie-France Roy placed above Alexis Waite and Chanelle Sladics with tricks like front board slides on the rails and spins on the jumps. Her frontside 5 truck driver also won her the Sony HDV Camcorder for best trick.

Travis Rice - 3rd Place.

A Volvo V50 Sportswagon, Ski Doo Adrenaline 600, Rolex watch and a Mac G4 were all doled out to the best of the best at this year's second annual Abominable Snow Jam. Christmas came six months early for Chad Otterstrom whose outstanding performance earned him the title spots for both best trick and highest air in quarterpipe, and best trick in halfpipe, combining to make him the best overall rider, as well as the recipient of a brand new Volvo V50 Sportswagon.

The second annual Abominable Snow Jam finished on a positive note-riders were exhausted from all of the intense shredding but ready for the riding that Hood has to offer in the many summer days to come. Again, a big thanks goes out to the riders who competed and to the sponsors that make the Abominable Snow Jam a success, Burton, Volvo, Motorola, Timberline Resort, Windell's Snowboard Camp, High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Sobe, Ski-Doo, Tylenol and Paul Mitchell. We can't wait to do it all again next year.

For day-by-day details log onto www.abominablesnowjam.com