Downtown Throwdown Rail Jam

The Downtown Throwdown went off! Many of the riders said it was the best pre-season jib contest they have ever done. There were no pesky stairs to injure riders so the level of boarding was out of control.
 Photo: G Trev
Lib Tech’s own Sammy Luebke even came out to test his banana on the jibs. His presses were nice, “3rd gear” one might say.
 Photo: G Trev
The session was so heated my brain almost exploded especially with the top three riders Ben Bogart, Johnny Miller, and Jed Anderson. It was just trick after trick after trick with these guys. Jed ended up taking it with next level moves and almost perfect consistency. All the riders killed it and the celebrity judges Zach Leach, Sean Genovese, and Jon Kooley made difficult but good calls.
Thanks to Snowboy Productions, Boarderline Bellevue and all the other sponsors for making it happen here in the Northwest! -JB
RESULTS:
1st – Jed Anderson
2nd – Johnny Miller
3rd – Ben Bogart
Best Trick – Nick Visconti


Snowboy Productions’ Downtown Throwdown rail jam at Qwest Field
Snowboy Productions and Boarderline Snowboard Shop are proud to announce the second annual Downtown Throwdown at Qwest Field on Saturday night October 27th in Seattle Washington! This invitational rail jam is focused on the new guard of urban snowboarding. 20 riders including Zac Marben, Jordan Michilot, Ben Bogart, Pat Milbery, Scott Stevens, Gus Engle, Johnny Miller, Jed Hoffman, Austin Hironaka, Travis Kennedy, Andrew Geeves, Ivan Marcinko, Chris Beresford, Ben Lynch, Jordan Bell, Nick Visconti, Sawyer Deen, Jake Olson-Elm, Corey Noble, and Sammy “where’s my beer?” Luebke will be throwing down on custom built features(two rails side by side, 24 foot down/flat/down and a 24 foot double barrel down rail,leading to dual wall rides.) by Snowboy Productions’ fabricator extraordinaire Neil Green. $5000 in cash will be paid out by the legit judging crew of Jon Kooley, Sean Genovese and Zach Leach with the emcee talents of Jesse Burtner keeping the crowd entertained and informed. Make your way down to Qwest Field for this FREE event and support the ongoing NW shred revolution led by Snowboy Productions and this amazing crew of snowboarders.
Thanks to Boarderline Snowboard Shop, Red Bull, Ride Washington, Think Thank, Qwest Field, Dan Schindler and the Ski Fever Ski and Snowboard Expo and the Washington snowboard community…you guys rip.
Snowboy Productions is a NW based event production company that has been putting on legit, grassroots snowboarding events including the Holy Oly Revival and the Downtown Throwdown for the past 11 years. Join the revolution.
Downtown Throwdown
8pm Saturday October 27th
Seahawks Stadium
8:00 – 8:45 PM – Practice Round
8:45 – 9:00 PM – Break for maintenance and product toss
9:00 – 9:45 PM – Main Event Jam Session (no finals, no bullshit…just a grip of time to shred)
9:45 – 10:00PM – Awards and final product toss ($3000 first place, $1000 second, $500 third and $500 best trick / Judges are Jon Kooley, Sean Genovese and Zach Leach)
10:00 – 2:00AM – After Party at Elysian Brewery (21 and over…sorry)

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