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So I just got back from one of the coolest trips I’ve ever been on. Thanks to PortersTahoe and DC Shoes, I was able to make my way to Utah to visit the DC MTN. LAB. If you are not familiar with the Lab, it is a private training/R&D center for the DC Snowboard Team located in Park City, UT. A group of us from Northern California loaded up into a 15-passenger van and headed East on I-80. We made the best of the 9-hour drive by stopping at various casinos and fireworks stands throughout the middle-of-nowhere Nevada. Gambling kept us occupied.. when not in the actual casinos, there were people in the van rolling dice and playing ceelo.. 4-5-6! What?? The $1 bills were flyin’! Anyway, we finally made it to Utah at about 9pm and checked into our Condo at Newpark Resort. Let me say this, DC knows how to put people up! These condos were brand-new and P-I-M-P!

The Rental Van all stuck up!

Road Trippin’ through the middle of nowhere NV!

Ceelo - 4, 5, 6!  Winner take all.

After a goodnight sleep, we hit up Park City Resort the next morning. The day started out nice but windy. We made some laps in the park and then the clouds and snow rolled in. We decided to explore the mountain in search of some nice pow-pow. We were in luck! We stumbled upon some insane tree lines with about a foot of Utah fresh. So sick.. We rode super hard and got as much pow as we could. That night we hit up a sweet Mexican restaurant for a nice buffet of good grub.

NorCal DC Rep. Jarret gettin’ some pow.

Eric from Boards’ N Motion slashin’ pow.

Okay.. enough rambling. On Saturday, we made it to the infamous DC Mtn. Lab. What can I say? This place is off the freakin’ hook. First of all, the house is insane. I was most impressed by the bathrooms(sh*t you not!) and they’re heated-toilet seats. Damn straight.. But the best part was obviously the private park that was awaiting our shred. SPT (Snow Park Technologies) helped design and fabricate the park, and you can tell. Everything is dialed. Boxes are smooth, jumps are perfect, and the rails were on point. Not to mention the “Little Biggie” rope tow. With blue-bird skies overhead, the shred was on. I haven’t rode this hard in such a long time. I just couldn’t stop.. I wouldn’t let myself stop. How many times will you be at the Mtn. Lab, right? So after a long day of amazing riding and great times (beer, food, etc.), we hung out for an amazing dinner. Thanks to everyone who made this happen, especially DC (Ron, Jarret, Bill) and PortersTahoe (Chappy, Alex, Aaron, Steph). Thanks for a great time and I hope to see ya next year!
-MC

The setup from the bottom

The setup AT the bottom.. so much fun!

Insane Tree Jib with the crew chillin’

REELcomp’s Creative Director Mark C. happy to be there!

Inside the Lab before dinner

The DC Crew!  Good Times!

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Goofy vs Regular at Bear Mountain went OFF today. Clayton Shoemaker and his team pushed a bunch of snow over the last week to make things happen. There were a few big jumps, a flat down rail, a corrugated pipe gap jump, big ol’ hip and of course the JP Walker signature feature to finish it off. The goofy’s started off the finals with clear skies and great visibility. I don’t know what happened when the regulars took to the hill because the clouds came in and there was a crazy snow squall that cut visibility down and the flat light was enough to call it. The regulars took over at this point and mopped it up. I was able to get a few pics to give you an idea of what it was about but the flat light shut me up.

Regular Top 5
Juuso Lavisto
Keegan Valaika
Stian Solberg
Erich Drummer
Robbie Walker

Goofy Top 5
Louie Vito
Forrest Bailey
Clayton Shomaker
Tyler Flanagan
Jonas Michilot

MVP

Jusso Lavisto