1st Whiteface Rail Jam of the Year

Sunday Dec 11th.

Whiteface mt was host to one of the best Rail Jams that I have EVER been to in NY State!

There were two lanes with three features each. One lane comprised of rails and the other of boxes. The riders right lane went: 10ft flat box, to 16 ft bank box, to 15ft c box (left curving c). The riders left lane went: tall, 15 ft long, round rail set up urban on a slight down pitch, to the 10 ft red rail set up urban on a down pitch, to a 10ft double barrel, down flat rail.

This rail jam was filled with upwards of 50 athletes spanning 3 age groups each with men and women ski and men and women snowboard. To my knowledge the number of athletes competing Sunday was greater then that of any other rail jam event at Whiteface ever! The level of competition was higher too! Skiers and boarders came from all over the state to compete for a share of the shwag from the Whiteface sponsors.

NYSEF Freestyle was represented exceptionally well at the award ceremony. 1st place for 12 and under skier boys was was: Brian Gardiner, a NYSEF athlete from Connecticut. 1st place for 13 - 17 skier boys was Northwood student: Jason Castle. and 1st place for 18 and over skier men was a NYSEF alum: Nick Edwards.
Other notable NYSEF performances came from Camden and Kaylen Reiley in the 12 and under division, Art Griffin, Mason Kozak, and Gavin Fritz in the 13 - 17 division.

"Lost the rail jam... idc. it was the best. i did awesome seeing as though my age group was from 13 to 17" - Gavin Fritz

Overall fun was had by all, and the Whiteface Park Staff did an absolutely phenomenal job putting together this awesome rail jam! They really raised the bar! Everybody that I talked to after the jam mentioned that they are really excited for the next event.


-JP

P.S.
I'm hoping that I will be able to wrangle up some pictures from the rail jam to post here on the blog in the very near future.