Winter Splinter2007

Zach rocks the bowlingball head on the vert ramp.

Matt Stahl had, hands down, the best helmet of the contest. Really, all it was lacking was a visor. He also rides vert without a detangler and had the second longest bike on the big ramp. Respect.

Except for the no visor thing.

Seriously, people, if your friends are wearing full faces without visors, stage an intervention.

It either takes a gigantic set of cajones or a complete lack of common sense to ride vert without a full-face. I don't know this kid, so I can't say one way or another.

Skyle had a tendency to air right in front of that lightbulb, which played hell with my camera's usually speedy autofocus and you don't care at all about the pain and suffering I went through. Kyle ride good. Bike good. Vert good.

Skylishly inverted.

Much like Colin McKay (the Canadian skateboarder, not the Australian BMXer), Jason's not afraid to rock a whole run of style on the lip.

The crazy thing about this isn't that his bike is 2 inches longer than yours. Matt Stahl's bike is almost the same length. It's not crazy that his bike is heavier than yours, I'd be money his bike weighs the same or less than Dave's. The 26 inch wheels thing is a little odd, but no. the crazy thing about this is that he didn't lock out his forks. His forks unlocked means that he's losing a good bit of his pump on every wall.

C R A Z Y

Vert soldiers all

Ok, seriously, this shot is a happy accident. A combination of the drive in my camera and my flash having a slower recharge rate. It just looks intense.

Headed for disaster