If you haven’t already, read Chubz’s recap of R2R 2014here.
I was going to try and tell you about Rails to Riches, but dont take it from me.
Or how sweet it is to watch Tall T Dan go lip-on blind 2 in person.
Its beautiful, for the record.
But dont take it from me; take it from the people who were there.
Or better yet, see it for yourself.
Photo: Aaron Lu
Product toss as a staple of any self-respecting event.
Photo: Aaron Lu
Of course theres more to the story.
Casey, who turned and looked at me, braces dominating his broad grin and said, Im seventeen.
Im seventeen, he then repeated, this time to Hugo Pelletier and raised his glass to cheers.
But thats not where the story begins or ends.
The same Pete who had enough cash for the cab to get our dumb Canadian asses home.
Khai slides the DFD while Sandy gaps from flat to down.
Photo: Travis Towsley.
But of course theres more to the story.
Sandy Boville of Barrie, ON quietly and consistently tricked his way into first place.
A humble kid, Sandy was all smiles after the competition.
He said hell use the money for a surf trip.
Photo: Travis Towsley.
Competing is fickle like that.
In competitions, consistency vs. one-off tricks is a balancing act.
Dom getting creative on the DFD.
Photo: Travis Towsley
After the competition the night melted into obscurity.
Sandy Boville and Max Morello holding it down for Ontario.
Chubz holding it down for being drunk.
P: Aaron Lu
It was great, but dont take it from me.
Theres an NS gathering at Loon in January.
You might think about coming to that.
