Roxy: Mascot Superpipe Comp

Personally, I think costumes can make any situation more interesting…. even halfpipe competitions where most of the riders can barely get above the lip. And on Saturday in Mammoth at the Roxy Chicken Jam, that is exactly what went down. For the past three years, as part of the Chicken Jam, Roxy has had this open competition where anyone, and I mean anyone can compete for a first place prize of $3k. It was entertaining to say the least. Since a lot of the riders were barely even airing out of the pipe I decided to take a different approach to how I shot it. Without boring you with too much detail,  I shot most of them so the snow is very over exposed, creating almost a completely white background for the costume wearing creatures to stand out against.  I wanted to do a series of shots that all looked pretty similar just showing the riders costumes… and then there are also some action shots at the end. Tons more photos after the jump… and many more posts from my weekend in Mammoth to come.

Quiksilver team rider Sage Kotsenburg

Kentucky fried Todd

When I said they let anyone in, I meant anyone… this guy was wearing a bike helmet backwards and did a falling leaf down the whole run. Amazing.

Speaking of falling leaves. Pretty sure this guy was supposed to be a tree.

This guy was supposed to be a Golden Buddha?

The mascot for Boarding for Breast Cancer, but also the future of Pamela Anderson, her boobs are going to morph into one big saggy boob.

Todd did an entire run, mic in hand, announcing each trick as he did it. Self centered? Maybe. Hilarious? Definitely.

Silly rabbit… tricks are for kids.

A critter spotted riding outside of it’s natural habitat.

Todd and DC’s Sean Lake announcing the competiton.

For now you can check out more of my posts from the Chicken Jam/Cluck off on Quiksilver’s Blog.

By the way… for a while the comment section of my column wasn’t working. It is up and running now, and comments are always appreciated.