2011 Ford Campus Rail Jam Tour ? OSU RECAP!

Photos: Drew Diehl

Words: Keenan Jones

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With more than 10,000 miles under the crew?s belt, the boys finally made it back to the birthplace of the Tour, Corvallis, Oregon for the seventh stop of the Ford Campus Rail Jam Tour . The weather forecast predicted seventy degree temps and crisp blue skies, and the crew was more than stoked to hop on their skateboards and spread the word about the 30 tons of snow that were about to be dropped on campus. With summer right around the corner and carloads of shreds migrating to Mt. Hood, OSU made for a nice pit stop for riders to win some cash to help get through the hot summer months in Govy. Over 150 shredders applied making it one tough event to judge.

Not only was 30 tons of snow hauled in, but 42,000+ gallons of water filled two manmade pools for the first ever wakeboard event on OSU turf. As the event neared, with no surprise, the clouds started to roll in. This change of scenery didn?t phase the riders or crowd. Hundreds of students toughed out the weather while standing in line for custom t-shirts at the Ford booth. Worth it!

With one of the loudest crowds the Campus Rail Jam Tour has ever seen, the competition exploded right from the start. This year we saw it all, k-feds, disasters, hippy killers, flips?the list could go on! Regardless, you were either jaw-dropped speechless or screaming your lungs out.

Joey Vandermeer got techy with his hardway 270 onto the down tube as well as some steezy frontside switchups to pretzels. Tanner Boudreau had k-feds on lock throughout the comp and scooped up some First Drop Outerwear. Through all the chaos, Maks Gotham was crowned champion taking home a pair of the coveted Pabst x K2 skis.

1st – Maks Gotham

2nd – Tanner Boudreau

3rd – Joey Vandermeer

The snowboarders had their work cut out for them. Stefan Krumm, Justin Norman and Lou Macias were battling it out all competition. Justin Norman laid down a proper lip slide to bonk on the down tube that landed him in third. Stefan Krumm claimed the second place spot with solid style and techy tricks on all three features. In the end, everyone was blown away by first place finisher Lou Macias? disaster 3?s off the dfd. Lou spun cab, frontside, backside…Macias was on a mission! Lou walked away with a bunch of new gear including some boots from Celsius.

1st – Lou Macias

2nd – Stefan Krumm

3rd – Justin Norman

The top three lady shreds were some familiar faces, tearing apart the setup with ease. Randa Shahin took the cake for best overall, and went home with all sorts of Roxy gear and an invite to the Portland finals.

1st – Randa Shahin

2nd – Krysta Pelchar

3rd – Sarah Gill

Big thanks to C.ORE Freeride, MUPC and all the help in making this amazing event happen! Next stop?Portland Finals! The top riders from every stop will be making the trek to Portland to battle it out for a $5,000 cash purse and bragging rights till next year!