LAST CALL RESULTS

Sorry for the delay but our main site is having issues so here are the 8th annual results from LOON. Scroll down and see the slideshows here on this blog and peep you tube for some clips that have popped up already from random people.

Last week another Last Call went down at Loon Mountain in NH with Eastern Boarder, K2, Oakley, Scion, Skullcandy, Red Bull and Ogio. In it's 8th year and still drawing roughly 100 riders all willing to be tested on new jibs, jumps, and rail gardens set up specifically for the event, Last Call brings New England Spring riding in with a vengeance. The first feature sessioned was Loons giant hip. Luke Mathison, Tom P, Bode Merrill and everyone tossed out whatever they could in the one hour jam. Luke and Tom were busting huge 20 footers and were obvious crowd favorites, Colleen Quigley was hitting it hard even with her bruised heels from the Open, but Bode scored himself a nice new $900 Oakley watch for tossing in some more tech tricks and still large airs. After a BBQ lunch under the Red Bull tent everyone moved on to the 1/4 pipe / hip / giant Loon letters thingamajib. It got pretty interesting watching everyone figure out how to use the letters. Brandon Reis, Big Mike Gonsalves Chris Carr and Bode were all over it. Hand plants , one footers , presses, stalls, and some nasty looking close calls were huge spectator and camera pleasers. Tanner Pendelton was killing himself on a shopping cart perched up on the 1/4 with hand plants and one foot stalls. A few riders tried to figure out the creeper ledges over the hip but after another hour we had to slide on over to the rails and boxes. Sunny skies and a good assortment of 30' rails mostly over stairs rounded out the day. Austin Grainger, Stu Gingras, Brandon Reis and just about everyone else left standing probably would have hiked that set up for another couple hours the way it was going . All good things must come to an end though and Brandon basically shut it down. The top three men and womens overall riders for the day scored cash and backpacks stuffed with clothing and Skullcandy. For the ladies: 3rd place Jordan Parks took $500 plus prizes, 2nd place Laura Rodowski got $800 and prizes, and Last Call veteran Colleen Quigley snagged $1200 and prizes. Mens 3rd place went to Shaun Murphy $500 and prizes, Chris Carr 2nd place $800 and prizes, and 1st place was handed to Brandon Reis $1200 A new K2 WWW, and a full pack of prizes. Oakley best trick watches also went out to Big Mike on the 1/4 jib, and Brandon Reis on the rails. Loons own park builder and jump, jib destroyer Tom P was sent off on a trip to Kamp K2 at Baker too. Huge thanks to Loon again for another killer set up and our sponsors K2, Oakley, Scion, Skullcandy, Red Bull and Ogio.