Just another normal high energy weekend with a bunch of good friends from the downhill skateboard community. On Friday evening we had about 6-7 members of the AZ posse show up for the Buffalo Bill Downhill blood-spill. I was able to get one snowboard day in on Saturday morning while the racers were free riding on the course. The rest of the weekend was expecting a large avalanche cycle so getting only one day was excused and the needed rest could be good for the body. Though today I feel worse than before the weekend do to lack of sleep, consumption of dehydrating beverages, and allergies.

Looking forward to a great race day and enjoying the company of many skateboarding fools was on the plate for Sunday. The heats began at 10, with stiff competition in one of the largest downhill races many of my friends got knocked out early.

This lead to much home brew drinking (thanks Curt!) at the best viewing spot, while one racer Munkae (Check out his trucks ) was still in the race.

Munkae was finished and the finals were about to start when a helicopter flew in above to get some film footage. In this day of blogging and web marketing you are nothing if you do not have sick shots to display.

It is how all extreme sports is going, hardly anyone goes to a downhill skateboard race but many watch it on YouTube. Everyone was excited about the helicopter approaching the announcers stand and the race track when things changed quickly.




Only 50ft away the rotor clips a tree and is heading directly towards us, as we all run the other direction with shrapnel flying around. I see the blades stop spinning and know that all on the ground seem to be alright. I approach for a closer look to see all in the ship jump out and then know that everyone was alive. The final heat was shutdown for emergency traffic, so it was back to beer drinking,

We were forced to leave the scene of the crash, no more party at the helicopter crash!

So the party continued late into the night. Skateboarders jumping a large fire until the ramp began to burn, ziplines, and halfpipe it was the extreme sports party of the year (to date). This weekend drained the tank more than three days of huge backcountry, some great renegade times.