Brooke Geery

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Hump Day Jumps Buildings with Austin Smith

For someone who's managed to blow out his knee, not once, but twice, Austin Smith has actually had a very blessed snowboard career. After two years out with injury, he's got still got the sponsor support and to get back out there, and this year, that's exactly what he plans to do. With accolades such as rookie of the year and video part of the year already under his belt, it seems unlikely that he'll have any trouble. Just don't expect him to throw any triple corks. So you just got yourself a house in Portland, where young people go to retire... but you're not hurt anymore, so how is…
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Dirksen Derby: Day 2

When it comes to a banked slalom competition, the worst possible turn of events after a day of pounding rain would be a massive temperature drop. The mushy berms would turn to solid ice, and on a course such as the one for this year's Dirksen Derby, fly outs and tree collisions would be a given. This is a fun event for a good cause though, so even that bitch Mother Nature, who taunted the event with some of the worst possible weather on the first day, decided to cooperate, and that didn't happen! On December 12, things were warm and slushy and sun the even came out towards the…
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Hump Day Jumps Buildings with Austin Smith

For someone who's managed to blow out his knee, not once, but twice, Austin Smith has actually had a very blessed snowboard career. After two years out with injury, he's got still got the sponsor support and to get back out there, and this year, that's exactly what he plans to do. With accolades such as rookie of the year and video part of the year already under his belt, it seems unlikely that he'll have any trouble. Just don't expect him to throw any triple corks. So you just got yourself a house in Portland, where young people go to retire... but you're not hurt anymore, so how is…
Read More

Dirksen Derby: Day 2

When it comes to a banked slalom competition, the worst possible turn of events after a day of pounding rain would be a massive temperature drop. The mushy berms would turn to solid ice, and on a course such as the one for this year's Dirksen Derby, fly outs and tree collisions would be a given. This is a fun event for a good cause though, so even that bitch Mother Nature, who taunted the event with some of the worst possible weather on the first day, decided to cooperate, and that didn't happen! On December 12, things were warm and slushy and sun the even came out towards the…
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