\nMt. Baker, WA
\nEst. 1985
\nThis Year: Feb 6, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Photos: Timzimmerman.com<\/a><\/em> C<\/strong>heck out more images from the 2008 LBS<\/strong> <\/strong> The Holy Oly. Geery photo<\/em> The Holy Oly Revival is officially \u201cA Celebration of NW Snowboard Pride.” The recipe is simple: build the biggest quarterpipe in Washington, and let anyone who wants to ride it go nuts. At the end of the day, someone walks away with a pallet of Olympia beer.\u00a0 \u201cThe event just has a start and a finish\u2026there are no heats, no categories and no rules,” event founder Krush Kuleza said. The \u201cHoliest of the Holy” award has gone to Peter Line, Justin Heath, Luke Mathison, Sammy Luebke and Wille Yli-Louma over the years, but there are also awards for the Best NW Method, Hardest Charging Industry Hero, The Berserker Award and The Future of NW Shred. Every year the quarterpipe has gotten bigger and the course better, but the vibe has stayed the same. This year, a natural disaster is moving the action to Summit West<\/a>, but don’t worry, that’s all that will change. \u201cI\u2019m stoked when I watch local 12-year-old Jacob Krugmire drop in after two-time Olympian Danny Kass while Sean Genovese and Pat Milbery session some jibs. Burtner keeps the crowd entertained, Grove keeps them fed and Peter Line\u2019s girlfriend\u2019s iPod playlist pisses off some soccer dad\u2026it\u2019s quite a scene to behold,” Kuleza said.<\/p>\n Check out all of the action from 2008<\/strong>
\nTom Sims didn\u2019t set out to respond to other contests, or remind people what snowboarding should be when he and Bob Barci approached Mt. Baker about the idea of holding a slalom event in 1985. Back then, many of the 14 competitors who turned out weren\u2019t even riding real snowboard gear. But more than twenty years later, the Legendary Banked Slalom has remained true to its roots, and stands as the original \u201canti-contest,” an event that isn\u2019t so much about winning, as it is about snowboarding, seeing old friends and making new ones. There is no money, just painted rolls of duct tape for the winners. Yet the LBS attracts everyone from top pros of the day, looking for a reprieve from the hectic contest circuit, to legends like Terje Haakonseen and Temple Cummins, who usually don\u2019t compete at all. \u201cIt’s young kids, old rippers, and the best riders in the world all riding the same course,”Cummins said. \u201cThe actual race time is only a few minutes of the day, the rest of the day is for riding with all the friends.”<\/p>\n
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\nHoly Oly Revival
\nSummit East a.k.a Hyak at the Summit at Snoqualmie, WA
\nEst. 2004
\n<\/strong>This Year: Feb 21, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"img_2098\"](\"http:\/\/www.yobeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img_2098.jpg\" "\\"img_2098\\"")
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