TransAm Powder Ridge, Minnesota - Video
nickhamilton
- February 06 2009
- 64 comments
Video Justin Gunson
Words: Adam Kisiel.
Located in the middle of Minnesota farmlands, there is a special kind of farm. Not necessarily your idea of a typical farm, but a place where they have some of the strongest stallions and mares that run free and are giving riding a whole new definition. You may have never heard of this place before, but they are not concerned with the east coast, west coast rivalry. They are focused on making a place to call home and being proud of what they have built to share with whoever comes there. This past weekend was harvest time and the industrious farmers sat back with big smiles as one hundred thirty one wild animals ran free on the farm. The farmers were Park Manager, Tanner Bakke, and the hardest working park crew around. The farm was Powder Ridge Minnesota, a little mountain with a big heart no doubt due to the untiring crew there and the parks they are growing.
As the warm sun hit the lands of Powder Ridge, Tanner and the Powder Ridge Park Crew had already been up for hours like any other farmers sculpting a perfect TransAm park not knowing that they were staking their claim in TransWorld SNOWboarding TransAm history. The aforementioned is not an exaggeration, the sun was warm making the days temperatures well past the forty-degree mark and blue skies made for it ideal to reap the shred. One hundred thirty one riders, the most of any stop on the tour thus far, stood at the top of the park hungry for the harvest. One even said he had never seen anything like what was laid out in front of him and he rides Powder Ridge everyday. The Traffic Jam, all animals running free on the course at the same time, was a site to behold. The Dakine Paper Shreds watched as riders 270’d on and off the Dakine down rail as well as threw a plethora of 180 to nose and tail press combos, just to name a few. The High Cascade Marshmallow, not expecting a good roasting, was getting burnt by the sun and the hot action of back flips, 720’s, rodeo’s, and more one foot action than a peg legged pirate dance club.
Josh Tranby and Megan Julik could be seen from the adjacent silos as they took off the reins and slaughtered the middle line. Josh was gapping the Powder Ridge up flat down rail like it was not even grown to full size. He most notably gapped the middle section with a 360. Megan seemed like she rode the whole course refusing to get bucked by even the wildest broncos, which included the Oakley up box to shark pit gap. Believe me, the sharks were fed and fattened up from this stop with plenty of animals coming up short off the box.
Unlike Megan, Tommy Leach did get bucked. Gasps could be heard as he caught his nose on the Ride Snowboards Slime Wall and in superman fashion threw a forced front flip ending up deep in the landing. Tommy walked away unscathed with Worst Fall Honors. The Zumiez couch was at the end of the flat up flat box feature and had riders gapping over it much like farm animals often jump their fenced in barriers to freedom. The Ultimate Final gave these wild animals ten minutes on each line of the park to earn them top honors for being best overall out in the pasture of pain. The thirty-minute final showcased the top forty riders who were awarded TransAm t-shirts in the Traffic Jam. Jesse Paul, Brent Mohs, Elizabeth Mann, and Ally Groebel led the pack and pulled away with the TransAm Top honors. The fruits of the harvest came in the form of Custom TransAm backpacks from Dakine filled with custom TransAm goggles from Oakley and awesomeness from High Cascade, Zumiez, and Ride Snowboards. Top three guy winners received Nerf guns and top three girls won themselves tickets to ponyville, by receiving My Little Pony setups all provided by High Cascade Snowboard Camp. Top honors raked in new Ride Snowboards, Dakine board bags and backpacks, and the coveted TransWorld SNOWboarding TransAm First Place trophy. Bakke and the boys of the Powder Ridge Park Crew are growing a name and a park that is putting Minnesota on the map as a powerhouse. Watch them as they ride into the sunset.
CHECK OUT THE PHOTO GALLERY HERE
Congratulations to the top riders:
Guys
1st Josh Tranby
2nd Jesse Paul
3rd Brent Mohs
Gals
1st Megan Julik
2nd Elizabeth Mann
3rd Ally Goebel
Worst Fall: Tommy Leach
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February 6th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Sick!
February 6th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Second, WOO!
February 6th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Definitely some cool tricks in thurr.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
looks like fun
yahoo
February 7th, 2009 at 12:30 am
I’m going to marry a minnesota girl someday… There soooo cute! I’m from Illinois and all are girls are bitchy and so fake tan they look like umpaloompas.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:33 am
way legit!!!!
February 7th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Awkward, white, talks funny, huge. Minnesota.
Kimmel is a Tool.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:00 am
dope
February 7th, 2009 at 1:55 am
dope.
February 7th, 2009 at 8:49 am
ehhhhhhh I got a clip!
February 7th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Was Cade Copeland there?
February 7th, 2009 at 9:49 am
yes minnesota does have the biddys
the park guy at the end had the best minnesota akcent
February 7th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Minnesota jibbers are unrivaled
February 7th, 2009 at 10:50 am
dude i hate adam kisel
February 7th, 2009 at 10:55 am
minnesota rips
February 7th, 2009 at 11:11 am
uh the kid who got clipped on the wall feature looked soooo f-ed i wonder if he was walking after
February 7th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Nice event, nice boarderchicks, nice ‘tap to frontflip combo’, wonder what that dude broke… grts
February 7th, 2009 at 11:25 am
chad dalman should’ve won..
February 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am
awww yea, second hit!
i just wish they woulda got me doin the asian cardboard cutout
Fun day
February 7th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
nah justin fronius shoulda won..
February 7th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
welp. ur a dummy
February 7th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Watch the new think thank teaser so much better than this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RyCmnpLfU
February 7th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Josh Tranby’s arms were flying around like a person drowning
February 7th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
true
February 7th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
super sick!
February 7th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
yea it says so in the attached article below the vid
February 7th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
soooooooo
how did fronius not even place????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
anyone
February 7th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Chad Dalman was way better than me, he shouldve won…
February 7th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
im from illinois too and I agree with you about our girls
February 7th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
fuck yeah
February 7th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
ya im from illinois too. true that. FAKE BAKE!!!
February 7th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
you’re retarded, of course its better its think thank, but its completely different, whole other category
February 7th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
that tanner guy had a heavy minnesota accent
February 7th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
that wass a sick vid woulda been better if i didnt reck so damn hard in first 20 min. it was a fun setup….
DUDE AT THE END INTERVIEW WAS SOUP CHOPPED. no doubt
haha josh beat everyone there i laughed a lil but shits bomb.
it was to damn hot that day to.
not a good day to be high without any water.
hiking sucks.
if i wana hike ill go to a nature park.
and yeah im the besss in da midwesss!!!
February 7th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
holy, sick set ups!
February 7th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
soooo sick!! that weird wobble boardslide was outta control!!
February 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
pretty sure that wasnt a even a minnesota accent at all. lol
watch Fargo if you want to know what a minnesota accent sounds like
February 7th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Im from Springfield, Illinois and the girls there are so tight. I currently live in CA and the girls here given me a whole new defintion to the word fake blonde. Btw if youre in Illinois why are you watching snow vids? Raging Buffalo?
February 8th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Brent Moes, 3rd Place, it was intention, kids got a sick bag of tricks no doubt.
February 8th, 2009 at 12:57 am
JUSTIN FRONIOUS SHOULD HAVE WON, AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
No offense to Tranby, cause he has tricks, but lacks style, and what it really comes down to these days is the style, since there are 12 year olds out there spinning 7’s on boxes with no style, but you don’t see them winning.
February 8th, 2009 at 1:00 am
the video wasn’t smooth, it didnt skip, but it was choppy and not very clear, saw the guy filming had a nice camera, wonder what went wrong..
February 8th, 2009 at 1:55 am
worked fine on my comp
February 8th, 2009 at 2:04 am
No, Kade Copeland hasn’t done a contest yet alone snowboard for anything but fun for years.
February 8th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Yeah, haven’t seen him for years. He used to be so good though. Huge waste of talent
February 8th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Such a sick day.
The vid’s so choppy though.
Mohs is my hero.
February 8th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
cheeto chad was killing it he should have won stephen did not know were he was
February 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
thats forsure
February 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
hell yeah jesse.. represent elm creek.. thats right we rock the ride ons and we still kill it
February 8th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I would much rather watch a TransAm any day rather than a pro comp.
February 8th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Megan Julik is fine
February 8th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
i’m pretty sure that was one of the worst looking “tricks” i’ve ever seen performed on a snowboard. rollerblading.
February 9th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
i’m not a huge fan of the minnesota girls that i see in school nowadays, give me a fake blonde any day of the week, but hey i’m from CA
February 9th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
dude, totally wrong. it may be the only og trick in that vid other than chunky readin a magazine while takin a poop. then doin a back flip.
February 9th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
i agree with with ben sucks. do you have any idea how hard it is to do a backflip after taking a dookie? and yeah the wobbly boardslide was the tits. props to mohs. puck you ben for hatin on bros
February 9th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
yes.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
how is it a waste of talent to have fun riding, instead of be judged by losers who obviously arent even watching anyways
February 10th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
yeah im pretty gnarlyy thanks
February 11th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
HA HA anyone hating on someone riding needs to worry about there own swagger and eat deez motha #*$*##* nutz…..
you can hate on resorts tho and troll is a perfect example of Wisconsin…. shitty…. HY ToWn all day and whoever said justin gets with little children well thats true but he could out rip you any day of the week mountain or hill…
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:06 am
dope!
song?
February 28th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
fronius is god. hyland is heaven
March 10th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
This announcer is a straight dick yo
March 14th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I ran into Cade at Buck this winter a few times. No contests anymore….but he can still kill it! He has that sick style that you can see from anywhere on the hill. Keep it up Cade!
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