Canadian City Snowboarding Jams
Urban Snowboarding Rail Jams Calgary, Toronto, Montreal.
Rail sliding snowboarders take to the streets during the Old Spice Experience Rail Tour.
Snowboarding and rails. Perfect together (to paraphrase the old New Jersey Tourism promo slogan).
Snowboarders just love to grind rails, hit jumps and gaps, and to generally huck off anything that doesn’t move.
I may be wrong about this, but I think the genesis of riding rails stems from riding actual rails—you know, handrails on outdoor staircases.
Indeed, you still see it done on snowboarding videos.
So, it’s no surprise, really, that a rail jam could easily be translated into an urban event. Winter Park, you may remember from an earlier post here, has gotten together with the City of Denver to create a terrain park within the city limits.
And, again, in snowboarding videos, you see kids riding rails in cities and backyards all the time.
Now, in a prelude to the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival, which takes place at Whistler-Blackcomb in April, comes a series of urban jams called the Old Spice Experience Rail Tour.
Kicking off in downtown Calgary this Saturday, February 17, the Jam brings a message of rock, roll and grinding to the streets of the city. Trucked-in snow, a custom-constructed rails, and pro snowboarders create the ultimate show as they compete for the top prize.
The tour continues in Montreal on February 24 and Toronto on March 3.
Spectators can enter the Old Spice Experience Contest for their chance to win a snowboarding trip for two to Whistler during the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival.
The Old Spice Experience Rail Tour peaks at the Festival with the Old Spice World Snowboarding Classic at TELUS.
Meanwhile, take to the streets!
