Killington rider Forrest Baker visited Summit County with his posse this past week and took advantage of the opportunity to showcase some creative and extreme sideslipping in Breckenridge's El Dorado terrain park.
The challenge we put to Forrest was to sideslip up to the box, onto the box, and then land the trick still sideslipping.
To get enough speed for the task, Forrest dropped in from way above the park, shouting "dropping" really loud every time he did so in order to catch the attention of the "normal" park riders waiting for their turn to hit the features. After some practice, Forrest not only stomped that trick, but he also took it to the next level, hitting both the flat box and the A-box in the same sideslipping line--even turning it around on the A box to ride out in a toe-side sideslip.
I'd just like to take a moment to apologize to our growing number of readers that we have not yet updated the blog with additional sideslipping photos.
After this last storm, Gregg and I hiked up to Breckenridge's Twin Chutes with every intent of doing a photo shoot. When we got there, however, we found that neither of us had the heart to engage in the actual sideslipping and instead opted for turning.
Don't lose heart, however. I am optimistic that after this spell of 50-degree weather passes, we are bound to be favored with some late season dumps. We'll get it together. We'll sideslip the pow--and YOU'll be the first to hear about it!
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