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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Words: Pat Bridges &lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;b&gt;Photos: Mike Yoshida and Andrejs Lazdins&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The 2012 Lib Tech Downtown Throwdown pre-season event series came to a conclusion on Saturday October 27th at San Francisco\\u2019s Civic Center in the shadow of San Fran\\u2019s City Hall dome. Krush Kulesza and Snowboy Production once again played God by bringing the snow to the streets to create slick scaffolding setup that included a down-flat-down ledge, an up-down bar, and a pole jam-to-round bar-to-donkey dick with all three of these jibs feeding into a course wide head high wallride zone.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The 20 riders onhand for this return to San Francisco ran the gamut of next generation jib talent with many notable film pro\\u2019s making a rare appearance in a contest setting.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Though a handful of resorts are open most of the attendees still had their summer legs underneath them. Despite having a handful of days at A-Basin under his belt Dylan Alito, dressed as Ronald McDonald, couldn\\u2019t pull off the Mac Attack and he violently scorped to his chest and shoulder from a supersized attempt at the down-flat-down ledge and left the venue coughing up blood. Joining Dylan on the DL was Norcal local Sammy Spiteri who may have torn his rotator cuff early in the running. Rounding out the trio of upper torso casualties was Bear Mountain\\u2019s Daniel Brown whose shoulder kept popping out with each failed trick attempt. Though these were the most serious injuries pretty much everyone in the field was bruised and bloody by the end of the finals due to how heated the competition was.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The extended jam was well over two hours long and in that time a flurry of fancy footwork was on display including crowd pleasing flips, technical switch maneuvers and various spin on, spin off wizardry. DWD\\u2019s Sean Genovese, Gnu\\u2019s Forest Bailey and Monsters Bode Merrill were tasked with judging the whole deal and consistency was a serious consideration. The results could have shook out any number of ways and a 16 way tie wouldn\\u2019t have been unwarranted but ultimately there needs to be a set group of winners and losers. The official results are as follows:&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Bode Merrill\\u2019s Baker&amp;#8217;s Dozen Shoot For The Cosmos Award &amp;#8211; Johnny Brady; 13 Cosmo Shots (Wallride Crippler)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Monster Moment Best Trick Award- Brendan Gerard; $500 (Pole Jam FS 180 switch 50-50 half-cab out)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1st Place \\u2013 Nial Romanek; $6000&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2nd Place \\u2013 Brandon Hobush; $3000&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3rd Place \\u2013 Dylan Thompson; $2000&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n4th Place \\u2013 Ted Borland; $1000&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n5th Place \\u2013 Andrew Brewer; $500&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Here are the specific standout tricks according to the riders in the field:&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cNial Romanek\\u2019s nollie FS 180 to switch nosepress.\\u201d \\u2013 Johnny Brady&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cNial Romanek\\u2019s FS 180 to switch nosepress oppo FS 180 out.\\u201d \\u2013 Andrew Brewer&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cBrandon Hobush\\u2019s switch BS 270 on the down rail.\\u201d \\u2013 Dylan Thompson&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cNial\\u2019s FS 180 switch nosepress halfcab out.\\u201d \\u2013 Max Warbington&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cBrandon Hobush\\u2019s 3 270\\u2019s in a row.\\u201d \\u2013 Ted Borland&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cNial Romanek\\u2019s FS 180 switch nosepress halfcab out.\\u201d \\u2013 Brandon Hobush&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cZak Hale\\u2019s pole jam to front board.\\u201d \\u2013 Stefan Krumm&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cBrandon Hobush&amp;#8217;s switch BS 270, BS 270 and hardway FS 270 all perfectly one after another in three drops on the down rail.\\u201d \\u2013 Sean Black&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cNial Romanek\\u2019s FS 180 switch nosepress half cab.\\u201d \\u2013 Brandon Reis&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cBrandon Hubush\\u2019s switch BS 270 on the rail.\\u201d \\u2013 Nial Romanek&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Fuck man, think I hit my head so many times I can&amp;#8217;t remember a stand out answer. Anything bundy laced on the down bar, hobush 3for3 270&amp;#8217;s in a row, Jhonny&amp;#8217;s front cork by far, nials nollie hardway nosepress was nuts. Pretty sure it&amp;#8217;s never been done. Pretty much all downbar shit, but Brendan Gerard I think charging that gap out front blunt sameway. Don&amp;#8217;t know who was doin ill backside handlpants, but bundy&amp;#8217;s cab 270 to slidin a solid switch blunt on the quarter pipe mighta been my favorite. Or if Johnny woulda laced that HW back 1 cab 3 with his timeless style woulda been number one. Buncha rad shit went down but I kinda just tried to concentrate and eventually learn how to ride that shit which was a waste of time and watched my homies. Shit, Nial switch front blunt and bringing back so straight right through the donkey. Dudes raw and does some crazy tricks. Wish I wouldn&amp;#8217;t have rode and just watched but it was almost enjoyable gettin&amp;#8217; played so many times. The crowd always wants to see some slams.&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; Chris Larsen&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Dylan Thompson&amp;#8217;s hard way BS 270.&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; Zak Hale&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Everything Ted Borland. Everything Brandon Hobush.&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; Sammy Luebke&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Nial Romanek&amp;#8217;s nollie nosepress FS 180&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; Daniel Brown&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The San Francisco Downtown Throwdown 2012 was sponsored by Lib Tech, Monster Energy, Arnette, Mt Bachelor, Diecutstickers.com, Sierra-at-Tahoe, and SFO Snowboarding and Snowboarder Magazine. Check back to Snowboardermag.com for the full video recap coming soon.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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