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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0020.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000090939\\\" title=\\\"dsc_0020\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0020.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"371\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;On average, there are 275 sunny days per year in Mammoth Lakes, California, so the odds were in favor of the weekend of the WCI being epic park days under blue skies. But as has been the trend this \\u201cspring,\\u201d it snowed sideways for the better part of the weekend. The contest was on Saturday and thankfully the loose format made it possible. The invitation-only Fiesta de la Pipa doesn\\u2019t waste time and energy on the formalities of bibs and start lists and heats \\u2026 or judges for that matter. The riders jam down the pipe for about an hour after which they check a name off the ballot for who they think ripped the hardest. Prize money is handed out \\u2026 no checks here, just cold hard cash. Done.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The scene at the pipe was just begging for sunshine with pi\\u00f1atas, margaritas, and a deejay blasting beats.\\u00a0 In the end, Greg Bretz came in second and Luke Mitrani came in a strong first place. The field was Frend heavy with Mason, Kevin, and Jack; Pat Moore, Shayne Pospisil, and Markku Koski rounding out the notables in the field of 20-something. The pipe got handled considering the conditions\\u2014Greg Bretz broke the pi\\u00f1ata\\u2014and then it was rail jam time down in the village.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0067.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000090940\\\" title=\\\"dsc_0067\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0067.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"335\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The jam went down in the village not under clear skies. The skies opened up and unleashed wind and some moisture on the jam. Just fyi for next year, you can watch the jam live on the &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.mammothmountain.com\\/WebCams\\/villageCam\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Mammoth Village web cam&lt;\\/a&gt;. The rail setup included a big ol\\u2019 C- rail dangerously close to the edge, a down rail with a surprise donkey D. that sent some riders to their asses (including Mike Casanova on the second drop of the night), and a gapped box. Lot\\u2019s of fun stuff going on, standouts were Johnny Lazzareschi, Forrest Baily, Zak Hale, Greg Bretz, Cameron Pearce, Trevor Jacob, Eddie Wall, Chas Guldemond, Lucas Magoon \\u2026 and the winner of the night was Dan Brisse.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;We got the insider word from Mammoth\\u2019s terrain park Czar Oren Tanzer that, as all the votes were being tallied, Mike Casanova and Brisse were tied with one more vote left to be cast\\u2014Mike\\u2019s. So what does Mike do? He votes for Dan. They ended up splitting the 10,000 cash and everyone jumped on the gondola to party with Dilated Peoples.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000090938 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/uncategorized\\/wci-2\\/attachment\\/dsc_0020\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"157\\\" height=\\\"117\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/442\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0020.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"dsc_0020\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/uncategorized\\/wci-2\\/attachment\\/dsc_0067\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"175\\\" height=\\\"117\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/442\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0067.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"dsc_0067\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon portrait'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/uncategorized\\/wci-2\\/attachment\\/dsc_0030\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"82\\\" height=\\\"117\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/442\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0030.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"dsc_0030\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon portrait'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/uncategorized\\/wci-2\\/attachment\\/dsc_0232\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"76\\\" height=\\\"117\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/442\\/files\\/2009\\/05\\/03\\/dsc_0232.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"dsc_0232\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Six More Weeks of Winter&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe season is nowhere near over here at Mammoth, the pipes are in prime condition and the big and little parks are going off.\\u00a0 The new 22-foot upper mountain pipe should be open in two weeks and the resort plans to stay open until June 14. You\\u2019ve got six more weeks of boarding. I don\\u2019t know about you but we\\u2019ve got the fever for a few Mammoth camping\\/&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindline.com\\/default.aspx?page=parkby&amp;amp;gallery=50\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;skating&lt;\\/a&gt;\\/shredding trips. Maybe we\\u2019ll get in on some of those 275 days of sun yet. 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