It's official! The first-ever Red Bull Snowscrapers event has come and gone to NYC and definitely left its mark. The 90-foot drop in stood like a building along the FDR. It was a very cold night but that didn't stop thousands of supporting fans to come and watch their favorite snowboarder shred the jump. Fortunately for me, Red Bull had VIP seating for their athletes in a heated yacht docked on the river overlooking the event.


The contest was set up elimination style. Unfortunately, Shaun White didn't make it into the finals. After winning double gold at Winter X, I don't think he was to concerned. Just happy to be there to support his sponsor and his friends.

"The Best Trick Award" went to Terje Haakonsen with a 1 footed Method air. He went down the drop in with only 1 foot locked in the binding of his board. That's a trick in itself. The top three places went as follows: third place went to Scotty Laco with a backside 900, second place went to Torstein Horgmo, and first place went to Shayne Pospisil with a backside 900. The Jersey native, who walked away with 50 grand, was representing the East Coast with authority. Congratulations to all the competitors that came to the event.

Of course, an event wouldn't be complete without some entertainment to follow. Anthrax and Chuck D both performed. I'd like to tell you that they were awesome, but I left after the event to hit the after party at club Libation.



Red Bull likes to give back to the city and are doing so by leaving a portion of the drop in set up for public snowboarding and skiing. Of course, like any first-time event there were some glitches. One of the biggest was that the athletes couldn't get enough speed. I was definitely expecting them to go bigger. You learn from your mistakes and make it better the next time. Thank you to all the people that came out to support the event and braving the cold. Thank you to NYC for helping assist in the progression of action sports.


Guest blogger Kevin Robinson is professional BMX rider, a 7-time Summer X-Games medalist, 2007 Athlete of the X-Games, and current World Record Height Holder.