High Cascade

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Photos by Danny Kern, words by Marc O’Malley

Once again, summer is here and that means, once again, some seriously heavy snowboarding is about to go down at High Cascade. With that being said, who better to set the tone for the summer than Mike Ravelson, Mary Rand, Johnny O’Connor, Pat Moore, and Christy Prior. Johnny was shutting down the rails, Pat and Christy were in the air more than they were on the ground, Mary has become the Beyoncé of snowboarding, and Rav, riding with the campers and ripping every inch of the park, Rendered himself more useful than Useless. However, in between all the unique riding, one common trick popped up almost every other time somebody dropped. That trick was a hand plant. Frontside, backside, one-footed, or switch, it didn’t matter. With the abundance of transitions in the park this session, it made it hard NOT to toss one out every lap or two.

It’s the simple tricks that are sometimes the greatest.

Wanna come plant yourself in the HCSC Private Park? Give them a call at 503.206.8520 or visit Highcascade.com.

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