Gnu rider Forest Bailey wins gold in Snowboard Street at his first ever Winter X Games appearance. Forest absolutely pickled the rail set up with a standout 270 to frontside on the metal cargo container into the concrete Jersey barrier and a set of handrails and ledges riding his very own Gnu Psychedelic Park Pickle.
He showed up to Aspen just one hour before Thursday’s elimination round fresh off two weeks of riding powder at Mt. Baker. The Vermonter’s skate influenced take on snowboarding is decidedly un-kosher. He rides hard, wins contests (even X Games!), wears sweaters, is salty and has achieved supreme balance through asymmetry. Congrats Forest!!
“I can’t believe this,” said an overwhelmed Bailey. “I never thought I would come to X Games let alone win a medal. X Games 2012 was sick; the setup was awesome and the crowd was awesome.”
Bailey’s total score of 88 was five points better than Minnesota’s Ryan Paul, who finished with 83 points and the silver. Truckee, California’s Nick Visconti’s score of 76 earned him the bronze.
Check out the latest cover of Onboard Mag featuring Forest Bailey!
“I took this photo of Forest Bailey, who I had just met a few days prior while here in Aspen, Colorado filming for Givin Vids ‘One’ last November. I’m most def a Forest fan. Not just because of his riding skills but more a fan of his character. While sessioning another spot we found this rail-to-roof drop on a hotel property and quickly got to the set up. It was dumping this day so we had plenty of snow to work with. As we were finalizing speed bumps a property management plow came through and shut down the black op. No worries: if you don’t succeed, try again, right? Another attempt in the afternoon and we were busted yet again. Arggh! Later that night while talking about kicking adversity in the mouth we decided to get that rail first thing in the morning. We awoke to cold bluebird conditions and Jedi’d this shot of smooth tittied back tail. Coincidentally, the guy who lived in this apartment (the door that opens bottom left in this shot) came out and was stoked on the sesh.” – Zach Hooper
Banana beats Camber! Forest Bailey out ollies all comers in Snowboarder magazines America’s Next Top Pro Model high ollie contest on his Park Pickle with Banana technology. Banana technology, there is a little camber at each end. Want big pop go small banana, its our weird little secret!
Downtown Throwdown is back! Noon October 8th Seattle Washington, Occidental Park. Last year’s champ Ryan Paul and at least this many photogs and filmers will be on hand to experience the mayhem and the glory as $10,000 is awarded. It’s not “total coverage” unless your there too!
1. Ryan Paul (2010 DTTD/SEA winner)
2. Nick Visconti (2009 DTTD/SEA winner)
3. Jess Kimura
4. Ted Borland
5. Dylan Thompson
6. Sean Black
7. Forest Bailey
8. Austen Sweetin
9. Dylan Alito
10. Bradon Hobush
11. Jonah Owen
12. Yale Cousino
13. Nial Romanek
14. Niko Cioffi
15. Derrek Lever
16. Andrew Brewer
17. Gus Engle
18. Ivan Marcinko
19. Brandon Hammid
20. Nick Poohachoff
21. Scott Stevens
22. Kevin Hanson (The Feeders!/Clackamas qualifier)
23. Stefan Krumm (The Feeders!/Spokane qualifer)
Guest Judges:
1. Sean Genovese
2. LNP
3. Zac Marben
4. Bode Merrill
5. Johnny Lazz
6. Darrell Mathes
Emcees:
1. Jesse Burtner
2. Preson Strout
Plus:
- Live Art by Lib Tech’s Quincy Quigg
- DJ Matty Mo
- Nourishment by Cobra Dogs
- Arnette Afterparty with live music by Scott Sullivan
- Huge product raffle to benefit tSB (the Service Board)
Gnu Snowboards Club Weird TV Episode one welcomes special guest Forest Bailey with host Captain Weirdo and the Wheel of Weird!
Forest is fresh off his America’s Next Top Pro model High Ollie contest victory where Banana Pickle technology out performed and out popped all the competition including some cambered boards that called themselves manly. Check it all out on www.gnu.com Expand your mind…and be sure stay tuned to “Club Weird” to catch all the upcoming episodes with the rest of the Gnu team.
Get weird! Experimentation is healthy, your parents did it.
