6th Annual Burton Cattleman's Rail Jam
Saturday 16th July, 2011
Mt Buller, Victoria, Australia
Jye Kearney, 18, from Jindabyne NSW has won the 6th Annual Burton Cattleman's Rail Jam -- the country's biggest rail event - in a showdown between Australia's best rail riders at Mt Buller.
Jye took out the title with a near flawless session that saw him stand out above the other 16 competitors on a level all of his own. Jye, who's been competing in the event since he was 14, finally took the crown and became the first rider from NSW to ever win the title. His landed tricks are too many too mention, but included a number of backside 270's on and off, a gap to cab 270, a frontside 270 and a 50-50 transfer from the top close-out rail to the stair rail on both sides of the stair set -- something never done on both sides in the event before.
The Best Trick of the night was awarded to Tim Laidlaw; the Mt Hotham local dropped a technical trick on the infamously difficult outside double-kink rail; backside 50-50, 180 to switch 50-50 to half cab out.
Second place was Mt Buller favourite and veteran Cattleman's Rail Jam competitor Mitch Williams who consistently threw technical, smooth and stylish tricks including a switch nose press, cab 270 gap and switch blunt 270.
Third place was another cross-border infiltrator to Mt Buller, Pete Long, the Thredbo veteran, whose skateboard-influenced style and different approach made him a crowd favourite with tricks like a frontside 180 switch 50-50 to full cab out and a number of huge gap airs to the flat that included a stalefish to nosebonk of the middle rail.
Results:
1st Place: Jye Kearney
2nd Place: Mitch Williams
3rd Place: Pete Long
Best Trick: Tim Laidlaw
Burton Cattleman's Rail Jam partners include Mt Buller Park, MTV Snow Jam, Transfer Snowboard Magazine, Anon and Red.
