The Wham Bam Thank You Jam event is back for 2007, this time in the form a full North American mountain bike slopestyle series.
The first stop of the Wham Bam Thank You Jam series is at the Hindsight Indoor Motocross Park in Portland, OR on March 5th and 6th. Riders will be coming from as far as Norway and the UK to compete against the best riders in the world at an indoor venue featuring dirt and man-made obstacles.The Portland stop of the Wham Bam Thank You Jam Slopestyle Series is sponsored by: Dakine, Yakima, Nike 6.0, Diamondback, RST Suspension, Gravity, EVS, Freshpark, Black Market Bikes, Atomlab, Tonic Fabrication and Deity Components.
Pro riders will be competing for over $3,000 in prize money, and the top amateur rider will walk away with a Black Market team replica bike.
The venue for the first event is located at 29345 NW West Union Rd, North Plains, OR. Rider check-in begins Monday, March 5th at 2pm with practice beginning at 4pm. Amateur competition begins Tuesday at 2pm and the pro contest starts after the amateur contest wraps.
Riders can pre-register for the event, check the schedule and book their hotel directly from the Wham Bam Thank You Jam website:
www.thewhambamthankyoujam.com.
Stay tuned to the Wham Bam website for videos of the event, series location/date information and more. The Wham Bam Thank You Jam Slopestyle Series is supported by Taow Productions, a modern marketing agency based in Portland, OR.
p.s i have never seen more casing in my life!!!
it should be called the Wham Bam Lets Case Every Jump Jam.
Anyway, I had a good time and shot some video and called it slopestyle (maybe somebody should define it on wikipedia)
www.pdxk.com/crankmychain/2007/03/slopestyle-biking-pays-visit.html