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 Farmers Jam
 A full on weekend event on the Dendix and SnowFlex hills of Norfolk.
The Farmer’s Jam 2008: Norfolk Ski Club Ploughs Another Furrow for Fun and Frivolity. Early morning mist, a bunny wabbit hops across the fields, sprinklers haze the morning light. To hot days and two rampant nights of snowboarding and skiing later and the farmers of Norfolk were left shocked at the level of talent that attended the East’s friendliest freestyle competition. The event, split over the weekend, was broken into Slopestyle, Quarterpipe, Rail Jam and Big Air. Saturday began early with 70+ competitors form around the country. NSC had worked hard over the year to provide the plethora of toys on which to tinker. On one side of the judges table lay the kicker, which ran into the quarterpipe. On the other, no less than 12 different rails, ranging from traditional gas pipes and Farmer’s Jam favourites (Rocket Rail, Prendy’s Rainbow and the famous Pasty) to the NSC’s newest acquisitions: 5m to 4m flat down, whale-tail, c-box and a kicker with hay-bale death-trap gap to landing or gas pipe (an object that defies definition or name). Saturday’s Slopestyle event kicked off with riders and skiers growing in confidence and quickly slaying the course. Bungle, MCing for the weekend, provided all the inspiration the competitors could need as he mercilessly demanded different tricks over the whale-tail. Some riders stepped it up and best efforts included Nathan Onions’ 270 out and Lannig Cann gapping over the top. Josh Birch tried to match the tomfoolery on behalf of the skiers, but got a little too stuck in and launched himself into the tail of the whale. By finals time Bungle had got so excited that winning James Webb’s winning run demanded multiple 270 onto rails with pretzels out and a stunning 450 on 450 off the gas pipe. Josh Birch, Harry Hancock and Tom Coe could only answer by gapping the at least 7m of the flat down to claim their own respective places on the podium; Tom Coe’s attempts landing him with a nice case of swellbow. The Quarterpipe event was quickly introduced in the afternoon as generous organisers decided to throw some cash at competitors who could throw down. Dave McCarthy made repeated attempts at one-foot stalls and, despite plenty of derision from Bungle, he completed the move, going on to win the cash with style 540s. The skiers were able to skate into the pipe and go bigger. Kiki Patel offered up backflips, but it was Robbie Debbage with his big flairs that finally won out. Saturday evening was the start of the Rail Jam. Using the three middle rails on the slope – a 5m/4m flat down, whale-tail and a hefty gas pipe, Bungle refused to allow riders and skiers to repeat tricks and made repeated demands for all kinds of madness. Before long people were gapping the flat/down and competition intensified in the aim to spin the gap. Robbie Debbage linked the gas pipe kicker to the flat/down, whilst Harry Hancock offered a 270 over the gap. Tom Coe, of Line fame, equalled this, but on his next run caught his ski and yard saled across the slope. Sunday morning appeared a little too early for many of the competitors who literally drank the bar dry and those who were strolling about were squinting hard in the early sun. It was hot; it was dry, but thanks to an army of volunteers, a hose and plenty of silicone, the Big Air ran smoothly through the day. Standouts were Andy Nudds, freshly arrived from Halifax, who quickly showed his dominance on the kicker – corked 7s quickly led him to 1st place. Lannig Cann dropped in with best new trick – a one footed backflip and Samantha Rogers demonstrated why she’s on the Animal team with a series of sorted front-flips. During the Big Air the skiers were engaged in all sorts of mad flippery. Kiki Patel, who only started skiing in January, impressed all with lazy backflips and Lincoln Loops, only just coming short of holding the landing on his 900s. Terry Spencer landing frontflips, but fell short on a misty that had the crowd grimacing. Finally it was Harry Hancock’s solid 720s that helped him win through. One of the best features of the Farmer’s Jam is the friendly atmosphere, cheerful nature of all involved and generosity of the sponsors. Kiki Patel and Simon Rivierre walked away with trips to Morzine and everyone had more prizes and goodies than they could shake a stick at. Taster sessions were in abundance and Kevin Milner said “A fantastic day me and my wife had a tasters session and were well looked after.” Everyone went home tired, but clear that they would return next year for more freestyle fun. The proposed date is 19th/20th September, so make a note in your diaries. After all, The Farmer’s Jam hasn’t long to go before it’s the oldest dryslope competition going. [By Sam Marfleet] The Farmers Jam event page can be administered by dunx (Dunx), stu (Stu Brass), spencer (Spencer Claridge) and office (Office). Page views: 5144 |
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