This picture is me doing a backside rodeo off the third jump.

Well Saturday marked the end of the 3rd annual collegiate nationals. After almost 12 hours on the hill the competition finally came to an end. The day started with mens snowboarding qualifiers. It was dumping snow and everyone had trouble clearing the jumps with the new fallen snow. There were only a hand full of competitors who where able to make it down the course without falling and no one was able to throw the runs they where doing the day before in practice. After qualifiers was done I found myself having qualified 2nd. Mens snowboarding finals didn't start for another four hours, but in that time the storm blue over and left us with mostly sunny skies. Because of the ever changing conditions I was never able to throw the run I had practiced on Friday, so every run I took was different. I stomped my first run in the finals which was; switch underflip, front side 3 tail, into a backside rodeo, nosepress to tailpress on the box, backside lip on the down bar, to a hand-plant on the quarterpipe. My second run I fell when I over shot the second jump on a front side 7 and because of a quick revert on my rodeo in the first run, cost me 2nd place leaving me in 3rd. The Keystone local Christian Martin was killing it all day. He rides Keystone everyday and it showed. He sealed the deal in his last run of finals with a front side 5, cab 9, and backside 7. All in all it was a fun event and I look forward to coming out again next year. Until then keep shredding and make sure to watch all the action on CBS on May 25th.

Bosco