Forest Bailey Bangs at The Backyard!

It was a beautiful day in downtown Denver as the Salomon Backyard Bang got under way. The massive crowd of pre-stoked snowboard maniacs were out for most of the afternoon as the jam session got under way and the crowd got hyped on the Red Bull DJ sets that were kicking down the soundtrack to the days mayhem.

As the field of nearly 100 was broken down into the qualifiers for the finals, Red Bull's Forest Bailey found himself back at the top of the start ramp to the settle in for a 30 min battle to the end.

The set up for the day as a three across feature block going from left to right with a down-flat-down rail, to a down box to a rounded/flat to down box. The multitude of features lent itself to a creative jam final where those remaining battled it out for a brutal 30 minutes. A field consisting of Colorado rail contest constants like Pat Milbery, Will Levine, and more put on a great show for the crowd. But is was Vermonter-turned North Lake Tahoe transplant, Forest Bailey that took their heart. Starting off the jam with three solid tricks on the down-flat-down rail, Forest set himself apart from the rest of the field and he couldn't be caught.



Forest almost didn't even make it to the jam, but pulling through in the last minute, he hustled from the Red Bull Performance Camp in Breckenridge and made the early registration cut off.

"It feels so good. I am so sore though. We have been working so hard early season at the (Red Bull) camp and but it was awesome, the whole crew came down to support so that meant a lot. But mostly I am just stoked to have landed my runs!" 

After the contest it was back to Breck for a little dinner with the crew and then back on hill for the next week as Red Bull wraps up in Colorado.