The 16th stop of the 2007/08 North American Peanut Butter & Rail Jam tour flew off the handle Saturday April 5th at Brighton, UT! 
This year marked our 3rd annual pilgrimage to the land of good morals and single-shot cocktails. Brighton has a great scene going on in the Salt Lake City area so we were stoked to return once again! There are a few things that make our visits memorable: at the top of the list would have to be the shredding! Riders there have things figured out and don’t hold back when the opportunity to throw down arises. The second notable aspect of the Utah vibe is definitely fashion. Everyone at the hill is part of a distinct crew that exhibits a distinct style. Whether it’s a belt/Nintendo controller cord, remarkably tight stitched-in pants, or tall teez to the kneez, no shortage of creativity goes into their ensembles. 
As tends to be the scenario, the 2008 Brighton PBRJ kicked off with the 15 & Under Division. It didn’t take much time for the three custom PBRJ features (down-flat-down box, double-barreled down-rail, flat-down box) to come under heavy fire from PBRJ assailants! More then a few notable tricks were hammered out in quick-succession as these guys got everyone fired up! 50-50 to b/s 180 outs, front boards and even a flawlessly executed switch lipslide was witnessed. When the snow settled, Chase Fromm took 1st, Caleb Horne 2nd and Mike Williams placed 3rd! 
Shortly afterwards, it was the 16 & Over Division’s chance to turn it up to awesome! From the starting horn it was clear these guys would seize the opportunity. Some flavors of he fashion I mentioned earlier were in full-effect. I’m pretty sure more then a few riders were smuggled into the contest inside their friend’s shirts! Cameron Neilson and Michael Kunz lead the charge early and apparently inspired the rest of the division because the level of riding went through the roof! When the 16 & Over Division’s madness came to an end it was Jeremy Seegmiller locking down 1st, Michael Kunz 2nd and Ian Van Assche placed 3rd! 
The girls were up next and it was easy to see they had been paying attention to what had gone down before them because they wasted no time in administering a serious thrashing of the three PBRJ features! From Madison Blackley to Elise Borelli, the girls were large and in charge! Back lip 270 outs, back tails and switch 5-0s are just a few of the bangers that everyone got a chance to visually chew on. As the numbers had it, Madison Blackley claimed a well-deserved 1st, Desiree Melancon banged out 2nd and Ms. Iris Lazzareschi came in a close 3rd! At long last, it was the Open Division’s turn to leave their mark and needless to say it was a big one! With notable names like Stuart Gingras, Caleb Flowers and Tristan Sadler in attendance, we knew we were in for some serious tom-jibbery! Switch back lip b/s 270 out, corked b/s 450 to tailslide and even a backside rodeo to front board were all thrown down in the blink of an eye! After some heavy number crunching it was Sean Black claiming 1st, Tristan Sadler in 2nd and Caleb Flowers a solid 3rd! 
Special thanks to Jared Winkler and the entire Brighton team for all their PBRJ-related efforts. Jared and the terrain park crew were onsite all day keeping things looking radical! Thanks also to Volcom’s own TJ bottom for being an A+ host and helping pull everything together. Thanks to Brad Dohnal for helping with registration and Mo Collet, Chad Holmes and Ryan Turley for judging. Last but not least, thanks to Electric, Celtek and Vestal for backing us up with prizes for the winners! If you haven’t qualified for the 2008 PBRJ Championships yet ($40,000 cash purse!), you’ve got to get it done next Saturday at Keystone, CO (April 12)!
Results: 15 & Under:
1st: Chase Fromm
2nd: Caleb Horne
3rd: Mike Williams
4th: Rex Cordon
5th: Jordan Morse
16 &Over:
1st: Jeremy Seegmiller
2nd: Michael Kunz
3rd: Ian Van Assche
4th: Cameron Neilson
5th: Will Ermish
Girls Division:
1st: Madison Blackley
2nd: Desiree Melancon
3rd: Iris Lazzareschi
4th: Izzy Lalive
5th: Elise Borelli
Open Division:
1st: Sean Black
2nd: Tristan Sadler
3rd: Caleb Flowers
4th: Stuart Gingras
5th: Trent Sanders
do you know where i can see all the pictures?
sick contest… even tho i didnt registered cuz i thought you needed a helmet, even tho i saw a lot of kids without one, was cool to watch.. good set up.. by the way you guys should start working on the spring park… one sugestion would be to build a roll in at the beginning of candyland, cuz theres no way you can hit any of those jibs… another is to get rid of all the jumps at my o my and build a huge step up like the one in park city…, and also wide bertha, and fix the last jump on majestic, also either fix the pipe or tear it down so we can hit the wall ride, one more thing to build a good jump at the bottom of majestic, like the one last year.. i know it’s a lot but i bet you would make a lot of people happy.. =) thanks.. i guess thats all!!!!
sickest contest of the year!! cant believe i got 5th in 16+ i am so happy! set up was perfect thanks to jared and the park crew. hey wood if you dont like how sick the park is at brighton then go somewhere else!!!! BEST PARK CREW EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hope you guys got a good park set up for this closing weekend.. you should go out with a bang… so get ‘em cats running.. ill be up friday and saturday with the whole crew…
just a couple of suggestions for park crew! 1. take out all of the rails and put them together. 2. make a 150 foot step up to step down over the half pipe. 3. make a jump so you can grind the lift towers. And then make another so you can double grind them.
that would make it so sick…
double sick!!!
it was a sick park this year but all the good stuff came late in the season and most of the good stuff wasnt set up at all but great job park krew on your hard work for the park altho i think that there should be a longer park run and a small park on different runs like milly or great western just enough to jibs like maybe a rail and a kicker yea but 2 thumbs up to the park krew and the groomers
Awesome park this season! The PBJR was my favorite comp this season! I agree about making a huge step up on my oh my. And it would be great for us night guys if you would make a lighted path for us from the bottom of candy land over to upper majestic. Overall this year was awesome and i cant wait for this coming season