This year the pipe was legit as all get out, it looked like it had been touched by an angel, every lip & landing had been built up higher, steeper & jumps had been pushed back farther so the whole course worked a lot better.
Friday was practice & qualifying for the invited Aussies - dudes definitely got some practice in & rode faster than they have in a while - come qualifying & it was a different story though. A complete stop. Cyclone backlash rain stopped the whole event in it's tracks & for the rest of the day & the whole Saturday it wasn't any different a story. So for the Friday & Saturday it turned into Red Bull wild pipe where dudes partied down & waited for the rain to subside. It finally did on Sunday, everyone had a ride at the local park but Fitty & I bailed for work on Monday; Raine & Chris stayed on for Monday & Tuesday (Raine was shooting for 2020/shredding bikes unofficially), so I couldn't tell you much about that part cause I wasn't there, but Raine's slide show below will fill you in a little more. I shot some photos as well, check them out cause I'm done typing.
Huge thumbs up to Bentley, Jared & Hugh for dialing the pipe in better than it has been - let's hope for next year!
Donges is on the team! Massive turndown on the step up.
