ORAGE MASTERS----by:Mack Jones - TMC PRO RIDER

April 26, 2010 06:51 by tmcfreeriderz

ORAGE MASTERS ----by:Mack Jones - TMC PRO RIDER check----> http://www.tmcfreeriderz.com

On April 17th the annual Orage Masters took place at the base of Whistler Mountain. Generally referred to as the "anticomp" due to its laid back attitude and all round good spirit, it is definitely the most entertaining and relaxed contest of the season. This year, I was asked to compete in the Masters for 4frnt Skis with fellow teammates Finn Anderson, Will Berman, and Keltie Hansen and team manager Matt Sterbenz. Our team's theme was the Super Mario Brothers, and I elected to dress up as Toad as you'll see in the photos below, purely because he is the best and most underrated character in the game (have you seen how fast he is in Mario Kart? Astonishing.). Check out the modified TMC Beanie I used for my Toad hat! As for the actual contest, we chose to simply go for broke rather than play around with skits and props like the other teams by flipping off everything in sight, and it most definitely paid off. In the head to head format, we managed to advance against Amplid and Armada in the early rounds, where we were then paired with the K2 Rockstars in the final. Unfortunately we were topped by K2 with their fantastic display of skiing and hilarious theatrics courtesy of Pettit and Margetts, however we were still very excited because it was 4frnt's best result at the Masters to date: 2nd place. All in all it was an amazing day despite the rainy weather, and an awesome time was had by all on hill and at Longhorn that night. We're looking forward to cashing in our prize of a catskiing trip to Retallack next year! Here are a couple photos from the day.