Line

Hands down, no doubt about it - Line stole the show with a cab 900. These dizzy spins earned him the right to strut right past the dancing go-go girls and onto the stage to claim his coin. Smooth.

Jason Borgstede (US) was a couple of points behind Line with screwy 7s and clean landings. The vocal local, Marc-Andre Tarte (CAN) took 3rd and shouted, "Hey, could you use one light on the jump so we can see what we're jumping off of? No hard feelings!" after attempting a 1080 - whaddya need to see for Marc?

"I love this place. We try to set up a format where everybody goes off...."— Tom Sims

Now for the sexier species - Dakides (US) is the only woman to go inverted with consistency. Her amplitude compares to the men, she's upside down with every hit and she's upping the ante at every contest.

Tina Basich (US) was busy spinning 7s to take 2nd and was just a point behind Dakides. Pauline Richon dropped into 3rd for the women's division, followed by Barrett Christy.

	Pyro

Despite the huge air, a few other performances were in the house. The night couldn't end without some fire blowing, stilt walking, beer drinking mania. The go-go girls couldn't dance to save their lives, but they sure looked good up on the scaffolding. Between heats, a few fire jugglers were accompanied by a scantily dressed, fire-blowing pyromaniac gremlin (what!?) Her skin was painted bronze and she was wearing little more than a bikini when she pranced out onto the landing. She was armed with propane and from the looks of things, she was cold.

Following her onto the slope was the tin man, on stilts, painted silver, also wearing a skimpy, ass-exposing outfit - unfortunately it was a guy (sorry for the visual.) On his way down the transition, walking stick boy slipped and fell, sliding most of the way on his backside (Musta chaffed his...) Does this guy's mom know what he does in his spare time?

Shortly afterwards, Tom Sims said, "I love this place. We try to set up a format where everybody goes off. It's what it's all about." This guy can throw a party - and everybody did go off.

The night ended with the Pink Panther going inverted through the celebratory fireworks - same deal as the US Open, but he had sparklers dangling from his suit. I think he's starting to specialize.

To wrap the night up, the crowd began a snowball fight that left the reporters running for cover and sent the rent-a-cops into a frenzy. I got yelled at for hopping the fence, but I'd stolen the propane tank and he backed off when I singed him.

— Lucas Kane, Antagonizing Vissler's Rent-a-cops for MountainZone.com