Gaper Day 2007 - The Ultimate Regression

J Dogg — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:20:57 -0400

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Words cannot describe the display of sillyness, ferocity, passion, fashion innovation, and blasphemy that made up Gaper Day 2007 - a day for all gapers to be proud of. It was in the cards, the most epic winter season in memory could only be followed by an even more epic season ender bender. The slushy snow conditions were prime, the temps - a smoking 30 degrees celsius, and the stars were aligned. We think.

A 40-pack of Gapers slowly emerged from different corners of the village, gathering at ground zero at the Longhorn, much to the confusion of tourists and Mountain Bike Park riders alike. Out came one-pieces, jean shorts, spandex, hot-pants & fish-nets, bikinis, suit jackets, and to top it all off - Jonny "Nacho Libre" Law in full topless sparkling mexican wrestling attire. Some morning stair grinding by the Pan Pacific set the tone for the day, but it was only the beginning of what was to come.

With only a few chairlifts open, the horde of gapers (now some 6 dozen strong) were confined to the narrow reaches of Jersey Cream Chair, making for a Gaper concentration like never before. Rapid fire chain-gang off the table-tops, gang-bang attacks on Lift Line, the Bite, and Cafe Cliffs, and general good-quality gaper shredding.

With such an epic pack of shredders, no one Gaper was able to stand out amongst the do-do birds and 'officially' claim the Sillygoating World Champion title... but some honorable mentions are well deserved:

...Jonny Law for taking ski fashion to a whole new level, and breaking his ski while he was at it

...S.M.U.T. for given'er like only he can, and drawing blood for safe measure

...that high-school kid pointing it like no-one else

...Bob Kitchen for kartwheeling into the days' first bail segment

...Lotte for reminding us that all Snowlerbladers are fairies, literally

...Giggs for not taking no for an answer when it came to the great 'ski to the valley' debate, and the brave souls who followed him

...yours truly, not to toot my own horn, but think I claimed the bail of the day by a healthy margin, with the ditch to spread eagle on land to header somersault on dirt & rocks

...and lastly, the guy in the speedo, whoever he was. Did he even know it was Gaper Day?

Here's a few shots from official Gaper photographer Jordan Manley that can only hint at the nonsense of the day. Plus keep your eye out for Paul Cotton's video coming at'cha soon. Afterall, if words can't describe it, we can only hope Paul's-eye-view captured some of the glorious and monumental regressions in freeskiing that was Gaper Day 2007.

Jonny "Nacho Libre" Law in fine form.

Merlins stairs adding new terrain to Blackcomb.

Uh, yup.

Lift line assault. Bit overexposed, but hey, so were we.

Some people are taking their park skills to the backcountry, Brian is taking it indoors.

Andre sillygoating.

This one speaks for itself.

Mathieu and the girls, uh, all pretty in pink.

Chad & Andre capping off an epic day in style.

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Gaper Day 2007 - The Ultimate Regression