Oregon's Jonah Owen took top honors at this year's Backyard Bang.
Salomon/Bonfire threw their annual Backyard Bang this past Saturday, October 31—yes, Halloween afternoon, and it was every bit the quintessential "urban rail jam."
I'll admit that there's something odd about snowboarding in the city, like scuba diving in a pool, but with Timberline and Mt. Hood Meadows still ironing out opening dates, the only snowboarding going down in the entire Willamette Valley this weekend was on the corner of Davis and 11th in downtown Portland, two blocks north of Burnside Street and 57 miles Northwest of Mt. Hood.
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Tracy Anderson
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Mary Fenton
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