Updated: October 29, 2009, 1:39 PM ET

Backyard Bang Rail Jam in Portland

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PORTLAND, OR (Oct. 28, 2009)— The 3rd Annual Backyard Bang Rail Jam presented by Salomon Snowboards and the Art Institute of Portland kicks of this Saturday with heavy hitting riders and hungry Ams ready to battle it out with ghosts and goblins.

Think Thank's Jesse Burtner will be announcing tech tricks while industry veterans and rail Jedi's Chad Otterstrom, Jarad Hadi, Colin Langlois and Chip Treadwell judge the action.

The event is free and open to the public from 11 am until 4pm. Costume contest winners will walk away with free prizes from event sponsors.

Registration for confirmed riders will take place in the Art Institute Lobby at 10:30 a.m. with warm up ride time starting around noon.

The event schedule is as follows:
12:45 - 1:00pm— COURSE MAINTENANCE
1:00 -1:30pm— 30 MINUTE JAM
1:30 - 1:45pm— Course maintenance
1:45 - 2:15pm— 30 minute jam
2:30 - 3:00PM— AWARDS

For more event information check out: www.salomonsnowboard.com/community and www.artinstitute-portland.com