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Out of every spot I hit for this project, this one stood above the rest.

It wasn’t easy to find. I spent the entire day getting booted from almost every setup I tried in this upstate New York college town. Right when I was about to call it, I stumbled onto this hidden gem tucked behind an amphitheater with a construction site that conveniently blocked off the entrance.

No bust. No interruptions. Just a perfect rail waiting to be ridden.

The second I saw it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. The only problem was, after hours of searching, I had completely forgotten to eat, and this spot still needed a little TLC. A couple packs of gummy fruit snacks had to hold me over because there was no way I was leaving without getting this trick.

Setup was surprisingly easy. I moved a few benches out of the landing, built an in-run down the stairs, and that was it. Probably the easiest setup I’ve ever had.

I started with a few front boards just to feel it out. The only thing really sketching me out was the light post waiting at the end if I popped out early. Luckily, there was barely enough room to stop before smashing into it.

As I kept hitting the rail, the guys working inside the building started catching on. They began knocking on the windows and hyping me up after every try.

I got a front board through it from both the top and bottom angles. By then, I realized over two hours had already passed since I pulled up, and I had already burned through my snacks and was completely starving.

But I told myself I wasn’t leaving without getting the what I wanted.

I reset the tripod and camera at the bottom angle and kept battling. The frustrating part was knowing I could do it — I was just so exhausted and hungry that I didn’t know if I actually would. On top of that, I still had a five-hour drive home for work, and it was April in upstate New York, meaning there was a good chance the snow would be gone by the next day.

I tried to block all of that out and just keep trying.

Somewhere around 20-30 attempts later, I finally rode away clean.

Honestly, I was in shock when I landed it. At that point I was so drained I almost wasn’t expecting it anymore.

This was exactly why I set out to make this project in the first place.

This one meant a lot.

Thank you, snowboarding.

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Rain, sleet, hail — anything but snow during this battle. Luckily I had my Fuccs Shades to block out the mercurial New England weather.

At first, the snow was way too slow because of the rain. I wanted to gap the rail, but couldn’t get enough speed, and the landing was too chopped up from the low snow conditions. So, like the idiot I am, I cut down a small tree to boardslide through this already infamous down-flat-down with a single knob connecting the flat to the down. If you look closely, you can actually see the tree laying down next to the rail during the clip.

Of course, people were watching from inside the school, and it wasn’t long before the police showed up and escorted me off the property. They did say I could come back once school was out, although I’m not entirely sure they noticed the missing tree.

About an hour later — just like the police suggested — I came back and started over.

By then, the rain and sleet were coming down even harder, but I knew nobody would bother me once school hours were over, so I figured I was definitely going to get it before leaving. I thought a boardslide over the knob would look cool since it had never really been possible with the tree blocking the first down section before.

The knob added a good amount of sketchiness, especially without building a proper lip. After a few attempts, I realized I had to be quick-footed getting over both the knob and the kink. Then the hail started coming down even harder, making everything worse.

Between constantly wiping the camera lens and trying to keep everything from fogging up, it took nearly an hour to finally make it through the rail.

Despite the weather, this spot was insanely fun and honestly has so much potential now that the young sapling is gone.

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