Aspen - X-Games Day 3

Thos is a copy of what I posted on Porters blog

Saturday being our last full day in Aspen we had to go big. And we finally made it out to the X-Games ha! The first event was the Boarder-X and we were lucky enough to stand with Nate Holland’s family. Nate was the 3 time defending gold medalist so there was a ton of pressure on him. No one has ever won 4 golds in a row. The Holland family was on cloud nine with Nate’s brother Pat also racing. Unfortunately he crashed in the Semis. In the final race Nate was in 3^rd place about halfway down the course and the family was getting nervous. He made an amazing come from behind win and the crowd was going crazy, It was an amazing experience to be there. We hung out with the family at the Aspen Inn to celebrate with a few drinks.

Next we were off to watch the Men’s Snowboard Superpipe prelims and support Porters own Andy Finch. Oakley put us up in an amazing V.I.P both above the pipe. It was sick and we definetly had the best seat in the house. Did I mention it was stocked with a full bar and snacks? We only stayed for the first round since we all had a dinner to attend back at the Oakley house. We did get to see Andy throw a sick run. He launches so high out of the pipe. It was cool to see it in person. The pipe has 22ft crazy walls.

After a packed ride back to the Oakley house, we had another great dinner. Then back to our house to change and go party our buts off. We ended up at a club called Fly which was cool. It looked like the inside of an airplane. We had a V.I.P lounge which was stocked full with alcohol. The whole crew was on fire making the best of the last night. We ended up dancing tell 3am and the only reason we left there was a DJ switch and he sucked. After a walk back to the house, Hoyer pumped the stereo to full blast and the house was bumping. We all managed to dance for another hour jumping on the tables and countertops getting down. There was even some crazy inverted moves going down. We capped the night off with a few frozen pizzas and a good old fashion food fight. What an amazing day and the perfect way to end an amazing trip. The Porters crew gives big thanks to Josh Hoyer and the whole Oakley crew for treating us like kings. I can’t wait until next year.