After all the activities and hype the day finally came to shoot on the giant Monster claw jump.  A radio show, poster signings, shotgunning Monster Energy drinks, entertaining hammered drunk locals, redneck truck stop shopping and a urban handrail session later the time for the big show was finally upon us.

We started the day, again with a Monster shotgun.  This time Ian Cosco was the unlucky recipient of a can full of jitters.

The day was pretty mellow as most of the morning was spent with the skiers sessioning the public park with the local crew.  My day was spent trying to get the cherry picker all setup next to the jump.  It was a pretty interesting experience as the cherry picker isn’t exactly designed to be stable in snow with flat discs at the end of the legs.  Myself and one of the cat drivers spent a few hours trying to get things setup right with the cherry picker as it tried to slide down the mountain.  Considering I was going to be about 35 feet off the ground in 25mph winds, I wanted that thing to be buried in snow!  In the end the cat driver  built a flat-ish pad of snow for the cherry picker to sit on and then buried the legs in snow and let it set for a few hours.  That made me feel a LOT more at ease.

With the cherry picker dialed we were ready to go, as the sunset drew closer the show finally began.

With the jump shoot and the party night in the bag, Sunday fun day was to follow with a bunch of random and entertaining activities that were planned for us.

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Day 2 of the Scott / Monster weekend in Sun Valley has come and gone.  Friday started with Tom Wallisch forgetting about the redneck flair factor and failed to wake up with his “Daddy’s Angel” bracelet on and the mandatory shotgun a 16 oz. Monster Energy drink happened.  After a jittery start to the day for Tom the rest of Friday was a hype day for the big jump show the following day with radio shows, poster signings and an urban session with the 4Bi9 film crew would ensue.  The radio show was pretty short lived but in true Chug Life fashion Ian Cosco belted out a “cheaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa” while the rest of the boys took to the air waves.

With a bit of time to kill between the radio show and the poster signing we stopped by a local bar with $5 pitchers of beer where we were greeted by a few locals, a few with a few too many $5 pitchers down and providing a bit of entertainment.

After some local entertainment we headed out to the poster signing session at the Scott USA’s showroom at HQ in Ketchum, ID.  A ton of local kids came out stoked to meet Wallisch, Dorey and Chug.

After all the signings and a great dinner we headed back out with Tom Wallisch and the 4Bi9 crew for an urban rail sesh in Ketchum.  We were greeted by the local Ketchum Police.  The officers seemed to care less as they had plenty of locals to chase down that took down too many $5 pitchers of beer.

The road to Idaho is full of stops.  This one happened to be a redneck’s dream full of bad taste in Twin Falls, ID.

We left Salt Lake City, UT this afternoon in the Monster Energy RV to a Scott USA and Monster Energy park shoot at Sun Valley, Idaho.  On the way, Gabe from Scott USA came up with the idea of having the skiers buy $30 each worth of the most ridiculous shit they could find.  Thing is, one piece of their purchase has to stay on at all times through the Monster weekend.  If not, shotgunning a Monster tall boy is the punishment.  Let the jitters begin.