Recap of all the action from Hood River Slider Jam 2015, which took place over last August in Hood River, Oregon. A group of passionate kiteboarders took it upon themselves to create a contest that would have no sponsors or prize money, only glory to the winner who took the top spot.

There were 3 sections to the contest: Tech, Line and Build. The tech section allowed riders to display their best tricks on each feature separately. The Line section required riders to put together 3 hits in a row through the park while the build section involved building things. They took all the features for the park and built on additional sketchy extensions that put every rider’s abilities to the test!

2015 rankings:
1) Brandon Scheid
2) Sam Light
3) Sam Medysky
4) Craig Cunningham
5) Aymmeric Martin
6) Blaine Baker
7) Colleen Carrol
8) Drew Christianson
9) Rich Sabo
10) Brendan Kerr
11) Lindsay McClure
12) Alex Fox – DNF

The whole idea of this even was to be a starting point for a larger kiteboarding contest. Let’s see what happens in 2016!