JP WALKER: People are always asking us, since the year
after we stopped going it, why?
What's up?
When's it coming back?
What's going on?
And so then, of course, when the word came out, people were
freaking, you know?
CHRIS GUNNARSON: So that first year, it was a collaboration
between me, Jeremy, JP, and Downing.
And so we thought, what would be the cool
contest/anti-contest that we could do that would be unlike
anything else that's ever been done.
It would be about progression, but it'd be about vibe and
cool energy.
ANDY WRIGHT: I think the first Jibfests were--
it was pretty sick, because it was just like we were 12 deep
in a cabin in Big Bear eating pizzas and drinking Budweiser.
And it was like a lot of it was just about hidden features
that had never really been seen before in parks because a
lot of the park stuff was pretty straightforward, just a
down rail, a mailbox, a box, something like that.
And then they were starting to think of the curved rails, and
s-rails and different kind of features.
ZAK HALE: This is sick.
You guys got the old summit stuff?
-Kind of.
Kind of tried to replicate a little bit of it.
ZAK HALE: Double s-rail This is tight.
Let's go snowboard.
JP WALKER: The canvas was so open for jibs, so everyone was
like, we want this, we want this and that.
And now, it's kind of like so many things have been done,
it's like I really would like this.
There was only kind of one or two things I was really
looking for, versus 15 things as usual.
I like the triple s-rail and the circle.
That's my two, just because they remind
me of the old Jibfest.
JEREMY JONES: Exactly for the same two for the same reason.
It just brings back the feeling of the Jibfest for me.
So it's just always a challenge to do the s-rail,
and the first person that 50-50s it is just--
I mean, I've already heard that cheer in
my head, you know?
-That was insane, dude.
How sick was that, dude?
-He one-upped you, dog.
180--
-Oh my god.
-One-up
DAVE DOWNING: Dude, Brian Thien hasn't snowboarded in
like three years, and he just did the s-rail.
-Dude, did he just [INAUDIBLE] it?
DAVE DOWNING: First day.
In the first hour.
-Yeah, Chico.
BRIAN THIEN: I was pretty stoked on that.
CHRIS GRENIER: Is it true, you didn't snowboard for four
years before doing--
BRIAN THIEN: Yeah, I haven't snowboarded in forever, dude.
The longer it's been since--
CHRIS GRENIER: You didn't snowboard for three years and
you did the w-rail?
BRIAN THIEN: Well, I snowboarded twice.
I went twice this year.
CHRIS GRENIER: Damn.
That's bad ass.
JP WALKER: For Brian, he was one of those guys that was in
those old videos I used to always look up to.
But I feel like he kind of fell back
from filming or something.
For some reason, he wasn't really in any
videos for a minute.
It was cool to see him get back into it.
ANDY WRIGHT: What was so cool about the jibbing thing, too,
is it really showcased style.
And guys like Thien and Downing have insane style.
They shifted their direction of what they were doing.
They could always jump and do that other stuff.
But now they can jib, so it just kind of makes watching
one of those guys' video part more interesting, more
well-rounded.
BRIAN THIEN: I'm just here to have a good time, and kind of
stoke everyone out, and ride with them and have fun.
It's pretty awesome to watch.
DAVE DOWNING: I just got broke off.
43-year-old, Joe.
I broke off.
That's what I'm here for, is to spark up these kids, dude.
-How hard can it be?
JP WALKER: The very first big box with the Lexan on it was
something that me and Jeremy wanted.
And we'd just tell Gunny about this thing, we used to always
jib on this box.
So of course, they came up with just a full replica of
the box that we used to have with the Lexan on top of it.
Back then, I was just tripping out, you know?
Did a thousand nose-presses on it.
Just like, this thing's insane.
CHRIS GRENIER: I just started trying it, and it ended up
taking a little longer than I thought it was going to, but I
was pretty psyched.
I sprained my ankle three--
about a month ago.
Haven't been out, haven't been able to do anything.
I was like, I have to go to the Jibfest.
Got a shot of cortisone in my ankle.
I was like, I don't care, it's probably messing it up, but.
When I was 15, I was idolizing all these guys.
And just a little shithead kid from Massachusetts, but now
being here with all these guys is crazy.
If you were to tell me when I was 15 that I was going to be
in the Nixon Jibfest with JP Walker, I'd be like, fuck you.
I had posters of the guy on my wall when I was a little kid.
DAVE DOWNING: Need me to tie your boots for you?
Get out there.
CHRIS GUNNARSON: Nowadays, where we focus on a lot of the
big events--
X Games, Dew Tours, and US Opens and stuff.
So the first thing I said was, if we're going to bring the
Jibfest back--
the crew, and the lodging, and the food, everything about
it-- we wanted to be so on-point that any person that
was a part of this thing this week would leave saying, that
was a high point in my career.
And that was one of the coolest things
I ever got to do.
And just sitting here today watching the circle rail.
If it even gets got, I'd say mission accomplished.