Wild Fest 2012!!!

Dood. Somethings krister does amaze me, and well, everyone else that sees it. 

Kritter tried a back rodeo out of the water skipping pool.. he was going sooo fast and it turned into a massive rodeo to the flats with a near decapitation involved. That guy down by spungebob nearly felt what it would be like to get kritter stomped. Thankfully however, that didn't happen and everyone is ok. Slightly shocked, but still ok. And yah, Wild Mountain had a slush fest this last weekend! And boy was it slushy out there! It was the perfect ending to such an odd but super fun season. Temps were in the 80's here in MN this March making winter come to a very abrupt end. To be honest, it wasn't much of a winter at all.. but at least we had places like Wild to shred all season. 

little Garrett McKenzie came out for the festivities and last day of riding. And yep, he wore a girls tanktop the whole day. 

Ski Patrol tried their hand at water skipping.. and I learned that I'd rather bail out of the cart than ever try to go through a massive puddle, cause that thing hits water and sinks. Still entertaining to see! 

Erik Ralles knew what was up.

 Water skipping should be done in a wetsuit, even if it is on backwards.. 

Krister coming in behind his older brother and taking a front side slash, soaking his mom to the bone.. what a son. 

Next came Austin who also prefers a good frontside slasher. 

...and this is the effects of that! soaked crowd! Good thing it was 80 degrees and the crowd actually enjoyed getting soaked. It's like seas world. 

Triples!! 

Shane Hoschette, Cole Linzmeyer, and Erik Ralles! 

making a mess of things.. 

On the small parks towrope a real water skipping course marks the end of this season. 

After the day was over I stuck around to bask in the sun and take a few last glances. 

Tow rope was so beat up after. Yah, we held on that rope as it drug us up that.. crazy fun times. 

A canyon dug out right where you'd want to be on your way up. 

 Treacherous spot on days like this, but pretty cool. 

See ya next year snow. I'm off to warmer temps.. ?? and beaches!!! :) 

I've wrapped this winter up and am on my way to Florida tomorrow. 

Going to see my girl, give her a big hug!, and get on with the next adventures life brings me. 

Stay tuned!! and thanks for such a great winter Minnesota!! 

peace. 

nathaniel. 

A lil Pre-season seasoning at Wild Mountain, Fall, 2011.

Kritter beast, 1817. 

Wild Mountain Pre Season Jibbin, 2011. 

Sick.

the Crew. Kritter, Pete, Erik, Ay, Dave(chad). 

It was a board breaking day. 3 down.

AY 2 Points - Dave 1 Point

The Scene. 

Shane! 

Nose press? Austin Young. 

Ow. 

5-0, i think so. 

Cole Linzmeyer Nose press. 

Tail press... 

Bam! 

Front board gap front board. 

lets change it up! 

Can we build it? Yes we can! 

Anxiously waiting... 

oh bam! myself?? thanks for the photo show Erik Ralles. 

Garret McKenzie. 

Austin Young. 

Slamming down back 50's. 

Rocky!! Front lip all gnarly into the gnarly. 

I couldn't backlip it.. 

so just a lil hard way half cab... 

Bam! Rocky!! his real name is Cole Linzmeyer. Maybe ya heard of him? 

Austin. 270's and 270's through and through. 

Kritter Smash! He was spinning 270's onto, off of, and in between everything including the tow rope. 

smash smash smash smash smash

shmee shmee shmee 

all laugh and great times! so fun riding today. 

A photo showing the creativity shredding is coming too. I had a blast on this park, I didn't even have a chance to get at everything.. I was totally distracted by one line that kept my attention for hours.

Thank you to Aaron at Wild. Got to talk to you a little bit today and it's always a pleasure.  - Aaron has been a huge part in always making sure that there will be plenty of fun on the slopes pre-season. Getting us the features we would like to play on and keeping that tow rope running smooth. Every year at this time I get to say hello,  and well, it's pretty much the best time of the year. 

Thanks for your hard work. 

and the day wouldn't be complete without... dinner. 

Grilled on the patio. 

Ay and dave show their burger grilling talents. Taking the food at hand and making masterpieces. Tasted just as good as they look. 

Awesome day of snowboarding. I hope you also are getting your fill of the tasty slopes. If not, get on it. 

thanks for checkin in. 

nathaniel. 

Wild Edit.

Wild_Last Day from Erik Ralles on Vimeo.

Fun edit from Wild Mountains last day open this season. Shot by my good friend Erik Ralles!

I saw Dave Parker, Austin Young, and of course Krister Ralles in this edit! good times back in the homeland.

Last of 2010.

I'll start this out by saying, Happy New Year!

On the last day of 2010 it rained. After the winter began it looked as if we were going to get one of the best seasons of our lives. Perfect weather. More snow than I have ever seen in the midwest, good temperatures, making for really good conditions. It's a good thing that we are a hardy folk, and a little rain won't stop us.

Ryan and Krister took us to an old building outside of St. Paul. The plan was to firecracker a stair set among other things.. plans changed when we rolled up and it turned into an adventure through a falling down warehouse and shooting a clever roof gap.

Krister Ralles.

Ryan Paul.

Anthony.

On the search for new places we came across this park. It turned into a booter sesh!

Krister. Not too shabby for a MN kicker, eh?

A slide show..

So that was the end of 2010. It was an awesome year, one that will stand out above others. I kicked it with the Ralles brothers in Osceola, WI, for new years. A great way to end.

enjoy, and Happy New Years.

nate.