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Saturday 19th July 2008 was the inaugural Volcom Stone Australian
Peanut Butter and Rail Jam snowboard event at Mt. Buller, 
 
Although Mother Nature gave us nothing but gnarliness the sunshine on the kids faces shone brighter than the Southern Cross. Product was flying everywhere and the crowd went mental over the most fun day of snowboarding ever seen at Mt. Buller for the inaugural Volcom Stones Australian Peanut Butter and Rail Jam snowboard event.


Product Toss

Family, friends, kids and competitors stayed the entire day in blistering snow swept conditions to witness, experience and be a part of something special. The young talent displayed was nothing short of shred rad.
 The custom MBP course included a street rail, picnic table and a down flat down box with killer jibs section at the bottom all this was amplified by pumping music, free food and giveaways all day.


Marcus Wehrle stylin on the radio while Quentin Robbins shoots on.

The Groms division (14 and under) saw the likes of Billy Hayman, the Staveley brothers and Daniel Klein battling for top spots hiking quick for more hits for the entire 20min final. Thirteen year old Billy Hayman from Campbelltown threw down a standard onlookers  compared to the Pro-Am division stomping a massive 180 over the down flat down to switch 50-50, a crowd pleasing back flip and 270 front board slide down the hand rail to claim victory. I was just trying to win and have fun everyone else was ripping too says Billy who walked away with a Red Bull stunt plane ride, Stepchild snowboard and a swag of proddie for his efforts with Cameron Staveley close second Daniel Klein third and Luke Staveley fourth.


GROMS DIVISION WINNER BILLY HAYMAN

Junior division (15-17) showed the future of Australian snowboarding was in good hands as the 10 man final saw Iver Lynne winning with consistent and innovative riding on all features impressing the judges with a variety of stylish stomped tricks with charger Chris Decampo second and Andrew Roth and Leroy Willies rounding out top four.





Girls division had a great turnout including eight year old Geneva Guy who brought the youth vibe to the right level having fun riding the picnic table and watching older sister Laura Williams claim victory after waiting until the final moment to throw down a huge hammer I wanted to wait till the end so the other chicks couldnt copy me. She stomped a huge gap out to front board slide on the biggest feature of the course with Tayla Stylianon second, Ashley Wendorf and Skye Lawrence third and fourth respectively.


GIRLS WINNER LAURA WILLIAMS

The mens final got super hectic as the boys were all stepping up as the kids were screaming at the top of their voices for the action and giveaways added to a truly unique and exciting final. The chaos was added to by Marcus Wehrles back seven over what seemed like the entire contest sending kids into hysteria as Mikey Williams and the RJs handed out product to the loudest crowds ever experienced at an Australian snowboarding event. Matthew Sedunary took first place Jason Maxfield was second, Mitchell Williams took out third and Marc Baker was fourth. 



Winners have qualified to compete at the international Peanut Butter and Rail Jam Championships at Mammoth Mountain, California in April 2009 with a cash purse of over $30,000.00. Competitors qualify at PB&RJ contests across the world including Austria, Canada, Japan and New Zealand to climax in a truly international show down. The PB&RJ series is part of Volcom Stones Let The Kids Ride Free program aimed at giving back to local snowboard communities and provide a fun relaxed atmosphere for kids of all ages to express their talent, gain contest experience, eat for free and walk away with some free product.

Special thanks to Adam, Stu and the crew at Mt. Buller Park for a sick course, Jake McCarthy, Will Jackways and the legendary Steve McGilla for judging with a smile from start to finish, Marcus Wehrle for marshalling, RJ Williams, Mikey Williams and RJ MC for entertaining commentary all day, Dave from Electric, Jake from DC, Dan, Sarah, Ratty, Nashy, Mel and Rambo for helping out, the Mt. Buller marketing girls, Aurel at the Black Stump, Jackson & Q-Diddy for filming and Lee Ponzio for shooting. Huge thanks to our generous friends at Electric, Step Child, Vestal, DC, Red Bull and Solrx for tons of giveaways for the kids.
 
It was a long windy day, but oh so much fun, the Volcom family inducted many new members they are as follows:


RESULTS

Girls
Laura Williams
Tayla Stylianon
Ashley Wendorf
Skye Lawrence



Groms
Billy Hayman
Cameron Staveley
Daniel Klein
Luke Staveley



Juniors
Iver Lynne
Chris Decampo
Andrew Roth
Leroy Willies



Pro Am
Matthew Sedunary
Jason Maxfield
Mitchell Williams
Marc Baker



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Check out www.volcom.com for more photos and action of the day & upcoming madness.



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