Arbor At Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails
Posted on: September 23, 2009 by admin
Pat Milbery at Hot Dawgz Last Saturday
With Pat Milbery on the rider invite list for Bear Mountain’s Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails event held on Saturday, September 19th, it seemed obvious what had to be done. Arbor needed to be at the event and be there in force. We rallied the troops, rented a fat pad, printed up a batch of special edition HD&HR bamboo shirts and bandanas and loaded up on stickers, medallions and “Pat heads on a stick†and headed to Big Bear for the main event.
The unique SoCal summertime event went off. For starters, it was the best course ever and the most talented list of riders to date. Arbor pro team rider, Pat Milbery killed it in the qualifiers advancing to the semifinals without question. He wasn’t done there…Pat made his way into the top 10 out of 50 invited riders and found himself in the finals. His smooth style and solid triple lines on the rider’s right side of the course were winning big points with the judges. If not for the crazy challenge of the “Helbow†rail on the rider’s left side of the course, he probably would have made the podium.
In the end, well over 5000 people showed up for this ultimate pray for snow party and Arbor was there in a big way. If you missed it, you blew it. It was unquestionably a great time and should get shredders pumped on the coming winter. Get out there and buy your new gear because if it turns out to be the big El Niño year that many are predicting, it could be an all-time powder shredding season.
Thanks to everyone who joined the Arbor team at the event. We appreciate your help and your support. A big thanks to Pat Milbery for coming out and killing it.
Tags: Arbor Snowboards, Bear Mountain, Hot Dwgz & Hand Rails, Pat Milbery
Filed Under: Events, News, Snow
Nice work Pat!! A message for everyone – when headed to bear, for a summer snowboard event, make sure to heed the advice on the sign and TURN OFF YOUR AC. maybe Ill make it next year. thanks triple A. and thanks Arbor for being part of such a great event.
that was so fun! i always look forward to Hot Dwgz & Hand Rails. I love all the flat pat’s! Pat Milbery killed it. and i got a free Bamboo t-shirt! Thanks Arbor!
how many people do you think were there at Bear Mountain?
tons of fun… thanks for the free swag Arbor. love my bamboo bandana!
Word up Pat! Nice work!
hot dawgz was SICK this year. killer effort by the Bear Mountain crew. check out the footy on thier site…
http://www.bearmountain.com/snowboard/
Congratulations to Pat Milbery for taking 6th place out of the 50 riders invited. Pat’s got mad style.
big ups to Scott Vine from Stepchild Snowboards for taking home the big check for $7500. the backflip sealed the deal.
Jed Anderson rode like an animal too. check his profile on snowboardermag.com -
http://www.snowboardermag.com/features/vital-20-jed-anderson/
It’s unreal how much coverage that event got. Check out all the links:
http://www.methodmag.com/node/5673
http://www.desertsdontsnow.com/2009/09/bear-mountain-2009-hot-dawgz-and.html
http://www.snowboard-revolution.com/news/2009-Hot-Dawgz-and-Hand-Rails-Report.html
http://events.pe.com/big-bear-lake-ca/events/show/88617623-hot-dawgz-and-hand-rails-at-bear-mountain
http://www.bnqt.com/blogs/detail/Hot-Dawgz-Hand-Rails-This-Saturday/4743.html
http://www.boardistan.com/?p=10615
http://pfpowder.com/blog/?p=12
http://snowboarding.transworld.net/videos/hot-dogs-and-hand-rails-2009-video/
http://snowboarding.transworld.net/photos/scott-vine-snags-first-at-hot-dawgs-and-handrails/
http://fresh.snowboardermag.com/feature/hot-dawgz-hand-rails-2009-photos-results/
http://www.grindtv.com/snow/blog/7989/what+really+happened%3A+hot+dawgs+and+handrails/
http://espn.go.com/action/snowboarding/blog?post=4495878
http://snowboard-mag.com/?q=node/36478
yea good times and good people. pat killeed it and there was a sweet crew to hang out with in that pad. thanks arbor…
The Hot Dawgz and Handrails event was the best it’s ever been. Arbor was well represented. I kept seeing Pat Milbery heads everywhere I looked. It was like i fell asleep in Big Bear and woke up in this strange alternate universe where everyone looked like Pat.
It was CRAZY
Arbor and Milb’s new Draft rocker board can be purchased at sierra snowboards among others, so grab a face on a stick with your board and be like Pat
http://www.sierrasnowboard.com/Arbor-Draft-Snowboards.asp