"About the Halfpipe craziness... I hope you all watched it on TV. What you didn't get to see on TV unfortunately was the Dustin Craven show. He missed the Canadian team by 1 spot and was the first alternate. He didn't get to compete, but he was allowed to ride the pipe on the days leading up to the contest and then was an official fore-runner for the Olympic Finals on Wednesday night.
It was Craven style. Ceasars and smokes. Big, huge crowd pleasing straight airs, Roast Beefs and Stalefishes, and then did a run with 5 hand plants in a row.
Meanwhile... since the Canadian team were neither contenders or representatives of Canadian professional snowboarding - with two of the three riders not qualifying and the one that did riding without a chance for a medal.... Canadian fans were not stoked and there were lots of Dustin Craven supporters in the stands. Most visibly, 2 x Olympic Silver medallist Danny Kass and the whole Grenade crew holding signs and handing out bumper stickers that said, "Let Craven Ride."
Pretty rad"
All photos courtesy Adam Balon - Propaganda Shop
