Redbull Rails 2005

Jindabyne, the home of the bush pigs... not anymore. Jindabyne is now home to the rail event that has set the bench mark for years to come. The set up consisted of a 3 story in run , plenty of set up to a flat down ledge ( with side grinders ) , a down rail and down flat down ledge. All this was set up behind Old town centre in the carpark.

The format was open, so with 101 riders to get through, plenty of jibbing went down. 4 open mens heats , a women's division , and junior mens section were contested during the day. All providing some great thrills for the local crowd. With judging , comes controversy. Clint Allan was robbed not to make the finals, as was Happy Dave. Who went from being Happy to not so Happy Dave in a matter of 30 secs as they read out the eight finalist.



As the sun set the finals kicked off, Cheyne Southwell rode well considering the state of his pants ( will somebody please give this man some pants ) , Mikey the lady killer Williams entertained the crowd with an array of trickery. Lucas McGra was smooth , Greg Reed and Dylan Champion both utilized all the features. Shay Paxton was ever so calculated, Robbie Walker was Killing it.
But in the end it was the Mt Buller kid , Max Cookes who impressed the judges to take home the money , and one huge concrete trophy. Ah yeah there were also some two plankers there, but I don't remember anything about them. Hopefully one of them nutted them selves for crowd value.

THE RED BULL RAILS 05 RESULTS

Mens Open
1st- Max Cookes
2nd- Robbie Walker
3rd- Shay Paxton

Women's Open
1st- Abbi Bright
2nd- Amanda Beckinsale
3rd- Laura Williams

Junior Men
1st- Jake Mcarthy
2nd- Sammy Griffiths
3rd- Zac Lloyd