Show Fat Flake Festival Justin Doyle Contributing Writ Writer r The second annual Fat Flake Festival took place at the Gallivan Center which manifested the largest kickoff the ski season ever in Utah Skiers i and snowboarders competed competed ii E in a riding rail competition best photograph best photograph of the year and the most creative ski outfit p J guzzling Beer-guzzling fans live m music music sic and athlete autograph signings were all on hand for the off kick-off of the 2008 2007 winter season The food and beverage garden was provided by Roosters a Utah based restaurant and brewing company in Ogden The festival had stage on-stage performances by the an cover band from Texas who fly to Salt Lake every week to play a athe the h popular night clu club Liquid JR Joe Joes No matt matter matter r who you are those guys play good old music musIc and put on on a great show said Mike Rose MC and Kyler Cooley both received place first-place awards for best male and female ski outfits Dressed in bright colors and funky white nose block all the competitors spiced up the night with their unique and creative outfits Snowboarding didn't take off until l the mid Inid Even then it wasn't until the early when snowboarding companies started to produce e clothing for riders Snowboarders were utilizing ski apparel and developing their own style Even though the industry of snowboarding is so big today snowboarders' snowboarders styles developed because of the ski apparel This is why so many ski and snowboard events can trace their roots back to the Adam Clark and Justin LHeureux earned 1000 dollars in prizes for submitting the winning photos in this years year's Ski Ride Utah photo contest The photo contest and Fat Flake Ski Sid Season Continued d on Ski Season kicks off Continued from Al Festival are both sponsored by Ski Utah which a also helps fund states state's 13 ski v resorts resort LHeureux and Clarks Clark's photos were both displayed on on stage Orie photo to fea featured t skier Ben Wheeler and theother theother the the- other snowboarder Drew Fuller Both photos were snapped in the notorious Utah The highlight of the festival was was was' Monster Rail Jam The finals took place under the lights with both male and female femal snowboarding and skiers The competition was a Ja jam 1 session where athletes tak take take turns sliding the boxes Winners were determine by degree of difficulty and f. f uniqueness ness of tricks A i iV V Jv rister Energy p DrinE provided r v ded al athletes athletes t s 4 with with- a y stu Sturdy dy fo 14 foot 14 14 t r run n in irrl ramp ramp- which h ch lead t to a f 20 45 P oj oc and a fot 37 vol oi o box ox An interesting fOt t the e athletes was they they ti era riding on fresh snow brought from Brighton and Alt Alta Alts athletes Ski Resorts In past years yearn arsi were competing or ort fake snow ice ice and machines f r i |