Photos: Ben Birk Words: Nick Poohachoff  Mammoth Mountain was
the host to this last stop of the Nike chosen for the finals.
Mammoth as always puts together an A+ set up, and the Nike
Chosen set up was no different. The course consisted of a 60
foot jump and a rail garden with down bars, tubes, ¼ pipes, a
wall ride, and a closeout, oh my…  The first part of the comp
was the jump session. Weather wasn’t exactly ideal with flat
light, wind, and some white stuff in the air, but that didn’t
stop riders from chuckin their meat with some dubs. However the
one dude to stand out was Yale Cousino’s back 12.  After the 2
heats of the jump session they did the same for the rail jam
under the lights! Riders had to link tricks in a line to impress
the judges Keir Dilon and Booby Meeks to make it to the finals.
Ian Dobbs was high marking the wall while Cornell Agee laid his
style on the 2 street style features in a row. They both made it
to the 15 man finals with a heavy list of other riders. The
riders had 20 minutes and