The 13th edition of the Ride Shakedown, presented by Videotron Mobile, was greeted with sunshine on Friday at Mont St-Sauveur. As is tradition, participants had to perform on a unique set of features that offered endless possibilities. The numerous types of rails in close proximity offered athletes a chance to demonstrate their creativity by executing combination tricks. The course equally housed a number of integrated Videotron Mobile box seats, one of which sat above the course, allowing spectators to be at the heart of the action.

Jonathan Truchon (23 years old) of Chicoutimi was crowned champion of the Coors Light Rail Jam. He used every rail feature available and executed a number of bold tricks such as a backflip to boardslide and a huge transfer gap to lip boardslide. He was in a tight race with Antonin Chamberland for the title. Olympian Maxence Parrot’s 50-50 backside 360 gap out to 50-50 frontside 180-out was one of the many tricks that earned him Best Trick.

This year, the Rail Jam prize purse was revamped; not only did the rail jam champion earn a $3,500 prize, he also took home a surf trip to Punta de Mita, Mexico, where he will be staying at Hotel Cinco. The winner of Best Trick earned a grand prize of $2,000 and all other Rail Jam finalist earned a $500 prize purse.

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