Giants Head Freeride registration opens June 15th

The Giants Head Freeride is one of the hottest tickets on the event calendar and it’s coming up soon. Spots are limited, so you better be on top of it if you want to get in.

Registration opens June 15th on the Giants Head Freeride website. Stay tuned!

Giants Head Freeride is a downhill longboard event situated in the beautiful Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. This years event takes place on August 4th, 5th and 6th 2012 (BC Day long weekend) at Giant’s Head Park in Summerland BC. We are anticipating 100 riders for this epic three day freeride which will also host a head to head race on Monday afternoon.

Past events enticed riders from as far away as Hawaii, Texas and California and this years event will be no different. We will be offering the same unique course features as last year like the banked wall, short cut, and launch ramp.

The course consists of 13 expert level hairpin corners and 700 vertical feet of drop, which sends riders through 2.1 km of intense riding. The event is like non other in North America – come be apart of the fun!

Justus Zimmerly

Born in Chicago and raised on the flat Canadian prairies, it wasn’t until moving to Ontario for school in 2005 that Justus got a taste for riding skateboards down hills. Since then it’s been a bit of an obsession. He graduated with a degree in Film Studies, but spent as much time focussed on skateboarding as he did on studying. Now he’s living the good life in Oakland, California, riding his motorcycle and working as Editor-in-chief for Skate[Slate].