Not to be out-done by his fellow countryman however, Angus Leith also found himself amidst the fray, hiking the drop-in and clearing the obstacle with both forearms already bound in plaster cast from a recent street-spot incident. Only becoming a cause for concern when he took a tumble and it came to the tricky task of exiting the watery trench, still strapped in, with limited functioning limbs free to climb with…

As sole representative of both the continent and her gender, German Martina Zollner did a sterling job. Taking extra time to retrieve lost sunglasses from the bottom of the dwindling water reserves left in the pool when she went in. A level of commitment matched by Whitelines’ own Andrew Duthie (seen here playing the AT-AT from Star Wars) who stepped up to challenges from the microphone with an admirable effort at a front 180 to switch ride (the rest of us were busy with cameras, alright…).

But the two main players on the day when it came to pond skim trickery? Scouse lad Scotty Walsh and newly sponsored Gnu rider, “the most fashionable man in snowboarding”, Joe Simpson. The former showing a hardy resolve and claiming best trick for a (nearly nailed) inverted five out to faceplant, and the latter pulling off a clean frontflip out of the pond, without losing his hat. Both walked away with fresh Lib Tech skate decks, wax, and a whole heap of goodies. Surely a day for the history books. Thanks to everyone involved!

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