Shaun White Presents Air & Style

Designated alcohol area, cannot bring drinks out of the fenced area. The line to get in the designed alcohol area was 400 people long, line to get a drink was another 100 people long. Not sure if I’ll be back next year

The Shaun White Air & Style seemed poorly planned and presented considering we were at the Rose Bowl and in Pasadena.
Low Lights — 3 Pabst beer tents with long lines and a hefty list of top notch beer options; Coors /​Coors Light, Pabst, Tecate & Dos Equis. Only a number of food trucks; Umami, Grilled & another one I didn’t even bother to look at due to line length. Food prices were sky high. We ate before we went the second day which saved us each $ 25. The vocals and bass pickups on the main stage were both COMPLETELY off during the Phantogram & Kendrick Lamar sets. These performances were ALRIGHT, but you really didn’t FEEL the artists due to an amateur slipping on banana peels behind the scenes. These were two acts I was looking forward to seeing too! It pretty much rained the entire time we were there Sunday. I believe this was the first time I willingly stood in an aggressive rainfall for more than 2+ hours. They didn’t offer ponchos at the entrance, nor did I see anything of relation for sale at the booths. The merch was geared towards sponsors, not the bands. For example, Target was there. Lol. Target was there folks. Discount cause it’s raining the hardest it has in years? No, no, no. The hooded sweatshirt is still $ 65. I’m a sticker fiend, and I left with 0.
Highlights — I’ll admit I was stoked when I saw that ramp. Jaw dropping at first sight .and even more so once the boarders /​skiers hit the big jump. They were catching at least 40 – 50 ft of air while rotating 1080 degrees (3 full spins) and inverted! Definitely had me yelling «HOLY SH*T» a few times. You truly don’t realize how much the human body can do until you watch someone risk it all and lose all inhibition. The sound guy came through and was great Sunday during Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. It felt both raw and a little liberating rocking out during the storm. which was a pretty bangin’ time for that moment. Once again like all festivals nowadays it turned into a high school reunion. I ran into quite a few really good friends I lost touch with back in the day. It’s really your peers that make the experience. it was within our group the most fun was to be had, and everything in the background either complimented it or was easily ignored. *It’s these moments that make or break a festival. If I can ignore what’s going on in the background. you’re doing something wrong.
Oh. Dude. Shaun White didn’t even hit the slopes!!!