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Riding the Rails in Union Square

The Big Apple seems to live by the credo, "If we don't got it, we'll build it." Actually, we just made that up. But how else to explain the Union Square Street Sessions, the city's first ever major pro snowboarding competition? It's happening February 8 despite the fact that there's no snow in sight.

A giant rail has been built just for the competition, and 24 men and eight women will be grinding and sliding down it. The winner of the rail jam will take home a prize purse of $30,000.

The whole thing will go down at 5:30 pm in Union Square--complete with an "action sports block party" including live music and a sponsor village of action sport retailers.

And if this urban snow jam makes you antsy to ride some rails yourself, a pro-am jam and winter carnival will be held the next day, February 9, in Central Park.

Related Stories:
· Union Square Street Sessions [Snowboard Magazine]
· NYC's First-Ever Pro Snowboarding Competition [Gridskipper]
· Snowboarding coverage [Jaunted]