<font color="#ffff00"><b>Have we said how much fun Super Session was yet? Photos by Butters, bRad, gordo and Paris Gore. Here Butters pays homage to Gary Perkin.</b></font>
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<b>Whether it was the slalom track here or the trails, some riders pitched in to make sure everything was running smoothly.</b>
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<b>Did you know Shaun Palmer was at Super Session? He was. He and Kyle Strait worked on the slalom course for 2 days. You can bet that the 2013 Super Session will incorporate some kind of slalom action!</b>
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<b>Palmer and Strait are feuding on Twitter about their Sea Otter Slalom performances. </b>
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<b>Strait railing his fresh work.</b>
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<b>Tyler McCaul schralping slalom.</b>
<b>Diversify your bikes. Ropelato's Specialized P3, Andrew Jackson's brakeless WTP 20 and Eliot Jackson's Yeti 303 and 24-in Liquid.</b>
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<b>Andrew Jackson, known for ridiculous pegless handrail grinds on his 20, shreds a borrowed bike and feels the G-forces.</b>
<b>Woodward West has a bowling alley and everyone is calmer than you are.</b>
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<b>Kage, marking it 8, dude.</b>
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<b>Cam McCaul wasn't even going to show up, as he's healing. So much for taking it easy.</b>
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<b>Mega Train out-takes and warm-ups.</b>
<b>Cob leads out Hoenisch, Dueck and Wentz during Mega Train warm-ups.</b>
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<b>Cob was also the one getting blamed for bringing in the Santa Cruz Sniffles. R-dog went down (but got right back up) and apparently Butters is knocked out now too. Hoenisch knew BBQ would fend off any disease.</b>
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<b>Speaking of BBQ, did you know that Vital staffers PMale (pictured) and T2 a</b>re responsible for the EPIC grub? Wind-be-damned, the BBQ still went off.
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<b>Mad Q, yo.</b>
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<b>Probably a good thing it was windy during the BBQ because shortly after, epic meat comas set in.</b>
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<b>The wind stirred up the dust, which stirred up the comedy.</b>
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<b>Forever 21 rider, Cody Gessel with Forever Heckler team rider, Derek Thompson.</b>
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<b>The transfer.</b>
<b>This is Clayton Shank.</b>
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<b>This is Clayton Shank's bike.</b>
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<b>Mitch Ropelato. Fresh off a plane from the PMB World Cup and straight into blasting. Yep, dumped 360'ing the final jump in Lav's line without a second thought. Nuts.</b>
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<b>Jake Kinney does fantastic Tuck No Handers. He said that recently someone asked him to do a "tuck no" for a photo. He didn't know what that meant.</b>
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<b>Hangar action.</b>
<b>New pioneers of SMTB, Sail Mountain Biking. Gilding, Chubey, Messere, Montgomery and Paul Genovese.</b>
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<b>Foot down was pretty freaking fun.</b>
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<b>Vital is proud to feature the blistering sounds of Apricot Social.</b>
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<b>Wil White, stretching for dollars.</b>
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<b>Garret Jackson...pfffft! SO SICK!</b>
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<b>Garrett Jackson, double helicopter.</b>
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<b>Lear Miller with puffy coat protection.</b>
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<b>Mike Mont, dialed flipcopter early.</b>
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<b>I never get tired of Chubey's copters.</b>
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<b>Chubey cargo copter.</b>
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<b>Mike Mont on his way...</b>
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<b>...to winning Scott Sports Best Trick.</b>
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<b>Ladies and gentlemen, meet Apricot Social and blame them for your headache.</b>
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<b>Judging sucks.</b>
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<b>Just seeing if you're still paying attention. Dusty from Nitro Circus on Thursday working on the Fandangler. WTF?</b>
<b>Back to trails. The online anagram generator turned Dustin Gilding's name into Dig Ding Insult. Dustin DIGS a ton, his bike is so smooth you won't hear a DING and don't INSULT him by riding the trails dry.</b>
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<b>Sam Dueck shreds everything so hard. His park skills are dialed, his dirt skills are smooth and his big air skills are up there with the best of 'em.</b>
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<b>Carter Holland, experienced.</b>
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<b>Mike Montgomery with his Best Trick winnings and trophy.</b>
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<b>If I said Carson Storch was transfering from landing to lip, would you believe me?</b>
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<b>Justin Wyper, full hesh.</b>
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<b>MTB rappers "Junior Varsity" and "Anchovy Misery" battle for the coldest fire award LOL.</b>
<b>Each piece of plywood is 8 feet tall, he's a foot above the seam. 17 feet from the floor for Anthony Messere. Oh, not to mention he barspun into this later, but didn't quite stick to the wall, stomping his foot, leaving him bruised and battered. GNARLY.</b>
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<b>Hoenisch was one of a small crew of riders who actually made 2 laps during the Mega Train. Next year, there may be pre-event fitness test required in order to qualify for the Mega Train.</b>
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<b>Gessel having no fears of snagging his jeans on loose nails.</b>
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<b>Mega Train composition.</b>
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<b>JD Swanguen aka the Bearded Lady, dripping the style.</b>
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<b>Seriously, I can't get enough of Mitch Chubey corking his double helicopters.</b>
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<b>Jack Fogelquist, single helicoptering the last jump in Lav's line.</b>
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<b>The Sorichetti brothers are 2 years apart, but they look like twins. They both blast, as this half of the pair demonstrates.</b>
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<b>Was it hot or cold at Best Trick? This photo provides no answer. Kinney flossing his ink, Lear flossing his puff.</b>
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<b>Look closely and you'll see Jake Kinney 400 feet above the lip.</b>
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<b>A hearty crew, stoked to ride on Friday.</b>
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<b>Peckish Pizza Party Posse Pound Piles of Pepperoni Pies.</b>
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<b>LOL...</b>
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<b>Thanks to everyone who showed up for the party and to Scott Sports for supporting Best Trick. See everyone in 2013.</b>
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Vital MTB can not thank everyone enough for coming to the 2012 Super Session at Woodward West. Great times, great riding and great memories are all wrapped up in our final Super Slideshow. See you in 2013!
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