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"\"&lt;p&gt;Some years it&amp;#8217;s a QP, some years a big air, but this year the call was to reinvent last year&amp;#8217;s skatepark-inspired jam setup for the annual invitational. Last night, Ethan Deiss, Zak Hale, Yale Cousino, Danny Davis, Charles Reid, Jason Dubois, Seb Touts, Jamie Anderson, Gabi Viteri, Kjersti Buaas, and Spencer O&amp;#8217;Brien\\u00a0among others were all invited to step up to 90-minute jam session in front of a hyped up crowd. The atmosphere was definitely party time. 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The rail jam thing as far as the traditional &amp;#8216;this is a staircase that we&amp;#8217;re trying to replicate this thing in the city&amp;#8217;-there&amp;#8217;s a lot of that going on.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;So, this has evolved from last year&amp;#8217;s to a point of being able to have Jack Mitrani sort the hip all night, and Charles Reid can ride everything, and then Yale, Forrest, Deiss, the rail dudes just sessioning close out to flat and being stoked on it.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men&amp;#8217;s Results: The Jam&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/strong&gt;1. Charles Reid (CAN) Burton&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2. Jason Dubois (CAN) Anon&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3. Yale Cousino (USA) Shred Optics&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Women&amp;#8217;s Results: The Jam&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/strong&gt;1.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;\\/strong&gt;Kjersti Buaas (NOR) Roxy&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2. Jamie Anderson (USA) Billabong&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3. 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