Andy Finch Update

hey everybody,
a goot morgan to you from this lovely yet cold country! This week has been somewhat crazy, because Andys board bag did not arrive until Wednesday night. He did get a temporary set up, but had to spend half of the practice time just getting it together and trying to get it dialed in case his board set up did not show. Despite all of that drama, Andy was still able to pull off some awesome tricks and do great last night. They had the qualies, which only took the top 16 out of 24 guys onto the money making round. He placed 5th in the qualies and than they had three separate categories including Straight Air, Flat Spins and Inverted. Each category includes two runs and whatever your score was (1000 being the max) that is how many norweigan KRONS you would receive. So, with all three categories and runs combined Andy placed 3rd overall! You can check out this websight for more info. http://www.thearcticchallenge.com/web/tac/mainpage
this website also includes a video of andy playing his violin for the tv cameras. Andy has been practicing with a local Norweigan band "the killing machines", which he has actually recorded with in the past and now it is just another part of andy and "the arctic challenge" that people look forward to. so, he has been getting a lot of requests to play the violin! They also had a signing for the snowboarders to do at the local "SWAG" snowboard shop, including Andy, Terje Haakenson, Kevin Pearce, scotty lago, and all the other big names! So, all the local kids were pretty excited to have a chance to the legends!
Finals are tomorow, so I will keep you updated and let you know what goes down! have a great day....
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Monster Energy’s Ryan Capes Mashes New Motorcycle Distance Jumping Record With His Own 322-Footer

“First time I’ve grabbed 5th (gear) on the 450,” said Capes . “I’m on the hunt and records are gonna fall.”

CORONA, Calif., (Feb. 25, 2008) – Monster Energy’s Ryan Capes, the first motorcyclist to break the magical 300-foot jump barrier, just uncorked a record-mashing 322-footer recently at Toe’s MX Park in Royal City, Wash.

“My dad and I measured it out and we jumped 323-6,” said Capes of a jump that would have been a new world record, eclipsing that of (Rob) Maddison’s recent 322-7 leap. “But Seth (Enslow) measured it at 322-6, so we went with that.”

Capes said that he and Enslow were pushing each other early, with the crusty Enslow putting up a personal-best 268 footer, which beat his old personal best of 248-feet by some 20 feet.

“I told him I’m going to push the ramp back another 20 feet and Seth said he’d watch – so he watched me tie on a 322 footer,” said Capes . “First time I’d ever grabbed 5th (gear) on the 450.”

Moving the in-run around at Toe’s, Capes says he’s got 2,000 feet of clean approach to his new Monster Energy take-off ramp. He adds that 350-400 footers are well within the realm of his ability.

“322 was a cakewalk,” said Capes . “I’m on the hunt and records are gonna fall.”

Maddison’s distance record, if not ‘officially’ topped before then, will no doubt fall at the hand of Capes @ Crusty Demon’s “Night of World Records” in Melbourne, Australia (March 29th). For more information on that gig link to www.crusty.com

Next up for Capes is a March 2nd practice session at Toe’s MX Park in Royal City . Live nearby? Come check out history. “I plan on going 350-360,” says Capes . And we wouldn’t bet against it. Directions? Link to: www.toesmxp.com


Monster Energy supports the sport. Be it distance jumping, enduro, hare scrambles, MX, road racing, supermoto, FMX, skate, MTB, off-road, surf, snow, BMX – name it – the athletes are rockin’ Monster Energy more than anything these days. Check out all the types – Original Monster Energy, Monster Lo-Carb, Monster Assault, Monster Khaos, the new Monster/fruit juice hybrid called “M-80” and the ground-breaking Java Monster premium coffee & cream supercharged with our Monster Energy blend. Ryan Capes digs ‘em – so will you. On the ‘Net at www.monsterenergy.com.