Burton Photo Crew Cited In St. Paul

Burton photographer Jeff Curtes, along with Aaron Hooper, Gabriel L’Heureux, Alex Andrews, Keegan Valaika, and Kenneth Zima ran afoul of the law in the Twin Cities yesterday after police found them snowboarding in a West Seventh Street neighborhood, according to a story on Twincities.com.

They set up a 6-foot steel tower and connected a wooden ramp to it in a St. Paul neighborhood. Then, they snowboarded down the ramp, along a 2-foot ledge of a limestone cliff, and jumped — 20 to 30 feet onto the railroad tracks below, said one man who saw Monday’s action.

The paper reports that the snowboarder were rude to a local neighbor so the man called police:

“Eff you, eff this. We can do whatever we want. This is our job.” He asked not to be identified because he said he believes “these guys are important to the snowboard world” and he fears retribution from “their idols who feel they have been messed with.”

Luckily, the six were cited and then released. Maybe they should have been nicer to the nosey neighbor. . .

[Link: Twincities.com and Star Tribune]