After a bit of talking with Mrs. Steeder, Linda came back and told Slash
that he was cleared to go along to Rookie Mountain with the rest of the
gang. "You better not chicken out either Slash." Linda insisted, "You do,
I'll make sure you pay for it." Linda shook a fist and then proceeded
outside to get on the bus.
Slash and Jam followed; Jam grinning as he was not cleared to leave. "What are you doing Jam?" Slash asked Jam, "You're gonna get into even bigger trouble if you sneak on the bus." "Not like I'm already in trouble for ditching." Jam said. "Now let's get to the mountain!"
Jam snuck on the bus with Slash, as Mrs. Steeder wasn't going on this trip, sneaking on the bus was very easy. Off the class went to Rookie Mountain, the Rookie Mountain Staff greeted the class as they got off the bus, the manager shaking Linda's hand, welcoming her and the class to the mountain.
"Alright everyone, you all have an hour to practice, and then we're starting the races!" Linda shouted, getting on her board and already heading down the mountain. Slash and Jam grabbed their own boards out of the bus, and also took down the mountain quickly.
Slash felt a lot more at home while boarding down the slopes, the cool air and the cold snow felt good upon him as he blew through it all, he grinned, handling the turns of the track with ease, grabbing his board and showing off with some basic yet impressive tricks off of the jumps. Jam began humming a song in his head, his humming turning into a howl as he hit the jumps, doing a trick as he howled all the way down.
Finally, the time of the race had come, Slash, Jam, and Linda lined up at the starting line. "Hey." said Slash, "Where's the fourth racer?" "He's coming Slash..." said Linda, fixing her hair. From the lift, Tommy jumped down and stopped at the starting line. "I'm here." said Tommy, his mouth not bulging with food this time.
Mr. Dog floated down in his hot air balloon, looking at the racers, and then firing his gun in the air. Linda took an early lead, leaping far into the front of everyone; she shook her Star Board at everyone as she did a flip on the first banked turn, using it as a jump. Slash and Jam looked down at their own boards, Jam was using a Level 2 Alpine, while Slash was using a Level 3 All Around, and Tommy was surprisingly using a Level 3 All Around instead of a Free Style like he usually does. After the first lap, Linda had a demanding lead, while Slash, Jam, and Tommy, in that order, trailed behind.
Linda began grabbing rocks off of the course, throwing them in the track to give everyone else problems, she then swooped down the last stretch and jumped onto the lift, completing her second lap. Jam and Slash had an easy time getting around her rocks, but Tommy suffered a lot from the rocks, hitting virtually every rock that was in his way, Tommy was practically out of the competition, as he was too far behind to even be a challenge anymore.
Two more laps passed, Jam and Slash beginning to gain on Linda, while Tommy trailed hopelessly behind, now only boarding for his own fun. On the final lap, Slash began to close in on Linda, he aimed a snowball at Linda and threw it at her, and Linda took the hit in the back of the head and toppled over, crashing into a banked turn.
Slash knew he was going to win, but unfortunately, he didn't expect what came next. Slash just then hit a large rock that Linda left out from the last lap; he flipped, and slammed his head into the side railing, Linda and Jam then were neck and neck as they approached the last jump. Jam grinned as he pulled a bomb from his coat, aiming it at Linda and throwing it at her. Jam made a bad mistake, as he aimed incorrectly, Linda disappeared with the power of an invisible tool, and the bomb hit the wall just as Jam was approaching it, the bomb instead hitting Jam!
Linda blazed into the goal victorious, shaking her hips, grinning as her swaying hips taunted Jam and Slash.
Slash and Jam followed; Jam grinning as he was not cleared to leave. "What are you doing Jam?" Slash asked Jam, "You're gonna get into even bigger trouble if you sneak on the bus." "Not like I'm already in trouble for ditching." Jam said. "Now let's get to the mountain!"
Jam snuck on the bus with Slash, as Mrs. Steeder wasn't going on this trip, sneaking on the bus was very easy. Off the class went to Rookie Mountain, the Rookie Mountain Staff greeted the class as they got off the bus, the manager shaking Linda's hand, welcoming her and the class to the mountain.
"Alright everyone, you all have an hour to practice, and then we're starting the races!" Linda shouted, getting on her board and already heading down the mountain. Slash and Jam grabbed their own boards out of the bus, and also took down the mountain quickly.
Slash felt a lot more at home while boarding down the slopes, the cool air and the cold snow felt good upon him as he blew through it all, he grinned, handling the turns of the track with ease, grabbing his board and showing off with some basic yet impressive tricks off of the jumps. Jam began humming a song in his head, his humming turning into a howl as he hit the jumps, doing a trick as he howled all the way down.
Finally, the time of the race had come, Slash, Jam, and Linda lined up at the starting line. "Hey." said Slash, "Where's the fourth racer?" "He's coming Slash..." said Linda, fixing her hair. From the lift, Tommy jumped down and stopped at the starting line. "I'm here." said Tommy, his mouth not bulging with food this time.
Mr. Dog floated down in his hot air balloon, looking at the racers, and then firing his gun in the air. Linda took an early lead, leaping far into the front of everyone; she shook her Star Board at everyone as she did a flip on the first banked turn, using it as a jump. Slash and Jam looked down at their own boards, Jam was using a Level 2 Alpine, while Slash was using a Level 3 All Around, and Tommy was surprisingly using a Level 3 All Around instead of a Free Style like he usually does. After the first lap, Linda had a demanding lead, while Slash, Jam, and Tommy, in that order, trailed behind.
Linda began grabbing rocks off of the course, throwing them in the track to give everyone else problems, she then swooped down the last stretch and jumped onto the lift, completing her second lap. Jam and Slash had an easy time getting around her rocks, but Tommy suffered a lot from the rocks, hitting virtually every rock that was in his way, Tommy was practically out of the competition, as he was too far behind to even be a challenge anymore.
Two more laps passed, Jam and Slash beginning to gain on Linda, while Tommy trailed hopelessly behind, now only boarding for his own fun. On the final lap, Slash began to close in on Linda, he aimed a snowball at Linda and threw it at her, and Linda took the hit in the back of the head and toppled over, crashing into a banked turn.
Slash knew he was going to win, but unfortunately, he didn't expect what came next. Slash just then hit a large rock that Linda left out from the last lap; he flipped, and slammed his head into the side railing, Linda and Jam then were neck and neck as they approached the last jump. Jam grinned as he pulled a bomb from his coat, aiming it at Linda and throwing it at her. Jam made a bad mistake, as he aimed incorrectly, Linda disappeared with the power of an invisible tool, and the bomb hit the wall just as Jam was approaching it, the bomb instead hitting Jam!
Linda blazed into the goal victorious, shaking her hips, grinning as her swaying hips taunted Jam and Slash.