A word from filmer Mark Bennett about Jibba Jabba 2025:

Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Michigan’s largest grassroots pro/am snowboarding competition: Jibba Jabba. The goal in creating this movie was to showcase and highlight how the small town of Houghton, MI, and its passionate snowboarders can truly make an impact. The event’s mission is to bring together the best up-and-coming street riders in the Midwest and give them a platform to put them on the map. It’s a contest created by riders, for riders.

A huge shoutout to Ryan Paul for helping host the event, Flowers Snowboards for their generous donations, and to everyone who contributed to making this happen. We couldn’t have done it without the collective effort of this amazing community!

Directed, filmed and edited by Mark Bennett

Additional filming by Noah Dailey-Schwalibog

Discover Houghton, MI, through the eyes of the Meliora crew in “The Shred Still Remains in Michigan,” published exclusively in Issue 22.3, written and photographed by Trevor Slattery.