Air + Style Tickets

I paid to see kendrick and waited next to smelly people for an hour to have air style shut him down because he was too loud. SMH

They had an awesome lineup! The sound system definitely needed to be cranked up a ton! Conversations in the crowd were louder than the speakers. The lines for food, drinks and bathrooms on Day 1 were a nightmare. Day 2 the rain cleared the lines up. The prices for the tickets were a good deal for what I got. BUT the musicians themselves went all out and made a fantastic performance.

It looks like the event can get better but the sound was inconsistent this year. During the performances on the main stage the sound kept going in and out. The sound being inconsistent affected my enjoyment of the show. Kendrick Lamar noticed and asked for them to fix the sound several times during his performance.

The event lineup was great. Unfortunately, I have never heard such poor sound quality at an outdoor festival/event. Neighbors complained about noise? (According to Kendrick Lamar). Didn't you get permits for the event so this would not happen? Poorly executed. Audio was 1/10 stars sadly. Could have been an excellent event.

My friends and I were so excited for this event- awesome music lineup, gold medalist snow boarders, the rose bowl?! It didn't seem like it could get any better we were considering it a minichella (mini coachella) but the event did anything but excite us once we were there. We hardly witnessed any snowboarding- we attended all of the concerts we wanted to but could hardly her the music over our own conversation! Diplo was background music, and Kendrick Lamar? Well…we left early we just couldn't stand in the cold for a very mediocre performance. I feel bad for all of the artists who performed the sound system was insulting to them. I don't think I would attend this event again I feel really bad that it was such a dud. Better luck next year Shaun White, still love you though!

The music was so low in sound that it really made the event not worth the money. i would never return. it was lame.

It was pretty amazing to see snowboarding in Pasadena. The sound could have been better for Phantogram. I could barely hear the vocals and that's the best part. The extra kid's activities were great for my 7 year old son. The beer situation was one of the most ridiculous things I've ever witnessed. They had 3 tents with 5-10 very slow bartenders at each. There really weren't lines, just mobs of frustrated people trying to get to the front. They were also taking each order, then opening a can of beer and pouring it into cups. This meant each order took way too long. I stood in line for literally 90 minutes to pay $14 bucks for their large premium beer, which was Tecate. Really?

Concept was amazing. I'd go every year, but you HAVE do do something about the beer situation. Waiting in a mob for an hour to get to the front and find out they are out of cups and won't give us cans. People were literally chugging cabs at the bar, or taking 2 small cups per beer. On top of that, it was $10 for a 16oz PBR!! All performers sound was terrible. Kendrick Lamar was killing it, and you could barely hear, and then he cut his set short. I expect to see some updates next year.

Pretty fun event, but some big issues. I only went on Saturday. The good things - easy to get close to the stage, great artists, great setting The bad things - 1. Volume was WAY too quiet - to the point where Kendrick Lamar stopped his set and demanded they turn up the volume. They ultimately did, but Kendrick was the last set of the day and I think they might have even turned the volume back down after a couple minutes. Too little, too late. 2. Huge food lines - about 100 feet long My friends and I had a fun time regardless, but if these two things had been improved it would be a MAJOR grade to event quality.

What a great idea, music and extreme snow sports! In theory, a match made in heaven. Unfortunately this event shouldn't have taken place in Pasadena, a city hardly know for it's snow blanketed winters. In fact, after a quick Google search, the last time it actually snowed in the city was 1949! Air + Style was billed to take place at the Rose Bowl but unfortunately it was actually OUTSIDE of the Rose Bowl on the lawn/parking lot. They had a giant 16 story snow jump, 2 music stages, some food trucks, beer/food tents, and some merch and art booths. Typical music festival setup, besides the massive Big Air event rig obviously. The sound at the music stages was criminally low at this festival. Like so low you could carry on a conversation with your neighboring music goer completely audibly, like without even raising your voice, at the main stage! During Kendrick Lamar's set, between almost every song the crowd united in chanting "TUN IT UP!" Unfortunately there was a sound ordinance so asinine in the city of Pasadena that you're only legally allowed to whisper through speakers to the thousands of fans who paid their hard earned cash to see you in a quiet, almost library-like setting. Kinda exaggerating that last bit but it was really bad. Kendrick would go on to yell at the sound booth and promoters between songs at every opportunity during the entirety of his 40 minute set which was actually scheduled as a 90 minute performance. Why did Kendrick, this event's Saturday headliner, only perform less than half of his allotted time you ask? Well, when the sound guys finally did turn the audio up to a reasonable level, Kendrick was forced off stage early and unapologetically at his first home town LA show in over a year. Ouch! Would the event get any better the next day? Well, it poured rain all of Sunday. So much so that I'd estimate only about 10% of the crowd from the day before actually showed up again. The sound was much louder, not sure how they pulled it off but you could actually hear on Sunday! So now that the music was back up to par, how about the sports? Well the skiing events were cancelled due to the rain. No refunds were being issued, no consolation prizes awarded, only the musicians in the rain now, doing the best they could in the conditions provided for them. The main draw for Sunday, The Flaming Lips started their set late due to weather issues. About a song or 2 into it, their principal song writer Steven Drozd, had his main keyboard rig short out. This left the band scrambling to figure out what songs from their setlist they'd actually be able to play. Being the professional musicians they are, they pulled together and put on a beautiful, striped down performance that was certainly the highlight of the evening. Sure they only got to play 7 songs in total during their allotted 75 minute set but at least they were loud, full of energy, and just down right honest (something that the entire event felt like it neglected, honesty). All in all, I have to give Air + Style 2 out of the possible 5 stars. Sure it was overly ambitious, but at least they tried to pull it off. It was certainly a spectacle to see, we even got to witness the first Switch Backside Triple 1620 ever landed by 1st place winner Yuki Kadono in the Snowboard Big Air competition. They were definitely on the right track music wise too, the lineup was top notch. Fans were able to see some great performances, both in sport and music, even though you couldn't necessarily hear them on Saturday. Personally, my friends and I made the best of the experience and certainly had a lot of fun. Hopefully Shaun White's team will be able to work out the kinks in order to help this project succeed in the future.

More like fair and quiet! The snow and ski jump and all the athletes did amazing job. The artist on Saturday also did great. However the sound was set really low and completely ruined the music. Most of the bands played through the low volume, even though I could have a complete conversation during phantogram, diplo and Kendrick Lamar, some of the top performers of today. The music was so low that Kendrick Lamar stopped his set 40 min early, which was still only 8 pm. It was rediculous to spend money on gas and hotel and the full price ticket only to be disappointed. I will probably never go back to air and style and will not recommend this show to friends. Sorry Mr. White.

The whole reason I went was to see kendrick and he got shut down. I should get my money back

The event overall was ok but I would probably not go if it is held again next year. The lines for food and beer were a minimum wait of 45 min to an hour and the food options were limited. The lineup was ok but the sound system absolutely sucked (at least for the first day - didn't go the second day so I can't speak to that). My location for Diplo was in the middle and I was having trouble hearing his set so I decided to bail because there was point in standing there when I could hardly hear the artist performing. The Kendrick set had the same issues but to make it worse he stopped playing and probably played about 5 songs (one of which he played 3 times in a row...thank god it was one of favs). The only positive thing I can say was Portugal. The Man was a solid set and the tickets were cheap. The setup was pretty cool and the idea of this type of event could be awesome if executed correctly. I guess in the end I got exactly what I paid for but they have a lot of bugs to work out if they bring this back next year.

Not enough restroom areas. Could have used more food vendors to avoid such long lines. Same with the alcoholic beverages. The lines were unnecessarily long. Also, maybe do a little research on the location to avoid the acts having to lower the volume during their performances. That was the worst part.

I was looking forward to go and the event didn't let me down. I went for the snowboarding and all the artists playing there was a bonus! The only thing was that the music was too quiet when it got dark. Other than that it was awesome!

One of the worst events I've been to and I've been going to Coachella for 9 years. Sound quality was awful, and I wouldn't have paid the price I did if I knew I wasn't going to be able to hear the music. Also Kendrick Lamar started late and ended early so that was pretty bad and he sued the same song 3 times. I got one beer because I was in line for one hour to get it and the bathroom lines were even worse. Horribly planned and executwd event. I would like like my money back.

Although diplo and Kendrick Lamar were both very good all through out the day their were issues with the sound! The worst came with Kendrick Lamars performance ending his set 35 minutes early than expected! Kendrick Lamar was robbed of his full set and so were fans who paid good money for the festival. This festival could of been a good local festival but chances are that won't ever happen now.

I thought tickets were reasonably priced but a $12 service fee and &20 to park is outrageous. Also out of 4 bands I wanted to see I only saw technically two and a half. Kendrick Lamar ended his set almost 30 minutes early and when he was playing we couldn't even hear him. Rip off

The Snowboarding event was amazing the music and sound was ehhhh!

The sound kept cutting out I waiting over 1 hr 45 min to get one drink The lines to the bathroom, food and drinks were all over an hour The announcers for the snowboard/skiing competition were so quiet you couldn't hear them Kendrick Lamar cut his set short WASTE OF MONEY. I want a refund