This past Friday was the third night jam of the season. The jam took place in the new Cut park, which is amazing for the amount of snow we have. The grand prizes included two Oakley goggles and a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Check out what went down during and after the jam in the little edit below. Thanks to Charlie for announcing.
Jeremy
Last night was the Oakley Night Jam. Chuck was on the mic, keeping everyone entertained, Tamo was judging snowboarders, Peter helped out with the ski side of things and everyone was throwing down. The prizes weren’t being thrown out for nothing, the kids had to work for ‘em, so the result was a sick little competition. If you haven’t already heard, the park has been moved over to the left side of Cut and it is actually really fun. The park crew had to get creative but they’ve put a pretty rad setup together so check it out this week.
The comp started off with tricks being called out and prizes were given for whoever could do them first. Then, the format was changed up and there were qualifiers, where the first 3 people to do the designated trick would get into finals. Next, finals were moved to the elbow kink where the finalist who did the right trick first won.
In the end, the winners were Mr. Ben Neil on the ski side of things, walking away with a new pair of Oakley Ambush goggles and Oakley sunglasses, and an underdog on the snowboard side of things, whose name I still don’t know, but he fought hard for the win after turfin’ it pretty hard a few times, snaking a pair of Oakley Crowbars for his efforts. All in all, it was an awesome night, one of the best night jams yet! Don’t miss the next one, who knows it could be even better! Here are some shots:
Well there ya have it! Some kid even went as far as saying that Chuck was the funniest guy around. So, Chuck is officially the funniest guy out there and the park is still kickin’ and better than ever, so get up the mountain as soon as you can and have a good old time!
New product is awesome. So awesome in fact, that for a few days in Denver, the shred industry had a little party to show off all of next year’s awesomeness. I can only wish I’d been there for it, but instead here is a post courtesy of Snowboard Mag that recaps what went down and what’s coming out next year. Enjoy.
2011 DC Outerwear. Photo courtesy of Snowboard Mag.
After a few weeks of mixed up orders and payment problems, I am finally in possession of my Alienbees Cybersync trigger/receiver remote setup for my flash. I took it out to Seymour to shoot the Red Ledge on the weekend but as I said in that post, I had some troubles with misfiring. I think I finally had things figured out tonight and I am quite happy with how the shots turned out. Here’s the final product.
Shayan with a nosepress on top of the wall
Ben spinning a blind 270 out
Michael Hoy with a tail back 1 out
That’s all for now,
Frodo.
Get stoked for new gear and another epic season, ladies and gentlemen! The SIA Convention has wrapped up in Denver, Colorado. For those of you who may have not heard of it, check this out.
Basically, it;s a massive teaser for all the newest gear droppin’ next year! So far the companies repping our sport are doin an excellent job of it!
Keep it real Grouse!
Eric Beckstead
Hey Grouse!
This video may seem kind of random because of all the things that have been happening in Vancouver and Whistler lately (i.e. the Red Ledge, the Olympics coming up, strange snow patterns etc, etc). However, I have been watching this video over and over for the past 24 hours because I can’t get over how great it is. It must have been impossible to pick a winner because all of these riders threw down so hard. This is the video from the Olympic Heritage contest in Tahoe. I can almost guarantee you will enjoy it as much as I do!
Sha la la snowboarding is fun!
Bye!
