Here’s to a fresh start this 08/09 season…
I just wanted to send a message out to all you Grouse Mountain rippers that the season is almost upon us, and we are trying desperately to get the jib zone on Paradise set up as soon as possible for you to enjoy. We have lots to look forward to this season, as we have added some new staff that we saw in the park often and gave us feedback last season, including a park groomer as well as a ranger. We have also built some new rails and other jibs that we hope you will enjoy, as I know the Grouse pro team, park staff and myself surely will.
We are in the park daily and we ride it when we’re not working, so we try our best to keep it fun, progressive and well maintained as best we can for you to ride. If you ever are riding and have a suggestion or see something that might need some attention, don’t hesitate to approach one of us and let us know. Like I said, we are park riders too, so we want the best park to ride just as you all do. We really appreciate the constructive criticism and ideas, in fact we encourage them, as I mentioned we build the park for park riders just like you and us, but being extremely negative or straight up hateful gets nothing accomplished and is very unproductive…no matter what you want to accomplish in life.
I look forward to seeing many of you up Grouse this season having fun and enjoying all the hard work that is put into producing one of Canada’s best terrain parks.
Pray for snow.
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On the topic of blogging, I thought I might start a regular feature highlighting some notable bloggers in the snow sports industry (or, rather, who write about snow sports, no matter what their day job).
One of my favourites is VanCityAllie, partly because she’s local, but partly because her life stories are just super entertaining. Plus, she takes great photos, which make all the difference on a blog.
I’m impressed with what she’s experienced and accomplished at such a young age:
This the blog of a 24 year-old Vancouver girl who loves and writes about everything “Vancouver” and West Coast. This is the blog of a girl who works in Vancouver’s video game industry, it’s also a surfing blog, snowboarding blog, Canucks blog, gadget blog, and photography blog.
You can check out all of Allie’s snowboarding content or have a look at specifics like her 2008/09 Snowboard Preview or her business trip to Japan, which included a visit to the Tokyo Burton store.
Calling all Park Riders!
Last year we had BYOP.
This year, we’ve taken it a step further: We have now hired our Park Rangers for the 2008-09 season and among them are some notable members of our BYOP Crew including Shaw Butterworth, Eric Halinen, and Andrew Nicoletti. In addition, James Anderson has agreed to help us out as a volunteer. These guys are sure to represent for the masses and set the Grouse Mountain terrain parks on fire.
Now, we want to get the rest of you involved.
Have you ever thought about a future in the Snow Sports industry? Ever wondered what it would be like to work for EXPN, Transworld Snowboarding, Newschoolers, Snowboard Canada or SBC Skier? Do you want to build skills that will help get you on the road to where you want to go?
We’re looking for 5 great park riders – snowboarders or skiers, guys or girls – to hone their skills as Grouse Park Blogospondents and network with the best in the industry.
New Peak and Greenway Chairs set to open in December
Here’s a little CTV News coverage of the two new chairlifts being built:
These lifts should help to divert traffic from the Screaming Eagle (Cut) Chair because people will now be able to easily get from the bowl to the Peak and out to the chalet via the Greenway chair, without ever having to head down the Cut to avoid hiking across the flats.
Numero Uno
Here we go, my first blog of the season, I’m hoping to keep my blogs updated as frequently as I can throughout the season all season long. I will be discussing any and all topics I feel will keep you interested… or not.
Today as I got of the tram this morning it was pouring rain, but as I was getting closer to the peak office I began to notice the odd wet snowflake (if you can call them that), which then turned to a heavy snow fall.
YES, it is snowing up here at Grouse and sticking! Now, I’m not getting my hopes up, as the weather forecast says rain is on its way, but either way, it seems like whenever the first snow falls I still get that super excited feeling I used to get when I was wee lil’ boy. I just like the way snow smells, feels and looks, I love when there is enough snow to blanket and cover all the worlds imperfections, making it a perfect winter wonderland.
With the snow on its way, I just wanted to get all you boys and girls excited and remind you that it was on Nov. 27 last season when we opened up the Paradise Jib Park…so get your gear ready and stay tuned!