Jason Macfarlane Alterna Shoot Shots

Sunny skies, pro riders, and a jump bigger than anything the North Shore has seen before… March 29th was a pretty darn good day for a photo shoot. Grouse local, Jason Macfarlane was up Grouse Mountain to shoot the Alterna/Showdown Over the City after session. Here are some of his shots.

Check the goggle shot at the end…damn!

No grab. Huge.

When the takeoff is taller than the scaffolding, you know the jump is good.

Liam Casey corking out.

Timed perfectly...

I got a shot! Jason said he tried this shot about 30 times and these two were the olny ones that worked out. Click the image and head over to newschoolers.com to vote for it!

Beauty.

More shots to come later in the week. Keep checking back!

Word is Grouse Mountain is in top form right now. Get up there before the season is over!

-cj

New PYP Edit and other goodies!

What you sayin’!

Chuck here, just letting you know about the new PYP edit, check it out and show all of your friends, we have some big plans in the works so hold tight and prepare to be stoked!! Make sure you get up Grouse Mountain very soon, Shaw Butterworth has been making magic from the snowcat and you will see a five table L-XL line in the park, that is unheard of on the North Shore… so thanks Shaw for all your hard work!

Also check out where the 40 box has been moved to, as well has the down rail from Showdown over the City is up and running now. One last thing, the new up-flat-down or battleship rail has also been installed where the 40 box used to be… I am not posting any photos so you guys get up there and see it yourself!

Bright sun, great friends and a sick park, what more do you need?

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Keep it real,

Chuckles

Grouse Park Sessions Gets a Facelift

Welcome to the all new Grouse Park Sessions!

Photo: Scott Titterington

To celebrate how awesome this blog has become thanks to our dedicated crew of Grouse Park Blogospondents, we’ve upgraded and given grousepark.com a fresh new look and a few new features. We’ll be adding more over the next while so we’ll keep in touch via this blog and our Grouse Mountain Terrain Parks Facebook Page.

For those of you who have just recently discovered this corner of the interwebs, I bring you the top 10 Grouse Park Sessions blog posts:

Alterna Shoot – Through the lense of Graham Dalik

Sunday March 29th was a beautiful day. Blue skies, warm temperatures, and a 70 foot stepdown manicured to perfection. The Showdown Over the City was a thing of the past but that beast of a jump used for the competition still remained, begging to be hit. Jeff Silcock, the Grouse Mountain Events Manager, invited the Alterna Films crew to come up and do a shoot on the monstrous jump. Mr Silcock also invited a small group of skiers: pro team rider Spencer Watson, local shredder and all around good guy Liam Casey, and yours truly. The jump was meticulously perfected by the park staff (and a few of the riders), and by noon, the session was on.

Unfortunately Spencer Watson was injured early on after overshooting the jump and landing nose heavy, on his left side, near the flat bottom. He went absolutely, unfathomably, HUGE. Spencer decided to call off the rest of the session. But don’t worry, he’s fine now.

I invited my good friend Graham Dalik to come up and shoot some photos. As promised, here are a few of his shots:

Waiting for the session to start.

Beau Bishop rocking the Westbeach tall jacket.

Huge.

Spotting some transition.

In living colour.

Backflip or BASE jump? CJ loves hangtime.

Liam Casey and CJ. Front flip and back flip.

Dan Jonas. Grousepark.com. Legit.

Gettin tail.

CJ corkin a 540.

Goin huge. Gettin corked. Grabbin tail.

Liam showing Grouse Mountain why he is the man. - Flat Spin 540.

You can check more shots from the session and some of Graham’s other work on his flickr page.

Grouse locals Jason Macfarlane and Brian Choi were also in attendance snapping shots. As this post is already getting a little photo heavy, I will save their shots for another time.

Hope you enjoyed. I sure did.

-cj

Private Showdown Sunday March 29th

So last Sunday there were a select few skiers and snowboarders invited to hit the showdown jump. From noon to sunset the invites didnt waste a single minute. Sadly I was scheduled to work back in Coquitlam on that date, but still managed to get a few shots in after selling tools and welders for 9 hours.

Here is CJ!

Here is Liam and CJ!

JOSS: The sceret goods.

A good friend of mine, Andreas Amble, is attending JOSS right now. He is working with Friflyt Magazine, a Norwegian ski and snowboard magazine. Andreas is a very smart man. He knows that people want to see what’s going on at JOSS. If you’ve been checking Jon Olsson’s videoblog, josupersessions.com, Jacob Wester’s blog, or the Newschoolers.com blog, you would know that everyone at JOSS seems to be a little hush hush on showing the goods.

This is were Andreas comes in. Check out his edit from Trysil, Norway and the Sweet Rumble. It may not be the most professional video but it gives you a great idea of what is going down.

While you’re at it, check out Andreas’ blog…try to be forgiving of his English, it’s his second language.

PK Hunder... Photo: Newschoolers.com

Wish I was there.

-cj

Passholder “Bring a Guest Free” Day this Friday!

Sorry for the blatant sell message here, but this Friday is your opportunity to share your mountain with your friends. If you are a Grouse Mountain Y2Play or Full Winter Season Passholder, you can bring a friend to ski or ride free this Friday only – April 3rd.

Check out all the Grouse Mountain “Bring a Guest Free” Day details here. And if you don’t have your Y2Play 2009/10 pass yet, now is a great time to pick one up.

Oh yeah… and we’re extending the season.