Oakley Night Jams The First

This past Friday, Grouse Mountain kicked off its annual free contest series, the Oakley Night Jams. The format this season differed from the Night Jams of past years in that there was a dedicated setup for the event where the Paradise Jib Park used to be. For the first jam of the season, that park crew had setup at 16 foot butter box, a downbar of equal or greater value and a C-rail set up in a semi circle with lips at both ends for your jibbing pleasure.

The jam started of slow as kids began to trickle slowly in from around the mountain. Our own Charlie Grinnell spread the word through the Quik Park and gathered bodies from all around. Coastal Riders was on hand as the shop sponsor for this first jam. With Charlie on the mic, things quickly got popping as he made sure the event was ski friendly this time around. Grouse Mountain local Brian Choi cleaned house on the ski side of things, so we’re banning him from the next jam. Just kidding. In any case, the skiers were killing it all night on all the features. Trint and Shayan repped hard for the boarders, but all you boarders need to step your game up in time for the next Oakley Night Jam on January 8th. Here are some pictures from Friday night.

Quick Grouse Edit

Hey Guys, Went up filming Thursday night with Simon and Shayan to test out the Steadicam. The Steadicam was incredibly hard to use and in most cases was shakier then handheld … but I’ll get the hang of it. Anyways it was cloudy up there so I decided to mix up the colors a bit … lemme know what you think.

Greetings from California

So Grouse is looking awesome these days but I haven’t been able to enjoy the new Quicksilver park yet. Right now, I’m in California enjoying the sun and having a great time. I thought it would be an appropriate occasion to update everyone on the blue skies and sick riding that’s happening all the time in southern California…

Here’s a video of Chris Bradshaw and Joe Sexton down in California.

Hope you enjoyed!

Alice

Choice Apparel Winter 2010 Product

Choice Apparel has cleared out the old and made room for the new, just in time for Christmas. Rod has a selection of 5 prints for you in 3 great colours. Also available are Choice’s XL tall fits (3 feet tall), perfect to layer with your tall hoods and jackets on the hill. Made of 100% Egyptian cotton, Choice Tees are some of the most comfortable shirts available anywhere on this planet, AND they’re only $30.00. To see what all the hype is about, make your way to the online store and check everything out for yourself. I’ve got me one of them tall tees, time for you to do the same. Remember kids, supporting local companies trying to make a name for themselves is the cool thing to do.

Choice 2010

Flash Photography

As we get deeper into December, the days are getting shorter and the countdown to the 21st of the month continues. Now why is December 21st so special? From a figurative stand-point, it is the shortest day of the year. So with the days getting shorter, the hours of available light are fading away with them. With this in mind, I decided it was time to buy an external flash for my camera. So after spending a few days of contemplating what to get, I ended up settling for something cheap to learn the basics with. A Canon Speedlite 270EX to be exact. Yesterday, I finally managed to get out to Grouse for the afternoon and early evening and get some shooting done. I spent most of yesterday shooting in the newly opened Quiksilver terrain park with fellow tight-pant wearing skiers, Bryce Mclean and Peter Warkentin.

So without further ado, here are the results from my first day of shooting with the new flash.

Bryce Mclean with a shifty-on to the down box.

Peter Warkentin, same trick, different feature.

Thanks for reading, more pictures and content will be coming soon!

Frodo.

Oakley NightJams #1 – December 18th

Oakley NightJams:

Back for another year, Oakley NightJams will be happening in our Parks on Friday nights throughout the season. Whether you are a skier or snowboarder, guy or girl, young or old, come on out to win loads of prizing and have a good time!

The first one of the season is taking place this Friday, December 18^th in the Paradise Park. Be there for 7pm to get entered into our Grand prize draw for a pair of Oakley goggles or shades.

This season there will be a different format. We will now be holding one event per month to build up the excitement between events. Photos, videos, and results will be posted on grousepark.com and push.ca, all captured by our resident blogospondents.

Each event will be hosted by a different local shop who will each bring a different flare, theme, format, and vibe to the night.

There is no entry fee. All you need to do is show up on the dates below between 7 – 9pm. In order to be eligible for the Grand Prize draw you must be wearing a helmet!

Dates:

December		18
January		8
February		6
March		12
April		10**

**NOTE: The final event will take place on Saturday April 10th from 1pm-4pm.

Quiksilver Park Open Top to Bottom

Lower Side Cut was opened today, expanding the Quik Park to its full season length. To think that last year on this day we had just opened Paradise with 4 features, and this year we’re boasting 19 between Paradise and Quik Park. Go snowmaking! A shout out to our snowmaking crew, without these guys, you’d be riding jib park for the foreseeable future. They have been absolutley killing it for the terrain park at Grouse Mountain this year. More features are being added almost daily, and I’ll have some pictures up here soon.

Seasons Greetings

SHAW and the Park Crew

Quiksilver Park Now Open

It’s been just over 24 hours that the Quik park has been open and the usual gang already has an edit out. Here are Shayan, Trint and Spencer once again. For those that don’t know Shayan, that kid is 14. He’s gonna blow up, you mark my words.

Snow’s on its way. I would know, I’m kind of a big deal.

Sam

Voleurz Outdoor Graduation

Hey!!!!

Voleurz just released their FREE online movie, check it out! The intro is mind blowing!

Love, Chuck

Rome Premature Jibulation

Last Saturday, Rome Snowboards held its annual Premature Jibulation contest at Mount Seymour. Here’s a video of the good times that were had. And the riding…holy crap, the riding was more than just nuts.

More companies need to do free events like these. It just creates a good vibe on the scene. It shows that companies are thinking more about the sport than just about the bottom line. Thanks, Rome. Also thanks to Noah Spivak for putting this video together.