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Sunny Days
Here’s a little montage Trint Thomas threw together from one December 17th, one of the few sunny days this season. The riders in order are Corey McIntosh, Brian Choi, Myself and Trint Thomas himself. Filmed entirely in the Quiksilver Terrain Park, which if you have not check it out yet, is probably the best it’s ever been since I started riding park at Grouse.
Frodo.
Think Thank’s “Right Brain Left Brain”
Just picked up a copy of Think Thank’s 2010 release: Right Brain Left Brain. It was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen, and that’s coming from a SKIER. For all you skiers out there, Think Thank is a snowboard video production company, who in my opinion, are miles ahead of anyone else (except for maybe FODT, just because they go so big) in terms of urban and creative jibbing. Think Traveling Circus and CASG on snowboards (but with more experience). It was literally mind-blowing. A wicked soundtrack, a good vibe, and riders who ALL hold it down. No filler tricks here. In short, amazing.
This is also the crew that Scott Stevens rides with. Best jibber out there in my opinion, two planks or one.
Though you may be being pulled in the direction of itunes movie, with the more affordable price, Think Thank’s RBLB is 100% worth the 30 dollars. 2 half-an-hour discs, plus bonus features, which are also sick. And there’s virtually NO talking and filler interviews, so you’re paying for a full hour of golden snowboarding, which is a nice change.
Pick up a copy at your local shop or at www.thinkthank.com.
See you on the hill, Dylan
SNOWDEO !?
Coming this February, Snowdeo is a two day railjam competition happening at Swanguard stadium. That’s right Swanguard stadium is going to be turned into a full-on urban park with features including rails, fences, a wall ride, a step-down jump and more.
The railjam will be the biggest of its kind in the lower main land with riders from all across North America competing for $20,000 of prizes. The event will also include entertainment, a beer garden, and DJ’s such as My!Gay!Husband! and The Hood Internet.
Organizers are expecting crowds of 5,000 a day during the two day event and are hoping to make this an annual event for the following years.
Hailing from North Bay, ONT, Jesmond Dubeau will be participating in Rail jam, Snowdeo.
It’s going to be a killer weekend and there’s no doubt that the riders are going to be throwing down at this event.
For more Information check out www.snowdeo.ca
That’s all for now,
Andrew.
Schools Out!
Hey gang,
For most of you, including me, the coming up weeks are a sacred time of year. For a little over two weeks, young skiers and snowboarders get to put away their school books to shred their hearts out. It’s winter break! As you probably noticed, today was especially nice out, the sun was shinning, the birds were singing, and tricks were being stomped left right and centre. When I got up to the mountain, my jaw nearly hit the ground as I did my first lap through the quicksilver park checking out all the new features that were perfectly set up overnight. The park has variety, fluidity, perfectly set-up features, basically the sickest park I have ever seen grouse produce. Unfortunately right now I am on the injured list because two sundays ago, a certain flat rail and I weren’t getting along, which resulted in three broken bones in my hand. However, I came up with my camera to get some shots with a few of my friends. I hope everyone has an awesome holiday, and get’s the chance to check out the park. Big ups to the park crew and look out for an edit dropping real soon.
Cheers!
Simon.
Weekend Edit
It’s dumping snow here right now at Grouse and now that we are putting a mellow week behind us, it’s about time that we’ve got some snow. Despite all the rain and slush, I had time to get some weekend laps in with my buddies. I was stoked to get some footy with my new camera and make an edit.
Check it out!
Look out for more edits coming soon.
- Andrew
An Introduction: It’s Dylan!
Hey all,
My name’s Dylan Gillespie and I’m super stoked to be one of the Grouse Park bloggers for this season! I’ve been skiing Grouse all my life, and got into the park/freeski scene a few years ago, though I love doing anything with skis on my feet. I live really close to Grouse, so you can be sure to see me lapping the park on weekends and after school. If you see me, stop me and say hi! I’m usually wearing a orange jacket or black hoody, and blue pants. I always enjoy meeting someone new and spining laps with another stoked rider!
Now overall, the weather’s been pretty good this season which has let the Grouse Park Crew put together an AMAZING park setup, week after week. Add a bunch of new and improved features for them to work with, and you’ve got one of the best parks Grouse has seen in a long time. So be sure to get up there as soon as you can and check out either the Quiksiver Park or the Paradise Jib Park, both of which are sweeeeet right now.
I will be posting numerous edits, photos, and videos thoughout the season, and you can check those out on my Vimeo page and my Flickr page (which shall be set up with content in the near future).
In the mean time, here are a couple of my favourite photos from my past season.
Skier: Dyan Gillespie Photo: Matt Hutchinson
I’m not going to sit here and claim I’m any good at photography, because I’m not. I’m really hoping to improve this year, because right now, I can’t tell the differance between f-stop and flash sync. But very, VERY rarely I can sometimes click the shutter button on my Casio point-and-shoot at the right moment, which I was luckily able to do here.
Skier: Casey Klimock Photo: Dylan Gillespie
That’s all I got for now guys, but keep checking back for more great updates from me and my fellow bloggers.
Peace!
-Dylan
An Introduction: It’s DJean!
Hi!
My name’s Jean Lavigne, and this season I have been chosen to be on board blogging for grousepark.com. I’m a snowboarder and a Grouse local. I’ve been snowboarding since I can remember and since then I’ve always called Grouse home. The last four winter seasons I’ve spent working up Grouse as a snowboard instructor teaching kids of all ages how to shred! I live on the North Shore and when I’m not at work or schooling, you can find me up Grouse lapping the park or hunting down pow on the Olympic Chair. I normally come up alone but always meet up with the shred posse, so if you ever see me around give a shout, I’m always down to cruise. THE MORE THE MERRIER!! Something else I’m really passionate about is music, and when I’m not busy with the above, I’m either listening or finding new music. I put together mixes under the alias DJEAN, so you can look out for some bangin’ mixes from me this season or from other local riders who too love to jump on the VDJ tables.
Look out for some edits and photos from me this season of all things awesome up Grouse, especially the park, we all know the talk about the snow this season, hopefully that pulls through because no doubt with enough the Quicksilver Park is going to be killin’ it.
Make sure to get Djean on Facebook, for all updates on the music side, Here’s a link to some of my older mixes, and I’ve got some in the works too so look out for those. Stoked to meet all the fellow park rats!
PEACE,
Jean.
Hello again
Frodo here checking in for another season of blogging with grousepark.com. I am very excited to be back and have plans to follow suit from last year and keep shooting as often as I can. The season is already shaping up nicely with Grouse having what I can honestly say, from my few years riding park, the most fun and most flowy park they have ever had. This can pretty obviously be attributed to some fresh faces on park crew and an early snowfall. If you have not been up I urge you to get up there and check out the Quiksilver Terrain Park, you won’t be disappointed.
Earlier this year the Lower Mainland was blessed with something it did not see at any point last year, snow in the city. I called up a few people and we decided to take advantage of this and shoot some urban rails before the snow melted. We got to work and came out with a couple of shots, here’s one of Tom Mckay, setting up for a 270 out.
That’s all for now, expect more soon,
Frodo.