Ski Tracks App Review
“Dood I swear I was going 100kph on that last run.” “No you weren’t dood.” Now, thanks to the Ski Tracks app for iPhone, this dispute can be settled easily. The Ski Tracks app for iPhone is an advanced GPS app that tracks and records many different stats while you are riding. Including; top speed, avg speed, total vertical feet, vertical feet per run, # of runs, where you ride and more.
Ski Tracks & the Tracks Screen
Ski Tracks app
- Cost: $1.99 or FREE for the Lite version
- Cool Factor: Pretty Cool
- Functional Factor: Very Good – you can track where you go so you can keep from getting lost
- Freestyle Factor: Pretty Low – it doesn’t track air time or rotations
- Website: www.corecoders.com
If my freind Joe had this app a few years ago, he wouldn't have gotten lost, spent two nights off the back Cypress, and he would still have all his toes.
The interface is easy to use and the many functions are fun to play with. You can save different tracks from different mountains and view these tracks in either satellite, standard or track mode(which looks like sonar). The app can also be used to track how many park runs you get in a session and with the Altitude & Speed screen you can see when you picked up speed and when you slowed down graphed over the whole session(see image above). In ‘Settings’ you can toggle back and forth between metric and imperial so that you can review your elevation and vertical skied in feet and speed in kilometers. This is actually the one drawback to the app because Canadians tend to refer to height in feet and speed in kilometers and you cannot set each of these independently. The other drawback, mentioned earlier, is not tracking airtime, rotations or amount of time spend on rails. 
One of my favourite things to do with the app is Freeracing. Which is kinda like Freeskiing or Freestyling except its racing. Here is how you play:
- Get a group of friends together and download the Ski Tracks app
- Turn the app on
- Pick a run
- Race it*
- Pull out you iPhones at the bottom of the chairlift and see who clocked the top speed
Winner winner chicken dinner. Brad hit 98kph.
*Grouse Mountain is making a concerted effort to promote safe skiing and boarding. So make sure you pick an appropriate run to race on.
Overall I give the Ski Tracks app 4 out 5 Highfives.
-Myrosha
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Quicksilver Park
Here are a few shots from a mellow afternoon in the Quicksilver park! The snow that day was less than prime, but the set ups were proper and had flow – really fun. Everything is looking great up there, lots of options!
-Matthew
Grouse Park Playlist 3 – The Journey
Now that the holidays are over I am getting back into school and riding. I spent a lot of my time in December traveling. This Grouse Park Playlist is inspired by thinking about shredding while on the road. I spent 40 hours in a car from Calgary to southern Ontario in one long seamlessly never ending journey. This gave me plenty of time to reflect and go through my whole iPod, there were many songs that made me nostalgic of epic days on the mountain. I picked these songs in particular because they all have good vibes. While skiing and snowboarding there are many different styles of music to get into, and I am a fan of almost all music. When I’m not on the mountain these tracks seem like theme songs for the good days. They bring back all the good memories and in turn gets me hyped to go ride! It’s hard to try and pick a playlist that is good for riding, as everyone gets down to something different. This collection of songs can at least convey a feeling that you can relate back to being on the mountain with friends. In my opinion, now that the snow is flying, the good times must be just around the corner. See you out there!
Listen, stream or share Grouse Park Playlist 3 – The Journey here.
-Matthew
January – Wanted List
- Cheap Monday: jacket + shirt
- Electric: EG2.5s
- Comme des Garcon: Macbook case
- Nike: Zoom Force 1 – Dark Obsidian
- Capita: Space Metal Fantasy FK
Above is the first of a monthly Wanted List I plan to post here on the Grouse Park blog. This month I am feeling a real-life-boarding vibe. Starting with an oversize starter jacket paired with a mellow plaid shirt for the mild park days we were having up until recently. With that, the Electric EG 2.5’s – a smaller version of the original EG 2’s, great for anyone with a smaller face. After that is a Japanese leather Macbook case – for travelers, students and employed; replacing the need for a backpack. Finally a pair of amazingly supportive Nike boots and a Capita FK, a 2012 Transworld good wood winner and one of my favourites for park and powder days.
Park Update: Cut Line
Good morning,
For those that don’t know me already, my name is Marcus Cartwright. This is my 6th winter season at grouse. Couple things: If you haven’t been up since last week, there have been some changes to the Cut Line. We have two progressive lines at the moment that flow into the jump (L). Big shout outs to the park crew and park groomer.
We’ve also begun working on the Quiksilver park today, so the Side Cut will be on standby until further notice. Stay tuned to our announcements on Twitter for more.
-MC
1st line goes a little something like this:
Flat Down Box (L)
Red Mario Tube Rail set up on a flat (L)
20’ Fun Box (M)
25’ Down Box (M)
2nd line, is a rail line and goes like this:
20’ Down Flat bar (M)
20’ Flat Shotgun Rail (M)
20’ Down Shotgun Rail (M)
“NEW” 32’ Elbow Kink Rail setup flat (L)
30’ Round Down Rail (L)
Urban
Here are 2 clips from Saturdays urban session. First is an accidental firecracker to some serious heavy head. Second is a land. I didn’t get any tricks besides the skislide, city rails aren’t as easy as they look!
-Jason
Snow in the City!
North Vancouver is a gold mine for handrails, but since we rarely get snow these rails don’t often see any action. Well we finally had some snow fall last night so Trint Thomas (newest Endeavor Am), Jeremy Cox and myself got down to work right away before the snow melted. We set up a 14-flat-11 stair down-flat-down. It’s a rail in my neighborhood that I’ve been looking to ski for the last couple of years.
Video clips to come, but for now here’s some behind the scenes shots from the session.
Jeremy getting the shot.
Trint about to drop in.
-Jason
Oakley Park Jams – Round 1
Oakley Night Jams - Round 1
The first Oakley Park Jam of the season kicked off last night in the Grouse Park. Clear skies made perfect conditions for the throw down and I was stoked to see the turnout and the level of shred at the jam format event. Over 50 skiers and snowboarders showed up to rip the park for prizes and bragging rights. The Park Crew started the crowd off at the rail features near the top of the park. The crew gave the park shreds a short period of time to jam on a decided jib to win prizes from Oakley. Good tricks were called out on the megaphone with the ‘Banger Siren’. After moving through a few rail features they finished off at the Cut Line kicker. And then it started puking snow. The Park Jams are open to everyone. There is no sign up or limited number of runs and anyone can play. All you have to do is show up and drop in on the feature that the Oakley crew and Park Crew call out over the mic. It is just a session like any session except during the jam the you can win prizes. Come out for the next Park Jam on Friday January 20th and don’t forget your tricks!
“Winner winner chicken dinner.” Here are a few of the riders and their banger tricks at the Jam:
- Drew Paxton (skier) – 270 on, Switch Up, Pretzel 270 off on the Flat Down Box
- Mike French (boarder) – 270 on, Swith Up, 270 off on the Down Bar & Hardway Back 180 on to Back 180 off *holy tech!
- Adrien Tognko (boarder) – 50 50 though the kink on the 39′ Elbow Rail to Front 360 off
GPC - Grouse Park Crew holding it down.
Lets squash all this Skier vs. Boarder beef and just ride together. These two are.
The Cut Line kicker was prime.
Now there is a ton of powder up on Grouse right now. So for today, get out of the park!
- Myrosha
Cut Line Laps with Mike and Tomas
I got some laps in this week on the new Grouse Park Cut Line build. With the sun out, it was time to take out the camera and get some shots. Riders in the edit are Michael Granger and Tomas Smythe. Hope you enjoy it and don’t forget to click the “HD” button.
Look out for the upcoming Oakley Night Jam on Friday January 13th.
See ya there!
Andrew Santos
Hello!
Hello Everyone!
My name is Matthew Waring and this is my first year producing content for the grouse blog! I am exited to get this season going and to spend as much time as I possibly can up in the mountains. I am originally from Ontario and am currently going to school at Capilano University. I have been living in BC for 3 years, one in Whistler and two in Vancouver. My main passions are skiing and photography so I am happy to be able to combine the two using Grouse Park blog as an outlet. When I’m not in school you will see me in the mountains skiing, filming and generally having fun, because we live in an insane part of the world!
Here are a couple of clips from December in the Hike Park – One of the best parts about this set up is that you can re-learn all of those rusty tricks you may have lost from the summer. Perfectly mellow features to get tricks on, before taking them to bigger stuff. That’s it for now – see you up there.
-Matthew