This past weekend, Volcom came to town to present its annual Peanut Butter Rail Jam, stop #16 at Seymour. Sunny skies were present and good times were had by all! Corey Mcintosh claimed FIRST place in the 15 and under division!! Grats Corey! Now wheres my gas money…
Here is a short video from the day!
Shot and Edited by Mike Baier
peace!
Hey everyone, this week is April Fools!!! So get in the spirit and go raid your moms closet and get on the tightest and brightest fitting one piece you can find! Get out those fanny packs, sunscreen and headbands! Get into value village and get whatever you can find! We will be there all weekend giving out yellow flavoured snowcones to the best dressed!!!!
Check it out!
Showdown update to come soon!
-Dan
whatup! Long time no update eh… well I have been very busy with school and riding lots so I finally found time for an update.
A couple weeks ago we came back from our rail trip from the Okanagan which was a blast! And you have all probably seen the footage and pics! Here are a couple good ones i found…
Can you spot Liam Casey?
Scott has a Volksawagon Golf.
Liam eating a huge donut!
Charlie was pretty hungry, that my friends is a rotisseri chicken.
The alley rail!
Pat King getting the shot!
I snapped this great moment of Scott and Liam laughing at me.
OKAY, now for some snowboard talk. I got the chance to demo next years Ride Nitrane bindings which build off the Contraband chassis. Be ready to hear more of this in the future, this binding was awesome.
Sam, Alice and I will be demoing next years Capita, which I am super stoked for considering this years Horrorscope FK is my favourite board to date, and I don’t think I can ride any other board.
A couple blogs that I have been following lately are www.gnarcore.com. www.shayboarder.com and www.ashburyeyewear.com!
Gnarcore always has sick edits and posts about keeping snowboarding fun. Shayboarder always has fun, informative posts about this years and next years gear. Ashbury updates their blog multiple times a day and follows some of my favourite riders including Nick Dirks, Jed Anderson, Nima Jalali and lots others so check it out!
Everyone check out Alex Beebe’s blog, Peachhat; he’s got a new teaser out! Check it!
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Peace out, go snowboarding, have fun, smile!!
-Dan
I know, I know, I am a little late on this update, but I have been swamped with midterms, papers, term projects and many more non snowboarding related THINGS.
So, from what I remember, this was the 2nd stop on the Coors Light You look good rider’s cup series, and it was a 3 star ttr event. Scotty and I rolled up around 8 and registered, conditions were spectacular, BLUEBIRD.
Ran into a lot of grouse locals including Zak and Alek Dolesky, Michael Hoy, Nick Felice, some Grouse riders Jenelle Pritchard, Tamo Campos, Barry Hartman and Matt Belzile. The course was super sick, the jumps were small, but on point. The first feature was a staircase feature which included a downbar, down box and flat down box.
Mens Pro Open:
1st Place Matt Belzile (Grouse Mountain)
2nd Place Craig Beaulieu
3rd Place Kevin Griffin
Mens AM Open:
1st Place Joel Dalaker
2nd Place Taylor Pfaff
3rd Place Ian Macarthur
(I was the last cut from finals, go me! i got 16th! haha)
Mens (13-15) :
1st Place Stevie Koypt
2nd Place Nelson Languedoc
3rd Place Zak Dolesky (Grouse Mountain!!!)
Men (12 and under):
1st Place Darcy Sharpe
2nd Place Nick Wittrock
3rd Place Nick Felice (Grouse Mountain!!!)
Women (13-15) :
1st Place Chloe Woodruff
Women AM Open:
1st place Tara Hickey
2nd Place Marie-Andree Racine
3rd Place Ali Tracy
4th Place Carrie Hall
5th Place Kaitie Halinda
Womens PRO Open:
1st Place Terri Dreger
2nd Place Cassandra Ironside
3rd Place Breanna Strangeland
4th Place Gillian Andrewshenko
5th Place Stephanie Just
Here are some pics, Enjoy!
Grouse local Nick Felice gets 3rd place! Congrats Nick!
Sara from Coastal Riders get dirty with Grouse Team Jenelle Pritchard
Sup Barry Hartman (Grouse Team Rider), WHAT UP?
Grouse Rider Tamo Campos getting ready to drop in with Trint Thomas creepin in the back.
PYPEACE
Dan
Alright all you fellers, here is an update from a couple wednesdays ago when myself and local Grouse shredder Alice Gorton went up to Whistler for the day. Conditions were sun, and lots of it and with lift lines being mellow due to being a weekday, we did HOT LAPS all day long!!!
Grouse local Alice Gorton on her way to killing it in the Whistler park under blue skies!!
They day turned out to be super fun and super mellow. Whistler’s park is more jib oriented and even more so with the lack of snow up there season. But this is no excuse for the Whistler Park Crew as all their parks are always fun and packed with features. Note worthy features were the really fun tables, multiple array of downbars, the corrigated pipe and picnic tables! Alice was killing it all day as usual. You can usually find Alice lapping the Quiksilver Park most days of the week and she was throwing down. Front lips, back tails, nose grabs and front boards were dialed that day.
We ran into former Grouse local Adam and Ryan and they enjoyed some good times with us.
Despite Adam's lack of expression, he was having a very fun day...right Adam!? 
Next lap we met up with Grouse Mountain Pro Team Rider Jenelle Pritchard and her best friend Stephanie Just, winner of last years Showcase Showdown.
Jenelle keeping it PG-13 for all the kids
We also saw Grouse Pro Team Rider Barry Hartman, but the guy is too fast and my coolpix skills are too slow!
To end the day, here are some shenanigans from some Whistler locals who dressed up for the sunshine! Enjoy!
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You Look Good update coming soon!
PEACE, go snowboarding and/or skiing.
-Dan
Hey everyone, I know that it is a week since 48 hours at Grouse and I haven’t written an update about it, so here it is!
We arrived Saturday evening around 8pm and upon getting our passes scanned, we had to go through the security checkpoint. Here is my neighbor Corey Mcintosh, who came up with me and Tanya starting the night off right with a huge smile…as he is about to get frisked by security.
Corey Macintosh loves Grouse Mountain
No alcohol for you Corey, aka CJ, aka 25 year old woman ANDREA. (long story)
As the night went on, crowds came and went, snow was hardpacked, a little icy in some spots but not too bad at all. Saturday night proved itself to be a much more mellow night than the one previous.
Corey, my girlfriend Tanya and myself met up with Grouse’s very own Charlie Grinnell and Rod Caula and got some filming done. Since the lines were mellow we did about 2-3 hours of follow cams while Charlie camped out at the second jump. At first we filmed with a wide angle lens which is a little harder to film with compared to a fisheye because with a fisheye you can pretty much point it at the rider and he will be in the shot while a wide angle lens consists of a little more effort to get the shot.
Once we were too tired to film, as it was around 3 AM, we split up and rendezvoused back at the chalet. After picking up our care packages (Thanks Michelle Evans!) we set up camp at a table. Charlie took his laptop out and we proceeded to upload the footage and started editing. Charlie’s energy drinks were keeping him go, meanwhile I was experiencing the crash and burn effect from the Rockstars.
an unamused Tanya Crail, a very stoked Charlie Grinnell and a very tired Bryce Mclean
My beautiful T and her tea!
The good and bad of editing in one picture
And in case you missed it on Charlie’s post, here is the finished product! Enjoy!
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CJ Mcintosh doing god knows what, but it sure isn't sitting well with Wes Kilpatrick
At about 4am Tanya, Corey and myself decide to part ways with Rod and Charlie, and stop by the DC kitchen on our way to the tram.
Tan and CJ checking out the DC Enjoy the Ride More Booth
These 4 guys were pretty much spooning eachother at 4 in the morning
And the last highlight of the night was going down the tram weith the best trammy on Grouse, Mckenzie!
Couple of energy drinks and you're good to go!
Overall, Grouse Mountain’s 48 hours of Winter was a great success. Good times were had, old friends were embraced and new friends were made. Thanks for the good times!
Until next time…PEACE
-Dan
Here is a little something about the Oakley Night Jam presented by Coastal Riders we had on Feb 6. Biggest news was our very own Charlie Grinnel was co-MC, and did a great job rounding up the kids and keeping it fun. props charlie!
Charlie Grinnel MC for Oakley Night Jams
The turnout was HUGE that night, and everyone was itchin to ride. Here are some pics.
Keenan & Dan
A few of the younger shreds of Grouse
Zak Dolesky beating up Clinton Cameron aka Tsawassen
2 out of the 3 best mini shreds at Grouse Mountain, Zak and Nic
Heres the other one, Kevin Dzah
Park Crew Chris Dedinsky and Andrew Nicoletti battling over who gets to rake the takeoff for the flat box
Park Crew Chris Dedinsky and his pal Nic
Make your way to the next jam, and get the chance to win tons of prizes!
-Dan
