Here it is, a park video brought to my attention by Rob Morrison of park crew of the good times managed in the midst of the good, the bad, the ugly and the worst. We made it! There’s one more weekend left, I will be up there this weekend getting my last laps in with some of my blog homies and other friends. Come by and catch a few laps and join us for an apres at Altitudes. Pray for sun…something besides the apres needs to go right!
Sam
You may all have heard this already, but Grouse is going to stay open till May2nd. And yes, there will be a park on Cut as long as there’s enough snow. Either way, Grouse is going to be the place to be on the North Shore till May starts. Get up and get shredding. I went up last night with Grouse local, Callem Peake, and it was a beauty. The sun’s out longer and the snow is staying softer later into the night. you have no excuse not to be there.
Cheers,
Sam
I thought the season was over, I’d started to switch my thoughts from skiing over to biking and then suddenly.. dumps of snow! We’ve had over about a foot of new snow in the past 48 hours and it’s still coming so get up there and get some skiing done! A bunch of new runs are open and it’s almost like we’ve started the season over again. The other day a few buddies and I got up there and had the best day all season!
So for those of you that not only enjoy skiing but like too have a little fun off the hill as well i recommend watching this video. Basically its a video blog of pro skier Ian Cosco’s travels. That doesn’t sound too amazing but if you knew the guy you’d know that your gonna have a good five minutes of laughs during this video while Cosco and friends make complete fools of themselves while looking so prooo! Check it out.
Keep it real Grouse!
Eric Beckstead
Hey everyone!
Grouse has been killing it lately, and there have been a lot of opportunities to free ride as well as hit up the Cut park and Paradise jib park. Last night, we mostly looked around for natural jibs and fun little side hits on expo. At one point, Reid Alex, Anthony Cervantes and I were riding up the Greenway Express chair. A small child decided that it would be a good idea to hop onto our chair last minute. He managed to get on half way, and we all tried to pull him up. By this point we were a little ways up, and without him saying anything, we had no idea what he was trying to do, so we held on. After about two meters, he jumped off and ducked just in time for him to miss the chair that was coming towards his head. I’m going to have to say that at the time it was one of the most bizarre experiences of my life and thank goodness he’s okay! Keep your kids on a leash! Haha, don’t actually. This was one of the exciting points of the evening, as well as scoping out some fun logs and natural stalls. By 7pm, the sun was starting to set, but the snow remained slushy and fun!
It’s awesome to see everyone having fun on all the local mountains, as well as Whistler! Heres a video of one of the best days in Whistler ever! Most people switched skis for snowboards and vice versa and had one of the funniest days filming ever. Ex-Grouse locals Liam Casey, James Anderson, Spencer Watson and Ryan Belich killed it, and make sure you watch to the end to see the banger! Enjoy!
Inspiration can come from a lot of places, but one thing that’s for sure is that when it comes, it can change a boring, unproductive day into one of your best days of shooting. The other day I was doing a research project for photo class on a photographer called Cole Barash and had one of those “inspiring” moments when I stood up and looked out of the library window. I quickly went home, grabbed my camera gear and called my friend Trevor Robson to go and shoot. Although it’s not skiing or snowboarding and not on a mountain we had an awesome time and got some sweet shots. Inspiration can be one of the best things to happen to a shoot, so next time your inspired, don’t let it pass, instead go out and make something of it. Here’s what came out of that little bit of inspiration for me, let me know what you think!
-Bill
The clock is ticking down on the SanDisk Best Photo Sequence contest. April 1, 2010 is the deadline – which means you only have about 30 days to get your sequences uploaded for a chance to win $5,000!
SanDisk has teamed up with Freeskier to put on this epic photo sequence contest. Here’s how it works:
1. Get out on the hill and shoot some sequences
2. Morph your sequences
3. Upload your best sequences (from this year or from years past) to BestPhotoSequence.com.
4. Repeat steps 1 – 3 throughout the season as many times as you’d like.
5. Sit back and wait to see if you’ve won the grand prize of $5,000 cash money.
The contest closes April 1, 2010, so get to it, and good luck!
Keep It Real Grouse!
Eric Beckstead
