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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
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Hey everyone, my name is Jeremy Cox. I have been involved with the Grouse Park blog for the past couple years, mainly focused on video. If it’s a sunny day and I am up the mountain chances are I will have my camera so feel free to say ‘hi’! Keep posted for, what I hope will be, some cool edits this season. I got a couple lap’s in with Zac Dolesky recently and here is a one run edit from the session.
-Jeremy
It’s On
It’s on. Another season of snowboarding on Grouse Mountain. Another year of tree runs, park laps, and powder turns. To introduce myself, my name is Myrosha Daley and I have been riding for almost 20 years, competitively for 15, and I have worked in the snowboard industry for nearly 10. I have been fortunate in my shred life to snowboard at many different mountain resorts. Grouse is still one of my favorite places to ride. It might be how close it is to my house. Or it might be how I can get a hot lap with rollers one run, and hit the park the next. It will be another year of getting off work, quickly grabbing my gear while eating dinner, and out the door to catch the Skyride tram for a night session. It will be another year of laughs on chairlifts, 9:30pm powder slashes and eventually slushy spring fun wearing jeans, a t-shirt and shades. When I really think about it, it makes sense. Another year of riding Grouse Park and I can’t wait.
"It's on"
This is my first year on the Grouse Park blog and I am stoked to be contributing and acting as editor. Hyped to join the team and bring you some killer features:
- Real Talk – Interviews with snow pros and snow industry heads
- Playlists – New tunes for your park riding pleasure
- Trick Tips – Delivered to you from the Grouse Park Crew
- Game of D.I.C.E – You’ll have to wait and see…
Keep updated with us on the Grouse Park blog for these features, videos, regular posts from the contributors and more.
Happy Holidays,
Myrosha
First Daze First Post
The Cut Line is fun and the GoPro’s are out. 
My first post and first year with the Grouse Park blog. I am excited to be contributing and riding up at Grouse Mountain this season. Some background info on myself: snowboarding for over eleven years, blogging for about six and living in Vancouver for almost two. An enthusiast of all things culture, I plan on adding a fresh perspective and some frequent content to the blog — from ‘day in the park’ to product reviews, it’s going to be a fun season.
Up and Running for the 2011-2012 Season!
I’m stoked to say that the Grouse Park blog is up and running for the 2011/2012 season! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Andrew Santos.
Grouse Mountain is pretty much a second home for me and I get up there as much as I can. This is my second year with the blog and this season, along with the crew of bloggers, I will be posting tons of new content so you know what’s going down in the park. The Park Crew has some sick new features that are just waiting to be seshed. If you haven’t checked out the Cut line yet, get up there. You won’t be disappointed. Here’s a shot by Kaz Yamamura of me on opening day:
If you see me give me a shout, I’m always down to do some laps. For now you can check out my Vimeo here and Look out for some more posts coming your way.
See you in the Park!
Andrew Santos
Shop Guy of the Week!
Hey Gang,
Yours truly made it onto the Rome Snowboards site as SHOP GUY OF THE WEEK! Stoked!
I gave a shout out to Grouse on there too
Jean
Self Edit
As most of you know, winter break ended with bluebird skies. I was able to get up for the last week and do some shooting with David Lu. I ended up getting some descent tricks on film so he put together a little self edit for me. Enjoy!
Hope to see everyone out at the Oakley Park Jam on January 15th. Should be sick
Simon.
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.
An Introduction: It’s Andrew!
Hey Guys and Girls,
I’m Andrew Santos, I’ve been both a snowboarder and videographer for over three years. I live in Burnaby and I’m attending Burnaby Central Secondary School. I’m currently living in my parents basement, but that’s okay because I’m 16 years old. Any day I get to ride is a good day for me and if I’m not at school, you can usually find me on the slopes. With a handful of new camera gear, I will be giving you guys the full update on what’s going on this season. I have no doubts in my mind that this is going to be killer year and I’m so stoked to be one of your Grousepark bloggers for this season. If you see me on the mountain feel free to give me a shout, I’ll be the guy with the purple Grenade jacket and I’ll usually have some sort of camera in my hands. I’m Andrew Santos, that’s a little about me and I’m looking forward to seeing you guys on the slopes.
Later!
