Quiksilver Showdown Over The City – View from the Beer Garden.
This years Quiksilver Showdown Over the City was an amazing first taste of sunny spring. The new location for the course lead to a perfectly situated spectators area. Knowing that the photographers and videographers showdowns would provide extensive coverage of the event, I took it too the beer garden to see who was hangin’..
Luisa Jeffery celebrates the fact the beer garden takes visa!
Snowboard Canada photographer Ralph Dammon on the scene getting the shot.
Always nice to see DC’s Logan Haubrich
Posted up for the day – Matts Kuli
Nitro’s Alice Gorton lucked out having her 19th birthday on such an amazing weekend.
8mile’s Johnny Lyall + Quiksilver’s Dario Phillips know they have two hands for a reason.
This guy is hyped.
Some good lookin spring boardin style.
Still got it: Chris Dufficy
DC’s Jody Wachniak + Quiksilver’s Matt Belzille enjoy the day off from filming.
Jon Versteeg wins promising 15% to the after party tab.
Steph Weber at the peak of her season.
Caley Vanular and Luisa Jeffery date laps.
Jack of all trades: Chris Brown
Altitudes Apres – Ending the day off right..
Brad Broughton knows how to judge what’s good.
Beer-utifullll day.
-CV
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The 5th Annual Quiksilver Showdown Over the City
Grouse Mountain hosted it’s 5th Annual Quiksilver Showdown Over the City this weekend, and it was awesome! Born five years ago , the event has grown to attract top talent from across Canada and the US with the TTR World Tour 4 Star point designation. Over the past few years the event had been caught in bad weather systems but this year that was not the case. The sun was out, and the beer garden was jumping. Another exciting factor about this years Showdown was the jumps. The Grouse Park Crew built the best course to date. Each of the jumps in the double jump line could have been featured as a stand alone Big Air kicker. With 20′ tall wedges and 60′ decks these kickers were no joke.
Here are a few shots I captured at the event.
Drop In! "What's the speed?" "Straight in from here."
Unidentified Sender!
Heli Cam!
Judges judge. Darcy Sharpe flying.
Man Sized Air
The top jump was no joke.
Snowboarding Roayalty - Chris Dufficy Happy about his cookie and riding in the finals with a huge Cab 9 to Double Wildcat.
John Versteeg $5,000 richer.
Results:
1) John Versteeg
2) Darcy Sharpe
3) Craig McMorris
Stay tuned for the Andrew Santos edit for the Filmmaker Showdown.
-Myrosha
Showdown over the City Course Preview
I don`t know about you, but I cannot wait for the Showdown over the City. If you don`t know, the Showdown will be taking place this Friday and Saturday at Grouse. The course is pretty gnarly this year with some big features. I thought I would snap some shots of the course exclusively for you, our Grouse Park viewers. Here it is from top to bottom.
For more info check out the official Showdown over the City website here.
See ya there!
Andrew Santos
Sun in the Grouse Park
Many students like me got to take advantage of class being out early this week. The sun was out and the park was dialed. My fisheye lens arrived right on time for this and I brought it up to snap some shots. Here’s what I came up with while enjoying this wonderful holiday.
Adriano Tongko with a sweet method into the sun.
On set of Pocket full of Gnar.
Got to learn some new tricks after the big dump on Sunday night. Photo cred to Kaz Yamamura.
Shawn Greensides rides trees.
Shawn with the Tank.
That’s all for now,
- Andrew Santos
A Couple New Quik Park Features
Went up recently to the Quiksilver Park to check out some new features that have been moved around and added. Here is a taste of whats new up there! Looks as though snow is in the forecast this week which is a promising sign!
This rail is set up with mellow banks on both sides – Tom ollies a 360 over it into the new C-rail set up:
I think the C-rail could be my favorite feature these days…
One of the other big features added was this launch box – You can take it to a jump style landing or just hop into the transition early to save you knees!
The 3 jump line on the side cut is looking very promising in the coming days, looking forward to that! A new Quiksilver park edit coming very soon!
-Matthew
DC Scavenger Hunt & 24 Hours of Winter
We went up to Grouse for the 24 Hours of Winter to try our luck on the DC Scavenger Hunt. We searched around the whole mountain but our eyes were not peeled enough to find one. The hidden frisbees, if found, were redeemable for prizes in the lodge! Lots of people were on the lookout and the frisbees were being tracked down left and right. Unfortunately I guess I don’t have the right skills for this game, but many were very successful on the foggy night!
The Canucks game had begun in the mist with snow-made stands.
Runs were fun to rip around, the snow was soft and the bumps were prime! Shreddable all night.
This dude was hyped on his find!!
-Matthew
24 Hours of Shred
Grouse Mountain is running the annual 24 Hours of Winter a.k.a 24 Hours of Shred. This is always a good time. They pack the weekend with good events and this year is no exception. Here are few shredtivities to look out for:
- Terrain Parks: Non-stop Sat-Sun Park Jam 11pm – 1am Park Jam will be open to all amateurs skiers and snowboarders from 11pm to 1am.
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DC Booth: DC Booth will be located in the North East area of the Canadiana Room! Come and grab some cash in the Money Booth and redeem your earnings for prizing!9am Saturday to 12pm Sunday
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DC Scavenger Hunt: Find the DC frisbees hidden all around the mountain and redeem them for a prize at their booth! Check Twitter and Facebook for clues!
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Altitudes After Dark Deck Party: We are tenting the Altitudes deck to create the perfect spot to party all night! With a beautiful view of the city, the Altitudes deck party will play host to DJ Hebejebe until 4am, and there will be prizes to be won. Take a break from the hills, listen to some music and get ready to hit the slopes again at sunrise!
Sunny Park Laps @ Grouse Park
Straight from the Quikpark
I have to say that both the Cut Line and Quikpark are prime right now. Did a couple laps yesterday and I was having way too much fun. I brought out the camera for the last run. Here are the results.
These are only three of the many features that are up right now. Come up and check it out! Photo creds to Kaz Yamamura and a big shout out to the Park Crew.
Later!
Andrew Santos
Roxy Ride Days: Coming to Grouse Mountain!
ROXY RIDE DAYS COMING TO GROUSE MOUNTAIN!
Saturday, February 4th. 2012
Come on out and have some fun with Roxy Ride Days Canadian Tour at Grouse Mountain! Learn new tricks, meet new friends and have a blast spending the day snowboarding with the WSF Roxy coaching team. Join in on a fun progressive day on the hill filled with park coaching sessions, mini jam comps and prize giveaways!
Open to all ages & abilities!
- Learn new tricks
- Receive a gifts from Roxy
- Tons of prizes
- Demo the latest snowboards from Roxy
- Ride with friends
- Lunch included
EVENT TIMELINE
Saturday, February 4th. 2012
9:00 – 10:o0 am: Registration & Warm Up
10:00 – 10:30 am: Group Coaching Session: Intro to Freestyle Riding
10:30 – 12:30 pm: Coaching Sessions: Jumps, Rails, Boxes
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 pm: Mini Jams: Game of R.O.X.Y. – JIB JAM
4:00 – 4:30 pm: Prizes & Wrap up
REGISTRATION
$50.00+ Lift Ticket.
Includes Lunch & Roxy Gift Bag!
REGISTRATION LINK: http://shredsisters.com/blog/roxy-ride-days-events/roxy-ride-days-british-columbia/register
For Roxy Snow info, visit:
www.roxy.com
Twitter: @roxy #RoxyCanada
See you out there!
- CV