New PYP Edits!
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Wow 2 in 1 go!!!!
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Liam Casey and I are going to Mammoth on Friday to do some shooting down there, so keep you eyes locked to this page, ya heard!!
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Countdown: 6 days left!
All good things must come to an end.
Only 6 shred-days left this season. Hopefully everyone has taken full advantage of the spring riding extension Grouse Mountain was kind enough to hook up.
If you haven’t been riding lately, make sure you get some while you still can! The park is slushy, the sun is out, and the sessions are on.
Last day of riding on Grouse Mountain is Sunday April 26th!
Cam Harris and Spencer Watson gettin (upside)down with the spring sessions . Photo: Sean Fenton
So, go ride.
Now.
-cj
Another new PYP edit and some other goodies
Hey,
Heres a new edit, PYPlaytime. I am off to Whistler to do some filming for the Telus Festival up there, so be prepared for some sick stuff coming up.
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Also check out Colby West’s and John Symms’ website myfriendisapro.com, you will laugh and you can download the free song and some ringtones.
PYpeaces!
Chuckles
The Brownspy Edit
YO!
Grouse Pro Team rider Spencer Watson has a nickname, before he was on the team he was known as the Brownspy, and he’sssssssss backkkkkkkk.
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PYPepsicola,
Chuckles
Signal Snowboards – Rider Owned and Operated
I recently broke my thumb in practice at the Showdown Over the City so I’ve got a good week left to catch up on my blogging. First off, I wanted to announce that I’m more than stoked to be riding for Signal Snowboards and Celsius. Like an unfaithful boyfriend, I have been eyeing down the Signal website for the past few months, checking out the product at SIA in Las Vegas and have happily made the “board sponsor” transfer.
Evidence that the 156 Park Series can eat powder as well. R: Barry Hartman PH: Bryant Bell
I’ve been riding the 156 Signal Park deck for the past couple weeks and am really stoked. When it dumped, the thing floated ontop of powder. It’s a solid park board that felt great on the 70-foot booter that Grouse Mountain built. The best thing about the Park Series is that you can find one for $400 since it’s Signal’s lowest priced deck.
Broken thumb FS 7 in the semis. Photo: Bryant Bell
FS pretzel. Photo: Bryant Bell
Signal homie Tim Barker showin' how it's done. Photo: Bryant Bell
Grouse Mountain extended their closing until April 26th so don’t pack in your shred anytime soon. With about three weeks left you can be sure the park crew will be on top of their game.
Peace,
Hartman
Alterna Shoot – Through the lense of Graham Dalik
Sunday March 29th was a beautiful day. Blue skies, warm temperatures, and a 70 foot stepdown manicured to perfection. The Showdown Over the City was a thing of the past but that beast of a jump used for the competition still remained, begging to be hit. Jeff Silcock, the Grouse Mountain Events Manager, invited the Alterna Films crew to come up and do a shoot on the monstrous jump. Mr Silcock also invited a small group of skiers: pro team rider Spencer Watson, local shredder and all around good guy Liam Casey, and yours truly. The jump was meticulously perfected by the park staff (and a few of the riders), and by noon, the session was on.
Unfortunately Spencer Watson was injured early on after overshooting the jump and landing nose heavy, on his left side, near the flat bottom. He went absolutely, unfathomably, HUGE. Spencer decided to call off the rest of the session. But don’t worry, he’s fine now.
I invited my good friend Graham Dalik to come up and shoot some photos. As promised, here are a few of his shots:
Waiting for the session to start.
Beau Bishop rocking the Westbeach tall jacket.
Huge.
Spotting some transition.
In living colour.
Backflip or BASE jump? CJ loves hangtime.
Liam Casey and CJ. Front flip and back flip.
Dan Jonas. Grousepark.com. Legit.
Gettin tail.
CJ corkin a 540.
Goin huge. Gettin corked. Grabbin tail.
Liam showing Grouse Mountain why he is the man. - Flat Spin 540.
You can check more shots from the session and some of Graham’s other work on his flickr page.
Grouse locals Jason Macfarlane and Brian Choi were also in attendance snapping shots. As this post is already getting a little photo heavy, I will save their shots for another time.
Hope you enjoyed. I sure did.
-cj
Showdown and an Alterna Tease!
The Quiksilver Showdown Over the City invaded Grouse Mountain this past weekend and I was lucky enough to land a spot in the judges booth as the event tabulator. Fortunately for me this made for an amazing place to watch the madness but, unfortunately left little time to get the shot. So bear with me on the action photos for this one.
MC's getting it done.
Anyways, as you all know by now, the jump was huge, the riders were stoked and the weather was…well, crap. But that’s how contests seem to go. The fog would roll in just as fast as it rolled out leaving precious windows of opportunity for the riders to drop. Taking full advantage of the few moments of clarity on Friday during the qualifiers were Wiley Tesseo, Warren Williams, Jason Wexler, Jesse Millen, Gordon Emery, Nathan Ramler, Tim Barker and Max Ritchie, all of whom advanced to the semi-finals on Saturday.
Someone getting a better shot than I...
Along with the semi-finals came the invited riders and the same blanket of fog as the day before. Regardless of the weather, the riders threw down. Making their way through the semis and on to the finals were Jesmond Dubeau, Sebastien Toutant, Dave Fortin, Immanuel Anderson, Chris Collard, Matt Munn (who also won the rail jam on Friday night, and a cool $3000, despite the six stitches in his forehead thanks to an edge to the face earlier that day…that’s $500 per stitch if anyone’s counting!), Atsushi Ishikawa, and the only qualifier to make it all the way, Warren Williams.
The pros.
Impromptu dance 3-6-0 battle while waiting for the fog to clear...
Just when you thought the fog couldnt get any worse, for a change, it didn’t! The sun almost came out (in patches) for the finals and allowed the final 8 to put on a show. As you may already know, Sebastien Toutant took the win and $10,000 with a beautiful double cork 1080, Jesmond Dubeau scored $4000 in a well deserved second, and Atsushi Ishikawa, who came all the way from Japan, took home $2000 with third place.
Judge Duff giving the people what they want.
What you may not know is Chris Collard took fourth, Warren Williams fifth, Dave Fortin sixth, Immanuel Anderson seventh, and Matt Munn eighth (for a full list of results check the Showdown website). These guys definitely deserved the top spots. It’s hard to imagine hitting a jump of that size in less than perfect conditions.
Speaking of perfect conditions…anyone check the Alterna shoot that went down Sunday? Here’s a little tease for now. Check back in the next few days for copious amounts of uber banger shots courtesy of my good friend Graham Dalik and a few others.
Beautiful... Photo: Graham Dalik
Ok, here’s one more…
Best session ever. Photo: Graham Dalik
Mmmhmm it was gooooood,
-cj
p.s. I heard they let some skiers hit the jump…
Showdown from a different point of view!
Hello everyone!
Here is a quick update from Showdown Over The City, but in a different way. All the dudes in this video are from a group called Family Tree and they were all there for the contest, however they found the rookie and quik parks pretty fun… check it!
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Y2Play Passes are selling out, go grab one!
We had an awesome shoot yesterday on the showdown course as well, Mr. Liam Casey himself was putting double flips to his feet but they just managed to get away from him, we may be allowed to have another crack later in the week, keep it locked and loaded to grousepark.com and www.YOUTHofTODAY.ca because I know he will stick a few if he gets the chance. Also big props to pro team rider Spencer Watson, he overshot the jump, landing at about 15 feet from the flat bottom, that’s a huge fall! And he got up and walked away, so props!
PYP and Grousepark.com, the perfect combination!
Chuckles
Think you can rep harder then Spencer Watson? Napking says prove it…
Hello!
My good friend and fellow PYP member Pat King also runs a company called napKING. He is proud to announce the “Think you can rep harder then Spencer Watson?” Contest. So here is the deal, you submit a video to Pat himself of you repping something SUPER hard, doesn’t have to be napKING, just a video of you repping things super hard, the winner will get some 2010 product that NOBODY has seen yet. You don’t have to buy anything to enter this, grab a camera and go have some fun! Good luck everyone!
PYPeace!
Chuckles
NEW POW PARK EDIT PYP!
Hey!
So here is another edit from a pow day in the park at whis, MR. SPENCER WATSON slays!
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Keep it progressive and youthful,
Chuckles