This past Friday, Grouse Mountain kicked off its annual free contest series, the Oakley Night Jams. The format this season differed from the Night Jams of past years in that there was a dedicated setup for the event where the Paradise Jib Park used to be. For the first jam of the season, that park crew had setup at 16 foot butter box, a downbar of equal or greater value and a C-rail set up in a semi circle with lips at both ends for your jibbing pleasure.
The jam started of slow as kids began to trickle slowly in from around the mountain. Our own Charlie Grinnell spread the word through the Quik Park and gathered bodies from all around. Coastal Riders was on hand as the shop sponsor for this first jam. With Charlie on the mic, things quickly got popping as he made sure the event was ski friendly this time around. Grouse Mountain local Brian Choi cleaned house on the ski side of things, so we’re banning him from the next jam. Just kidding. In any case, the skiers were killing it all night on all the features. Trint and Shayan repped hard for the boarders, but all you boarders need to step your game up in time for the next Oakley Night Jam on January 8th. Here are some pictures from Friday night.
Back for another year, Oakley NightJams will be happening in our Parks on Friday nights throughout the season. Whether you are a skier or snowboarder, guy or girl, young or old, come on out to win loads of prizing and have a good time!
The first one of the season is taking place this Friday, December 18th in the Paradise Park. Be there for 7pm to get entered into our Grand prize draw for a pair of Oakley goggles or shades.
This season there will be a different format. We will now be holding one event per month to build up the excitement between events. Photos, videos, and results will be posted on grousepark.com and push.ca, all captured by our resident blogospondents.
Each event will be hosted by a different local shop who will each bring a different flare, theme, format, and vibe to the night.
There is no entry fee. All you need to do is show up on the dates below between 7 – 9pm. In order to be eligible for the Grand Prize draw you must be wearing a helmet!
Dates:
December
18
January
8
February
6
March
12
April
10**
**NOTE: The final event will take place on Saturday April 10th from 1pm-4pm.
Lower Side Cut was opened today, expanding the Quik Park to its full season length. To think that last year on this day we had just opened Paradise with 4 features, and this year we’re boasting 19 between Paradise and Quik Park. Go snowmaking! A shout out to our snowmaking crew, without these guys, you’d be riding jib park for the foreseeable future. They have been absolutley killing it for the terrain park at Grouse Mountain this year. More features are being added almost daily, and I’ll have some pictures up here soon.
My name is Jason, or as most of my friends call me, Frodo, and I have been lucky enough to be chosen as one of the Grousepark bloggers this year. I am a skier and have been skiing at Grouse Mountain since I was about 4 years old. Luckily enough, I live a mere 15 minute bus ride away from the mountain, so if I am free, you can bet I will be skiing. I am pretty recognizable on the hill, with an outerwear look consisting of tight pants and tall tees. If you see me, don’t be shy and say hello! Another thing I can usually be recognized by is a camera in my hand. I love to shoot pictures and if the weather is good chances are I won’t be caught up Grouse Mountain without my camera.
Speaking of pictures, here are some fresh pictures from the other day in the park.
Max Buchanan on the new, longer pontoon:
Trint Thomas nospressing while Shayan gets the shot:
It’s been a sunny, clear week on top of Grouse Mountain. Great for filming and such, Here’s an edit not obscured by fog featuring Trint Thomas, Shayan Aghourlikhani, James Anderson and Ryan Belich. Great product placement Shayan, your sponsors must be real proud.
With all the recent snowfall, the paradise jib park was rebuilt over the last couple of days. And it hasn’t stopped yet. With the Peak Chair now open, get your freshies in while the getting is good. We’ve been keeping real busy trying to keep up with nature, digging and pulling out rails.
Recently we’ve been trying to split our time between digging and painting and paneling the rails at the top of the Quiksilver Park. Hope you’ve all been enjoying the little setup and have been getting last years tricks on lock.
PS. look for some new features to be snow-ready real soon.
From with love,
Grouse Mountain Park Crew
Shaw, Marcus, Chris, Andrew, Dan, Tom, Conrad, Ryan, Adam.
Sorry this is being posted a whole two days after the actual opening. For those of you that missed it, Grouse Mountain has opened the early season jib park. There are 8 features set up. There’s a rainbow rail, butter box and flat box to start off the series, then there a cannon butter box which you’ll need to pump the rainbow rail for, a C rail hooking left into a flat bar, the Whale Tail box and a legit street style down rail. Basically, best early season park we’ve ever had. I took a couple pictures, but man, these cameras we get don’t work so well at night. My iPhone takes better pictures, I reckon.
