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A couple goodies from 48 hours

So as you have already heard.  Grouse was pretty darn bangin during the 48 hour sesh.  Most of my time was used either riding the park, hiding in my snowcave, or in the chalet munching out.  Though i did get some time to snap a couple here and there.

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Dan Jonas

And another one of Dan Jonas

And another one of Dan Jonas

Yes it is a whole week past the event, but better late then never eh! 

Today I went up to check out the “Your looking good” comp at Seymour with Dan Jonas again.  Went and shot some photos of him, and a few other Grouse Mountain locals and pros.  It was a super sunny and hot day.  Pretty much picture perfect day for having a competition with over 150 competitors from all through out Canada. 

On Dan’s second run in qualifiers he busted out a perfect nose press on the staircase down bar, then off to a late 3 on the stepdown booter, to a corked out 7 japan.  One of the high end runs in the ametuer category for sure.  As they announced the ametuer finalsists, suprisingly his name was not announced. 

We then proceeded over to Grouse Mountain  at around 2:30 pm to get the last bits of sun.

As we took our first lap through we met up with some Atomic team riders, Paul Welters, and Andrew Jackson.  They were currently shooting with Gonzalo Tudela.  As well Joe Mickelson and Jeremy Cox were shooting some footage for their next flick.  After the sesh on the first table and tram rail, we proceeded to the new huge rail.

This rail is probally one of the biggest and funnest rails ive ever hit.  Spinning out of this thing takes little to no effort.  Id like to give mad props to Dave Cashen for this monster of a creation.

Well now its time for me to go syphon through around 500 pictures from today.

See Ya!

Scott Titterington

What a weekend!

Ahoy mateys,

From the looks of it, this past weekend was definitely a busy one! I can’t say I did everything out there, but mad props for those of you that did! I had very keen ambitions of doing it all, and by all I mean everything, however an ever-lasting cold and no energy left me in no mood to partake in the festivities. Props to CJ for checking out the pipe events on Cypress, and the Railjam at Park Royal!

For the 48 Hours of Winter weekend up on Grouse Mountain, I think many of us had the intention of staying all night. I was very much in similar spirits, planning on taking the Saturday off to recover, however my body just hated me at the time, and as a result refused to function, despite the endless supply of Rockstar and Redbull. Gahhh. To be brief, the Friday night was great! Lots of people were out and about, stoked to be riding past their curfews and bedtimes.

Stoked!

Stoked!

I ran into local hooligans the J-Crew, who were out in full force. These kids, like many others, were found lapping the park, which I’d have to say, was in rather decent condition.

The Coolpix was running out of energy too

The Coolpix was running out of energy too

I’d like to give a huge, huge thanks to all the lifties who worked that night, many of whom worked a freezing cold 12 hour shift!

Thumbs up for no sleep!

Thumbs up for no sleep!

On Sunday, I made my way up to Mount Seymour for the Menace Slopestyle, put on by Snowcovers. This was an event sponsored by Orage, and was one of the many stops of their coveted Anti-Tour. The focus of the comp was rather less of a competition and more of a fun, jam style session. For this stop, there were roughly 20 competitors in total, ranging from age 13-25.

Talking business with my fellow competitor, Graeme Meiklejohn

Talking business with my fellow competitor, Graeme Meiklejohn

The course was nestled beautifully beneath the sun, prompting for soft and smooth conditions. The run started off with a nice down rail, stuck between a down box and flat down box.

270 on

270 on

After the rail was a choice of either large jump or smaller booter. Despite the size of the take offs, these jumps were much much smaller than anticipated, causing many competitors to go waayy deep.

The soft snow was extremely forgiving

The soft snow was extremely forgiving

Following the jump was a second booter, this one slightly bigger. A combo pad followed, which had an up pipe rail to down rail on the left, or up butter pad to flat down box on the right. These were really annoying to hit due to speed and space issues, not to mention the lack of attention the judges paid to the end of the course.

Maxwell Pierce Buchanan gets rodeo-tastic

Maxwell Pierce Buchanan gets rodeo-tastic

After lapping for a couple of hours, the results were in. Todd Loukras took the top spot for the 14-19 category, and Jared Alexanderelphee for the 20+. Overall, an epic day was had by all.

So after much exersice and goggle-tanning, I am home to nurse some shinbang and sore thumb, but I am stoked to get back up the hill asap. As for this, I’ll let Liam Casey close it off.

Bye Liam!

Bye Liam!

au revoir

-Cam

Photos: Jason Macfarlane

48 HOURS OF WINTER VIDEO #2

Bonjour Peeps!! Here is the edit I promised, sorry for the delay as I was sleeping… Brought to you by Choice Apparel.


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This morning I have my back surgery at 10am, I will be blogging as much as I can during the first part of the recovery, prepare to see what I do with my spare time, hopefully it is funny and entertaining.  

Keep it healthy,

Chuckles

Snolf and Eggs: 48 Hour Shenanigans

Grouse Mountain’s 48 Hours of Winter is going off in some crazy directions but the 48 Hour Story is unfolding at push.ca. The blogging teams from the DC Enjoy The Ride More event are laying it all out there for the world to see.

From The Boardroom’s snow caves (and some pretty kick-ass glove warmers)…


(I actually have no idea where that is)… to snolf with Showcase Snowboards… and eggs and morning showers with the guys from The Circle, good times are being had.

Night #2 is getting started… get up there. Busses are running ’round the clock (232 and 236 to Grouse Mountain are running once an hour from midnight to 5am) for those of you who are vehicularly-challenged. Stop by the DC Kitchen in the chalet and then get out there and ride.

48 HOURS OF WINTER – VIDEO 1

Hey dudes and dudettes,

Here is the first video from Grouse Mountain’s 48 Hours of Winter!!! Another one tonight!!! ROUND 2!!! BE THERE!!!


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Keep it locked and dropped,

Chuckles

Hello from the middle of the night on Grouse Mountain!

Coming at you tonight/today whatever you wanna call it with just a quick one.  I am in the process of editing a quick edit from late Friday night/VERY early Saturday.  So look for that to be done soon.  I also got to ride along with groomer Matt Rippon while he groomed The Cut, it was super sick to see how those machines work and see what they do for the hill.  We owe so much to the groomers, Matt and the other dudes are awesome, so if you see them driving around this weekend, remember they are doing it for you so wave and smile!!:).  More updates to come sooooo keep it locked to grousepark.com….

GET UP HERE!

Chuckles

A Weekend Full of Events

The local scene is going off this weekend with the most action I’ve seen in years.

As you may have already heard, 48 Hours of Winter is set to kick off on Friday, February 13th at 9am.  The event runs until Sunday night at 10pm.  There’s a lot going on during those technically 63 hours.  There’ll be music, the DC Enjoy the Ride…More Endurance Challenge and  much much more.  For those of you with a significant other, The Observatory is taking bookings for that special day that I can never remember.  If you’re like me and don’t want to leave the mountain to celebrate and such, just invite your date up to the top of the mountain.  Snowboarding…girlfriend…tough choice.

In addition to 48 Hours of Winter, The 2009 FIS Snowboard World Cup is going to be in town as well.  Making use to the official training venue for the 2010 winter games, the Boardercross (Thursday and Friday) and Halfpipe (Saturday) events will be taking place on Cypress Mountain.  Finally, riders that can actually make use of that monster superpipe.  The line up of shredders is impressive too.  Competition for Candian riders Brad Martin, Crispin Lipscomb, Jeff Batchelor and Justin Lamoureux is sizeable, containing the likes of Shaun White and Danny Kass from the USA, and Japanese sensation Ryoh Aono.  On the women’s end of things, top Canadians Maelle Ricker and Dominique Maltais face off with international sensations Torah Bright of Australia and Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter from the USA. There will be no parking on site, except for those that bought one of the 300 spectator tickets.  There are still a bunch available at the West Vancouver Aquatic Center for the Friday and Sunday events, Boardercross and Slalom, respectively.  You didn’t actually think the halfpipe tickets would still be around 3 days before the event, did you?

As part of the World Cup, LG is putting on a rail jam on top of Park Royal Shopping Center.  The entire weekend is under the umbrella of the LG Mountain Festival and will feature A-Trak and Team Canada DJ’s as part of the entertainment, as well as an invite only City Rail Jam on Friday (qualifying) and Saturday (finals) and Shop Rail Takedown on Sunday.  As an added bonus, LG and Powder Room will be putting on the XOXO Fashion show and Teenie Weenie Bikini show to, and I quote, “Showcase the latest in sexy lingerie and swimwear.”  I don’t know what that has to do with snowboarding but hey, there’ll be plenty of babes.  Oh, and lots of sick riding, so be sure to take some time and go check it out.  Best of all, the cost of admission is the low low price of free.  Shaun White will be on hand with Red Bull for all you little boys and girls that want autographs.

As for the slalom events…well…it’s slalom.

I’ll be running back and forth between Grouse and Park Royal.  If you see me around, feel free to stop by and say hi.  This is going to be a weekend I won’t soon forget.

The Quiksilver Park is sick! Go ride it.

Sam