Hey y’all,
Results are in. Looks like Nate Konyi takes this one convincingly. Congrats to all the runner ups. Brian Choi was in second and kept it pretty tight. Nate wins himself a pair of Oakley/Grouse Mountain collab Crowbars and a prize pack from our sponsors. Nicely done Nate, and big ups to Adam Wizinsky for proving the material on a one shot then pack up sort of deal. Well done boys.
Here’s the shot again. It’s a beauty!
Photo: Nate Konyi
Hey all,
We’ve finally got the finalists for the photo contest. The response was huge and we’re stoked on the submissions that came in. There were a bunch of good shots and narrowing it down was a challenge. In the end, our crew decided on four finalists, instead of the originally planned three. They are Colton Labou, Brian Choi, Josh Remund and Nate Konyi. Below are their submissions. As of tomorrow night, these pictures will be on the Grouse Mountain Terrain Parks Facebook page and you’ll have all Easter long weekend to vote on your favourite one. Come Monday morning, at 10am, the picture with the most likes will win the contest and the photog will walk away with a pair of Grouse Mountain/Oakley collab Crowbars and some out swag. Congrats to our finalists once again.
Photo: Colton Labou
Photo: Brian Choi
Photo: Nate Konyi
Photo: Josh Remund
The Grousepark boys are placing bets on the winner. All I’m saying is, if my guy doesn’t win, no one is getting a prize. Just kidding.
Happy Voting,
Sam
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.
Seems I missed posting this shot from the Alterna/Showdown shoot. This one comes from Brian Choi. Big thanks to Brian for the shots!
Liam Casey and I having some fun.
This week is looking like we should see some sun! Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather.
Get out there and shred!
-cj
Brian Choi was up Grouse Mountain on March 29th to shoot the Alterna/Showdown session. He got some killer shots! See for yourself.
Showdown winner Sebastien Toutant keeping the sponsors happy!
...did I mention he is only 16 years old?
Ugh, clouds...
I must admit, I do love me some backflips.
Who said shooting into the sun was a bad thing?
Liam Casey with a flat 540.
Liam spotting transition on another flat 540.
Aint nobody grabbin like Liam Casey grabbin. - Flat 540
Liam getting all corked out on a 900. He landed this one like Wallisch.
So bright, so poppin, so clean.
Ouch.
Bonus shot!
Grouse Mountain Pro Team rider Spencer Watson slaying the wallride!
So that’s all the Showdown shots for now folks. A huge thanks to Graham Dalik, Jason Macfarlane and Brian Choi for sharing their shots with us!
Temperatures are rising and the snow is softening up. Session are going off in the Quiksilver and Rookie parks. Get up Grouse Mountain, get your goggle tan on, shred some slush, and have some fun! Only 2 weeks of riding left.
Don’t forget your sunscreen!
-cj
Gung Hay Fat Choy,
Coming at you today with a profile on a media group that is just starting out, but based on their first edit great things will follow. BOSS Media is ran by Joe Mickelson and Jeremy Cox and do not let their age fool you, these guys will pump out the sick edits. On the second day of “The Introduction” being online it has 330 plays! They will have a website (www.bossmedia.ca) up at the end of the week with lots of cool stuff on it. Every edit they post, I will be posting on here to keep it poppin’. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did…
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Peace and Love,
Chuckles
