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.