Oakley Safehouse: The Olympics Best Kept Secret
Millions of people have walked by the Oakley Safehouse in the past two weeks and haven’t even realised that one of the more fun places to be during the games has been a mere steps away from them. True to the title, the Safehouse is one heck of a beast to get into. However, given the fact that Oakley is one of our major mountain sponsors, I was able to get in this afternoon with fellow blogger and friend, Hamish Baxter. The layout of the Safehouse is pretty straight forward. It’s a super casual environment, with couches, plenty of TVs, a snack bar and little kitchen in the back for lunch sandwiches and drinks. Hamish and I spent the afternoon watching the men’s hockey semis (BLAOWout), and just keeping it mellow. The staff was super awesome, made us feel right at home and even served us a delicious lunch of pulled pork awesomeness. After lunch, I had the opportunity to add a little personal flare to my Oakley/Grouse Mountain Colab Crowbars and got the outriggers changed from white to gold. The gold on black combination looks super dope. I couldn’t get the strap changed to Olympic edition straps because those were reserved for the athletes, but I’m stoked on these Crowbars. New gold lens and I’m good to go. Here a few pictures from the day.
Rainy Laps with Shaun White
With the whole public relations and media hype around the Olympics, it has been a while since some of the athletes have been able to do what they came here to do. Last night, US National Halfpipe team rider Shaun White, coach Bud Keene and friends Gabe and Kevin came up to Grouse Mountain so that they could get back on snow after having not ridden for almost a week. The conditions weren’t too bad, the rain was there, but visibility was good, and thanks to our new Grouse Mountain Oakley Crowbars, Chuck and I were able to see without having to deal with foggy goggles. Stay posted for a segment introducing you to these goggles, they’re sick.
We got up to the top around 8pm and took a lap through the park on Cut, then head up on the Peak chair to Peak face, dropping in on some side hits. Shaun then ducked into the skicross drop in before we cut in to Expo. Next up was a lap around Heaven’s Sake, back into Expo and a couple more runs down Peak before heading in. The mission to get back on snow, get warmed and have some fun was a pretty big success. Big ups to Jeff Silcock for helping us out with this one.
We’ve got a lot more Olympic content you won’t find anywhere else coming up, so keep it locked to Grousepark.com.
Sam Masih










