Sunny Days in Grousepark

Unfortunately this year has not been the stormiest winter in 50 years. It has not been the La Nina season the weatherman promised us. We have not been skiing endless deep pow days. But you know what, that’s ok with me. Thankfully the park crew has held it down and has continued to help the park stay better than it has ever been in previous seasons, and this season I’ve come to the realization that a sunny park day with your good friends can be just as great as a deep pow day. A recent sunny Saturday, a good portion of the old crew was in town and we had a damn good day riding a pristine jump line and the rails of Quik park. Shane Craver busted out his camera for a good portion of the day and came out with these stunners. I haven’t had a decent shot of myself skiing for a couple of season, so it was nice to get down on the other side of the lens for once. Thanks Shaner, you did good work.

All photos taken by Shane Craver.

Frodo.

A weekend at Grouse and Seymour

HDDSLR’s seem to be taking over the video scene with Canon leading the charge. A friend of mine, Cole Jandrisch, got himself a 60D just after Christmas and has been getting behind the lens whenever he can. This past weekend we filmed an afternoon at Seymour and a day at Grouse, and here’s what Cole made of it. The riders are myself, Cole Jandrisch, Blake Kurchak and Andrew Wynnyk. Check it out.

That’s all for now, expect some more photos soon.

Frodo.

Funlaps With FRODO

Hey guys hope you all had a good break. I was up with Jason MacFarlane (AKA Frodo) at the beginning of the holidays and filmed two laps top to bottom with him. On the first run, he decided to switch up his usual style and swap his fitted jacket with my enormous one. For his second run, we changed back. I was able to string together a small edit. Enjoy!

Funlaps with FRODO from Simon Stulberg on Vimeo.

Simon!

Sunny Days

Here’s a little montage Trint Thomas threw together from one December 17th, one of the few sunny days this season. The riders in order are Corey McIntosh, Brian Choi, Myself and Trint Thomas himself. Filmed entirely in the Quiksilver Terrain Park, which if you have not check it out yet, is probably the best it’s ever been since I started riding park at Grouse.

Frodo.

Another park edit

Here is another park edit/slideshow from former Grousepark blogger Bill Hawley. First part was filmed on one of the few sunny days this season and the second part filmed in about 3 laps on a very snowy night. The riders are myself, Sam Masih, Barry Hartman, Trint Thomas, Jean Lavigne and Jon Plunet. Filming, editing and photos were all done by Bill Hawley. Check it.

Frodo.

Hello again

Frodo here checking in for another season of blogging with grousepark.com. I am very excited to be back and have plans to follow suit from last year and keep shooting as often as I can. The season is already shaping up nicely with Grouse having what I can honestly say, from my few years riding park, the most fun and most flowy park they have ever had. This can pretty obviously be attributed to some fresh faces on park crew and an early snowfall. If you have not been up I urge you to get up there and check out the Quiksilver Terrain Park, you won’t be disappointed.

Earlier this year the Lower Mainland was blessed with something it did not see at any point last year, snow in the city. I called up a few people and we decided to take advantage of this and shoot some urban rails before the snow melted. We got to work and came out with a couple of shots, here’s one of Tom Mckay, setting up for a 270 out.

That’s all for now, expect more soon,

Frodo.

Second That!

Saturday WAS a brilliant day! The park was sick and the vibes were good. I showed up slightly late but still managed to catch some very prize worthy action. Flips, spins, grabs, and hand drags were thrown down all day and it was all topped off with sunny skies and warm temperatures. Here are some more shots!