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!
Cam Harris boosting over the hip with a 3
Method off the spine, so dialed
Grousepark.com's own Jason Frodo MacBaggins out getting some GoPro footage
There were a lot of flips hucked, almost too many, and Sam made sure everyone knew about it
~Bill
Tags: Bill Hawley, frodo, grouse park, oakley day jams, Sam Masih
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Last night was the Oakley Night Jam. Chuck was on the mic, keeping everyone entertained, Tamo was judging snowboarders, Peter helped out with the ski side of things and everyone was throwing down. The prizes weren’t being thrown out for nothing, the kids had to work for ‘em, so the result was a sick little competition. If you haven’t already heard, the park has been moved over to the left side of Cut and it is actually really fun. The park crew had to get creative but they’ve put a pretty rad setup together so check it out this week.
The comp started off with tricks being called out and prizes were given for whoever could do them first. Then, the format was changed up and there were qualifiers, where the first 3 people to do the designated trick would get into finals. Next, finals were moved to the elbow kink where the finalist who did the right trick first won.
In the end, the winners were Mr. Ben Neil on the ski side of things, walking away with a new pair of Oakley Ambush goggles and Oakley sunglasses, and an underdog on the snowboard side of things, whose name I still don’t know, but he fought hard for the win after turfin’ it pretty hard a few times, snaking a pair of Oakley Crowbars for his efforts. All in all, it was an awesome night, one of the best night jams yet! Don’t miss the next one, who knows it could be even better! Here are some shots:
Well there ya have it! Some kid even went as far as saying that Chuck was the funniest guy around. So, Chuck is officially the funniest guy out there and the park is still kickin’ and better than ever, so get up the mountain as soon as you can and have a good old time!
Tags: Ben Neil, Cam Harris, Charlie Grinnell, frodo, Oakley Night Jams, Peter Warkentin, Tamo Campos
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So, if you haven’t heard, Whistler is AMAZING right now. To take advantage of this fact, Frodo, Kyle Jasper, Matt Whelan and I headed up there yesterday and oh ya, it was perfect! Started off with some park laps and found that every jump was absolutely perfect so we sessioned them for most of the day. Since we were having so much fun, I didn’t even bring the camera out till about the 6th lap and only managed to get a couple decent shots before heading in for lunch. After lunch we went up the peak to shred some pow. It had been almost a week since the last storm and there was still plenty of fluffy white powder to float on. We were all pretty tired, so we decided to head down on a good note. All in all, the day was sick and everyone reading this should head up to Whistler before the huge crowds arrive because it’s prime right now. Here are the few shots I got this weekend and hopefully I’ll be able to shoot some deep pow slashes up Grouse soon!
Matt Whelan stoked on the park (and life) after the first lap
Matt Whelan. 180 off the first perfect step over
Kyle Jasper on the up box
Getting artsy on the way home
Bill
Tags: frodo, grouse, Kyle Jasper, matt whelan, snow, Whistler
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There may not be much snow on the mountain right now but that doesn’t mean the park isn’t still awesome! The park crew has used a little creativity and worked their asses off to somehow keep the Quik Park as sick as it always is. The best feature in the park right now is the up box. There are a bunch of other rails and boxes but the up box is definitely number one. Frodo and I went up the mountain last night to do some shooting and got a couple decent shots. They’re all of the one box, but we did our best to get creative.
Get up the mountain tomorrow night for the Oakley Night Jam, it’s gonna be fun no matter what. If you can’t get up the mountain, then you should go to Centennial Theater to check out the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, which starts tomorrow and goes till the 29th. So, if you’re sitting at home tomorrow night complaining that there’s nothing to do, then now there’s no excuse! Here are some shots to get you stoked for the Oakley Night Jam!
Frodo tailpressing the box
Frodo's shifty out
Frodo with a shifty off the box, over the city
(caption: Frodo with another shifty off the up box over the city)
now on to whistler peace!
~Bill
Tags: frodo, Oakley Night Jams, quick park, up box, vimff
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Hello readers,
My name is Jason, or as most of my friends call me, Frodo, and I have been lucky enough to be chosen as one of the Grousepark bloggers this year. I am a skier and have been skiing at Grouse Mountain since I was about 4 years old. Luckily enough, I live a mere 15 minute bus ride away from the mountain, so if I am free, you can bet I will be skiing. I am pretty recognizable on the hill, with an outerwear look consisting of tight pants and tall tees. If you see me, don’t be shy and say hello! Another thing I can usually be recognized by is a camera in my hand. I love to shoot pictures and if the weather is good chances are I won’t be caught up Grouse Mountain without my camera.
Speaking of pictures, here are some fresh pictures from the other day in the park.
Max Buchanan on the new, longer pontoon:
Trint Thomas nospressing while Shayan gets the shot:
That’s all for now, thanks for reading,
Frodo.
Tags: blogger, frodo, Grouse mountain, Jason Macfarlane, Max Buchanan, Paradise Jib Park, Skier, Trint Thomas
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