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Hello Everyone!
My name is Matthew Waring and this is my first year producing content for the grouse blog! I am exited to get this season going and to spend as much time as I possibly can up in the mountains. I am originally from Ontario and am currently going to school at Capilano University. I have been living in BC for 3 years, one in Whistler and two in Vancouver. My main passions are skiing and photography so I am happy to be able to combine the two using Grouse Park blog as an outlet. When I’m not in school you will see me in the mountains skiing, filming and generally having fun, because we live in an insane part of the world!
Here are a couple of clips from December in the Hike Park – One of the best parts about this set up is that you can re-learn all of those rusty tricks you may have lost from the summer. Perfectly mellow features to get tricks on, before taking them to bigger stuff. That’s it for now – see you up there.
-Matthew
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Grouse Park Playlist 2 – Chairlift Beats
Here it is: Playlist 2 – Chairlift Beats, A taste of what I listen to while lapping the park. I chose most of these songs from some of my favorite ski and board edits. Filled with mostly Hip Hop, this playlist will get you hyped to nail that new trick you just learned. Enjoy!
Tracklist:
- Kid Cudi – Falling Star (3RK Remix)
- Trouble Andrew – Take it to the Top
- SonReal – Ding Dong
- Chiddy Bang – Mind you Manners
- Labrinth – Earthquake ft. Tinie Tempah
- B.O.B – Strange Clouds ft. Lil Wayne
- Chase & Status – Hitz
- Lupe Fiasco – Show Goes on
- Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed (Jakwob Remix)
- Ratatat – Party and Bullsh*t
- Ace Hood – Top of the World
- Karetus – Young, Wild, & Free (Remix)
Stream or share here or listen to other Grouse Park playlists on Grouse Park Grooveshark page.
That’s all for now,
Andrew Santos
Fresh Season Fresh Photos
What’s up Grouse Park blog readers? Jason Macfarlane here to put out content for another season. If you’re new to grousepark.com, this is my third season writing for the blog. I am an 18 year old skier from North Vancouver, currently enrolled in my first year of university. This year I am also a part of the Park Crew staff on Grouse Mountain. So I’ll be writing about the park, helping to build, maintain and keep it running smoothly.
Lack of snow has been a bit of a challenge so far this year, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t pulled off some good features. The Park Crew have worked hard (which hasn’t been me so far so I can’t take credit for this) and have put together an awesome line of rail features in The Cut park. Jam packed, it is probably one of the jib parks with the best flow the mountain has ever seen.
Recently, Trint Thomas and I spent a few hours in the sun shooting some pictures and video clips. Here’s one of my favourites from that day.
-Jason Macfarlane
Back Lip @ Grouse Park
Rider: Trint Thomas
Photo: Jason Macfarlane
Good to be Back
Hey everyone, my name is Jeremy Cox. I have been involved with the Grouse Park blog for the past couple years, mainly focused on video. If it’s a sunny day and I am up the mountain chances are I will have my camera so feel free to say ‘hi’! Keep posted for, what I hope will be, some cool edits this season. I got a couple lap’s in with Zac Dolesky recently and here is a one run edit from the session.
-Jeremy
Up and Running for the 2011-2012 Season!
I’m stoked to say that the Grouse Park blog is up and running for the 2011/2012 season! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Andrew Santos.
Grouse Mountain is pretty much a second home for me and I get up there as much as I can. This is my second year with the blog and this season, along with the crew of bloggers, I will be posting tons of new content so you know what’s going down in the park. The Park Crew has some sick new features that are just waiting to be seshed. If you haven’t checked out the Cut line yet, get up there. You won’t be disappointed. Here’s a shot by Kaz Yamamura of me on opening day:
If you see me give me a shout, I’m always down to do some laps. For now you can check out my Vimeo here and Look out for some more posts coming your way.
See you in the Park!
Andrew Santos
Quiksilver Showdown Over the City
With the city in view, the Quiksilver Showdown ran full-blast last Sunday. All riders were throwing down and out of the many competitors, the results came down to Zach Stone landing the Best trick, Bobby Balharry placing third, Jeremy Cloutier placing 2nd and Eric Willet with the win.
With my t2i in hand and riders throwing down, I was stoked to get to film these guys. Check out the edit!
The boys are back in town
The Whistler boys were in town for a couple of days so I brought the 7D out to shoot some pictures with them up Grouse. The conditions weren’t the best but they were all throwing down regardless, stomping some of the best tricks these Grousepark features have ever seen. Like I said, conditions were not ideal but I managed a couple of alright shots regardless.
See you all at Showdown,
Frodo.
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.
Oakley Night jam!
You can’t find a jam like this anywhere else. As you probably already know, this past weekend Grouse opened for 24 Hours and held three Oakley night jams in one Night! Including a 12pm to 2am sesh. There was a great turnout and the fog rolled out just in time for the most of it.
I brought up my camera and got to film the Oakley night jam and take some laps with Shawn Greenside and fellow park blogger Dylan Gillespie. Having an all round good night, I couldn’t have been happier with the shots I got. I was also stoked to see all the guys out there filming, look out for those edits coming soon, I know I will. Once again props to everyone who participated in the jam, you guys killed it. Here’s my edit I threw together, check it out!
Foggy Photos
To get to the point, I’ve had a pretty itchy trigger finger the past few weeks. I got sick of waiting for a sunny weekend to shoot and decided to try my luck in the fog today with Joe Mickelson, Ben Neil and Luciano Babaie. Definitely made the right choice. The fog rolled in and out all day, but it didn’t stop anyone from having a good time or throwing down for the camera. We spent most of the day on the Cut jump line and towards the end made a few laps through Quiksilver. Both are still in pristine condition thanks to the hard workers behind the shovels. Keep on keepin’ on park crew, you’re killing it harder this year than ever before.
