Showdown and After-Sesh
This last weekend marked the annual Showdown Over the City at Grouse Mountain. In past years Showdown has been more of a Big Air focus competition. But this year, with the change in venue from Lower Peak to the Cut, the course ended up being a legitimate multi-feature slopestyle instead of a one jump wonder. After the competition was over park crew Rob was kind enough to open up the jumps for some friends to get down on. Here’s some shots from the competition and the after-sesh. One more thing, big ups to Shayan for placing top 10 in the pro division, held his own against some big names, congrats man.
That’s all for now,
Frodo.
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My First Photos
Hey grouse,
I am by no means a photographer but I decided to give it a go the other day. Here is what came out of a sick session with Tomas Smyth, Jonah Boretsky and a few others.
Dan Jonas doing a shifty one
Tomas Smyth getting the misty 5
Front 2 out
Jonah Boretsky cork 5 on the last jump in the jump line
Simon
An Hour at Grouse
Heyo,
So I just recently purchased a canon t2i and went up last tuesday to get some shots. Although I didn’t get up to the mountain till about seven and with some major ski malfunctions from riders Tomas Smyth and Sam Fedak cutting the session short, I was still able to put together a short edit.
And with all the new rebuilds happening be sure to expect a whole lot more edits coming at you.
Simon.
Toy Soldier Productions Intro
These guys make awesome movies and they put out the intro to their film online for your viewing pleasure. I know these guys have some big plans and I am very excited to see what they can come up with.
Enjoy,
Charlie
Early Season Edit
Just a little edit filmed during a few days at Grouse before Christmas. Filmed by Sebastian Gerhard and edited by Patrick Rychter. Fun times. Enjoy!
Get stoked for the rebuild!
-Dylan
Corkin’ with Turpin
What up Grouse,
Anybody who’s looking to step up their jump game and learn some corks this year should check this out.
It’s a quick trick tip from Armada’s Chris Turpin, who I was lucky enough to join on the chair and get some help with my own tricks. His coaching method seems to help people progress very fast, and he is very knowledgeable. If you really like his coaching style and want to meet him yourself, he coaches every summer at Momentum and can always be seen around Whistler in the winter.
And I have just come from a day in the Whistler parks, and I am proud to say Grouse’s rail lines at least as good at Whistler’s, even better in some aspects. Props to the park crew.
-Dylan
Happy Holidays
Hey there, it’s Jeremy here checking in for my second year of blogging with the Quiksilver Park at Grouse. I am generally regarded as a filmer, always down to shoot as long as the weather is good. This year I’ll be wearing a red jacket above black plants, fairly baggy. Feel free to say hi. Throughout the holidays I have been taking advantage of the amazing weather we have been having for the past week. As of the holidays I have finally been able to get some time to ski and film enough for a decently sized edit. The edit includes, in order of appearance Frodo, Brian Choi, Joe Mickelson, Simon Stulberg and Ben Neil (props to the huge backflip over the hip). I hope you enjoy it. As well I have been working on a RC Heli + Go Pro cam setup. I took it up Grouse the other day, however crashed it early on causing gnarly vibrations throughout the rest of the day. I will be getting that dialed in throughout the week so check back later for updates.
Holiday Edit from Jeremy Cox on Vimeo.
Have a good one
-Jeremy
Schools Out!
Hey gang,
For most of you, including me, the coming up weeks are a sacred time of year. For a little over two weeks, young skiers and snowboarders get to put away their school books to shred their hearts out. It’s winter break! As you probably noticed, today was especially nice out, the sun was shinning, the birds were singing, and tricks were being stomped left right and centre. When I got up to the mountain, my jaw nearly hit the ground as I did my first lap through the quicksilver park checking out all the new features that were perfectly set up overnight. The park has variety, fluidity, perfectly set-up features, basically the sickest park I have ever seen grouse produce. Unfortunately right now I am on the injured list because two sundays ago, a certain flat rail and I weren’t getting along, which resulted in three broken bones in my hand. However, I came up with my camera to get some shots with a few of my friends. I hope everyone has an awesome holiday, and get’s the chance to check out the park. Big ups to the park crew and look out for an edit dropping real soon.
Cheers!
Simon.
JOSS Winners, Eh!
So the other day Jon Olsson Super Sessions wrapped up and awards were handed out. All the riders threw down and all the edits were banger but in the end our very own Team Canada took it! Here are the results of the competition and the winning video.
Results
1) Team Canada
2) Team Newschoolers
3) Team Norway
4) Team America (and winner of the People’s Choice Award)
5) Team Sweden
6) Team Down Under & Team Europe (tie)
Niklas Ericsson-Best Style
Russ Henshaw-Best Air
Keep It Real Grouse
Eric Beckstead