March – Wanted List

Hudson Bay Company – Axe
Quiksilver – Mapocho Riding Shirt
Quiksilver – Travis Rice Bib Pant
The North Face – NSE Tent Bootie III
Poler Stuff – The Man Tent
Celtek – Trippen Mittens
Stanley - Classic 8oz Flask
Oakley – Terje Haakonsen Signature Splice Goggle
Juniper Ridge – Douglas Fir Sachet

I can’t believe its March. All I feel like doing right now is snowboarding, camping and hiking. A feeling that brought on inspiration for this months Wanted List. Mixing in some new stuff and classic stuff – I started it off with a Hudson Bay axe for wood choppin’ campfires of course. Next up is the Quiksilver riding shirt, wilderness inspired snow wear to wear under the Travis Rice bib snowpants. After a long cold day on the hill there is nothing better then some North Face slippers to bring up your core temps. If you decide to stay the night, the Poler Man Tent is great for solo excursions. On any solo excursion a classic Stanley flask is a great idea, and a warm pair of Trippen mittens. Next some Terje Haakonsen signature Oakleys and a sachet of Douglas Fir to throw in your bag keeping your gear smelling like the rain forests of the northwest- Man stuff.

CV

Oakley Park Jams – Round 1

Oakley Night Jams - Round 1

The first Oakley Park Jam of the season kicked off last night in the Grouse Park. Clear skies made perfect conditions for the throw down and I was stoked to see the turnout and the level of shred at the jam format event. Over 50 skiers and snowboarders showed up to rip the park for prizes and bragging rights. The Park Crew started the crowd off at the rail features near the top of the park. The crew gave the park shreds a short period of time to jam on a decided jib to win prizes from Oakley. Good tricks were called out on the megaphone with the ‘Banger Siren’. After moving through a few rail features they finished off at the Cut Line kicker. And then it started puking snow. The Park Jams are open to everyone. There is no sign up or limited number of runs and anyone can play. All you have to do is show up and drop in on the feature that the Oakley crew and Park Crew call out over the mic. It is just a session like any session except during the jam the you can win prizes. Come out for the next Park Jam on Friday January 20th and don’t forget your tricks!

“Winner winner chicken dinner.” Here are a few of the riders and their banger tricks at the Jam:

Drew Paxton (skier) – 270 on, Switch Up, Pretzel 270 off on the Flat Down Box
Mike French (boarder) – 270 on, Swith Up, 270 off on the Down Bar & Hardway Back 180 on to Back 180 off *holy tech!
Adrien Tognko (boarder) – 50 50 though the kink on the 39′ Elbow Rail to Front 360 off

GPC - Grouse Park Crew holding it down.

Lets squash all this Skier vs. Boarder beef and just ride together. These two are.

The Cut Line kicker was prime.

Now there is a ton of powder up on Grouse right now. So for today, get out of the park!

- Myrosha

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!

Oakley Jam: Grouse Mountain

So last Saturday the first Oakley Jam of the season took place. The good turn out made up for the horrible weather. Check out the edit below to see what went down. If you havent yet made it up to grouse for the re – built park be sure to head up.

-Jeremy

A Night with Sam and Tomas

This season, I am seeing a whole lot of new faces on the mountain. One of them being Kelsey Clarke. I met Kelsey earlier this season and have had the chance to ride with him a handful of times so far. This kid not only kills it on the hill but is also a very talented cinematographer and editor. He just recently finished making an edit featuring Tomas Smythe and Sam Fedak (who killed it at the Oakley Park Jam on the 15th and ended up claiming the top prize). Enjoy!

Simon.

Self Edit

As most of you know, winter break ended with bluebird skies. I was able to get up for the last week and do some shooting with David Lu. I ended up getting some descent tricks on film so he put together a little self edit for me. Enjoy!

Hope to see everyone out at the Oakley Park Jam on January 15th. Should be sick

Simon.

Oakley Year End Jam: Sunny Skies, Good Friends, Hecka Prizing

Yesterday afternoon, on a spring day that could not have been any more perfect than it was, with a park setup built especially for the occasion, the good folks at Grouse Mountain Terrain Parks and Grousepark.com threw a season ending jam for the ages. Shaw Butterworth, Marcus Cartwright, Adam Nicolls, Tom Robinson and Dan Ripper were up early yesterday morning, hoping to get some solid build time, only to run into technical difficulties. With all issues finally resolved at 10 am, they went to work to build a formidable set up consisting of two jumps, a hip and a variety of rails. The hip seemed to be the feature of the afternoon, with kids sending it bigger than I’ve ever seen at a local Grouse event. I won’t ramble on too much as the other bloggers will be bringing you better coverage, pictures and some Go Pro footage. I just want to thank everyone from park crew that was there helping with the jam. Rob Morrison came out for his afternoon shift and helped out huge with course maintenance and tear down. I also want to give a huuuge shout to Jeff Silcock, Grouse Mountain’s Events and Sponsorship manager. Jeff is a background guy, you don’t really see what he does, but without this guy, we’d have no park and the parks definitely would not have grown to where they are. Jeff was there taking pictures all afternoon and you can find them all on our Facebook fan page.

Sunglasses and smiles all around.

Thanks to our sponsors, Quiksilver, DC, Oakley and Roxy, as well as Pow Gloves for hooking up over $3000 worth of prizing. Also, huge thanks to everyone that showed up and ripped hard. Most of you took a tongue lashing from me and put up with it. Not that you really had a choice. It’s tough love, kiddies. You’ll thank me one day. I called the local scene out on their lack of A-game, but you all definitely brought the noise yesterday. We’ll be back next season with more prizing to give away, hopefully I’ll be back as well, but that’s up to Jeff and the crew downstairs. Here’s to hoping we can get the parks bigger and better next year!

No one took me up on my offer to dance for a pair of goggles. Weak.

Season Bender Oakley Park Jam

Aight kids, it’s here, the last Oakley park jam of the season. We’re dropping this one on a weekend and doing it in the afternoon, so you have no excuse to not be there. This Saturday, April 10th, we’re gonna get things started at 1pm. The format is simple, ride and we’ll hook you up if we something we like. The prize pool is going deeper for this one. We’ve got goggles, sunglasses, softgoods, outerwear, boots and even a board to give away for this event, so you’ll definitely want to be there and you’ll want to bring your friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, friends you used to hang out with in elementary but now hate because they wear Ed Hardy. You get the idea. Park crew has been killing it with their park builds and the Cut park has been extended further down the cut to accommodate 3 jumps and a hip as well as a bunch of jibs. There are also some features that you normally wouldn’t see in the park on an average day, which will be closed till Saturday. You’ll be getting a sneak peek at those tomorrow morning if you check back.

So, there you have it. Saturday at 1, the Peak of Vancouver is gonna get hyphy. Rumour has it that PYP will also be out in full force. you won’t want to miss this one.

Cheers,

Sam

Grousepark.com Photo Contest: We Have A Winner

Hey y’all,

Results are in. Looks like Nate Konyi takes this one convincingly. Congrats to all the runner ups. Brian Choi was in second and kept it pretty tight. Nate wins himself a pair of Oakley/Grouse Mountain collab Crowbars and a prize pack from our sponsors. Nicely done Nate, and big ups to Adam Wizinsky for proving the material on a one shot then pack up sort of deal. Well done boys.

Here’s the shot again. It’s a beauty!

Photo: Nate Konyi

Photo Contest Finalists

Hey all,

We’ve finally got the finalists for the photo contest. The response was huge and we’re stoked on the submissions that came in. There were a bunch of good shots and narrowing it down was a challenge. In the end, our crew decided on four finalists, instead of the originally planned three. They are Colton Labou, Brian Choi, Josh Remund and Nate Konyi. Below are their submissions. As of tomorrow night, these pictures will be on the Grouse Mountain Terrain Parks Facebook page and you’ll have all Easter long weekend to vote on your favourite one. Come Monday morning, at 10am, the picture with the most likes will win the contest and the photog will walk away with a pair of Grouse Mountain/Oakley collab Crowbars and some out swag. Congrats to our finalists once again.

Photo: Colton Labou

Photo: Brian Choi

Photo: Nate Konyi

Photo: Josh Remund

The Grousepark boys are placing bets on the winner. All I’m saying is, if my guy doesn’t win, no one is getting a prize. Just kidding.

Happy Voting,
Sam