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Oakley Safehouse: The Olympics Best Kept Secret
Millions of people have walked by the Oakley Safehouse in the past two weeks and haven’t even realised that one of the more fun places to be during the games has been a mere steps away from them. True to the title, the Safehouse is one heck of a beast to get into. However, given the fact that Oakley is one of our major mountain sponsors, I was able to get in this afternoon with fellow blogger and friend, Hamish Baxter. The layout of the Safehouse is pretty straight forward. It’s a super casual environment, with couches, plenty of TVs, a snack bar and little kitchen in the back for lunch sandwiches and drinks. Hamish and I spent the afternoon watching the men’s hockey semis (BLAOWout), and just keeping it mellow. The staff was super awesome, made us feel right at home and even served us a delicious lunch of pulled pork awesomeness. After lunch, I had the opportunity to add a little personal flare to my Oakley/Grouse Mountain Colab Crowbars and got the outriggers changed from white to gold. The gold on black combination looks super dope. I couldn’t get the strap changed to Olympic edition straps because those were reserved for the athletes, but I’m stoked on these Crowbars. New gold lens and I’m good to go. Here a few pictures from the day.
Totems signed by all the athletes
The super duper staff that got us lunch.
Getting my goggles fitted with gold. They don't usually do gold, but they pulled in a huge favour for me. Stoked!
Voila! Almost fully blinged.
Rainy Laps with Shaun White
With the whole public relations and media hype around the Olympics, it has been a while since some of the athletes have been able to do what they came here to do. Last night, US National Halfpipe team rider Shaun White, coach Bud Keene and friends Gabe and Kevin came up to Grouse Mountain so that they could get back on snow after having not ridden for almost a week. The conditions weren’t too bad, the rain was there, but visibility was good, and thanks to our new Grouse Mountain Oakley Crowbars, Chuck and I were able to see without having to deal with foggy goggles. Stay posted for a segment introducing you to these goggles, they’re sick.
We got up to the top around 8pm and took a lap through the park on Cut, then head up on the Peak chair to Peak face, dropping in on some side hits. Shaun then ducked into the skicross drop in before we cut in to Expo. Next up was a lap around Heaven’s Sake, back into Expo and a couple more runs down Peak before heading in. The mission to get back on snow, get warmed and have some fun was a pretty big success. Big ups to Jeff Silcock for helping us out with this one.
We’ve got a lot more Olympic content you won’t find anywhere else coming up, so keep it locked to Grousepark.com.
Sam Masih
Oakley Olympic Fashion Show
Hey all,
Oakley is having a bunch of PR events at Grouse throughout the course of the Olympics. You may have noticed the big buses at the base in the past couple of days. This Thursday, they’re bringing you a fashion show on the skating pond, starting at 5:30pm. It will feature some of Oakley’s top athletes and is sure to be a fun event for all, so if you’re free, get up there and check it out.
Cheers,
Sam
Second Oakley Night Jam
Hey everyone,
So if you didn’t know, this past Friday was the second Oakley Night Jam of the year. Hosted in the Quiksilver Park, there were plenty of features to hit. The jam took place on the Flat Down and the Up Box, providing great fun for all. Congrats to everyone who killed it, I hope you got your prize. The prizes included the Oakley wallets, backpacks, laynards, toques as well as POW spring gloves. The final prize included 10 Boardroom gift cards which were given out to just about anything ‘unique’. The Jam was wrapped up with a raffle for a pair of Oakley Sunglasses and the new Shaun White A-frames. Be sure to come out to the next jam February 5th, 2010.
Jeremy
Oakley Night Jams: Numero Uno
For those of you who weren’t aware, Friday night was the inaugural Oakley Night Jam of the season, brought to you by Coastal Riders and, of course, Oakley. The cold temperatures may have kept many riders at home, but for those that came out, I’m pretty sure it was a good time. Coastal had a couple boxes full of goodies such as shirts, belts, and a pair of goggles to be given away.
The jam itself got off to a slow start, but eventually picked up as the loot started getting alittle more scarce. It was fun to see those new to the park scene pushing themselves and the up and comers throw down. The format was simple. They called out a trick to be done on the 40′ box in the Quicksilver Park and first person to nail it got a prize.
Don't look so surprised, man. That little frontside board DID just get you a Forum tee.
If any of you know who this rider is, please, let me know so I can throw his name on here.
For those that missed out, this was unfortunately the last Night Jam of 2008. They’ll be back in the new year, trying to convince you that Santa still exists with prizes and high fives aplenty. Till then, up your arsenal and head back in January with a fresh bag of jibtastic flavour.
PS: Ditch the park gear and go play in the pow tomorrow!
[Catch phrase here] I’ll come up with something, don’t worry.
Happy Holidays
So it’s that time of year, kids are starting their Christmas breaks and the malls are madness….if you haven’t started your shopping yet, I feel for ya. So, to help relieve you of your holiday stresses, we have been able to throw a few features into the Quiksilver Park to create a line. All the snow we have been receiving lately has definitely helped as is the cold temperatures for making snow, and if Mother Nature continues to be cooperative we will be up and running at full throttle very shortly.
I would also like to welcome to the Grouse Mountain Terrain Park blog crew, the newly acquired blogospondents, which are; Cam Harris, Charlie Grinnell, Daniel Jonas, Scott Titterington, Chris Jones and Sam Masih. These fellows will be taking pictures, filming and writing blogs for grousepark.com about all things ski and snowboard related within the local scene, so keep an eye out for their informative and interesting views on whats going on.
Also, tonight’s our first Oakley Night Jam event of the season, so come on up for some jibtastic fun and a chance to take home some sweet prizes, but bundle up as its gonna be a cold one.
The Park Crew and myself would like to wish you all a safe and Happy Holiday season.
CASHEN