Oakley Night Jams 3: Cut Edition
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!
Quiksilver Terrain Park
The season is already over a month in and it is nice to see Grouse Mountain’s park crew keeping things rolling smoothly with the Quiksilver Terrain Park already being loaded with features and operational from top to bottom. In previous years, it seemed Grouse’s park struggled a bit at keeping good flow throughout the park features. Last year saw quite an improvement and this year is already even better. It seems the only thing the park lacks at the moment is a jump line. But only mother nature can be blamed for that as more snow is definitely needed for jumps at this point. But even with only 1 jump in the park so far, the rail lines are doing a very good job of keeping everyone satisfied. So here you have it, some pictures of the lone jump and current rail features in the park. Enjoy.

Tomas Gibson on the Tram Rail

An Unknown Skier with a Tail 180. If this is you, leave your name in the comments.

Spencer Watson with a Gap to Tap over the C-rail

Shayan tweaking a mellow Japan Air

Peter Warkentin mid Tram Rail, trying to get fanny packs back in style.
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Flash Photography
As we get deeper into December, the days are getting shorter and the countdown to the 21st of the month continues. Now why is December 21st so special? From a figurative stand-point, it is the shortest day of the year. So with the days getting shorter, the hours of available light are fading away with them. With this in mind, I decided it was time to buy an external flash for my camera. So after spending a few days of contemplating what to get, I ended up settling for something cheap to learn the basics with. A Canon Speedlite 270EX to be exact. Yesterday, I finally managed to get out to Grouse for the afternoon and early evening and get some shooting done. I spent most of yesterday shooting in the newly opened Quiksilver terrain park with fellow tight-pant wearing skiers, Bryce Mclean and Peter Warkentin.
So without further ado, here are the results from my first day of shooting with the new flash.
Bryce Mclean with a shifty-on to the down box.
Peter Warkentin, same trick, different feature.
Thanks for reading, more pictures and content will be coming soon!
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