Unfortunately, I haven’t had internet for the past week, but this weekend I did have the opportunity to ride some powder up in Whistler. I’m sure most of you remember former bloggers, park crew and Grouse riders Dan and Nathan Jonas, Scott Titterington, Liam Casey, James Anderson and Ryan Belich. This year, they flew from the Grouse nest and are all living together in a house in Alta Vista, Whistler. It’s been nice to catch up and ride some powder with them at their new home mountain. The six of them have been continuing to kill it in Whistler and after seeing them the past few weekends, it seems like their loving it up there. They’re all really cool guys and are doing great things up in Whistler this year. Here are some photos of what they have been up to lately, and also some shots from last year at Grouse.
Okay, so maybe just outta Whistler. The kids at PYP and all those local Coquitlam boys that moved up this season have been riding everyday so far this season, except for one day when Pat partied too hard and slept in. It’s been known to happen. Anyways, here is what they’ve been up on these past few bluebird days that we’ve had to kick off December.
So, the Jonas brothers snowboard. They managed to get some camera time with two of them in the park. Must be all that Peak Season fame.
Bluebird days call for Friday laps in the Blue park on Blackcomb. Here’s the full crew!
So to start off here was the crew: Charlie Grinnel Grinnell, Pat King, Graeme Meiklejohn, Spencer Watson, Dan Jonas, Liam Casey, and me Scott Titterington.
So around 3pm Thursday, I jump in my car, and go pick up Liam and Dan from their places in my little GTI. We managed to pack 3 pairs of skis and a snowboard, filled with cam gear, clothes, and just enough food to survive. Dan was in the back seat with gear crammed all the way around him, and well suprisingly enough we got a few odd looks on the way up to our first stop Westbank Kelowna. As we arrived from a 5 hour car ride we met up with the rest of the crew and got straight to work. The first night was sort of rough due to not skiing or riding for a couple days and starting off with such a gnarly rail. We still ended up with a couple wicked shots though, and quite a few crashes.
The second day we got out around 11ish and headed out to a handrail which was shot in one of the sandbox movies. As said by Spence the cops came and luckily enough they didn’t have any problem with what we were doing. I gotta say, I sure wasnt expecting the constables response to sliding a handrail in a residential alley… Later on that day we basically went to scope out what else was around town, and call it a day. Getting back to Pat’s place around12:30am, we uploaded our footage and went straight to bed.
So Saturday we went full out and headed out by 10 o’clock. We headed out to a steep handrail by a highschool. Shortly into the sesh we had a delay due to Dan catching a back edge and concussing himself. Charlie and Graeme went with him to the hospital as Spencer, Liam and Pat and I finished off this railing, and headed to the next spot. As Dan and the hospital gang were doing their thing, Liam went to scope out this pretty crazy line a few steps away. We had some time so we set up the line and shortly later Liam ended up stomping it like nothing.
After we got back from picking the rest up at the hospital we headed back to Pats place to upload footage once again. Once it got dark we headed up to Apex Mountain and shot a wallride for the most part. Liam and Spencer were celebraties. Liam gave some kids a couple Choice Apparel stickers, and Spencer gave away a Napking bandana. The kids gathered around and cheered them both on while they lit up the wallride. On the way back we started the generator up and hit some pow laps in the dark 15 feet from the highway which turned into a couple cool pictures. As which ended we headed back to Pat’s and slept the night away.
9 30am arrives Sunday and we pack up to go back home to either the Mainland or Whistler since most of us have school or work to get back to Monday.
ps. ill be posting some actual riding pictures in some future posts so keep an eye open!
So day 4 we woke a little earlier and made our way back to our first spot, a steep down rail. There had been a lot of snowfall the night of and now that Liam and Dan were here we thought they should have a chance to hit the steep down rail as well. Dan unfortunately fell first hit to his head causing a concussion. He was rushed to the hospital and was luckily all right. Liam did the craziest rail I had ever seen. You will see shots from it later on in an edit. After picking up Dan from the hospital we went home to rest for a bit. At around 6ish we went over to Apex to shoot a wall ride. I love Apex always a great vibe from everyone there especially the lefties! Anyways Liam again threw down hard and the Wall ride was the most fun jib I had hit all year.
Once Apex was over, on our way back down we found a little cliff on the side of the high way. First ever shoot in powder with lights at night was a great success.
TRIP OVER
Thanks Charlie, Graeme and Pat King for all the filming and thanks Scott for the pictures! Watch out for edits and photos coming real soon.
Coming at you today with a new edit that I threw together! We had an awesome 2 days of filming and some of the shots and tricks that went down were sick!! I am starting to sound like a broken record, LIAM CASEY WILL BLOW UP, if you don’t believe me, watch this…
OH HEY! So i found ten minutes in my day! And well its time to write my first entry… So as a few may know already, my name is Scott Titterington, I am a 19 year old, and I like to ski, photograph and party (order may vary due to season). You may see me walking around with my camera in my hand alot of the time, or maybe on my two sticks I like to play around on. Either or come up and say Hello.
With all this snow falling on the city, I am not getting alot of free time due to urban shoots, and Christmas portraits. I still havent done my Christmas shopping! Last night was we found some time to get the original gang together and all went out to have some fun in the city. Turned up with this one:
If you dont already know this kid (Liam Casey) go give him a high five. Dont ask me how he does stuff like this, but he usually says if he has seen it before, he knows its possible. This year I will be doing alot of shooting around Grouse Mountain, so if you see me around, come tap me on the shoulder, or even just come up and introduce yourself if i already dont know you.
Anyways I gotta get back to my regular schedule for this week, and will most likely see you up at Grouse Mountain.
It is my pleasure to introduce to the Grouse Park community our new team members: The Blogospondents.
I was overwhelmed with the applications I received over the last 3 weeks; our Grouse Mountain terrain parks sure see their fair share of articulate and engaging skiers and riders. In fact, I was so impressed with the calibre of applicants that I couldn’t actually narrow it down to just five.
So I changed the rules.
This group of six guys brings a really well rounded set of skills to the community. Ranging in age from 18 to 23 with both skiers and snowboarders in the mix and excellent skills in the park, creative writing, park photography and video editing, these guys are going to keep you entertained all winter.
Plus, we’ve now got our pro team all set up to bring you their insights as well, so click the RSS link above and subscribe today. You don’t want to miss the conversation that’s going to be flowing in here. Watch for the first introductions coming soon – these guys are going to tell you a little more about themselves before they launch into the world of snow sports blogging.
So now, without further delay, I bring you the Grouse Mountain Blogospondents:
Cam Harris
Charlie Grinnell
Daniel Jonas
Scott Titterington
Chris Jones
Sam Masih
Welcome to grousepark.com gentlemen. Make yourselves comfortable.
It is my pleasure to introduce to the Grouse Park community our new team members: 
