Seymour Edit

Hey guys, here’s a edit i made during the greatest hit’s jam up Seymour. Riders are in order of appearance, Jason, Benjamin, Simon, Joe, Brian and Blade Cleaver from Sunpeak’s. Hope you enjoy it and don’t forget to click the “HD” button.

A weekend at Grouse and Seymour

HDDSLR’s seem to be taking over the video scene with Canon leading the charge. A friend of mine, Cole Jandrisch, got himself a 60D just after Christmas and has been getting behind the lens whenever he can. This past weekend we filmed an afternoon at Seymour and a day at Grouse, and here’s what Cole made of it. The riders are myself, Cole Jandrisch, Blake Kurchak and Andrew Wynnyk. Check it out.

That’s all for now, expect some more photos soon.

Frodo.

You Look Good

This weekend, the Seymour stop of the ‘You Look Good Riders Cup’ went off. A course consisting of one rail hit (3 options) and 2 jumps was the venue for professional and amateur snowboarders from all over the world. One mentionable result is Grouse’s own Kevin Dzah brought home first place in the Grom (12 and under) category. The rest of the results can be seen at www.youlookgood.ca.

I, of course, was out taking pictures, here are some of the better shots from the day.

Seymour local, Kyle Jasper, on the second jump

Huge method over the last jump

Big back 1 with some style

That’s all for now,

Frodo.

Orage March Madness

This past Sunday, Vancouver’s only ski comp of the season, Orage March Madness, went down at Seymour. It was a perfect sunny day for a perfect comp. Unlike typical slopestyle format, 2 runs take your best score, this contest went down in jam fashion. Riders were assigned to categories and when your category was called you had 20 minutes to session anything on course on try to impress the judges. Good fun was had by all and in the end last year’s winner, Todd Loukras out of Rossland ended up reclaiming top spot with Peter Hunter, who had a, shall we say, different run coming in second and ex-Grouse local/now Whistler kid, James Anderson bringing up third place. Shout out to another ex-Grouse local, Liam Casey for claiming the best trick of the day and a new pair of boots with a lip-270 onto the down-flat-down handrail. Killing it.

As always, I had my camera out in full force, trying to get some shots. Not everything turned out the way I wanted, but here’s what I came up with.

Ryan Allan with a flat 540 over the jump

Liam Casey on attempt one of the lip-270 on. Ended up tacoing.

Peter Hunter on the closeout portion of the Vermont Double Set.

That’s all for now,

Frodo.

The Red Ledge

There are a lot of urban rails that are seen time and time again in movies. Probably one of the most famous rails is The Red Ledge in Quebec. Ever since JP Auclair hit is some 10 years ago (don’t quote me on this, only a guess) it has been a relic for many film crews. Today, Mount Seymour played host to a rail jam on a re-made version of the infamous urban feature. It was my first day shooting with my remote flash set-up and unfortunately, due to weather, I was having a few issues. Here is what came out of it.

Front board

Seymour Park Crew with a switch on tips over the ledge

One last thing, to the commentator who kindly said “I better not see some gay blog about this,” I dedicate this one to you.

Frodo.

A Change of Scenery…

As fun as Grouse has been the last little while, something I am always appreciative of is a change of scenery. Living on the North Shore, I’m lucky enough to get that change with very little travel time. Last Friday, along with Shayan and Spencer, I headed up to Seymour to check out the scene there. Here are a few pictures from the day. Enjoy.