It’s On
It’s on. Another season of snowboarding on Grouse Mountain. Another year of tree runs, park laps, and powder turns. To introduce myself, my name is Myrosha Daley and I have been riding for almost 20 years, competitively for 15, and I have worked in the snowboard industry for nearly 10. I have been fortunate in my shred life to snowboard at many different mountain resorts. Grouse is still one of my favorite places to ride. It might be how close it is to my house. Or it might be how I can get a hot lap with rollers one run, and hit the park the next. It will be another year of getting off work, quickly grabbing my gear while eating dinner, and out the door to catch the Skyride tram for a night session. It will be another year of laughs on chairlifts, 9:30pm powder slashes and eventually slushy spring fun wearing jeans, a t-shirt and shades. When I really think about it, it makes sense. Another year of riding Grouse Park and I can’t wait.
"It's on"
This is my first year on the Grouse Park blog and I am stoked to be contributing and acting as editor. Hyped to join the team and bring you some killer features:
- Real Talk – Interviews with snow pros and snow industry heads
- Playlists – New tunes for your park riding pleasure
- Trick Tips – Delivered to you from the Grouse Park Crew
- Game of D.I.C.E – You’ll have to wait and see…
Keep updated with us on the Grouse Park blog for these features, videos, regular posts from the contributors and more.
Happy Holidays,
Myrosha
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Hey all,
So its finally here. Winter break! Well, for some of us at least. For me, this is a time of shredding, relaxing and then…more shredding of course! Here’s a video by Tim Pierce, the man shooting for Winter of Wells. If this doesn’t get you hyped on riding hard all break, I don’t know what will! Its called Tim Pierce Showreel 2009. Check it out.
Keep it real Grouse!
Happy shredding from Eric B
City Shred – Winch Edit
Armed with a Red Bull winch, these guys take their shred to the streets.
2008/2009 Winch Edit! from Alex Horner on Vimeo.
Check out more from Alex Horner on Vimeo, newschoolers.com, or alexhorner.com.
-cj
Candide Kamera.
Candide Thovex is back! After a potentially career ending crash broke his back in 2007, the flying frenchman has made a triumphant return to skiing. Candide recently released a video proving that he still has what it takes to be the best freeskiier in the world.
Whether you are a skier or a snowboarder, please watch this video. Candide has the ability to make the gnarliest of lines look like a walk in the park. His effortless skiing is truly a thing of beauty.
Enjoy.
-cj
Nimbus, Montage, and Pow, Pow, Pow.
Three years ago the face of skiing was forever changed by a group of skiers and a little movie called Idea. Eric Pollard, Andy Mahre and Pep Fujas opened people’s minds to what was possible on a pair of skis in powder snow. Nimbus Independent was born.
Pollard and crew stepped up their game the next season and produced Hunting Yeti, a 5 part web series followed by a DVD compiling the highlights. This year the Nimbus crew is at it again with their third release, En Route. So far the crew have pow-slashed their way through Japan and Austria. Check the website for their latest webisodes.
Warning: Extreme Pow Shreddage Ahead! If nothing done by Nimbus gets you stoked then please do not read on.
If you don’t know…now you know. Montage Inc is here to stay. Based out of California, these guys are really showing the big boys at Nimbus that they know a thing or two about shredding pow. They just dropped their new website with a couple of sick videos, so check it out. The following clip is some of the best backcountry jumping that has ever gone down. Just see for yourself:
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Speechless,
-cj
p.s. It’s puking up Grouse Mountain right now… strap on yer fat boards and send ‘er!
(in-bounds of course)