Quicksilver Park
Here are a few shots from a mellow afternoon in the Quicksilver park! The snow that day was less than prime, but the set ups were proper and had flow – really fun. Everything is looking great up there, lots of options!
-Matthew
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Grouse Park Playlist 3 – The Journey
Now that the holidays are over I am getting back into school and riding. I spent a lot of my time in December traveling. This Grouse Park Playlist is inspired by thinking about shredding while on the road. I spent 40 hours in a car from Calgary to southern Ontario in one long seamlessly never ending journey. This gave me plenty of time to reflect and go through my whole iPod, there were many songs that made me nostalgic of epic days on the mountain. I picked these songs in particular because they all have good vibes. While skiing and snowboarding there are many different styles of music to get into, and I am a fan of almost all music. When I’m not on the mountain these tracks seem like theme songs for the good days. They bring back all the good memories and in turn gets me hyped to go ride! It’s hard to try and pick a playlist that is good for riding, as everyone gets down to something different. This collection of songs can at least convey a feeling that you can relate back to being on the mountain with friends. In my opinion, now that the snow is flying, the good times must be just around the corner. See you out there!
Listen, stream or share Grouse Park Playlist 3 – The Journey here.
-Matthew
Urban
Here are 2 clips from Saturdays urban session. First is an accidental firecracker to some serious heavy head. Second is a land. I didn’t get any tricks besides the skislide, city rails aren’t as easy as they look!
-Jason
Oakley Park Jams – Round 1
Oakley Night Jams - Round 1
The first Oakley Park Jam of the season kicked off last night in the Grouse Park. Clear skies made perfect conditions for the throw down and I was stoked to see the turnout and the level of shred at the jam format event. Over 50 skiers and snowboarders showed up to rip the park for prizes and bragging rights. The Park Crew started the crowd off at the rail features near the top of the park. The crew gave the park shreds a short period of time to jam on a decided jib to win prizes from Oakley. Good tricks were called out on the megaphone with the ‘Banger Siren’. After moving through a few rail features they finished off at the Cut Line kicker. And then it started puking snow. The Park Jams are open to everyone. There is no sign up or limited number of runs and anyone can play. All you have to do is show up and drop in on the feature that the Oakley crew and Park Crew call out over the mic. It is just a session like any session except during the jam the you can win prizes. Come out for the next Park Jam on Friday January 20th and don’t forget your tricks!
“Winner winner chicken dinner.” Here are a few of the riders and their banger tricks at the Jam:
- Drew Paxton (skier) – 270 on, Switch Up, Pretzel 270 off on the Flat Down Box
- Mike French (boarder) – 270 on, Swith Up, 270 off on the Down Bar & Hardway Back 180 on to Back 180 off *holy tech!
- Adrien Tognko (boarder) – 50 50 though the kink on the 39′ Elbow Rail to Front 360 off
GPC - Grouse Park Crew holding it down.
Lets squash all this Skier vs. Boarder beef and just ride together. These two are.
The Cut Line kicker was prime.
Now there is a ton of powder up on Grouse right now. So for today, get out of the park!
- Myrosha
Cut Line Laps with Mike and Tomas
I got some laps in this week on the new Grouse Park Cut Line build. With the sun out, it was time to take out the camera and get some shots. Riders in the edit are Michael Granger and Tomas Smythe. Hope you enjoy it and don’t forget to click the “HD” button.
Look out for the upcoming Oakley Night Jam on Friday January 13th.
See ya there!
Andrew Santos
Hello!
Hello Everyone!
My name is Matthew Waring and this is my first year producing content for the grouse blog! I am exited to get this season going and to spend as much time as I possibly can up in the mountains. I am originally from Ontario and am currently going to school at Capilano University. I have been living in BC for 3 years, one in Whistler and two in Vancouver. My main passions are skiing and photography so I am happy to be able to combine the two using Grouse Park blog as an outlet. When I’m not in school you will see me in the mountains skiing, filming and generally having fun, because we live in an insane part of the world!
Here are a couple of clips from December in the Hike Park – One of the best parts about this set up is that you can re-learn all of those rusty tricks you may have lost from the summer. Perfectly mellow features to get tricks on, before taking them to bigger stuff. That’s it for now – see you up there.
-Matthew
Season Ender Bender
GrousePark,
As you all know, Grouse has just about closed up shop for the season with one week left of riding!
Wanted to say that it was an awesome time getting to write for the park blog thanks to Grouse, the park crew, Oolar and the snow gods for making this season one of the best in a long time. I had a great time shredding Grouse riding with buddies and new buddies and stoked for more!
Make sure to get up for the last couple days, and if you can’t make it up to ALL of the remaining days get up for CLOSING DAY, and wear something rad! Tell all friends Grouse is going to be firing!!!
Look out for hopefully a few more edits either from me or any other of the righteous team of bloggers.
P.S. Jake Blauvelt’s Naturally series is one of the best I’ve seen in a while. Blauvelts riding style is ulike any other. Enjoy
See you at the slush,
Jean