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

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

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!

Just wanted to wish everybody a Happy New Years! Threw some of my favourite shots together from 2011 for all you park rats. Check it out!

See ya in 2012!

Andrew Santos

Fresh Season Fresh Photos

What’s up Grouse Park blog readers? Jason Macfarlane here to put out content for another season. If you’re new to grousepark.com, this is my third season writing for the blog. I am an 18 year old skier from North Vancouver, currently enrolled in my first year of university. This year I am also a part of the Park Crew staff on Grouse Mountain. So I’ll be writing about the park, helping to build, maintain and keep it running smoothly.

Lack of snow has been a bit of a challenge so far this year, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t pulled off some good features. The Park Crew have worked hard (which hasn’t been me so far so I can’t take credit for this) and have put together an awesome line of rail features in The Cut park. Jam packed, it is probably one of the jib parks with the best flow the mountain has ever seen.

Recently, Trint Thomas and I spent a few hours in the sun shooting some pictures and video clips. Here’s one of my favourites from that day.

-Jason Macfarlane

Back Lip @ Grouse Park

Rider: Trint Thomas
Photo: Jason Macfarlane

Good to be Back

Hey everyone, my name is Jeremy Cox. I have been involved with the Grouse Park blog for the past couple years, mainly focused on video. If it’s a sunny day and I am up the mountain chances are I will have my camera so feel free to say ‘hi’! Keep posted for, what I hope will be, some cool edits this season. I got a couple lap’s in with Zac Dolesky recently and here is a one run edit from the session.

-Jeremy

Monday Night Sesh.

Here’s a little edit of a late night sesh up at Grouse last week. Riders are Michael Granger, Simon Stulberg, Dylan Gillespie, Sam Fedak, Maxime Cyr-Morton, Nicola Cyr-Morton, and more. It was a great night cruisin the park and just having a good time. Here’s the edit. Enjoy!

PS. Don’t forget to head up for the next Oakley night jam, this Friday! I’ll be up there and hopefully all of you will be too! It’s going to be sick!

Peace!

Greatest Hits Park Jam

Just last Saturday the Greatest Hits Park Jam dropped in from Mount Seymour. The skies were clear and the bangers were going down. I got a few shots of the jam but unfortunately could not stay for the entire jam. Here’s a little edit I made of some riders tricking it out on the Red Ledge and the Vermont Double set.

Mount Seymour Greatest Hits Park Jam from Andrew Santos on Vimeo.

Oakley Night jam!

You can’t find a jam like this anywhere else. As you probably already know, this past weekend Grouse opened for 24 Hours and held three Oakley night jams in one Night! Including a 12pm to 2am sesh. There was a great turnout and the fog rolled out just in time for the most of it.

I brought up my camera and got to film the Oakley night jam and take some laps with Shawn Greenside and fellow park blogger Dylan Gillespie. Having an all round good night, I couldn’t have been happier with the shots I got. I was also stoked to see all the guys out there filming, look out for those edits coming soon, I know I will. Once again props to everyone who participated in the jam, you guys killed it. Here’s my edit I threw together, check it out!