January Edit

Had a well needed sesh up at Grouse last Thursday. With the sun shining, I couldn’t ask for anything better. I brought up my camera and thought I would make up an edit.

Here it is!


-Andrew



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An Update

The cut jump line daswasup. As most of you already know the new jump line is beyond amazing. I’ve been lucky enough to get lots of shredding in lately. My buddy Ryan Hirakida brought his camera up the other day, unfortunately the fog had rolled in just as we arrived, but that did not stop him from getting some great shots.

Check it out!

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Unknown Rider Slayin in the Quik Park

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Trevor De Zeeuw with the Down Rail

Stay tuned for some new edits coming out soon.

Andrew


Sunny Sunday Edit

Grouse has been beyond amazing these past days. With the park being in great condition and the sun shining, I have been fortunate enough to get some riding in. Here’s an edit I made of a Sunday ride. Check it out!


Look out for more edits coming soon,

Andrew


Weekend Edit

It’s dumping snow here right now at Grouse and now that we are putting a mellow week behind us, it’s about time that we’ve got some snow. Despite all the rain and slush, I had time to get some weekend laps in with my buddies. I was stoked to get some footy with my new camera and make an edit.
Check it out!


Look out for more edits coming soon.
- Andrew


2010/2011 Bloggers Announced

We have spent the last couple of weeks looking over the applications for this years blogospondent search and out of more then 30 applications we have finally picked our blogger team for the season.  Please join me in welcoming and congratulating the following new bloggers:

Andrew Santos

Dylan Gillespie

Simon Stulberg

Jean Lavigne

Also returning for another season will be Jason Macfarlane and Jeremy Cox.

We would like to take the time to thank everyone who applied and if you are still interested, please apply next year.  Expect the posts to start flowing with some awesome content, so sit back, relax and enjoy the season!


Mid March Photo Contest

Hey all,

We’ve got a bunch of stuff to give away , so we’re having another Grousepark.com contest.  Up for grab are a pair of Grouse Mountain/Oakley Crowbar collab goggles as well as a prize pack from our sponsors.  Here’s the rundown.

  1. Take some pictures of anything ski/board realated.
  2. Pick your favourite.
  3. Email it to contest@grousepark.com.

From there, our team of bloggers will pick the top three entries and the pictures will get posted on our Facebook fan page.  Then you gotta get your friends to vote on it by liking the pictures.  The shot with the most like in two days will win the contest.  Simple as that!  Deadline for photo submissions is Wednesday, March 18th and please include rider credits if possible.

Remember: They have to be pictures that you have taken, not pictures of you riding taken by someone else. This is for up and coming photogs.


Sunset Shot at Grouse Mountain

Bill Hawley and the local crew went up a couple days ago and got some shots in the newly rebuilt park.  I got to go ride it last night and it’s a whole bunch of fun.  Get up there while the sun’s up and the snow’s soft.


Slushy Deliciousness!

On Tuesday last week, Jack, Nick, Reid, and myself made our way up the rally course that is the road to Seymour, for some after-class shred action. Not exactly sure what to expect (as university students, we’re apparently still unable to check forecasts), Method Stepoverwe were greeted by slushy, drizzly, warm springtime conditions… a bit like summer, really. Needless to say, we forgot our shorts. However, the park was fun, no one was on hill, and the only people in the lift lines were two frenchmen chatting away the hours to each other. We all seemed to get lost in the quiet of this deserted mountain playpark, hot lapping and jibbing with ouropen jackets battering against the wind. At 10pm I remembered I’d brought the camera, so the few shots below are what came of it, after begging the one lone ski patroller to let us get just a few more frames before everyone went home. Great times.

Reid Buchanan, method off the corrugated pipe

We only had two attempts at the shots above before we had to go. Jack Whelan with the Tap 180 out. Reid Buchanan with the 50-50, and Nick von Foerster slashing


Grouse Park : Rookie Park Update

The fun factor at the Grouse Mountain Rookie terrain park has increased by a very large number.  After the build for the Office Booyz contest, the rookie park is looking better than it has all season…or ever, for that matter.  There’s a quarter pip/spine, two tires to do whatever you want on them, filing cabinets and desks to jib, boxes setup in a C formation, a whale tail to down box combo and an exquisitely manicured jump to top it all off.  I was going to take pictures of some of the features for you, but I was having the most fun riding park I’ve had all year. I’d suggest going up and checking it out for yourself, you won’t be disappointed. Props to the park crew!

Additionally, the Quiksilver terrain park now has a FIVE hit jump line. What!? Yea, you heard right, the jump set up is so amazing right now.  No more needing to straight line from the lifts! Throw up a big ol’ whoop whoop for Shaw Butterworth and his jump building!

I should be studying for exams, but after riding today, I’m pretty sure I’ll be spending all weekend in the parks.  You should too!

Don’t hate, just ride,

Sam


Slum Dog Illionaire – Simon Dumont

For those of you hungry for some park footage, check Simon Dumont as he regains some street cred in his latest edit, Slum Dog Illionaire. Love him or hate him, the kid shreds hard.

See what others are saying about it over at newschoolers.com