Snow in the City!
North Vancouver is a gold mine for handrails, but since we rarely get snow these rails don’t often see any action. Well we finally had some snow fall last night so Trint Thomas (newest Endeavor Am), Jeremy Cox and myself got down to work right away before the snow melted. We set up a 14-flat-11 stair down-flat-down. It’s a rail in my neighborhood that I’ve been looking to ski for the last couple of years.
Video clips to come, but for now here’s some behind the scenes shots from the session.
Jeremy getting the shot.
Trint about to drop in.
-Jason
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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
Sunny Days
Here’s a little montage Trint Thomas threw together from one December 17th, one of the few sunny days this season. The riders in order are Corey McIntosh, Brian Choi, Myself and Trint Thomas himself. Filmed entirely in the Quiksilver Terrain Park, which if you have not check it out yet, is probably the best it’s ever been since I started riding park at Grouse.
Frodo.
Part 2 – The List
For post part two, we thought we’d poke a little fun (and awareness!!!) towards the lameness that is injuries(seeing as you guys aren’t missing anything in the park)…
So, some shout outs include:
Andrew Nicoletti(park crew)-broken collarbone
Marcus Cartwright(park crew)-tweaked sciatica/strept throat
Trint Thomas(park volley)-broken collarbone
Pascal Schram(local die hard)-broken collarbone
Ryan Belich(park crew)-fractured wrist
Alice Gorton(Blogospondent)-broken wrist
These were just a couple from the past few weeks off the top of our heads, and we know there are tons more out there so we are encouraging everyone to keep this “list of sadness and despair” going and maybe throw a line or two of the story behind them as that’s always the best part….
Stay safe,
Park Crew
Christmas Eve
The holidays are always a fun time to be up Grouse Mountain. Everyone just seems much happier and today definitely followed that trend. I spent the day shooting with Shayan, Trint and Geoff. The sun was up, and the park was in prime shape, so we got to work and shot all day. The newly put in pole-jam definitely seemed to be ‘the feature’ for shooting today. Photogenic views and photogenic snowboarders made things behind the lens a lot easier.
Shayan with a big skate-style ollie off
Trint with a big front 180
Geoff with a front 180
Geoff with a back 180
And to mix things up, here’s a couple jump shots.
Shayan corking a 5
Geoff with a corked back 5
But what good are photos without some video footage to back them up? Well thankfully that was also covered today. Trint’s friend Wesley Kilpatrick spent the day manning Trint’s video camera, and Trint threw this little edit together of the day’s work.
Merry Christmas!
Frodo
Oakley Night Jams The First
This past Friday, Grouse Mountain kicked off its annual free contest series, the Oakley Night Jams. The format this season differed from the Night Jams of past years in that there was a dedicated setup for the event where the Paradise Jib Park used to be. For the first jam of the season, that park crew had setup at 16 foot butter box, a downbar of equal or greater value and a C-rail set up in a semi circle with lips at both ends for your jibbing pleasure.
The jam started of slow as kids began to trickle slowly in from around the mountain. Our own Charlie Grinnell spread the word through the Quik Park and gathered bodies from all around. Coastal Riders was on hand as the shop sponsor for this first jam. With Charlie on the mic, things quickly got popping as he made sure the event was ski friendly this time around. Grouse Mountain local Brian Choi cleaned house on the ski side of things, so we’re banning him from the next jam. Just kidding. In any case, the skiers were killing it all night on all the features. Trint and Shayan repped hard for the boarders, but all you boarders need to step your game up in time for the next Oakley Night Jam on January 8th. Here are some pictures from Friday night.
Quiksilver Park Now Open
It’s been just over 24 hours that the Quik park has been open and the usual gang already has an edit out. Here are Shayan, Trint and Spencer once again. For those that don’t know Shayan, that kid is 14. He’s gonna blow up, you mark my words.
Snow’s on its way. I would know, I’m kind of a big deal.
Sam
Hello, My Name is…
Hello readers,
My name is Jason, or as most of my friends call me, Frodo, and I have been lucky enough to be chosen as one of the Grousepark bloggers this year. I am a skier and have been skiing at Grouse Mountain since I was about 4 years old. Luckily enough, I live a mere 15 minute bus ride away from the mountain, so if I am free, you can bet I will be skiing. I am pretty recognizable on the hill, with an outerwear look consisting of tight pants and tall tees. If you see me, don’t be shy and say hello! Another thing I can usually be recognized by is a camera in my hand. I love to shoot pictures and if the weather is good chances are I won’t be caught up Grouse Mountain without my camera.
Speaking of pictures, here are some fresh pictures from the other day in the park.
Max Buchanan on the new, longer pontoon:
Trint Thomas nospressing while Shayan gets the shot:
That’s all for now, thanks for reading,
Frodo.
Another Grouse Park Edit
It’s been a sunny, clear week on top of Grouse Mountain. Great for filming and such, Here’s an edit not obscured by fog featuring Trint Thomas, Shayan Aghourlikhani, James Anderson and Ryan Belich. Great product placement Shayan, your sponsors must be real proud.
Filmed by Shayan and Trint, edited by Trint.