Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Take that rewind it back

Unfortunately I realised how broke I was and the season came to close with me moving back to Dawson Creek for the summer to get mahhh self a job:( This was easily the best skiing of my life. So much pow, fun and smiles. So stoked to do it all again but this year living in Whistler= more skiing. I got pretty bored at work sometimes so I threw together an edit of my favorite shots of the season, I'd also like to note I wrote highlights wrong in the edit.......

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Juneary?

Well, I sort of forgot about blogging but I am attempting to kick start this thing again this year and hope that this season is only as fun as the last! Hopefully I can step up both the quality of the edits and skiing from last year too.

I guess I'll start where I left things off last season. Mayish or June? In Van and Whis last year we were blessed with the like La Nina last year, for those of you who do not know, that means mad snow on the Best Coast. Not only did it mean mad snow in the winter, but it meant we still got to ski well into the spring and well early summer too. The park was bumping in Whistler and I got to do some sunny summer laps in June at Grouse. I actually went skiing one day at Grouse and got sun burnt at Wreck Beach the next. Only here, love this city.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

We be bumming it.

Well exams came to a fold and Whistler livin kicked in until the start of the summer semester (10 days). All my plans for free rent in Whistler failed miserably so I forked up the cash for a hostel. Paolo on the other hand, was less willing to spend his dolla and spent 10 consecutive days in his car. Watching him scrounge around Whistler finding creative ways to eat, shower and sleep for free was more or less the highlight of my trip.

The weather in Whistler was well, typical Wet Coast. About the half the time I couldn't see over a 6 meters in front of me but when the sun did roll out it was saaawweeet! Pierre rolled into town with his fancy camera and we were able to shoot for a couple days. Generally, this when I stop skiing for the season and go home to make some coin, but this year we have been blessed with an incredible snowbase and I'll be sticking in Van City for summer school. This means I can keep skiing, word on the street in Grouse will be staying open till July, I'll have to check it in June once Whistler closes.

The Whistler week can be more or less summed up in this edit,

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Study Break

Well its exams, I went 8 days in row without skiing, longest I've gone all year, really not that bad if you think about it.

James Hume and myself climbed to the peak of Seymour hoping to take advantage of the late season dumps they've gotten and build city booter. Surprise surprise it was bombed out. No problem, we just ventured 100ft west and found a nearly identical hit. We me met up with Billy Jackson and co. hoping to take some tasty sunset booter shots of the city.

The stars didn't quite align this day. James, unfortunately, strained his meniscus on the second hit, and the clouds rolled in and the temperature dropped just as we started, very icy landings indeed. We made the best of it, I was able to hit it maybe 10 times and Billy clicked that camera of his and made a mediocre evening look pretty sweet. All and all, its the end of April I should stop complaining this season's snow has been epic!

Just checking if my dog ran away at home while doing a 5 tail.

Rolling over Vancouver with a wack form of Rodeo 7

Snapped a quick shot with the Go Pro, not a bad day.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Baby bash

March was rad, pow was to be had and zeee park was pretty fun. Played around with Pierre's Go-Pro on the rails and the baby jumps. Hopefully we'll be able to get some footy on the bigger jumps after exams, booooo.


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Know Yo Roots

Billy J and I hit up Seymour for a quick sesh Monday afternoon. Got some a few shots on the Nike 6.0 Red Ledge. For those of you that don't know Seymour and Nike 6.0 put together a park of replicas of real urban features, pretty cool.
Real Red Ledge in Quebec


Went to the Birlington Double-set to slide the flat to drop, apparently that rain is slippery, 7ft to flat on my back. Short sesh indeed. Walking like I shit my pants now.

BillyJackson snapped this one with his new fisheye lense on Seymour's 'Red Ledge'. FUN!

Monday, March 14, 2011

zeeee fun!

Pierre has been nice enough to let me use his Go Pro this season. Here is some fun powder and shitty park shots I've gotten this season. Hopefully the sun will come out someday and can make a fun park edit. Maybe thats just wishful thinking.