Whistler Entry #13

It's been a while since I posted, nothing has been going on really until about the past week.  Crankworx is currently underway and some of the world's best riders are at the scene throwing down tricks and speeding through tight dirt passages all across the mountain.  I will upload some photos of the scene when I can.

Anyways, I will put a few pictures up I've gotten before and just describe them one by one.

finally starting to storm up - after a whole month of no rain, were getting some clouds

Went out for someones birthday, took this picture because we thought it'd be funny.

Went to bounce finally the other day, didn't get any pictures there but on our way back I snapped this pic to show how rainy and wet it is currently.  You can also see the distant mountains half covered by clouds.

Whistla - Entry #12

After receiving my new phone I'm now able to take photos again!

Here are a few from today's trip up the glacier.  Best day, amazing weather, good park, on my new skis too!

up, up and away!

I've been hitting up the airbag most of the day plus some rails.  My new skis hold up very well on jumps and landings but I still need to get use to the new size and rails are becoming a bit of a problem too as my skis are a bit heavier.  The edges were also super sharp so I had to go borrow a file from the patrol hut and file them down so I can actually slide rails without catching an edge.  Nevertheless, I love them, my bindings are sick and I can't wait to get more days on them until the end and shred them next winter season!

Here are a few pics I've snapped, 

on the t-bar.

pic after I'm done for the day

Here are the rest of the pictures I took while downloading:

Jihad turban cause it's so hot.

Stay tuned on this post for a video of me hitting the airbags!  Or you can just see them on my facebook!

Whis. Entry #11

A few cool events happened in the recent weeks.

On Monday, we lifties had a slide night/free bbq.  We did this because Whistler Blackcomb recently scored a 97% on customer satisfaction and this was our reward.  The bbq was amazing since it was the same stuff that they serve at the restaurants and the slides were a whole another story.  They are evil and hurt so much. The slide is basically a small cart for one or two people (usually kids) and it slides down a metal slide with twists and turns.  Kind of like one at a playground... anyways, since we were staff, they rolled out the staff carts which had a certain type of safety brake off and we were able to attain a much higher speed.  My friend and I jumped on one and it hurt us sooo bad.  The cart was fast and unpredictable, the turns weren't as controlled as we planned out to be and in turn we both got out with a lot of bruises and cuts... never again!

On Wednesday, there was an event held by Momentum where the pros and amateurs gathered at the ski jump place and did some really sweet tricks on the water ramps.  One of my roomate and I caught up to the final moments and saw some pros throw down.  Lots of people gathered around there and there were even Hawaiian dressed girls dancing on the ramps at all times!


The rest of the week had been pretty uneventful, I mainly skiied, worked and hung out with some people.  My new skis arrive soon and I can't wait to try them out.

Whis. Entry - New roomate

So two pretty exciting things happened today.

1) I was off work early due to a thundershower, spent majority of my time chatting with coworkers in the lift hut and then getting a drive down.

2) A new roommate showed up.  His name is Vincent from Montreal and he's here to shred Camp of Champs for the next three weeks.

Pretty cool stuff, not much else to talk about.

Whis. Entry #10

Been working for the past few days everywhere on the Blackcomb mountain.  My shift on sunday consisted of going to Fitzsimmons chair for the first time and unloading bikes! It was quite exciting and a new experience than just skis and boards. Haha.

 Beautiful view from bottom of solar coaster

Bottom of Solar coaster

 So beautiful, camera has no depth however, it's simply breathtaking.

 Bottom of solar coaster looking onto Wizard express lift line

 Sunset on my walk back to residence.

 Up on 7th heaven today (Tuesday), beautiful, free coffee, food and shorter hours to work.

Downloading and Black Park scenery!

Belows a video of a bear I saw at the fitzsimmons chair.  The black bears massive and holy about 30-40 metres away from us.  I've never seen one so up close.  

Whistler - Entry #9

Today I went up skiing up in the glacier.  It was amazing since it was super sunny and hot.  It was awesome and I had lots of fun riding with my friends.  Everyone at the glacier was pretty much stoked to be on there, chatted it up with lots of people.  I just wished it could of lasted longer.

Here are some pictures I put up of today.

Whis. Day ? - Entry #8

The last few days has been pretty uneventful since I have been mostly skiing during my break.  On Wednesday I worked up at the glacier for the first time and it was overall, okay.  The weather wasn't amazing since it was mainly cloudy and raining up at the glacier.  It was also really cold and due to my stupidity, I forgot to pack an extra hoodie or even gloves.  I started my station at the showcase TBar and managed to borrow gloves from a person. It was quiet nice but really busy for a crappy day.  Up at the glacier, there are more breaks due to the sun and the weather.  We took breaks every 2 hours or so.

I went skiing both thursday and friday.  On friday I met one of my fellow lifty friend skiing around and we decided to roll together.  It was fun and definitely waiting for tomorrow to go skiing as well.  Here are some pics i snapped of the glacier and my lunch on friday from the wizard grill! 50% of all grill food!