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The countdown is on and the party begins this Friday. The TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival kicks into high gear April 17-26, 2009. The only thing to do is get yourself to the centre of the action. Here are some highlights of what's on the adjenda, including some new events you'll want to check out.

The best things in life are still free. Zune Concert Series line-up promises 10 days of pilgrim-worthy free outdoor concerts, featuring Ozomatli, Ten Second Epic, The Stills, Metric, and DJ Ztrip.

Grenade Games lobs into town. Snowboarding’s infamous end of season party is by the riders, for the riders. Giving Canadians the chance to become Grenadians for the first time in its history, the Grenade Games’ line-up includes a Poker Run, dual slalom moguls course, pipe and slopestyle comp, and entices legends of snowboarding out of retirement to ride alongside current pros and up-and-comers.

Discover tomorrow’s artistic superstars. Debuting at this year’s Festival is the mutant sibling of the Pro Photographer Showdown, the ThreePointOh Multimedia Challenge. Plus, State of the Art, the Canada-wide Designer Search and Expose, and the new Chef Challenge.

Skate comes to the party. The new Festival opener, Skate & Deploy, followed by the Skate of the Art Opening party offers the perfect segue from winter to spring for fans of flow.

Graphic mastery gains momentum. Enter year four of the open crowd-sourcing collaboration that introduces graphic design talent to snowboards as canvass. Masterpiece in Motion entries are due March 1.

Ticketed events are known to sell out in advance so avoid disappointment and get your tickets early. Get yours online now at the Festival E-Store.

Faces of the Fest prepare to face-off to be the Festival’s 2009 on-air video host. Our very own Alex Hearn, voice of the Whistler Blackcomb snowphone, is one of the five finalists! "VOTE HARD, VOTE HEARN" VOTE NOW! Last day to vote is today, Monday, April 13th.

Looking to come up and enjoy all of the action? There are some awesome deals on now, including 2 day lift & lodging from just $82 pp/pn. MORE INFO

Another sweet deal...Buy your 5 or 10-Day 2009.10 EDGE Card now to ski at Whistler Blackcomb from $57 per day next season plus get unlimited spring skiing NOW for just $79! BUY NOW

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Just four weeks until the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival rolls in to take over Whistler for 10 days and 10 nights of adenaline packed sports, arts, and music events.

The Zune Concert Series line up is set and ready to rock the valley of Whistler with live music from Thornley, The Stills, Ozomatli, The Arkells, 54 40, DJ ZTrip, and Metric to name just a few. For more info on the Zune Concert Series visit: wssf.com

This year marks the return of the Orage Masters, World Skiing Invitational's Big Air and Superpipe, and the addition of the Park'n'Fly Skate Jam and Monster's Grenade Games.

Also returning this year and bigger than ever are the infamous arts events including the Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown, 72 Hour Filmmaker Showdown, Schick Fashion Exposed, State of the Art, Whistler Chef Challenge, and the new ThreePointOh Multimedia Challenge.

The festival doesn't stop there. When the sun sets the party is just getting started! The Kokanee Freeride Club Series, along with an onslaught of legendary parties, offers party-goers endless opportunities to rub elbows with the who's who of the industry. This year the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival really lives up to its modo: Party in April. Sleep in May.

TWSSF is also offering one lucky person the ultimate VIP status for this year's festival with the Face of the Festival Contest. To find out how to apply visit: wssf.com/faceofthefestival





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Outdoor Concert Series

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Whistler, BC - March 31, 2006 - What could be more exciting than finding out some of the most talented and popular performing bands in North America are set to play in Whistler from April 14-23? Probably the realization that watching your favourite acts live is completely FREE, as part of Canada's largest free outdoor concert series, during the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival. Daily concerts are scheduled from 2:30-5:30pm, including two nighttime concerts on Saturday April 15 and April 22 from 7:00-10:00pm, in Skier's Plaza at the base of Whistler Mountain. Over fifty live concerts are scheduled to rock Whistler during the annual Festival's legendary celebration fusing music, arts and sports.

Many are already saying this year's performing schedule is the strongest yet, and one of the most expansive on record, including acclaimed Juno nominees, Canada's red-hot rising stars and some of the most influential bands to come out of the United States in the past decade. Providing even more excitement, iTunes by Apple will power the 2006 Festival Mainstage, delivering a ten-day blowout of hip-hop, funk, rock and alternative music to a crowd of thousands in Whistler Village.

"W1 is proud to be working with Apple to bring Canada's largest free concert series to Whistler," said Doug Perry, President of W1. "Being one of the most progressive companies in the world today, essentially revolutionizing the music industry with iTunes and iPod, Apple is the perfect group to lay down the soundtrack for the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival."

From popular rock groups, platinum-selling Default and current chart-topper Mobile, to the pioneering hip-hop artists of Jurassic 5 and Blackalicious, the line-up is diverse, with all the featured artists hand-picked for their amazing live performances. Headline groups include another Platinum seller and teen rock sensation, Hedley, who's lead singer gained notoriety as a Canadian Idol finalist, and Metric, presently referred to as the coolest indie band out there. Both are also 2006 Juno nominees. A final, complete alphabetical listing for the 2006 Mainstage is as follows:

adam ezra group | Blackcalicous | Default | DJ Relm | Fatlip with Omni | Flowmotion | Hedley | Hermit | Jurassic 5 | KostaMan | Lifesavas | Mariana's Trench | Metric | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Mobile | MyG | Pacifica | Panurge | Pauder | Pigeon John | Rally Car | Slackstring | Souls of Mischief | Stabilo | Team Canada | The Left | The Wassabi Collective | Umphrey's McGee

For more information on the Whistler Concert Series powered by iTunes, including an up-to-date concert schedule and performing band bios and pictures, please visit www.whistler2006.com/ocs

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TELUS SPIN 2006  is THE Event to hit up for the 05/06 season!!  10 Days of Rail Jams, Free Concerts, Parties and the some of the sickest snowboarding in North America.  Tremblant is not as far away as you think.  Get in the car and Go!  The Festival runs from March 31st through April 9th.  There are sick lodgeing deals and lift deals too.  Go to Tremblant, Ride and Stay over for a few days and party your @ss off!!  Non-Stop Parties, Rail Jams everyday, Live Music, Sick Riding!  Packages Start at $99.  Go To

http://ww1.tremblant.ca/spin/index.asp for more information on the event.

www.tremblant.ca/offers/winter/package_04/index-e.htm for lodging information.



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Coors Light Triple Challenge Ski & Snowboard Festival

 

Collingwood, March 2006 – Blue Mountain Resort is beginning to change shape as the Coors Light Triple Challenge Ski and Snowboard Festival draws near.  Sunday, March 4^th, the event site at the base of Smart Alec will come to life as the build of two 80 foot rails gets underway.  Massive preparation for the big air to rail component of the Coors Light Triple Challenge is scheduled to take the good part of a week, as Blue Mountain Resort’s operations team binds forces to create one of Canada’s largest ski and snowboard festivals.         

 

The Coors Light Triple Challenge, March 9^th through 11^th is BlueMountain’s final event of the season, featuring a collection of events including half-pipe, slope style, rail jam and big air to rail competitions.  In celebration of an incredible season, the festival will also host one of the biggest free outdoor concerts of the year.

 

Top pro skiers and snowboarders from around the world are ready to contend in a series of events starting with the Friday night Oxy Rail Jam.  Mars Big Air to Rail participants will start off with an invitational day time qualifier on Saturday with the highest scoring competitors advancing to a night time final. On Saturday night competitors and spectators will also catch an open air concert at the base of Smart Alec on the Telus Concert Stage.  Heading up this year’s show is the punk inspired quartet, The Stills.  This Montreal based group will bring a splurge of live 80’s style rock to the scene.   

 

Athletes may register Thursday, March 9^th from 7:30 to 9:30 AM in Cascade 2 at the Grand Central Lodge.  The entry fee is $35.00 per contest with registration times running at the same time and location, Friday and Saturday.  Discounted lift tickets will be available to competitors following registration.  Please note: Competitors under 18 years of age will need a guardian to sign their waiver.  A practice session will run on site from 9:00 to 10:00 AM.  The competition kicks off Thursday morning at 10:00 AM.  Helmets are mandatory.

 

The Coors Light Triple Challenge: 10 mountain events, 30,000 lbs of rail, 13 million gallons of man made snow, 500+ athletes, 40 judges and 20,000 spectators you won’t want to miss! 

 

For continuous updates and an event schedule check out: www.triplechallenge.ca

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Well, the last month has been pretty fun and eventful. The snow of January lasted well into February, and it's started to storm again.

In late January I went to the Coldplay concert with Steph... wicked times! Also got to check out a couple Canucks games for free, they won both of them!

Besides that I've been skiing hard, partying, and working. Whistler has been bumpin' lately, for sure! Went to see Aerosmith in Tacoma a couple weeks ago, amazing show!! Can't wait for the Vancouver show... these boys are playing better than ever.

Ok, now for the avalanche story...

The biggest news story is that I almost died yesterday. That's right, you heard it right! I was VERY close to cascading over a 150ft+ cliff from an avalanche I set off yesterday. I don't think the reality of this has hit me yet.

It was around 1 or 2 pm, and I was skiing down the Glacier Cirque. I looked up at the "Corner Pocket" cliff zone , skier's left of the cirque entrance, and it was all deep windrift and still unskied (where the hell are all the shredders???).

I don't have to look at a slope with neck-deep windrifts twice before I ski it. So, the next run, I was committed to it. The delayed opening of the Peak and the 50-80kph wind gusts should have told me there was some serious wind loading going on. Anyways, as I was ducking the rope and coming down the ledge above this cliff, all of the sudden I feel my feet slipping as the entire slope gave way. It's one of the most horrible sights in the world, to see all the snow around you crumble and to have what seems like a million pounds of snow working with gravity to drag you down a slope. If I went over the cliff, it would have been certain death. I was ready to try to protect my head (no helmet) and was ready for a big and likely life ending fall.

It was a good 40-60cm crown depth, and the fracture was at least 20 feet wide.  The slope was avalanching from about 10 ft above me as well. I started to get dragged down the ledge and close to the cliff, but managed to use all my stength to hold myself on the ledge with my fist/pole and skis. I slid down  a good 10-20 feet towards this cliff, and ended up within 10 ft from the edge of this massive, and surely fatal cliff. The slide ripped over the cliff, and I could see it trigger a bigger slide area below me and avalanche out into the bowl below. I screamed down below, hoping no one was there. I got the hell out of there, and needless to say did not continue down Corner Pocket.

I skied the regular entrance of the Cirque and out into the bowl below. The best part of this whole story was the waist-chest deep fluffy sluff that this avalanche created. It was soooo fun to ski (and even better to be alive).

Be avalanche aware. These things can happen anywhere , at anytime. Even in the tree zones yesterday the slabs were running so easily with the slightest ski cut. Be safe everyone!

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Current Avalanche Advisory


Reactive slabs of up to 80cm were running with the weight of a skier within the ski area over the past two days. A natural avalanche cycle occured early in the storm and has reloaded since. Yesterday within the ski area we saw slopes run that haven't slid in ten years.


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UPCOMING CONCERTS:
~March 29th- Motley Crue

~March 31st- Fallout Boy, Gym Class Heroes, The Academy Is...

~April 2nd- Plain White T's and The Matches
^^^^^this one is gonna be SO F**KIN KILLER^^^^^

~April 4th- Breaking Benjamin, Theory of A Dead Man, Exies

~April 12th- Crossfade, Strata

~April 14th- Shadows Fall, Lamb of God

~April 30th-The Killers
^^^^^this one is gonna be KILLER too^^^^

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Feel like random.... i spaced out all day today..haha. I cant wait to sleep in my bed again.

Also in the news.... SNOW IS COMMIN!!!!!!1 It will happen tomorrow and it will be classified as "wet snow"...but the fact that the word snow was in that statement got me really excited...almost too excitied if u ask me. I can't wait to whip it out on the slopes..... okay my skiies... mind your minds now..lol

Josh now considers me a god on facebook. I think it is glorous that i am worshipped..haha

Again...can't wait for snow...OH YEAH... what else.. i also started registering for clsses and i picked chorus as one of them. I will be singing every thurs evening and we will have concerts!! I'm pretty pumped... and im taking sh*tty courses too...but we all have to do it.. just have a cake class in there.. Also i'm going to prolly live at home because i need to get my act together for school. If i don't, i'm screwed for life. Besides...it makes driving to holiday valley much easier now... (always look at the positives in every situation..haha)

Alright..time for Judge Judy..




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Hay ppl what's up??? i'm really bord right now i'm in my geography class and have nothing to do... SPRING BREAK IS NEXT WEEK!!! YAY i'm excited... this last weekend was crazy my friend was shot at and there were a bunch of concerts, ZIGGY MARLEY las night!!! it was great fun

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okay... my ex just called me....


what do i do?... she had bought tickets to a concert for us to go see next month... now, obviously, we are no longer dating, but she still wants me to go. do i go? its not like its a concert that i'm dying to see, but i just like concerts. I've told her that i'll still go, but not to feel like she has to bring me.... is that good?

f*cken women.... just make it easy on me.

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