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Resorts: Monday, April 13, 2009
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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Published by whistlerblackcomb: 10:55 AM
Updated On: 4/13/2009 at 11:32 AM
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Resorts: Thursday, March 19, 2009
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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Tags:whistler, blackcomb, TWSSF, TELUS, Ski, and, Snowboard, Festival, music, concerts, contest, competition
Published by whistlerblackcomb: 3:54 PM
Updated On: 3/19/2009 at 3:55 PM
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Resorts: Thursday, February 12, 2009
SPECIAL EVENTS ALL WEEK. FREE DEMOS FROM THE SALOMON STORE. ALL GEAR 30% OFF.
(Whistler Mountainside)
The SALOMON Photo Contest.
February 14th - 20th.
Calling all budding photographers! Enter to win an $800 shopping spree at the Salomon Store and 10 tickets to the exclusive Salomon VIP Party! Submit your best photo in a ski, snowboard or lifestyle setting taken during the week representing the Salomon brand.
Visit whistlerblackcomb.com/salomonphotocontest for full contest & submission details.
Saint SALOMON Valentines Day BBQ.
Saturday 14th. 1-3pm @ Glacier Creek On Blackcomb Mountain.
Free BBQ for the first 200 people who show up wearing Salomon gear!
Salomon Fashion Show featuring next year’s gear.
Thursday 19th. 6pm @ Salomon store.
DJ, FREE cheese & beverages and preview of next year’s collection.
Visit the following locations in Whistler for discounts and more event information: Showcase Snow.Skate.Surf., Glacier Shop, CAN-SKI and Salomon Store.
Resorts: Thursday, February 12, 2009
If you were in Whistler this past Monday morning chances are you didn’t hit the snooze button. The forecast called for 4cms of snow the night before but 11cms fell instead. Check out some recent videos and photos, as well as the latest Snowcast podcasts.
If you're a Canadian or Washington State resident looking for the best deal on lift tickets at Whistler Blackcomb, check out the EDGE Card. It’s being offered at a discounted rate right now but sale ends Feb. 13th so get yours now.
Members: Thursday, May 08, 2008
Hey everybody!!! We have freshly finished our teaser for this years FREE release of Outdoor Education. FREE FREE FREE.. that's the price of this years full-length-feature-film by Voleurz. Free on the internet, Free in DVD format. If you want to pay for it, we'll charge you $0.00 plus 0% tax & shipping.Filming for "Outdoor Education" is almost complete and the strenuous editing process will begin this month of May. What we're most excited about this years film is the level of riding. Athletes truly stepped it up and what was last years 'A' roll is this years 'B'. Enjoy the teaser and thanks for the support!
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Resorts: Friday, February 29, 2008
The level of skill being displayed in all of the Whistler Blackcomb Parks is astonishing these days. The progression we are seeing in athletes is at light speed and tricks formerly reserved for the rare mutants are now being thrown with ease by local kids skipping school to ski and ride. (Don’t skip school!) This week I witnessed 16-year-olds throwing double back flips, 19-year-olds spinning corked 10s and a 4-year-old slide a four foot round bar. This progression has pushed the Park crew to step up and create the best possible playground for these athletes and then work backwards to ensure we have a smooth progression. The bar is being set high for the next generation and we are doing our best to evolve at the same rate.
The Parks all got new set-ups this week, some even seeing changes daily. On Whistler Mountain we changed up the top section to include a new barrel bonk in addition to the stump jibs as well as freshening up Bobcat with a never-been-tired-before combo box with a quad kink. There are also new jump styles on Chipmunk and two “Skate Style” spines with log and metal coping for every transfer trick imaginable.
The Choker Park saw the addition of the Quicksilver and Nintendo boxes set up in series as mellow up-boxes as well as the addition of a mini shack booter style step over jump. The Superpipe rebuild has resulted in the best pipe I have ridden in a long time and special props go out to Andy Morrison for his epic 17 hour shift grooming the pipe se we can all rip it this week!
The Terrain Garden continues to be one of the busiest parks with hordes of newbie riders getting their legs on the small jumps, mini spine, boxes and rails offered up in this line. We are hoping to add a few more basic flat boxes to the mix so trick development can progress here too.
The HL Park has basically been split into Lucas Land’s rail line for metal grinders and the main park for jumpers. The left line continues to be the BIG XL line while the right side offers up the L / XL multi-takeoff options.
If you have not been up in the parks yet this year, you are missing out! Don’t wait to see it in next year’s vids, come on up today.
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Members: Friday, November 16, 2007
The Voleurz family film "More For The Astronauts" is now available for
purchase online! Visit www.voleurz.com to grab a DVD for $29.99.
In other news, the Family is currently in Montreal and having way too much fun. We're in training mode for the "More For The Astronauts" video release party in Montreal and then Whistler:
MONTREAL
Foufounes Electrique
Wed Nov 14th / 9:30pm
WHISTLER
Longhorn
Sun Nov 25th / 9:30pm
VANCOUVER (TBA)
KAMLOOPS (TBA)
Be sure to come to our premieres and check out the film as well as the freshest line of Voleurz clothing to date!!
(Ohh, and go to www.toestanders.com and get excited)
Ski.Colonies.com: Monday, September 24, 2007
Ski.Colonies.com: Friday, June 15, 2007
Retailers: Wednesday, May 02, 2007
 Yes it’s time to ride bikes again. We’ve had a long winter and still have 300cm plus of snow on top. Fanatykco is once again filled with the best product for our market. From our top selling bikes from Norco to race specific Foes, Knollys and indestructible Chromag products we have what you need to have a great time on Whistler terrain.
Our retail shop is now open for servicing, if your ride need a little love just give us a call at 604-938-9455 and book your appointment now. Need to upgrade forks or pedals or even get some new rubber, come by and ask one of our pro’s about what will fit your needs. Our body armor is here also, come and get a new helmet by Giro, Bell, gloves by Fox or just some new shorts from RaceFace, Sombrio or Troy Lee we have it all.
Our Rental shop will open in mid May, a few days before the W/B bike park opens. Again this year we have surpassed ourselves to offer the best rental bike in the valley, bar none. Our Norco A-lines will be decked out with full Shimano Saint Groupo and FSA hardware for the best performance bike around.
Colonies Network: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
We are proud to announce that we have made more improvements to the website:
1. Faster Photo upload: Now you are able to upload a bunch of photos at one time! We have created a simple mass photo upload tool that will allow you to add photos to Colonies.com quicker than ever before. Get ready to start uploading your photos at warp-speed!
2. Profile Management: We have also overhauled the profile settings page making it easier to manage your personal information, update your mugshots and edit your profile privacy.
3. Faster Pages: Plus our pages are loading even faster as we have made performance improvements to the entire site.
We hope you enjoy!
The Colonies.com development team
Resorts: Friday, March 16, 2007
Few weeks ago we were contacted by MSP to build a gap step up for top skiers Sammy Carlson & Simon Dumont. Simon has been busy winning big $ @ pipe comps in the U.S. but Sammy was up to hit our custom booter. The gap step up was 60 feet from take off to uphill landing point. The kicker was approx 15 feet high & the uphill landing was higher @ around 25 feet.
Sammy said, “This is the best jump I have hit all year!” & based on what he was throwing down, looks like he was fully into it! The gap step up took 3 days to build by our skilled Park Grooming lead hand, Olex Iskaat. Stormy weather put the hit on hold then a final groom out made the feature ready for action this week. Sammy made the jump look effortless on every jump, blowing on lookers minds.
Park lead hand, Eric Gendron was in charge of shuttling Sammy back up to the in run start via sled so the action was fast & non stop! The shoot went into the sunset hours so expect to see some awesome footage in the next MSP film out this Fall. Big thanx to the Parks staff, leads & Olex for building & re grooming the hit so it was ideal for Sammy to hit over & over again.
Resorts: Friday, February 23, 2007
The parks are getting blanketed again, and the big mountain terrain is getting prime…
With 3 months left in a winter season that extends to June 3, Whistler Blackcomb surpassed its annual average snowfall before the end of February. As of February 20, the resort had received 1026 centimetres or 404 inches of snowfall this year, with the annual average sitting at 1,006 centimetres or 396 inches. Now days later it’s already up at 1041cms or 410 inches, and to top it off… there’s up to 80 cm’s (32 inches) in the forecast for this week!
Record breaking snowfall in November, solid snowfall throughout December and January, and currently tracking to be the second snowiest year on record by the end of February, Whistler locals are enjoying an epic season. February has seen more sunny skies in the earlier part of the month, until deep winter returned to the resort this past weekend, and it doesn’t look like it’s ready to quit any time soon.
Here’s the forecast… http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weather/forecast/index.htm
Enjoy. Again.
Colonies Network: Friday, February 16, 2007
As some of you users may have noticed, we've made some changes!
We have changed our main menu so it easier to get to where your going and you may be inclined to browse some areas of the site you haven’t before.
We added url and embed links to the photos section so its easy for you to link images or attach an image to a blog or anywhere that supports html.
We've also created new homepage layouts for some of the communities.
Our big news is that we are now glad to offer all videos for free for all members. On top of that we jacked our file size upload limit to 20 mb along with a bunch of other small site improvements....
Your feedback is welcome.
Resorts: Monday, February 05, 2007
We are very lucky to have 7 dedicated Park groomers on Blackcomb, Marty Gautrey, Oleksander Iskat, Kirby Litzenberger, Jason Josling, Lucas Ouellete & missing from the photos, Tim Austin & Andy Morrison. Marty is the lead hand & Kirby & Andy are our pipe shapers. Our grooming team is the best ever, bringing grooming experience & a Park background to the team. Nothing happens in our parks & pipe without our Groomers who continue to deliver quality building & grooming each night.
The Park staff take care of the hits during the day & the lead hands, Fred Lepage & Eric Gendron, pass on the maintenance & new build requests to Marty & Olex @ the start of their grooming shift. Our Groomers use Pisten Bully snow cats & specifically the Park Bully model. Specialized combing teeth have been added to the Park cat blades for even better ramp shaping when back blading. The Park groomers also use forks which attach to the snow cat blade to move & install the rails. We all owe a huge thank you to our Park groomers on Blackcomb for all their hard work & dedication in bringing you the best Parks & Pipe experience. Here’s a little back ground on our drivers:
Marty Guatrey – Lead hand & grooming the B Park since 1990. Marty started in Lake Louise, made the move to Whistler & has been working in the Parks in winter & Bike Park in the summer. Marty likes working with the younger crew & enjoys skiing what he builds. “I love building jumps. It’s challenging to build & progress with the skiers & snowboarders needs. It’s great to watch people having fun & enjoying my work & I do have a beautiful work environment”.
Oleksander Iskat – Works opposite shifts to Marty & leads the team on Marty’s days off. Olex has been grooming in the Park for 5 years & also has been a key member of the Bike Park in the summer. “I get to build what I want to ride & have the freedom to build an idea. I try to make everything I build as safe as possible. I may not ride the biggest hits but I’m happy to see people progress on our features”.
Jason Josling – 2nd year in the park grooming. J was mostly in the Terrain Garden last season and now grooms the main Nintendo Park & helps out in the Highest Level when needed. “I’m still learning but feel I’m 100% better than last season. My job takes precision, a skilled eye & attention to detail. I try to make everything safe, rideable & fun”.
left to right: Oleksander, Lucas, Kirby, Marty & Jason
Lucas Ouellette – 1st season grooming & worked on the Parks day crew last season. Lucas is mostly in the Terrain Garden but is also working on the secret jib & jump section in the Highest Level Park “I like building stuff & hitting it the next day. It can be lonely @ times yet peaceful inside the snow cat. I crank up the punk rock tunes & build the jumps.”
Kirby Litzenberger – 6 seasons @ Whistler & specifically grooming the super pipe. Kirby took a couple of seasons off but we are stoked that he is back on our pipe team once again. Top riders know when Kirby has cut the pipe, it rides perfect. Kirby built his first pipe in 1988. “It takes vigilance to build the best pipe possible. I want to build & maintain the best pipe. Being rated #2 for pipe is not good enough. Southern Cali is all hype”.
Tim Austin – 2nd year Grooming the Parks & also came from Park day crew. Tim rides what he builds & rides hard. Tim started grooming the Terrain Garden his first season & is now involved in the main Nintendo Park grooming team.
Andy Morrison – Our longest serving groomer with over 16 years of grooming experience, Andy works on the winter & summer Glacier half pipes. Andy has been pipe shaping for over 5 years & has used the Pipe Dragon & the Zaugg Pipe shapers.
left to right back row: Lucas, Oleksander, Marty. Front row = Kirby & Jason
Ski.Colonies.com: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Ski.Colonies.com: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
And the winners are:
Best Line:
Sverre Liliequist
Five O’clock News
Swedish Posse
Best Powder:
Jon Larsson
Snowblind
Free Radicals
Best Air, Natural:
Seth Morrison
Anomaly
Teton Gravity Research
Best Air Manmade:
Rory Bushfield
Push
Matchstick Productions
Best Jib:
Corey Vanular
Long Story Short
Level 1 Productions
Best P.O.V.
Andreas Hatveit
By Jon Hatveit
Mind the Gap
Skifilm.net
Worst Slam
Kaj Zackrisson
Respect
Wink Inc.
Best Female:
Grete Eliassen
Ski Porn
Poor Boyz Productions
Best Male
Mark Abma
Push
Matchstick Productions
Breakthrough Performer
Ian McIntosh
Full Throttle
Seb Michaud
Movie of the Year
Push
Matchstick Productions
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Tags:awards, powder magazine, mark abma, Matchstick Productions, Rory Bushfield, Push, Seth Morrison, Teton Gravity Research, Free Radicals, Swedish Posse, photos
Published by ski.colonies.com: 11:40 AM
Updated On: 1/30/2007 at 11:45 AM
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Ski.Colonies.com: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Film Makers: Saturday, January 20, 2007
For immediate release:
PNW -
Turn Left, Turn Right, Exit Here, Entering, Welcome to...change the song, pass the chips, are we there yet? From the creators of [PHOTO]PLAY, we present to you…PNW... Through the creative vision of Theory-3 Media, in association with Poorboyz Productions & Distribution we bring to you a 2 Disc, 2 version, high-definition skiing documentary covering the uncontrolled locations and the endless possibilities held by the Pacific Northwest.
PNW will not be just your typical rider segmented film, but rather a production documenting the travels and locations visited by focusing a unique group of athletes and an entire season on endless areas of Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington. The film's layout will be broken up into segments covering the intricate highway systems, with the joint travels of a few select athletes and crew linking the areas of the PNW into a smooth flowing production. With lots of research, and the impulsive choices of athletes and crew, we expect the body of the film to be made up of random highway towns and certain specific, but also unplanned backcountry sledding/touring locales. The skiing within the film will cover all aspects of backcountry jumping, big mountain skiing, urban/terrain park skiing, and the ideal combination of all the above.
→NOTE: We will also include 1-2 additional segments within the PNW documentary covering special event's, super park shoots, special trips from outside of the Pacific North West. These segments will be tied into the film with a PNW hook to be used as a recess between other segments for issues with weather, athlete schedules, etc within the Pacific North West.
In addition to the feature 'documentary', the PNW product will include a 2nd DVD focusing on a re-edited, rider segmented film, with new footage from outside of the PNW, and a slightly more 'typical' layout. The riders will be giving his folder's worth of footage, and will choose each specific shot for his ideal additional segment. It will also include an athlete commentary covering who, what, when, where and why, that rider chose those shots for his specific segment. We hope to achieve two exciting films that can truly cover the dynamic that makes up the sport of skiing, the Northwest and everything the riders, and production crew put into their short run snow filled season.
Check www.theory-3.com for week by week updates, and more information!
Resorts: Monday, January 15, 2007
Excellent snow conditions combined with outstanding building by the Park groomers has brought the Highest Level Park to an all time high. The HL Park is entertaining the top riders & skiers & blowing the on lookers minds. A new combo rail by the shack booter followed by the 50 foot flat bar plus there is another single pipe kink rail going in below that which will keep the jibbers challenged.
All the table tops have received some love and are now getting into the huge category. Looks like the weather will continue to hold the high pressure so more advancements will be made on the right line for the HL park along with more rails to go in. In the Nintendo Park extra rail and table tops have been added so there’s lots to choose from outside the HL Park. Park riding has never been so good, come up & experience it for yourself.
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