It’s A Community Thing.
Wow! First off, I need to credit SnowboardCanada.com for this. They’re reporting the same thing and they reported it first.
I’m sitting here and I shout to my flatmate, Mike, “Hey, cool! They’ve unveiled the Olympic torch. It looks pretty cool!”
Mike’s eyes widen and a giant grin comes across his face and he shouts; “Yeah, it looks like a joint!”
It really does! Bwaahahaha.
Woah people.
Talk about a crazy season. That cold snap at the beginning, I think it hit -25 in early December! The incident where a tower fell on the Excalibur gondola. The deaths earlier on. The avalanches. The lack of snow. The lack of snow. The lack of snow! The final arrival of snow in March! Awesome skiing and boarding for a few weeks. The World Ski and Snowboard Festival. The list goes on and on. But the 2008/2009 season I will remember for the rest of my life.
Sunday is the last day! A single tear drop has fallen from my goggle tanned face. Oh well. It’s been one hell of a season. If you want to go skiing, make sure that you get your butt up there Saturday or Sunday because the mountain isn’t going to be open anymore.
However, if you want to still ski this season, the glacier opens up on June 20th, until about July 26th for spring skiing. Camp of Champions and a few other camps will be there, but there is a small terrain park open to the public.
If you want to get a glacier pass this summer you’re looking to pay between $244 and $400. If you ski it often, let me know if it’s worth it.
See ya on the mountain!
The Question is reporting that VANOC is finally going to be selling tickets to the opening ceremonies!
They will be going on sale on Saturday June 6th. They’re going to retail for quite a bit. As of now there are no victory (medal) celebration tikets on sale, but they will be soon. The opening ceremonies will take place in Vancouver.
To get tickets you’ll need to log onto vancouver2010.com. You’ll get put in a “virtual waiting room” and be chosen at random. If you want tickets you should log onto the vancouver2010.com website and register now. Set your alarms and get those tickets when you have the chance.
Over 150,000 tickets are going on sale and that includes tickets to the gold medal for Ice Hockey. Wooop!
So for all you panicky people who still don’t have employment for the summer, craigslist is offering some good jobs. Here’s a list.
For those of you that are involved in Club Shred, there’s some new events that are taking place in June that’ll allow you to save quite a bit of money.
If you don’t know what Club Shred is, it’s a discount club for employees of Whistler Blackcomb. If you’re working through the summer, you’re entitled to join club shred for just a few dollars a month. Head over to the Springs Building to sign up.
Here’s some of the discounts you can get in June:
June 9th-ZipTrek: Normally $99, Shred price is $50. Tour is at 4:40pm. Meet at the basement of the Carleton. 8 people only. Check out ziptrek.com for more information
June 18th-Bungee Jumping: Normally $120, Shred price $60. Tour is at 4pm. Meet at the Springs. 14 people only. Check out whistlerbungee.com for more information
June 22nd-Rockclimbing: Intro to Top Roping. Normally $177, Shred price is $109. Tour starts at 8am, 6-8hrs round trip. Meet at the Nordic Shop. 6 people only. Bring your own lunch. Check out coastmountainguides.com for more information.
June 28th-Wakeboarding: Shred price is $50. 6 people for 3 hrs of wakeboarding. Meet at the Springs. Check out whistlerwake.com for more information.
Hey everyone,
You may have noticed I haven’t posted in close to two weeks. I was visiting my family in Toronto and then went on a camping trip across Canada. Very fun.
But I’m back, let’s fill each other in on what was missed.
Stay tuned!
Canadians have done exceptionally well in the Wenatchee Valley Omnium, a bike race that takes place in Wenatchee, Washington. Canadians did so well infact that Canadians took 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place!
Way to go!
Whistler Native, 26 year old Will Routely took first place, so if you see Will, be sure to give him a congrads!
Fellow Canadians Rob Britton and Dave Vukets took 2nd and 3rd in the pro mens 1/2. We should be very proud.
Source: wenatcheeworld.com
I just found out some great news!
Camp of Champions has introduced surfing into their extreme sports camps. I’m very stoked about this. I received a facebook message from Ken Achenbach who works for Camp of Champions. Read it, it’ll get you excited.
This is the deal. The camp is a week long and they’re running 3 this summer. It costs $1100 without accommodation or $1400 with accommodation. You get fed for that as well. They include a surfboard and wetsuit. The camp takes place in Seaview, Washington about 4 hours from Whistler. It looks super fun!
CAMP A - July 18th - July 25th
CAMP B - July 25th - August 1st
CAMP C - August 1st - August 8th
Here’s Ken’s email:
Every year before camp and after camp we head out somewhere and go surfing. It seems like all our snowboard coaches and most of the ski coaches and a couple of the bike coaches surf. Lately we’ve been going to Seaview and have been super stoked on the lack of locals, the tons of waves and the good times we’ve had. It was an easy decision when when were thinking, we should do a surf camp, everyone keeps asking us when we are going to do one, so here it is.
The coolest thing about sports like snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking and surfing is that they are sports that make you want to go out in the world and discover it. They make you want to get in your car, get on a bus, get in a plane and go to new places, meet new people and have the best time of your life and discover new things about yourself that you had no idea existed. Things that leave you a better person at the end of the day. That is why we have added surfing to the list of sports you can learn or get better at with The Camp of Champions. All the sports we do are sports that we live for. Now we want to share our passion for surfing with you so that you can grow and get stoked to travel and see the world. We want to change your life, we want to run into you five years from now on some random Indonesian island surfing and being stoked. A summer camp can do that to a person. We want to do that to you. That’s why we’ve included on the site some photos from our travels surfing over the years. Indo, Tahiti, Brazil, the west coast, the Maldives, and more. Our camp tag line isn’t “Get Stoked” for no reason. If you don’t know how to surf and you’ve always wanted to, now is the time. We have taken the classic, best in the world COC experience and dropped it onto the beach and into the ocean. Get Stoked.
We’re really looking forward helping you get your surf on, so get down here!
Get Stoked,
Ken
Hit up the camp site to get all the details.
Whistler Mountain Bike Park is reporting that the Whistler Park is going to be featured on television this Sunday on The Outdoor Life Network. It’s appearing in a bike show called the Ride Guide. The show is airing at 9:30am pacific time on Channel 49.
Should be pretty cool, try to watch it. Someone should PVR portion of it, throw it up on YouTube and I can post it here. Hopefully Outdoor Life Network won’t mind. 
Source: whistlermountainbike.com