It’s A Community Thing.
I was reading this article in the Pique and I was inspired to pass it on.
If you are going to be biking in Whistler and especially if this is your first year, you should check this book out. It’s a good map of all the cool stuff that’s in Whistler’s Bike Park.
You can pick it up from the book store, or the grocery store (near the checkout) or you can pick it on Amazon.com here.
I’ve heard good things about this publication. So pick it up!
I read this article in the Vancouver Sun and I’m kind of curious as to everyone’s reaction.
The subject of the article discusses how athletes and their families have (for example) The Canada House for Canadians, The Russian House for Russians, etc. Now there is a Pride House, it’s created by the GayWhistler organization to break down gender barriers.
“It is really important to have a safe space for out athletes, coaches, fans and allies to come and hang out, share their stories, trade pins and have fun,” said one of the organizers, Dean Nelson, to the Vancouver Sun.
I’m just curious as to what your reaction to this is. I wonder if you think that rather than break down boundaries, it creates bigger boundaries and segregation.
It’s important to read the article, because there are some justifying arguments.
Please leave a comment to let us know what you think.
A lot of you are probably already aware, but here’s another heads up.
You can get your Paralympic tickets. They’re on sale now and they’re dirt cheap. You can get opening ceremony tickets for $30 and some of the sporting events are as cheap as $15. That’s really good prices and it’s sure to be an awesome show. Get them while you can. The games go from March 12 to March 21, 2010.
In other news, the Paralympics are looking for 12,000 torchbearers to carry the torch 45,000km to its home here. It’s lit in Olympia, Greece on October 22nd and is flying over to Canada. Over 90% of Canadians will be within one hour of the torch at some point.
If you’re interested in this, would like to be a torch bearer or would like some more information, click the link below. Good luck!
So, Dirty Beats on Thursdays at Maxx Fish is looking to book some DJs.
Are you a DJ? Do you want to spin at Maxx Fish for Dirty Beats nights on Thursday? If this sounds like you, contact Little Beats at lindsay@dirtybeats.ca.
Be sure to get a feeling for what Dirty Beats is about at DirtyBeats.ca first.
This is totally insane!
This dude named Adam (aka Gnarshmallow) created this flash game and put it on the NewSchoolers.com website. It’s meant to be a Camp of Champions park. The game is pretty fun and straight forward. But get this, if you create the best line and record it, you will win a trip to the camp.
That’s really cool! Good luck! Get your game on! It’s totally worth the hours and hours of playing. I wish I could play, but I’m busy. Dang.
I’m not exactly sure how you record it, but I’m inquiring.
Here’s the link:
So, The Vancouver Sun has reported all the World Cup skiers that are sponsored by Rossignol are getting a pay cut. A huge pay cut. 50%!
It’s super shady because Whistler is home to a few of those athletes. Michael Janyk is was interviewed by Gary Kingston of the Vancouver Sun and Janyk had quite a bit to say about it. Michael Janyk won the bronze in the 2009 World Championship. He was told about the cuts last Thursday, so make sure you check out the article cause it’s a good read.
Rossignol already cut 400 jobs this season. That’s about 1/3 of it’s entire staff. Cruddy crap happens with recession. Quote me on that!
Performance bonuses for top 10 finishes won’t be affected.
Check out the article to learn more.
Source: vancouversun.com
This isn’t the most recent news, it’s about a month old. There is a new bylaw in Whistler. It’s nothing totally new and, or crazy, it’s just a new law that requires that any dwelling (commercial, institutional, or industrial) have a wildlife-proof garbage storage container outside the building if they’re not holding their garbage inside. Same goes for residential homes that occupy more than 12 people.
If you don’t know. Bears do run around Whistler everywhere. Often people ask me “Hey Nick! Have you ever seen a bear?” I tell them in the 6 weeks of autumn that I’ve spent in Whistler I saw 3 bears… in the village.
If bears come in contact with humans, or if they get too close to humans too often, the bear is killed. It’s really important to keep your food away from the bears.
For more information on the new bylaw, click the source.
Source: www.whistler.ca/
Spring has come to Whistler and it has been beautiful!
Sadly, I’ve had to leave town for a few weeks, but I must say, on my way out of town I noticed that the weather in B.C. is amazingly beautiful. I’ve never spent a spring or summer in B.C. so I’m looking forward to quite a bit.
Maybe you’ve noticed the hiatus in posting lately… Well, that’s the last we’ll speak of it 
Before I left in late April, doing laps of the Blackcomb terrain park was my favourite thing to do and I imagine it will be one of the only things to do for the next few weeks while the mountain is still open.
The Telus Ski and Snowboard Festival was awesome and I’ll be posting lots of stuff about it. I know it’s late, but hey, you have to do what you have to do… right?
Let’s start off with some cleaning out of the mailbox for now. Please take a look at following notes, I realize they’re all coming at once, but hey, do you have a minute?
So, that’s it for now, but I’ll come back with some cool stuff and I want to add a little more personality to the site. We’ll see you soon!
Everyone in Whistler knows the Olympics are coming, but to be honest, it hasn’t really sunk in for me. That is, until yesterday.
On Friday, April 17th, 2009 I attended an Olympic press conference held during the Telus Ski and Snowboard Festival and had an opportunity to chat with some of the people that will be taking part in the Olympics.
Ashleigh McIvor, Julia Murray, Matt Hallat, Steve Podborski, and Andree Janyk sat down with about 20 members of the press to talk about what’s about to transpire in Vancouver and Whistler in less than a year.
Ashleigh McIvor is currently the world champion in ski-cross.
Ski-cross is a new sport to the Olympics in 2010 and it’s sure to be exciting. The sport is 4 skiers starting at the same time and they fly down a course that’s riddled with curves and jumps. Though the sport is non contact, it has been suggested by Olympians that elbows do get thrown to thwart the competition. Just don’t let the judges see it!
“It’s like motocross on skis” said Julia Murray, the Olympic ski cross hopeful.
Snowboard-cross has already existed as an Olympic sport, but not skiing. Skiing is faster. This year the ski-cross event will take place at Cypress Mountain, the official event location for all freestyle skiing.
It was an honour to chat with the girls that will be on the Olympic team.
Ashleigh (seated in the photo wearing green) took home a gold in ski cross in Japan and 2nd place in Cypress recently. She’s an amazing athlete and we can bet we will see her on the podium in the 2010 Olympic Games. She’s one of the best athletes in the world. She definitely shows promise for the Canadian team and she’s hoping to use the home advantage the best she can.
Whistler’s Julia Murray is currently training to qualify for the 2010 Olympic ski-cross team. When I asked her if she thinks she’ll make the team, she humbly eluded to the fact that it was likely. Julia Murray is the daughter of Whistler’s legendary Dave Murray, one of the original Crazy Canucks, the Canadian group of ski racers that include Dave Irwin, Dave Murray, Ken Read and Steve Podborski (who also attended the press conference). Julia is right to be confident that she’ll make the team, she made it to the podium of the World Cup last month in Switzerland taking home a bronze. Also, Julia’s mother Stephanie Sloan is a 3 time World Cup champion in freestyle skiing. Skiing is truly in her blood.
Being able to train on the mountain that will host is a huge advantage. Every turn, curve, blind spot, and bump can be mapped and ingrained in the memories of the athletes. Olympians from all over the world are trying their best to get on the mountains here in B.C. to train, but the Canadians aren’t making it easy for them. Canadians are known for their friendliness, but in this competition, Canadians have made it clear. Eyes on the prize. Canada must have the most medals in the world. They’ll do all they can to push foreign athletes off the courses. If Canadians have the home advantage, they should use it and keep it for themselves.
When asked what countries to watch out for, it was suggested that Austria and France pose real threats to Canada’s victory in skiing. Every event is different and the threats, of course, change, but when it comes down to skiing, it’s the Europeans that Canadians are watching.
It never occurred to me how close Whistler is to the Olympics. It’s going to be really exciting watching Canadians stand up on the podium in front of their families, friends, competitors and fellow Canadians to accept the medals that they are working so hard to achieve.
Telus Fest oh Telus Fest, where can I rock out? Tell me now!
Well, the here is the musical lineup. Should be groovy!
I didn’t know that USS are playing. They’re sick. Check the video at the bottom of the post. What do you think?
Friday, April 17
Thornley
Redeye Empire
Saturday, April 18
Animal Nation
Team Canada
Run GMC
Sunday, April 19
Ozomatli
Mama’s Cookin’
Monday, April 20
A Whole Lotta Led
Black Dog
Tuesday, April 21
Arkells
USS
Wednesday, April 22
Ten Second Epic
Yuca
Thursday, April 23
The Stills
Ghost Brothers
Friday, April 24
Metric
Bend Sinister
Saturday, April 25
Ruffian Royale
Zune Contest Winner
Sunday, April 26
54•40
Jon and Roy
Evening Shows - Starting @ 8pm
Saturday, April 18 - Big Air
Lotus
Saturday, April 25 - Big Air
Z-trip
Mat the Alien
Vinyl Ritchie
Jon H from Fort Knox Five
The Grenade Games are here and are going to be a huge part of the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival. They have announced the names of all the athletes competing in the games. Check to see if any of your friends are on the list.
Imanuel Anderson
Jed Anderson
Jamie Anderson
Scotty Arnold
David Aubry
Gerald Austman
Gab Authier
Claudia Avon
Iikka Backstrom
Tim Baker
Robby Balharry
dennis bannock
Jeff Batchelor
Josh Bauer
Hana Beaman
Craig Beaulieu
Matt Belzile
Justin Bennee
Ben Bilocq
Beau Bishop
Rebecca Murphy Bishop
Jesse Blackstaffe
Annie Boulanger
Chad Boulanger
Sylvain Bouschean
Geoff Brown
Scot Brown
Kjersti Buaas
Jared Bunko
Dennis Buongiomo
Stephen Burchill
Andrew Burns
Wyatt Caldwell
Andrae Cameron
Shin Campos
Alex Cantin
Alexander Canzi
Anthony Cardoni
David Carrier Porcheron
Jon Cartwright
Brad Cashman
Mike Cassanova
Even Chandler
Maia Chaput
Adam Chuntz
John Clendenan
Jeremy Cloutier
Breon Coleman
Sarah Conrad
Chase Conway
Dustin Craven
Clay Crow
Wynne Dailor
Myrosha Daley
Rupert Davies
Danny Davis
Tanner Davison
Romain DE Marchi
Braden Dean
Lucas Debari
Ethan Diess
Rahim Dina
Nick Dirks
Yan Dofin
Rob Dow
Adam Dowell
Kaleah Driscoll
Jesmond Dubeau
Jason Dubois
josh Duncan
Tim Eddy
Kareem El Rafie
Madison Ellsworth
Mathieu Ethier
Alaura Ewen
Alex Ferland
Scott Fierbach
Alec Fobert
David Fortin
Meredith Fowler
Jesse Fox
Shinsaku Fukayama
Jesse Fulton
Brad Gauley
Andrew Geeves
Sean Genovese
Chris Giesbrecht
Jamie Gill
Didier Godbout
Paul Gonzalez
Mark Grady
Craig Grandfeild
Harrison Gray
Benny Grenier
Kevin Griffin
Laura Hadar
Zak Hale
Ryan Hall
Andrew Hart
Logan Haubrich
Rhett Haubrich
Adam Haubrich
Derek Heidt
Matt Heneghan
Dave Henkel
Nic Heringa
Adam Higgins
Elena Hight
Kael Hill
Sean Hoglin
David Hull
Jung-Won Hwang
Atsushi Ishikawa
Eric Jackson
Phil Jacques
Max Jenke
Aaron P-NUT Johnson
Bruce Johnston
Etienne Jolicoeur
Frederique Joncas
Stephanie Just
Gihye Kang
Danny Kass
Craig Kass
Zoltan Katchanoski
Sean Keating
Jeff Keenan
Brendan Keenan
Joshua Keenan
Marcus Keller
Kumara Kelly
Aleks Kennis
Jess Kimura
Jacob Koia
Christina Koizumi
Kevin Konnings
Stevie Kopoyt
Jarad Kriz
Scotty Lago
John Laing
Kequyen Lam
Justin Lamoreux
Nev Lapwood
Nick Larson
Noah Lawrence
Johnny Lawson
Doran Layborn
Russel Lee
Joshua Lee
Erin Lee
Priscilla Levac
Adam Levitt
Codie Loch
Greg Lundgren
Spencer Lundin
Johnny Lyall
Joanna Lynn
Lucas Magoon
Gabrielle Maiden
Greg Maidlow
Todd Malus
Ivan Marcinko
Grant Marshall
Brad Martin
Eric Martin
Darrel Mathes
Chris Matheson
Andrew Matthews
Joe McAdoo
Pat McCarthy
Victor Mcderment
Shaun McKay
Mark McMorris
David Melancon
Jordan Mendenhall
Daniel Migno
Molly Milligan
Joel Minneti
Fred Moisan
Turner Montgomry
Mark Frank Montoya
Guillaume Morisset
Hampus Mosesson
Laura Lynn Murphey
Mercedes Nicoll
Eero Niemala
Tanner Noth
Spencer Obrien
Sean Obrien
Rusty Ockenden
Ryan Ogloff
Mike Osachuk
Sammy Osachuk
Samuel Painchaud
Laurent-Nicolas Paquin
Matt Pasutto
Mike Patychuk
Mikey Pederson
Mike Peiman
Leanne Pelosi
Nelson Phillips
Jason Porter
Shayne Pospisil
Dez Price
Jenelle-Nichole Pritchard
Star of Peace Quinn
Chris Rasman
Ryan Rausch
Dan Raymond
Brian Regis
Raewyn Reid
Charles Reid
Kara Rennie
Rick Reynolds
Benji Ritchie
Max Ritchie
David Rouleau
Marie-France Roy
Lenny Rubennovitch
Diane Rudge
Gigi Ruff
Kevin Sansalone
Arthur Sapounas
Tall Sara
Matt Saverin
TJ Schneider
Mikey Scott
Aaron Selonka
Scott Shaw
Logan Short
Dave Short
Colton Showers
Loosh Shunichev
Andrew Skelhorn
chanelle Sladics
Austin Smith
Richard Smith
Mark Sollors
Antoine Soucy
Colin Spencer
Ellody Spike-Poter
Matt Standish
Kale Stephens
Andrew Stern
Andy Stewart
Zak Stone
Gabe Talor
Sean Tedore
Wiley Tesseo
JJ Thomas
Kyle Thomas
Skylar Thorton
Ryan Tiene
Paavo Tikkanen
Seb Toutant
Cricky Trusler
Colin Tucker
Jason Tuner
Domenique Vallee
Justin Van Der Poelen
Robin Van Gyn
Caley Vanular
Jon Versteeg
Louie Vito
zachary Wade
Robbie Walker
Devun Walsh
Sandy Ward
Josh Warnick
Jody Wasniak
Sam Weston
Jason Wexler
Charles White
Dwayne Wiebe
Travis Williams
Warren Williams
Todd Williamson
Kevin Winkel
Colin Wiseman
Bobby Witty
