DJ Experience

What a night! The Telus Conference Centre was packed with thousands of people ready for one ridiculous night thanks to DJ Dan and Donald Glaude, Mark Farina, Austin Leeds, and Matt the Alien. The atmosphere was electric with the flowing house beats and impressive visual setup. One of the highlights of my night was just seeing all the smiling faces out there.. it truly seemed like everyone was having an amazing time, which really, is what this festival is all about.

Matt the Alien started the night out just right


Austin Leeds provided a deep and moving progressive set


DJ Dan and Donald Glaude, so much energy!

Superpipe Finals

What a day up in the Blackcomb terrain park.. sure it may have been about -15 C with massive winds, but it was a beautiful, sunny day with some of the best park skiers and boarders in the world!
The thousands of people that witnessed this massive event were treated to an intense competition with some of the biggest air I've seen on a superpipe.. it was a show not to be missed. Congratulations to all the participants and winners!

Female Skier Winner, Sarah Burke!

Superpipe- finals Skiers!

The excitement of the finals in the superpipe as skiers performed their best tricks and made it look so easy. Blackflips, grabs and 720's kept the spectators amazed.

Photographs by Rachel Cutler.

Orage Masters Awards

The Orage Masters was amazing - didn't manage to get up the mountain myself but I watched some of the action on the newschoolers.com live webcast! I did catch the awards ceremony too - amazing costumes!
These pics are of the Winning K2 team and the three tops teams.
Wicked stuff!

April.12.08 Big Air Comp.

Amazing night, amazing crowd, amazing boarders, and amazing skiers!!

Who could ask for anything more?





















photographs by: jonnygphotography

Be Brave! Feed your mind, your soul, your eyes

Tonight was the Official opening of the Brave Art Show at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival. My god, the art was just mind blowing. Raw creativity, polished to a brilliant shine. Where else can you watch artists, brilliant, passionate artists (who just happen to be really down to earth, laid back, grounded folks) create works of art right there, as you watch. No techy, snarkiness from any of these people. People were chatting with them, taking photos, all while the artists were working on new works! The artists were chill, laid back. Drinking a beer with the people watching, happy to talk. I love it when Art (with a definite capital "A") gets told to bugger off, because real, from-the-guts kind of art is being made and shown. The kind of art made by artists rooted in the street, made without pretentious blather. The list of artists involved was huge, but tonight I got to meet She One, Milan Basic, Dedos, and Ben Tour. I got to speak a bit with Ben as he worked. He's a really nice guy (I'm pretty sure they were all pretty cool, but I didn't get to talk much with the others). My only suggestion - Ben, you've got to get a cool arty name like the others. She One put on a live demonstration of how he works on a huge wall of black painted plywood. Dedos's kids were there. Really super cute kids. I mean, come on, where else can you watch an exceptional artists make a few brush strokes on a new work, then go over and talk to his cute little boy in a stroller who is calling out for dad!? And through it all, a dj (whose name I forgot to get - sorry man, my fault - you rocked) was mixing some awesome beats. Everyone, even the exhausted staff, was moving to the groove. I just wallowed in the creative positive energy. If you missed the opening, you missed something special (I know, I know, the Big Air show was going on, so I don't blame you, it was a tough decision.). If you are in Whistler, set aside some time, and go indulge your inner artist in the great energy of the Brave Art Show. It is a brilliant collection. Darrin and the rest of the Brave Art crew do an amazing job. Keep it up guys, you really are doing something amazing

Sunny Saturday

What a way to begin the Festival! Beautiful sunny skies and 18 degrees in the village; a day full of smiles and bright red faces. It made for quite the interesting day on the mountain with snow that practically stopped your skis from moving, but it made for a crazy party down in the village that will last well into the night!

The morning started out with a beautiful 22 degree halo shining bright over the mountains

















The party started early with Big Air Bear's 5th birthday!




















Perfect day to demo some 08-09 skis up on Whistler



Down in the village, they were working hard on the Big Air jump, which everyone in Whistler is looking forward to this evening.. it is definitely the place to be!