Over the summer here in Whistler we where blessed with a lot of sun and very little rain which is great for the out door sports that I enjoy.
Dave getting stylish - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
One nice day in August we had a big session at the Whistler skate park and for the most part we had it all to our selves. Luke showed up and he started doing his usual tricks on the butterfly hip, he sent some nice 270′s over it.
Luke 270's up 28 shots - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
Once Luke saw the photo I took of his 270 he was stoked to do a foot jam out of the steep 9ft bowl. There’s little room for error when your doing stalls on the coping of these banks, but Luke pulls it off with little effort.
Luke Foot jam the 9ft section of the snake run - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
As the session was going on I managed to grab a frame of Ryan gaping the butterfly hip quickly followed by Luke airing huge over butterfly throwing an un-turn-down.
Luke doing an un-turn down over butterfly - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
After the rider’s where done hitting butterfly hip Luke decided to pull some 360′s over the middle hip in the snake run, so I grabbed my gear and set up in that section of the bowl. Quickly as I was setting up Dave jumped the section that Luke wanted to 360′s so I was able to grab a test shot of Dave to check my settings.
Dave 360's out of Slayer - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
When I saw the shot of Dave I gave Luke the go ahead on the 360 and in no time he came soaring into the bowl hitting butterfly to get enough speed to throw his step-up 360 in the snake run. Pretty stoked when I get to shoot new angles on different parts of the skate park that don’t get ridden as much i.e butterfly hip.
Bruno doing a Turn down on Butterfly hip - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
By the time I showed Luke the snap of his 360 Bruno showed up and I was able to rotate my flashes around and grab a shot of him doing a Turn-down on butterfly while Dave was prepping a 360 out of slayer over a construction pylon that he’d found.
Luke 360's out of slayer - Whistler Snake Run
Once Dave started doing some air’s over the pylon I knew I had to get in there and set up some flashes to get the right amount of light into that one area of the skate park. I didn’t take long to get some fill light set up on the area where the pylon was and in no time everyone started to jump higher over the cone than everyone else.
Ryan 180's out of Slayer - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
All in all it was one of the best day’s shooting at the skate park all summer, and I’m glad I was able to get out there and capture some photos.
Dave doing a turn down over butterfly - Whistler Skate Park Snake Run
