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Whistler Crankworx 2009

September 11, 2009

Back in August I was able to get out there and enjoy the Whistler Crankworx Slope Style event. I picked up a pass earlier in the week of the event but my summer’s been very busy and I only had the chance to take photo’s during the biggest event during the 2009 Crankworx the Monster [...]

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Fire on Blackcomb Mountain

July 30, 2009

Today some time around noon Blackcomb Mountain suffered a hit from a lightning strike. Over the past month Whistler has had very beautiful days ranging between 20-30 degree’s every day with little to no rain. So today when the lighting struck Blackcomb the dry brush caught fire and started to spread. The fire had reached [...]

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Nestea Chill on the Hill

July 26, 2009

Yesterday I was able to get off work early to meet up with some friends up on Whistler and enjoy the heat of summer on the top of the mountain. It was a perfect day for the Nestea Chill on the Hill festivities was putting on. There was everything from beach volley ball with real [...]

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Whistler World Cup On Stage – Animal Nation, DNA 6

April 13, 2009

Over this Easter Weekend here in Whistler we where proud to be the host of the Whistler World Cup Ski Racing of 2009. After the trophy’s where awarded to the top athletes competing in the event we where able to enjoy some free music on the Whistler village stage. Yesterday I along with everyone else [...]

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Momentum

February 28, 2009

There are many great things about living in Whistler, but one of the best things about living in Whistler is that your able to ride the Mountain year round. I’m not talking about snowboarding the mountain in the winter and mountain biking in the summer. I’m talking about Snowboarding until the end of July! Now [...]

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Womens Luge World Cup

February 23, 2009

So today I was able to partake in watching the 2009 Woman’s Luge World Cup take place at the Whistler Sliding Center. I was lucky enough to receive a free ticked from my boss, who let me off work early to head up to the sliding center with my camera in hand and enjoy the [...]

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Whistler Stage, Animal Nation, Grand Analog, Buck 65

February 22, 2009

Over the past few days we’ve had many Canadian artists playing on the big stage in Whistler Village, and like the past few days I was able to enjoy some more free music here in Whistler. Today I was able to enjoy my friends Animal Nation playing on the big stage in the Village square. [...]

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Whistler Olympic 1 year Olympic Count Down!

February 21, 2009

Over the weekend we had a big celebration here in Whistler announcing the 1 year count down to the start of the 2010 Winter Olympic games being held here in Whistler. To kick off the celebration there was a huge stage set up in the Village Square just outside of my work with 2 shows [...]

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Peak 2 Peak

February 5, 2009

So on December 12th 2008 Whistler finally opened its long awaited highly anticipated Peak to Peak chair lift. The largest chair light spanning 2 peaks of 2 mountains in North America. I wasn’t able to attend the opening ceremonies due to shifts at work, but I got to enjoy it Chaos free a few days [...]

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Crankworx

January 27, 2009

So the day after I fly home from my long road trip across Canada, I’m already back to work at the 9-5 job. It was great to be back to the ‘ol 9-5′ day in day out life style, but today was a bit different. I had planned my road trip and return date to [...]

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