Crabbe Mountain Terrain Parks

I can Smell it its getting so close!

2011-03-09T17:31:00.000-08:00

GRAND SLAM is approaching and skiers and riders have been getting some jump practice lately! check it out! see you all on Sunday!!!

Update on rain: Crabbe was lucky enough to get mostly freezing rain. The parks are still in great shape!
freezing rain pics below!

cheers

Stef Curtis going absolutely HUGE on a rodeo 900

Doran practicing some FS Spins

Kevin corking out some practice runs

Jon neate stomps his fs 720 tail grabs

1'' in Freezing rain at Crabbe made for some pretty spectacular scenery

GRAND SLAMMMMMMMM!!!!

2011-02-28T18:51:00.000-08:00

Crabbe Mountain and Fox Subaru presents the 2011 Grand Slam Slopestyle!

Aswe have done every year, this event is open to 16 skiers and 16snowboarders. 8 skiers and 8 snowboarders will be sent officialinvitations which leaves 8 wildcard spots in each category!

Thoseinterested in securing a spot have to send an application including allpersonal information, number of years riding, and footage orphotographs (preferably footage)... to:

crabbemountainterrainpark@gmail.com

Wewill go over the applications and you will be notified if you have beenselected to compete in one of the biggest slopestyle competitions inthe East Coast.

What's up for grabs?! Well it wouldn't be theGrand Slam without a top prize of $1000 cash going to the best athletesin their division! On top of that prizes provided by our sponsors willbe given to the athletes that stood out during the competition. Threejudges will determine your fate so go big!

The day will run as follows:

10:00AM to 12:00PM- Registration and practice for all athletes involved.

12:00PM to 1:00PM: Lunch break for athletes/course maintenance.

1:00PM-N/A: Slopestyle competition.

Areminder that this will be a one day only course so if you want to ridethan you better register! You will all be notified as soon as riderselection has been made. This is not first come first serve. We want ashow so the best riders will be selected for the wildcard spots. Do NOT forget to add your contact info on your application.. that way we can get a hold of you by telephone.

weekend update :

2011-02-20T15:28:00.000-08:00

hello all!

heres a little update from the past couple of days... we were lucky enough to only get freezing rain the other day when it rained in town!!! the park groomed out pretty nice with fast groomed conditions!!! we took thursday night of last week to fully reshape our large jump line with now longer & steeper landings with brand new take offs on all the jumps!!! come check it out! here are a few shots from foggy sat morning!

Stef custis testing out our new and improved second jump!

Andre Aikens sending it on the middle table!

Curtis going huuuge as usual!

Crazy Employees!

2011-02-07T19:07:00.000-08:00

Check it. This is what you can find Jeremy Doran from our Terrain park Crew doing while he's NOT working at crabbe. hopefully he does not do the same thing with the sleds at the hill!

Jumping 40' in the middle of his FRONT YARD!!!!!

Roof Jump into powder after shuveling at the Coastal Jibs (rail manifacturing) workshop.. neck deep pow?

BURIED!!!!

2011-02-07T15:27:00.000-08:00

Here we go again!! This past saturday was one of the nicest park days so far this season! soft conditions sunny and no wind! Then we got buried with another foot of snow saturday overnight and our park crew spend the entire day Sunday digging out and reshaping everything! this is a total of 3' of snow in the past 2 weeks! conditions are INSANE! Both parks are once again 100% open!

For those of you who are not quite into jibbing rails or sending it off big jumps but still like to catch a bit of air, we are Currently in the works of building our first ever permanent Boardercross / Skiercross course! which will be located on the extention ( old flume terrain park ) off of the humes flume. Snowmakers recently finished snowmaking in there and with our new natural snow we should be all set to build some nice berms and rollers! I ( Richard ) was out in the groomer today flattening out the snowmaking piles and I must say there is LOTS of snow in that area! Construction should start at some point this week if all goes well!

enough said , here are a few pictures from this past Saturday taken by Brady Cole from PB&J productions

cheers!

Andre Aikens spinning off the 3rd Jump

Jason Fitz getting ready for some rail action!

Kevin corking it out

2nd angle

New Terrain Park Crew member Stef Curtis Throwing a BIG rodeo

Jeremy Doran Half way through his rotation on a fs 720

Elusive Team Rider Jon Neate Going big every Saturday Afternoon!

Jeremy Boutot testing out our double pipe handrail at the top of the rockstar park

Double Whammy!

2011-02-04T08:43:00.000-08:00

Another foot or fresh POW POW up at Crabbe mtn is making for mint conditions landings in our Terrain Parks! They are calling for 0 degrees , sunny and no wind all weekend so come check things out!
We are gonna be switching a few things around tonight, rebuilding the log jib and moving it down some, aswell as changing up the ripple tube set up for something even more fun!
see you all this weekend!

check out this video from our opening weekend of the Rockstar Terrain Park presented by Elusive and Crayon Box Productions!

cheers

http://vimeo.com/19552206

Park Update!!

2011-01-30T16:44:00.000-08:00

Hello Everybody! Just wanted to update you on whats been going on up here! on Friday night we moved the double kink box to the Main Terrain park where it is set up down - flat - down urban style, we also replaced its old location in the Dave's Jib park with our Flat - Down box which you can see in one of the pictures below. Our Middle Jump in the Large Tripple Jump line has been reshaped and mellowed out some! come check it out!

you can now go to www.crabbemountain.com and check out their brand new website!!!! there is a link on the right side where you can check the daily Terrain Park report which indicates everything you have to know about all of our features in both parks!!

here are a few shots from this weekend!

cheers

Richard
(Terrain Park Manager)

view from top of main Rockstar Park

Terrain Park Maintaining Specialist Jesse Guthrie sending it on the log jib

Left side tripple Jump line...

Elusive Team Rider James Mackeigan nosepress on the double kink and seshing the down-flat rail below

Girls from the Adrenaline Divas Feast Clinic Saturday morning!

Terrain Park Shoveling machine Jeremy Doran getting jibby with it

Elusive Team Rider Jon Neate switch board slide combo to front board in dave's Jib park

GIVE ME THAT BOARD!!!!!

Jeremy Doran on our C-Box

Elusive Team Rider Jon Neate FS 720 Tail grab check out this guy sending it off the last jump on weekends!

Terrain Park Staff Jeremy boutot Testing out the last jump in the tripple line with a big 360

Jon Neate getting all corked out 15' from the ground!!!

skillllzzz

2011-01-26T10:04:00.000-08:00

WOW, nothing else to say. check out this awesome ski edit by Andre Aikens filmed in Dave's Jib Park!!!

click on link ***

http://vimeo.com/19189164

FEAST SNOWBOARD CLINICS.....

2011-01-25T08:18:00.000-08:00

This is for the LADIES, don't miss it this weekend January 29th, 30th, is the Feast Girls freestyle snowboard clinics & contest presented by adrenaline divas and BillaBong! check www.crabbemountain.com or www.adrenalinedivas.com for more details! Intermediate Clinic Friday evening, Beginner Clinic Saturday.

http://www.adrenalinedivas.com/feast-clinics--contests.html

ROCKSTAR TERRAIN PARK!!!

2011-01-24T09:06:00.000-08:00

So its been a pretty crazy time up here at Crabbe mtn. We managed to get some cold temperatures early last week and were able to finish snowmaking in the Main Rockstar Terrain Park. A total of 7 days of snowmaking, 3 days of pushing piles around and 2 days of shaping and our Crew was able to get the main park Open by 12:30 this past Saturday. Perfect Soft conditions with 30+ cm of new snow friday overnight!! Also aloud Crabbe to Open all of their glades runs. Look out for some tree jibs in diddle daddle glades and Waist deep powder in some areas!!! We just ran into a cold spell for a few days but things are looking great so dress warm and COME SHREDDDD.

We will be Finishing up things in the main park and adding a few more features shortly since we ran out of time last week. We will also be changing things up in Dave's Jib park soon.
so far you can find a medium triple Jump line, a Large Triple Jump line, and a single Rail line down the middle of our Main park!

here are a few shots that were taken over the past 2 weeks

cheers

Park Crew Jeremy Boutot and Andre Corking things out in Dave's Park

Jason and Richard Pushing Snow Around in the Main Rockstar Park

View Of the Main Park from the Top 2 rail features!!!

More Pictures and Video's Coming soon.....

Back Again!

2011-01-03T14:52:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, it's been a crazy few weeks. With exams, Christmas break, Christmas parties, New Years, rain, snow, rain, snow, a chair lift break down and everything in between here is my second post of the season.

First of I'd like to say Happy New Year and thanks to everyone that is sticking with us through a few rough patches this season. Your support is what keeps us going.

Since my last post a few things have changed in our terrain park. Currently two of our three terrain parks are open and we're hoping to have the third open very soon. Our beginner park features a wide rainbow box, a flat box, a wall ride and an up box. Dave's Jib Park features the dance floor followed by a jump, the new double kink, the wide double pipe handrail and soon we will be adding in the C-Box for good measure.

We hope you guys are enjoying the set ups and if you have any suggestions feel free to approach on of us on the hill. We're interested to hear what you'd like to see in the park.

That being said thanks again and keep on keeping on. From the looks of things snow is here to stay. Here's an edit by James MacKeigan of Crayon Box Productions featuring the Elusive crew. A great culmination of backyard, RBRJ4 and Rails for Restoration.

Steez Whiz - Season Opener from James MacKeigan on Vimeo.

Enjoy and see you in the park!

Harlan Thompson
Crabbe Mountain Terrain Park Events Coordinator

WELCOME TO CRABBE MOUNTAIN 2010-2011!

2010-12-07T17:56:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone and welcome to Crabbe Mountain's 2010-2011 season!
Things are heating up at Crabbe and there's the subtle smell of Roast
Beef in the air! So here are a few new blog updates for this coming
weekend and this coming season.

First and foremost Crabbe Mountain is officially MAKING SNOW!
As of tonight the snow guns are cranked and are pumping out snow
day in and day out in anticipation for my second update!

Elusive's Roast Beef and Rails 4 is THIS WEEKEND! I know you
guys were hyped to ride last weekend. Blame Mother Nature. So this
Saturday from noon till 4 come ride our RBRJ4 rail garden with all
new banger features! I love how my posts segue way into each other
because my next post is all about NEW FEATURES!

So this years features, as always, are brought to you by Richard Cote
of Coastal Jibs! He has been supplying almost every resort and
backyard across the East Coast and has even worked his way into
Quebec and as far as Ontario! Look out because this guy is taking
over one park at a time. For more info go to:
www.coastaljibs.com
For new features we have a 4'4'' by 22' dance floor and a 30 foot
long double kink box.

And who, you may ask, is going to be digging the new features
in and out this season? We are pleased to welcome Jeremy Boutot
to the team this season! Skier input was a must and now your
two planked prayers are answered! So now if there's something
about our park you don't like, which I highly doubt, take it up with
him! I'm just a dumb snowboarder!

Well that's that! Hope you guys are stoked for the new season to
start! And to sweeten the deal I hear rumours of Dave's being open
on Sunday. Truth or rumour? Stay tuned to find out!

Harlan Thompson
Terrain Park Events Coordinator

Terrain Park Pooch!

2010-03-09T13:32:00.000-08:00

This weekend while sitting in the park we were visited by a very friendly lone dog! We loved his company as much as he loved ours. He ended up chasing me down the park all the way to the lodge and was captured by Crabbe Mountain staff. To whoever this dog belongs to feel free to bring him by anytime! Just make sure he's on a leash!

Some more shots from the park.

2010-03-09T13:27:00.000-08:00

Here's some pictures Richard Cote took in the park this past weekend. So sick!

H4H Edit

2010-03-09T13:21:00.000-08:00

Here's the edit from Handrails for Haiti. Big thanks to Sean Garrity and Tom Bateman from WhoIsFreddy for filming and editing!

Handrails For Haiti from Elusive on Vimeo.

Handrails for Haiti/ New Hits in the Park!

2010-02-23T19:29:00.000-08:00

First off I'd like to congratulate Jon Neate on getting first place and taking home the grand prize at Handrails for Haiti this weekend. You definitely deserve it man!

Also we have some new features in the park this week! The boys built a jump onto a butter pad that also has a cannon box on to the butter pad to the culvert set up urban. They also set up the flat box again and made a drop box set up with the two short boxes. Enjoy!

Some Shots.

2010-02-18T18:37:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple of shots of Kevin MacFarlane throwing down big on the jumps!

Nat Carson Photography

2010-02-18T18:32:00.000-08:00

If this guy had a gun, you'd all be dead. This guy shoots more pictures then anyone else at Crabbe. Keep your eyes peeled and throw down and you might end up in one of his shots on this blog! Props to Nat!

Chatting On The Chairlift With.../January Edit!

2010-02-12T09:58:00.000-08:00

Here's another monthly edit for your viewing pleasure. Make sure to check back at the beginning of March for our February edit which is already in progress!

Crabbe Mtn Jan Park Edit 2010 from Richard Cote on Vimeo.

One run in the park with...

2010-02-12T09:54:00.000-08:00

Here's one run in the park with Terrain Park Manager Richard Cote. Watch and learn.

mellow run in Dave's Jib park from Richard Cote on Vimeo.

New Event!

2010-02-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

Just announced! New snowboard comp coming to Crabbe brought to you by Elusive!

On Sunday, Feb 21st Handrails For Haiti is being hosted at Crabbe Mountain! Entry is $15 for season pass holders and $30 if you come from away and that includes a day pass and entry into the comp. We're only taking 30 riders and you have to apply to compete. Send your application to handrailsforhaiti@hotmail.com. Big prizes for first, second and third place spots. All proceeds will be donated towards helping the relief effort in Haiti. For more info email handrailsforhaiti@hotmail.com

Why I love to call Crabbe home.

2010-02-02T10:41:00.000-08:00

Here's a beautiful shot of The Main Park. Awesome.

Park Update!

2010-02-02T10:36:00.000-08:00

Big park update for both The Main Park and Dave's Jib Park! First off for the main park. 3 new features have been added! The log jib, previously in Dave's park, is now in the main park set up X Games style for big handplants and taps. We also removed the flat down feature from Dave's park and set it up as a side by side box in the main park and the kicker rail has also been sad up down to flat!

Log Jib.

Side by side box and the kicker rail on the left.

Now for Dave's Jib Park! We moved the jump into the center of the table and moved the rainbow rail down onto the table where the flat box was. The flat box is now where the down flat feature was and the wall ride is now set up where the log jib used to be as a launcher into a landing.

So what are you waiting for? Go ride!

Wow... this weather sucks.

2010-01-26T19:31:00.000-08:00

Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but because of all the rain we're getting hit with the park is going to be closed till at least Friday for recovery. Stay strong park junkies. We'll be able to ride again soon enough!

Big weekend at Crabbe Mountain!

2010-01-24T18:34:00.000-08:00

Well it was a busy weekend at Crabbe for the terrain park crew and thankfully not as much for ski patrol! With the grand opening of our main park and the girls going big at the Feast women's snowboard clinic and comp injuries were little to none in our parks. Let's hope that's a sign of how the rest of the season is going to go! Here are some shots of the main park in full form!

Hopefully we'll have some pictures up from FeasT soon but if any of you know me I'm forgetful and my camera is still at Crabbe so be patient with me please! Hope you all had an awesome weekend!

Grand Opening of The Main this weekend!

2010-01-22T05:51:00.000-08:00

This Saturday at 10 AM be at the top of the terrain park for the official grand opening! If you're dying to get first hits then get there early! We're expecting a big crowd! Here's a sneak peek of what you can expect!

See you there!

Snow Making!

2010-01-14T19:30:00.000-08:00

Yes the rumors (if any) are true! Snow making has begun in the main park! No official word on when it's opening yet but you can be sure we'll have it open as soon as humanly possible. Keep checking here for updates on how things are going!

Few Pics

2010-01-14T19:26:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures taken in the park recently. The first is of myself taken by Tommy Vezina. The last two were taken by Ryan Brown and feature local rider Josh Bessery. Hope to see more pics and edits in my inbox. Send them to crabbemountainterrainpark@gmail.com and I'll post the best ones here as soon as I can. Peace.

FeasT Snowboard Clinic

2010-01-11T17:58:00.000-08:00

Crabbe Mountain is hosting the FeasT women's snowboard clinic for the second year in a row and this time it's bigger and better! Natasha is looking for 20 women eager to learn how to ride park or wanting to hone their skills riding rails and hitting jumps.

This year the clinic is broken into two days. Saturday, January 23rd and Sunday, January 24th. Saturday will be the clinic and Sunday will be the all womens snowboard competition in the park. The clinic is free if you have a Canada Snowboard Membership and the competition is only $10 if you have your membership. You can get your membership here: http://www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/. You must have a membership to participate in either event!

To pre-register for the event go to www.adrenalinedivas.com.

It will be lots of fun so make sure you register before spots run out!

Park Update

2010-01-11T15:06:00.000-08:00

Hey there park junkies. We've got a new feature in the Dave's Jib Park! This new wall ride is sure to please with the options of either stalling or sliding or even airing into the wall! Here's a couple shots on the wall courtesy or Richard Cote who, after injuring himself, has taken it upon himself to take shots and film until he's fully recovered in 5 weeks time. Happy recovery brosky!

Nick Boyd

Jeremy Doran

And again on the log jib.

Katelyn Miller touching sky.

Further more I would like to announce that snow making is foreseen to start in the main park this Wednesday! Get stoked! It will be even better this year.

To all of you shredding on a regular basis I am jealous! But on the bright side Relish Gourmet Burgers officially opened today at it's location across from the Tannery downtown and people packed in for lunch! So come on down and try our amazing burgers! I get weekends off so hopefully I'll see you all up at Crabbe soon!

The Park Is Open!

2010-01-04T08:23:00.001-08:00

THE PARK IS NOW OPEN!

Snow Storm!

2010-01-02T18:14:00.000-08:00

THE PARK IS CLOSED TOMORROW! GO RIDE POWDER! NEW PARK FEATURE! FLAT DOWN BOX! PEACE!

December Edit!

2009-12-30T15:10:00.000-08:00

Apparently you're supposed to post on blogs on a fairly regular basis. The way I see it if you try to post too often then you start spamming your blog and it looks terrible so let's try and keep this one about the park! Here are some updates on the past few days (weeks?):

- We had a snow storm. The park got buried.
- We had rain. The park turned to a vertical hockey rink.
- It got cold and windy. We almost froze to death after one run.

Christmas and presents and turkey happened somewhere in between that as well. I hope you all enjoyed it! Snow is in the forecast for the new year so let's keep our fingers crossed for a big dump so that we can start building the main park soon! To tide you over till my next post here is a short edit thrown together from two hours of filming by Richard Cote our Terrain Park Manager. Featuring: Nick Boyd, Richard Cote, Stefan Curtis, Nick Laforest, Harlan Thompson, and Zach Wood-Seems. Enjoy!

Untitled from Richard Cote on Vimeo.

Dave's Jib Park!

2009-12-19T05:21:00.000-08:00

Here are some shots from Dave's Jib Park yesterday!

The Bench at the top of the park.

View from the top of the park.

15 ft jump and rainbow rail.

Up-Gap-Down feature.

The Log.

There's also a flat box in the park but I don't have a picture to post!

My apologies!

2009-12-18T14:08:00.000-08:00

I was happy to hear today that people were following my blog! Unfortunately it was something along the lines of, "Hey, why didn't it say that Dave's jib park would be open today?!". I would like to apologize for not posting anything about recently I've been very busy. SO, for those of you who don't know Dave's Jib Park was officially open today with 10, yes I said 10 features! Pretty sure we broke our record from last year. I don't have any pictures of the set up yet but Richard has informed me he'll be snapping some photos tonight and sending them to me to be posted here! Until then here is the run down from top to bottom of what we have!

The beginner line starts of with a 10ft flat box followed by a wide rainbow box and the beginner rail. The main jib park has been divided into rollers. The first roller has the wide double pipe rail and the 20 foot box set up urban. The second roller has a 15 foot jump and the new rainbow rail. The third roller has the wide 20 foot flat box. The last roller has the up gap to down feature we had set up at RB&R. If you were there you know it's fun! There is also a log jib to stall at the end of the park for a solid feature to feature run!

Pictures coming soon! Hope to see you there during the holidays!

Opening Day @ Crabbe Mountain!

2009-12-12T12:04:00.000-08:00

Not much to say other than it was a great day at Crabbe Mountain despite the cold. If you can get to Crabbe tomorrow their calling for warm weather and we're trying to have Dave's Dream open with more features. Make sure to check out the Crabbe website (see link in sidebar) for details. Here are a few shots taken from today to entice you to come ride.

Nick Boyd, Nose Press

Jon Neate, Front Board

Jeremie Boutot, 180 Gap

The Joker from The Dark Knight was way cooler than these fools...

2009-12-11T19:08:00.000-08:00

   Alright everyone I have some bad news... Because of some people, let's call them "jokers" to keep this blog family friendly, decided last week it would be a GREAT idea to take all the rails we had moved off the Bunny Hill from RB&R and set them back up for a little private session. Now don't get me wrong I do agree it's a GREAT idea. There's nothing more fun then to set up and shoot with a small group of friends but at least have the decency to put the rails back where you took them from. So yeah if you know someone involved do us all a favor and sock him in the arm.

   Because of these "jokers" snow making was delayed due to the fact that snow makers didn't want to burry them making snow and because it's not their job to move rails to make it. Because of the lack of snow making we are only able to open the Bunny Hill tomorrow. Fingers crossed that snow making tonight and tomorrow will allow the loop to be open Sunday.

   But don't worry their are 3 features set up on the far side of the Bunny Hill for you to hit all day long! The line is a follows: 20 foot flat box, the Coastal Jibs kicker rail, and an up to flat box.

   Hope to see you all there tomorrow! I'll be lurking around making sure everything is running smoothly. And just incase you haven't met our terrain park staff for this season. Here are the guys you should be looking out for! From right to left: Jeremy Doran, Richard Cote, Jesse Guthrie, and myself, Harlan Thompson in the front.

Welcome!

2009-12-08T19:53:00.000-08:00

   Hello everyone and welcome to the new (and yet to be improved) Crabbe Mountain Terrain Park Blog! My name is Harlan Thompson and I will be your Terrain Park Events Specialist for this season. On this blog you'll find park updates, upcoming events, pictures, edits, and anything else I find relevant to this webpage. Since we're just starting this up I'm going to write a big post so bare with me!

   First I'd like to thank everyone who attended Roast Beef & Rails this week! It was great to see everyone get together and have fun throwing down on our set up. It makes us proud to be park crew at Crabbe Mountain. I know it's been less than a week since we hosted the pre-season event but I'm surprised I haven't seen more pictures and edits! If you have any pictures or edits please send them to me (crabbemountainterrainpark@gmail.com) and I'll post my favorites right here for everyone to see. To start things off here is an edit filmed by Andre Aikens featuring the SESC Crew. Keep your eyes peeled in the park and you'll be sure to see these boys riding together every weekend.

Roast beef and rails 3 from Dr.Dre on Vimeo.

   I just got back from a staff meeting at Crabbe and a park meeting in Richard "Park Manager" Cote's basement and I have to say this season is going to be awesome! Crabbe is planning on having the loop open this weekend in which case there will be a jib park on Dave's Dream. If we can't open the loop (which I doubt will happen) the Bunny Hill will be open and there will be a small jib park.

   Crabbe Mountain has collaborated with Coastal Jibs again this year to bring you a few more rails. Added to the line up this year we have a beginner rainbow box and the rainbow rail has been hacked and rebuilt into a skinny rainbow box. We must also bow our heads in remembrance of our old A-Frame box (R.I.P.) which has been chopped and rebuilt into two beginner flat boxes. We also have a jibbable (a word computers and dictionaries still fail to recognize) bench which will be put at the top of the park for strapping in or just taking a break. Most notably Coastal Jibs has lent a new kicker rail to us this year which is as fun as it is challenging. Big thanks to Richard Cote for the hook up!
Once we have things set up I'll make sure to post pictures of all the features, new and old.

   Well I think that's about it! I'll have more media and events posted soon and I hope to see you all this weekend! Feel free to come up to either myself, Richard Cote, Jesse Guthrie or Jeremie Doran and give us feed back on the park. We love to hear what you guys have to say!

Stay tuned!

Harlan Thompson, Terrain Park Events Specialist