Dominique Vallée

10.05.2010 | comments [0]

I haven’t spent this much time in my so called home in 2 years.

Yup, over 6 weeks in Squamish now, riding Whistler lots with friends, sledding in the backcountry and finishing off the season with the Grenade Games during the Ski and Snowboard Festival. Now I know why I leave here, and it goes beyond the beauty of the ocean meeting-up with the mountains. The people that live here, no matter what they do, are here cause they choose to be, doing what they want to be doing….well most of them. Riding their bikes, skis, snowboards or trails everyday and feeling sick whenever you’re not able to do something physical for a day.

Grenade Games at the end of April was a total gong-show of awesome parties and funny events from the dual mogul event to pipe jib style where only originality is rewarded as snowboarding contests should be. All of Whistler and its visitor’s felt that they needed a serious cleanse after the Festival.

For my birthday a great friend of mine game me a ticket to go visit him in Venice Beach, California for the weekend and what a great weekend it was. I don’t think I could ever live there, but love visiting that’s for sure. Surf, good food and people watching were the main activities. Seems like Groundhog Day there where the sun rises and falls on the not so perfect plastic world. Love to hate.

Came home to a powder day a few days ago, crisp and cold with 20cm of fresh powder on Blackcomb. Rode with Justin, Oli and Phil trying to get some shots for Whistler Mountain but the sun was shy so we savored our last epic pow day of this season.

It closed off the season perfectly as I got organized to leave to Montreal for a week for some family parties and RBC work before I head to Bali again for a month long surf session.

At the airport again right now….

Here are some funny photos of the Festival, Whistler’s backcountry, So. Cal. And last pow day on the chair.

Ciao