Skiing & Snowboarding: Terrain Parks

2007/08 Pro Team


 

Jesse Fox

Date of Birth: Many moons ago
Hometown: Born - Collingwood, Ontario / living and loving - Vancouver, BC
Sponsors: Rome snowboards, NFA, Nixon, 32 / etnies, ambiguous, Grouse Mountain
Accomplishments/Bio: Whiteout Films ‘Wear It Well’ video part
Words of Wisdom: Hold on with both hands.
Interesting talent: Underwater whistling

     
 

JF Fortin

Date of Birth: January 14, 1980
Hometown: Whistler, BC
Sponsors: Atomic Snowboards, Rip Curl, Grouse Mountain, Ogio, Artikol, Pow Gloves, Bula
Accomplishments: I'm looking on having the best season ever getting a wicked part in Alterna and hit the slopes of Grouse as many times as I can.
Words of Wisdom: Don't ever ever give up on a dream.
Interesting talent: I love to cook and one thing I really like is building stuff out of wood, I can't wait to build my house... I'm good with my hands.

     
 

Chris Dufficy

Date of Birth: October 19, 1979 
Hometown: Kamloops B.C., but living in North Vancouver
Sponsors: Option, Planet Earth, Celsius, IS design, Wildcats, Grenade, Active, Grouse Mountain, DVS, RDS.
Accomplishments: Being able to do what I want for a living!
Words of Wisdom: Coffee cures everything!!
Anything else you want to add in: Do what makes you happy because life is too short to be bitter!

     
 

Johnny Lyall

Date of Birth: March 21, 1986
Hometown: Vancouver, B.C.
Sponsors: Endeavor Snowboards, Oakley, Grouse Mountain, Airhole, Wildcats, Dakine, Gravis, Beaver Wax, Coastal Riders, and Whistler Beer
Accomplishments: 1998 Provincial track and field 400m Champion!
Words of Wisdom: Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. -Thomas A. Edison
Interesting talent: I can tread water for hours.
Favourite run or zone up the mountain: Opening day last year we did laps on Heaven's sake and down Inferno. That is the spot to be if Grouse has lots of new snow. Most of the time you can find me doing laps in the park.

     
 

Tamo Campos

Date of Birth: April 15, 1990
Hometown: North Vancouver, BC
Sponsors: SecondWave, RipCurl, Atomic, Anon, Grouse Mountain
Accomplishments: 2nd DC Big Air & Style Contest, 1st smith grudge match,
Words of Wisdom: Poutine Combo + Quiksilver park at night = good times
Favourite Zone on the mountain: Quiksilver park

     
 

Barry Hartman

Date of birth: October 29, 1987
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
Sponsors: Atomic, Mission Six, Smith, Grouse Mountain, Eesa, Neff, BeaverWax, Aloe Up
Accomplishments: Photo shoots in Argentina and Chile, video parts with First Tracks Productions, several competitions and I'm pretty stoked to film for Gnarcore this upcoming season.
Favourite places to ride: The Grouse park and any summer shredding: COC, Hood, South America...
Places to travel: Japan and New Zealand to rip and I'd like to check out Brazil one summer.

     
 

Jenelle Pritchard

Date of Birth: September 12, 1987
Hometown: Delta, B.C.
Sponsors: Grouse Mountain, Atomic Snowboards, Second Wave, Smith Optics, Rip Curl, BeaverWax
Accomplishments/Bio: Everything I have done since I started snowboarding 4 years ago has been amazing, being able to compete at a higher level than I ever thought i would be able to. Progression is key in snowboarding and every time I learn new things it gets me more stoked than I have ever been.
Words of Wisdom: Never say you can't!
Favourite run or zone up the mountain: Quicksilver Terrain Park is by far my favourite, I could lap it all day alone and have so much fun!

     
 

Graham Haywood

Date of Birth: July 12 1984
Hometown: Cranbrook BC, but I've been in Vancouver ever since my memory started developing
Sponsors: UBC doesn't allot much time for those, Grouse Mountain!
Accomplishments/Bio: 1st/2nd ('07/'06) Lord of the Park Am, UBC student Graduating Soon!, Shredding gnar all the time!
Words of Wisdom: Both stretching and having warm muscles help to prevent injuries. Post-Secondary education is hard, but definitely worth the time and effort. Washing-up is for quitters.
Favorite Run on the Mountain: Anywhere there is Pow to be shredded! The park is fun too.