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Boarderstyle was born at the Shred Show two years ago, and the first ever victor was once again crowned champion today! Jon Versteeg battled through a foggy course to take first place.

Photos courtesy Monster Energy

The final heat included X-Games champion Kevin Sansalone, perennial powerhouse Myrosha Daley and Martin Jaureguialzo who has made every cut so far in three years of Boarderstyle. Read more

Pat Hui photo

Here’s today’s Awesome for DAY 5 of the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival…

• The Monster Energy Shred Show: Mogul Duel |Blackcomb Mountain Davie’s Dervish in front of Glacier Lodge | 12-2:30pm
• State Of The Art | Whistler Conference Centre 12-6pm daily 
• The show is open each day of the fest 12pm – 6pm daily and then again from 8pm – late on gala ticketed nights. See what happens when fashion and art collide. 
• Chevrolet DJ Zone (Village Square) - DJ Ops: 11:30am ‐ 2:30pm
• Head of the Herd (CFOX Seeds Band) and Louder Than Love (CFOX Seeds Band) plays Free Outdoor Concert Series | Skier’s Plaza | 2:30-5:30pm
• Hairfarmers play the Kokanee Freeride Apres | GLC | 3:30-6:30pm
• SOLD OUT – 72 Hour Filmmaker Showdown | Whistler Conference Centre | 8pm
• Ash Grunwald plays Kokanee Freeride Club Series | GLC| 9pm

2nd Cuts Filmmaker Screening - Miss out on getting tickets for tonight’s Filmmaker’s Showdown? Catch the 2nd Cuts Filmmaker Screening where all completed films will get their shot on the big screen. Finalists and the winner will also be shown. Wednesday, April 18 at the Whistler Conference Centre. 12-3pm, tickets are $10.

Tickets are still available for tomorrow’s big show Intersection, presented by Pique Newsmagazine. Read more here and get thyself to the Activity Centre to buy your tickets pronto!

Once having come to terms with the fact the culinary arts were not his true calling, Russell hurled himself into photography and has earned a himself a name in the industry over the past decade.  He spends the majority of his days sledding and shooting from dawn until dusk in the Whistler backcountry, or wherever the snow may be.   Russ has traveled the globe shooting mountain ranges from the Swiss Alps to the Patagonian Cordillera del Paine and is always planning more trips…could there be a book in the future??  He was recently showcased in the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival’s prestigious Pro Photographer Showdown, is Monster Energy’s Canadian staff photographer and is one of two senior photographers at King Snow magazine.   He is an artist, mountain man, comedian, friend, and truly inspirational human. -Shanon Knedlik

The Photos

01 I like riding in Pemberton with Shanon.
02 I like partying with my friends in Pemberton.
03 I like days like this .
04 I like snowmobiling in Bralorne.
05 I like walking In Pemberton with Shanon and Roger.
06 I like Pemberton, duh.
07 I like to drink various Scotches and play dice.
08 Mostly I just like being in the mountains with friends and snowboards and snowmobiles and everything else that goes along with those things.

The Questions

What neighborhood do you live in? 
I live in Pemberton, the best place!

What do you do and where?
I take photos for a living (which I still can’t believe), and I get to travel quite a bit around Canada, and occasionally overseas.

What are you working on?
Right now Im getting ready to shoot the WSSF for Monster Energy. Pretty much the busiest week of the year for me. And funnest probably.

Where can we find your work?
I have a website that I don’t update enough, www.russelldalby.com, and pick up a copy of King Snow Magazine to see some snowboarding photos i took, its a free mag and it’s the best .

Big Hip 1st Place Darcy Sharpe. John Scarth photo

The TTR 5-Star Monster Energy Big Hip contest at the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival went off last night with 16-year-old Whistler-local Darcy Sharpe getting crowned victor. He walked away with $15,000, not bad for a night’s work . It was an amazing performance as were the musical performances from Swollen Members and the Trouble Gang. The packed crowd of over  8,000 fans got quite a show.

Check out the gallery of photos here.

Russell Dalby photo

Pat Hui photo

Patrick Hui Photo

Here’s today’s Awesome for DAY 2 of the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival…

• State Of The Art | Whistler Conference Centre 12-6pm daily 
• The show is open each day of the fest 12pm – 6pm daily and then again from 8pm – late on gala ticketed nights. See what happens when fashion and art collide. 
• Mascot Mayhem | Village Square | 1-2pm
• Hairfarmers play the Kokanee Freeride Apres | Dusty’s | 3:30-6:30pm
• Swollen Members plays Free Outdoor Concert Series | Skier’s Plaza | 6pm
• The Monster Energy Shred Show: Big Hip Jump | Skier’s Plaza | 7:30pm
• Trouble Andrew plays Free Outdoor Concert Series | Skier’s Plaza | 9pm

Don’t forget to get tickets for the Mountain Culture Variety Show on Sunday night at the Whistler Conference Centre as well as Pecha Kucha Night on Monday at Maxx Fish.

Mountain Culture Variety Show features presentations from local mountain enthusiasts Jordan Manley, Sherpas Cinemas, Robin O’Neil, Johnny “Foon” Chilton, Chris Christie, Les Anthony, and Sterling Lorence. The incomparable Mitchell Scott, a one-man show on his own, will be the MC, keeping the crowd chomping at the bit.

Pecha Kucha Night Whistler will feature 10 diverse presentations comprised of 20 slides  X 20 seconds each. Mike Douglas, Chili Thom, JF Pelchat, Nicole Lauzon, Dave Olson and Asta Kovanen are just a smattering of the presentations you can look forward to. At $10 per ticket and a drink to get you started this event is the steal of the festival!

The TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival is proud to announce  the addition of The Shred Show as a 5-star event in the TTR World Tour. The TTR, Ticket to Ride, is “a special kind of governing body in the world of freestyle snowboarding, an organization representing the progression of the sport and the interests of the riders. The TTR keeps an open door when it comes to new formats or innovative course setups to foster the creativity that is inherent in the snowboard community.”

The Shred Show showed exemplary standards in all aspects of the event, and was awarded a 5-star ranking on the TTR scaling system. The Star Level of an event is determined by an array of factors including “the significance of the event on a global scale, overall quality of the event, level of competition, prize purse and television/webcast coverage among others.”

“TTR sanctioning just made sense for the evolution of our, Monster Energy’s, tenure in Whistler in April. We realized that all the elements necessary to host such a world class competition were already in place and, all aspects considered, it’s arguably the greatest time of year to be in Whistler!” – Nelson Phillips, Director of Marketing, Monster Energy. Read more

The TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival is not only stellar for free music concerts, awesome arts events and raging parties, but, surprisingly enough, world-class Skiing and Snowboarding!

The delicious and dynamic Monster Energy crew is back on board as sponsors of the snowboarding component, named The Shred Show, from April 13-17. A newly named 5 star event on the TTR World Snowboard Tour, The Shred Show features the who’s who of snowboarding, and four events that will leave you breathless. Hand in hand with Skiing and Snowboarding are the after-parties, so I’ve listed the pick of the bunch for you to satiate your thirst after slaying the mountain (as a competitor or spectator, both as worthy as the other).

April 14 | Big Hip (invitational): 7pm
April 15 | Borderstyle: 10am – 3pm
April 16 | Slopestyle (invitational): 10am – 3pm
April 17 | Mogul Duel: 12pm – 3pm Read more