Westbeach | Heritage Blog » The 2000’s http://30.westbeach.com The Canadian Snowboarding Original Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Heritage Video Series 2 – The Legendary Westbeach Classic http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/heritage-video-series-2-the-legendary-westbeach-classic/ http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/heritage-video-series-2-the-legendary-westbeach-classic/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:55:05 +0000 admin http://30.westbeach.com/?p=124 The Classic is widely regarded as the contest that introduced the jam format and brought snowboarding into the realm of entertainment. Watch the video to hear Dano Pendygrasse, Roberta Rodger, JP Walker and a host of others talk about how careers were lost and won at this season end contest.

The Westbeach Classic Heritage Video 2

]]> http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/heritage-video-series-2-the-legendary-westbeach-classic/feed/ 0 The Heritage Video Series – Teaser ….. http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/the-heritage-video-series-teaser/ http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/the-heritage-video-series-teaser/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:51:11 +0000 admin http://30.westbeach.com/?p=122 Welcome to the first of five Westbeach Heritage Videos……

The Westbeach Heritage Video Teaser

]]> http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/the-heritage-video-series-teaser/feed/ 1 The First To Go Up, a Brief History of Snowboarding in Whistler http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/the-first-to-go-up-a-brief-history-of-snowboarding-in-whistler/ http://30.westbeach.com/2009/08/18/the-first-to-go-up-a-brief-history-of-snowboarding-in-whistler/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:22:26 +0000 admin http://30.westbeach.com/?p=47 Contributor // Lenny Rubenovitch

Check out this short video my crew and I made about the history of snowboarding in Whistler. As you may know, we will be releasing some upcoming Westbeach Anniversary videos……more on that later.

The Whistler Film Festival in association with underexposed media group presents a Whistler Stories Film: The First To Go Up, a brief history of snowboarding in Whistler.The First To Go Up documents the story of the first snowboarders allowed to ride on Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains, and the struggles they encountered as this upstart new sport took hold.

Whistler, 2007

The First to Go Up, a brief history of snowboarding in Whistler

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