Grenade Games 5 Kicks Off in Whistler

Words: Evan LeFebvre

Hard to believe it’s been five years since Danny Kass and the rest of the Grenerds put together the first ever Grenade Games at sleepy ol’ June Mountain just outside of Mammoth, but five its been. We find ourselves now on international soil in a little place I like to call “the Land of Luck”—Whistler, British Columbia.

Tuesday saw the poker run where five poker tables where set up between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Riders would grab a card at each spot and piece together the best hand they could, with winners earning a spot in the mogul slalom that would go down today—I think that was what went down anyhow. The fact of the matter is that Monster Energy’s new shot caller Cody Dresser and I got separated from the pack and ended up on our own program flailing around the mountain trying to catch up with everyone which we eventually did … just in time for a round of caesar’s at the Long Horn down in the village.

Later that evening, a heated poker match went down back at the Long Horn, and our boy Eero Niemela had a serious case of beginners luck on his side, walking away the winner with a giant $5,000 diamond encrusted watch as his prize.

The weather was so prime Tuesday—sunny as hell and the mini park was firing. The pacific northwest would have its way however as clouds and rain moved in a bit last night leaving us with a solid sheet of ice this morning, and a solid sheet of moguls for those brave enough to race down. Really surprised that no one got seriously played out burning p-tex down the course, and not so surprised that my boy Dresser walked away with a Golden Ticket courtesy of Danny Kass for a proper Japan off the jump in the middle of the course—securing himself a spot in the big air yet to come. The mogul slalom race came down to a heated run between Logan Short and Ride Canada’s Myrosha Daley, with Myrosha edging out Logan and taking home the W.

Thursday the pipe jam gets underway so there is airtime in our future. We’ll check back in from our satellite office here in Whistler.

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