ORAGE MASTERS ----by:Mack Jones - TMC PRO RIDER                                       check----> http://www.tmcfreeriderz.com

On April 17th the annual Orage Masters took place at the base of Whistler Mountain. Generally referred to as the "anticomp" due to its laid back attitude and all round good spirit, it is definitely the most entertaining and relaxed contest of the season. This year, I was asked to compete in the Masters for 4frnt Skis with fellow teammates Finn Anderson, Will Berman, and Keltie Hansen and team manager Matt Sterbenz. Our team's theme was the Super Mario Brothers, and I elected to dress up as Toad as you'll see in the photos below, purely because he is the best and most underrated character in the game (have you seen how fast he is in Mario Kart? Astonishing.). Check out the modified TMC Beanie I used for my Toad hat! As for the actual contest, we chose to simply go for broke rather than play around with skits and props like the other teams by flipping off everything in sight, and it most definitely paid off. In the head to head format, we managed to advance against Amplid and Armada in the early rounds, where we were then paired with the K2 Rockstars in the final. Unfortunately we were topped by K2 with their fantastic display of skiing and hilarious theatrics courtesy of Pettit and Margetts, however we were still very excited because it was 4frnt's best result at the Masters to date: 2nd place. All in all it was an amazing day despite the rainy weather, and an awesome time was had by all on hill and at Longhorn that night. We're looking forward to cashing in our prize of a catskiing trip to Retallack next year! Here are a couple photos from the day.

Photo Cred = Felix Rioux, Stewart Medford and Jason Mosseau

 Photo Cred = Felix Rioux, Stewart Medford and Jason Mosseau

Photo Cred = Felix Rioux, Stewart Medford and Jason Mosseau

 Photo Cred = Felix Rioux, Stewart Medford and Jason Mosseau

Mack Jones Photo Cred = Felix Rioux, Stewart Medford and Jason Mosseau

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The spring event brought a bunch of competitions to Whistler Village including two that I competed in: The Orage Masters with Salomon and the World Ski Invitational Pipe Contest. I was really stoked to ski in the masters as we competed as forest animals. We had a blast and won best team costumes/spirit. Here's me pretending to be in the rescue rangers.

Our Rider and superclose friend is at it again...Chris Turpin and his antics are as endlessly plentiful as a kid in a candystore. checkout his live channel on youtube-> ChristurpinLive where his adventures of living in the mountain towns of Pemberton and Whistler are highlighted with crazy cliff drops in the backcountry, Innovative park laps, and chllenging big mountain lines straight from his POV camera! --->http://www.tmcfreeriderz.com<-----

..and speaking of innovative check this!!!

...Turpin's Edit...

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Yes, we got'm ....the legendary LOOK TURNTABLE PIVOT binding system. they are now again available at our shop!

Why they are so good.... I could go on and on about the benefits of the turn table system, in short, they are the most twin tip friendly ski binding in the industry(without bias!).

It is the only binding system which allows spot on binding release to deter rear twisting falls. It excels for people who take off and land switch...it has a precise but gradual trigger to keep you in or let you out in the right moment... Look are notorious for their ingenuity and it shows 150% on this product.

A majority of the top pro's Tanner Hall, Dana Flahr, tj schiller, sean petit(and the list goes on....) all use this binding and take advantage of their safe and durable nature everyday they are on the hill.....

come check it out at the shop! online----> http://www.tmcfreeriderz.com  

As a lone Boutique freeride ski shop in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Whistler Tmc Freeriderz has kinda avoided that corporate-takeover which small shops in towns and micro communities tend to have. Our shop on the contrary has always catered to people like us, even before there were people like ...us.  We watched a little documentary called "the Corporation" the other night and this mindset is now permanently set in stone, if you have a chance I would check it out on youtube its a little long , but if your bored, do it. In short it gives you the facts straight from the people who used to run these corporate schemes. It all comes down to how much money they make in a quarter, and how much the investors make.....the recession is a result of purposeful collapsed corporate systems and hidden money laundering tactics on the upper level of the company. Consumers are mere pawns takin'n it without knowing it....dirty dirty dirty.

Make sure you know what your buying. check up on the intentions of the company.

and for those of you who are like us, and are wanting to start something cause you just have to (you believe in it with your heart)....do it! have a blast...and find people with that same mindset.

....you'll never know unless you try right?!...hope you succeed...and on your own terms...! GOOD LUCK!

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