In the land of the great white north, there is an event taking place right now that no parent should ever want there kids to aspire to go to. Daryl Trinidad and myself sailed up from Vancouver and docked the boat in Whistler Village, at the Monster Hotel. We walked right into a our room, which had been trashed by Danny Kass and The Dingo the night before, to give us a warm welcoming. After seeing the hamster cage that we will be staying in all week, we dropped our bags off and headed off to the Sushi Opening dinner. Then next morning we woke up to some rain and clouds so we took our time heading up the hill. The event for the day was called “Search and Destroy” which entailed 4 different locations on Black Comb and Whistler. Once you get to the location, there is a obstacle that you need to perform a maneuver on. Once you completed all the stops, you race to the bottom and get your time clocked. After the race was over, the finalists battled over a game of Asteroids. Our boy Darrell Mathes came in second. After the event was over, Trini and I decided to paint the village red. Today we woke up and headed up Blackcomb for the Dual Mogul slalom race. The sun was out and the course was soft and perfect. People were sending it down this steep bumpy run. Blood, sweat and tears were shed. Tonight is the “Dark-side of the Grenade” A full 80’s dress up party. Stay tuned to see more of Spy Pirating the Grenade Games 2010.

We woke up today and the sun was finally shining. Its was day three of the Grenade Games which meant we would be venturing to the Super Pipe on BlackComb Mountain. As we exited out room in the Monster Hotel we happened to run into the man, the myth, the legend: Todd Richards. Todd needed some fresh goggles, so we returned to the room, so I could give him some new Hip Heather Trevor. As I was giving Todd his new goggles, Trini and I had him sign some of his pro models to hook up a couple retailers that have been dying for his John Hancock. Once Todd was all set up, he joined our Motley Crue (Myself,Trini,Darrell Mathes, Eero Niemela). Once we got up to the pipe, we convinced Todd to get in the mix and bust out his bag of tricks. In no time at all Todd was crushing the pipe with his effortless style, and his wizard wisdom of half-pipe riding. Half way through the contest Dingo and Todd had to leave due to their appointment with a rehearsal for West 49’s dinner, so my good friend Trini passed me over Dingo’s microphone and the Spy Team took over the annoucing for event. After the pipe was all said and done, we returned down into the village for some apres ski shanagins, then out for a nice dinner with the team. As the boys cleaned their plates, we decided to roll over to the monster party. We were sure to sticker up all everything and everyone, leaving our mark in true pirate fashion. Check back for part three of Spyrating the Grenade Games.

Saturday night was the grand finale of Grenade Games: A slopestyle contest under the lights of Whistler. The air was cold and the snow was firm. All the athletes were all warmed up and ready to go. Once again we had a strong crew killing the course. Between the likes of Eero Niemela, Darrell Mathes, Colin Spencer and Kareem El Rafia hammers were being dropped left and right. With Trini on the mic and the boys killing it, you could feel that the night was going to be amazing. After the contest was over and all the awards were handed out, everyone quickly changed and head back out to see “Savage Blade” play at the monster party. The screaming 80’s metal band was insane, kids were moshing, spitting drinks, and getting wild. As the night progressed so did the idea of Trini and I getting a little midnight snack. As you can see Trini’s idea of a little snack is not the same as most peoples. HAHAHA….. I want to give to a big thank you to everyone at Monster for putting this event on, as well as all of our boys who killed it rocking that Spy logo.. Whistler hope to see you next year!

Kareem getting his spin on

photo courtesy of Brain Caissie