Seasonaires Trailer

by Tom Grundy
Oct 27, 2010 at 2:26

Each summer a growing number of lads and lasses come from far and wide to Whistler to live the life of bikes and bikes and bikes. It’s the dream of riding bikes that brings them, but the reality is that there are deeper reasons that keep them here. Some people come for a visit and never leave. Some come to find something specific, but end up learning something entirely different. Some come alone, some come with friends, but everyone leaves with more.

Watch the trailer to this new web series inside,

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People uproot from their lives elsewhere to be in Whistler. Some make giant life changes, others have had their lives changed by one short visit to Whistler. Some are here for just one summer, some will be here forever more, either as a permanent fixture or a seasonal migratory bird.


There are thousands of stories and tales to tell, but film-maker Tom Grundy, super shooter Mattias Fredriksson and Writer Seb Kemp grabbed just five of them to give you a brief glimpse of living the dream.


On the face of it this series is just about riding bikes in Whistler. However this series hopes to look beyond this and explore the motivations of people to radically alter their lives just to ride bikes as much as they can. We chose five people and used their particular experiences as a magnifying glass to be able to discover more about a few of the motivations for some people to make bikes their life.


The following is five short stories, five characters, five windows and five motivations.

Seasonaires is a five part series that will be aired weekly.

Here are some photos I took while shooting the Seasonaires:

Jin tackles the Rock Roll on a Hardtail.
Jin tackles the Rock Roll on a Hardtail.
Multi Line Trail Through the Schleyer Rock garden
Multi Line Trail Through the Schleyer Rock garden
Jack Noy Smashes some Duffman Roots
Jack Noy Smashes some Duffman Roots
Paul Stevens Airs Sideways into a Rock Garden
Paul Stevens Airs Sideways into a Rock Garden
Maxime Styles up the D1 Hip
Maxime Styles up the D1 Hip
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18 Comments

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flag jcinkits (Oct 31, 2010 at 23:19)
 the Schleyer rock garden was my first real experience in 'letting go', [ the brakes ] - having never ripped this section it snuck up on me and my Tranny BR [ and i do ride hard and fast even at my intermediate level ] - thank the big guy [ or gal ] i remembered to lay off the brakes and let my 7" totem sus suck it all up - i may have had to scrape the s*** off my legs later, but i swear my balls were as big as those rocks when i finished my line over them; i even did them again the same day ! great pic and can't wait to go back next year and see if my new TR250 will convince me to shred Schleyer again with as much confidence as my BR did. thanks for the inspired pics and vid.
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flag mountguitars (Oct 29, 2010 at 11:25)
 what the heck? i was thinking of moving to vancouver, B.C. just so i can get closer to whitler which is just 1.5 hours away by car. looking forward to watching the series.
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flag si-paton Plus (Oct 27, 2010 at 2:48)
 Great work Tom, nice pics as well! That black and white multi line trail pic says it all.
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flag joefromthesoo (Oct 29, 2010 at 14:32)
 the triple at 0:33 is awesome. i've never seen anyone do it.
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flag YetiRider93 (Oct 29, 2010 at 16:38)
 You have now
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flag z-man (Oct 29, 2010 at 8:47)
 for the love of god, why was this video posted when the park is closed! its not fair!
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flag z-man (Oct 29, 2010 at 8:54)
 i spent a summer being a Seasionaire up in whistler, and then once again down it australia
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flag blueberrybagels (Oct 29, 2010 at 0:43)
 Sweet! I'm trying to do the same and get to Whistler from boring Kansas where there is no mountains.. lame. can't wait to see the series!
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flag michael-douven (Oct 30, 2010 at 7:17)
 This is a very cool and fresh idea. I'm excited to see these videos
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flag beerismycopilot (Oct 27, 2010 at 6:00)
 Your photos just keep getting better and better
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flag sebkemp (Oct 29, 2010 at 14:09)
 The "chicks" name is Emily Johnston.
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flag betsie Plus (Oct 29, 2010 at 4:58)
 The Cult, great song choice for a good looking trailer.
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flag ukal (Oct 30, 2010 at 2:36)
 that's it bro!
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flag VictorMAAS (Oct 29, 2010 at 1:00)
 Do I spot a rim broken in half at 0:15 ? (:
I'll be watching the series Big Grin
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flag hoolydooly (Oct 29, 2010 at 4:00)
 yes i think you do. but i didn't notice it because i was too busy drooling over the Yeti ♥
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flag criscokid25 Plus (Oct 29, 2010 at 11:20)
 looks really good...the chick is shredding!
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flag webhead (Oct 29, 2010 at 7:49)
 That Kelly from Endless??
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flag michael-douven (Oct 30, 2010 at 7:31)
 I miss whistler
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