Whistler Longboard Festival 2015 Photos
This past September, over a hundred skaters hailing from different scenes around the world converged for the fifth annual Whistler Longboard Festival (WLF) presented by Landyachtz Longboards. Located in beautiful British Columbia, the IDF World Cup race takes place on the road used to access the olympic luge track. The 2015 event was split into three days: the Sector 9 Freeride, qualifying, & race day. As a rain or shine event, skaters braved the wet and cold all three days. Nonetheless, the racers utilized rain wheels, ponchos, and whatever else they could to stay dry and the race finsihed successfully. Personally, I needed a both a poncho and a plastic bag around my camera to survive the weekend. From three days of shooting, I came home with over 40 gigabytes of photos to sift through regardless of the wet. After having made selections for an article in the just released winter issue of Skate[Slate] Magazine, I still felt I had some photos I wanted to share.

Bricin Striker Lyons took a break from his paintball practice to announce a few rounds of qualifying

Emily Pross crushed it in Women’s. Check out the Winter issue of Skate [Slate] Magazine with Emily on the cover!
Skate[Slate].TV has also dropped an edit from the event you should check out:
For more Whistler Longboard Festival coverage, check out The newest issue of Skate[Slate] Magazine for an article featuring more of my photos and words by Les Robertson. Editor’s note: the photo of the finish line in the magazine is a shot you must see.