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NIGHT VISION
Snow doesn’t begin
to slow Sam Roberts.
22 THE TWSSF ISSUE 2008
DJ Experience
Photo: TWSSF
SOUND TRACK THE
BUMP & GRIND
After Hours the Buzz Continues
— BY LISA RICHARDSON
When the lights in Whistler go down, nightwatchers and
Roswell-disciples turn their eyes to the mountains where the
blinking lights of the grooming fl eet suggest a UFO takeover
is imminent. The latest X-fi le-styled midnight sightings at the
resort, denied by all offi cial bodies, feature a new creature of
the dark slopes — night-goggle-clad security forces reputed to
be in training for 2010.
But what the Secret Service skiers don’t realize is that when the
fi reworks from the Big Air light up the night sky on April 12,
those high-tech goggles will leave them blinded and wandering
the Village, solely dependent on their sense of… hearing. Luckily
for them, the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival’s goal
that no action go un-soundtracked means an aural tour is the
best way to get oriented...