WANT to hang out for an afternoon with your favourite pro snowboarders and skateboarders? A bunch of them will be on hand for the opening of RDS Skate Supply's new location this Savurday, Nov. 18. The store, which carries skateboard and snowboard equipment: and hardgeods, clothing and shoes recently moved from West) Third New resort opened From page 33 the mountain this vear rings in at $3.6-million. Two new runs have also been cut, meaning the moun- tain now boasts a full 24 ski and snowboard runs. Grouse fell just shy of the one-million visitor mark last’ year, with 980,000 total skiers and snow- boarders taking to the slopes. “i think this vear we'll go over the top,” said an opti- mistic McLaughlin. “Our goal was a) omillion for the Millennium and [ think we're going to make it.” The mountain will hire an additional 250 part-time staff members to help deal with the winter influs. All Grouse runs are open to both skiers and snowboarders, but that wasn’t always the case, said McLaughlin. “The theory back then was that skiers and snowboarders don’t mix, but that was a false belief. What we tried to do here at Grouse instead of tak- ing an exclusionary viewpoint was we said ‘Let’s develop an area where young people can go and have a great time’.” Thus, the terrain park was born — an area on Side Cut with tabletops, moguls, spines and dips that caters to younger skiers and boarders. MeLaughlin said the snow- boarders are usually the fint to flood the slopes as seon as the moumtain opens, no matter the conditions. “Somebody me that the don’t know any theyre wrong.” said MeLaughlin. “The snow- boarders absolutely know bet- ter, Thev’re the ones thar haven't had the fan of the sport drilled our of them. They're just keen to get out on the slopes and ride on any- thing.” Grouse is also set to open a new hill in Golden, B.C. ~ Kicking Horse Mountain Resort — on Dec. 8. The first new provincial ski development in over 25 years, Kicking Horse boasts the second-highest ver- tical drop in Canada. Grouse passholders will enjoy recipro- cal privileges at the new moun- tain, said McLaughlin. Grouse Mountain — also offers a full, complement: of child to adult ski and snow- board training programs and features drop-in lessons on afternoons and evenings, as well as full rentals. For more information on Grouse, visit. . once said to snowboarders better, but LIONS GATE BRIDGE The Lions Gate Bridge is scheduled to be CLOSED to all traffic from 8:00 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 15 to 6:00 a.m. Thursday Nov. 16. This closure is weather-dependent and subject to re-scheduting to Thursday Nov. 16 from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Friday Nov. 17. Please check the information sources below for updates. 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