It was a snow day this week at Capilano University as the students’ union put on the fifth annual Uncapped Rail Jam Thursday, bringing some of the North Shore’s famous mountain life into the middle of campus.
Tourism student Carmina Tioseco was the lead organizer in charge of setting up a short ski and snowboard course in one of the school’s central courtyards. The tricky part, of course, is getting finding snow on a campus that is normally soaked in rain during the winter months. The team trucked in a bunch of the white stuff the night before, loading up a 26-foot truck on Mount Seymour.
“We just shovelled it into a U-Haul. It took a long time,” she said with a laugh, adding that the snow move took nearly 10 hours to complete. “I had a really good team that helped me out. They stayed late to shovel.”
It was all worth it to see the campus come together to enjoy food, music and fun while watching 25 local riders show off their best tricks.
“It was great community,” said Tioseco. “All the hard work that me and my team put in all paid off in the end. It was nice to see everybody having a good time.”
The event was used to raise funds and awareness for the Chill Foundation, a Vancouver-based organization that provides opportunities for underserved youth to build self-esteem and life skills through snowboarding and other board sports.
