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13 year old Magnus Manson has been declared the winner of the Sunshine Coast Mountain Bike Film Competition after intense online voting and the final vote cast by extreme freeride photographer Bjorn Enga. Magnus has won $1000 of bike/camera gear, and will have his film shown on Sunshine TV Network screens in Vancouver, Sunshine Coast, [...]
Woo-hoo… it’s here! WinterFest on Dakota Ridge, beginning at 10am March 10, 2012. The snow has been wonderful this season, with a base of 195 cm and it is snowing lightly as of noon Friday (today). Schedule: available on Alpha web site Highlights include product demos and tryouts, 5 & 10km ski races, introductions to [...]
There’s something magical about getting lost in the woods. In an era of gps, constant cell access, and reductive subdivision mentality in Canadian civic planning, it’s getting increasingly harder to even get lost close to home. Carless for a day, I decided to walk home and tried a new trail I hadn’t even noticed on [...]
by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell SNOW>>> Yes, we’re still waiting for the *real snow* of winter to arrive! But fear not, lovers of the stuff that gets down the back of your neck & the best face wash in the Western hemisphere… only 10-45 minutes away (depends on departure point) is tons of fresh, luscious snow [...]
by Jamie Mani, Alpha Adventures Outdoor Adventure Store The term getting “on the water” has taken a whole new meaning with growth a new water sport - Stand Up Paddle Boarding. This intriguing new paddle sport can trace its roots back to the Hawaiian Islands. In the 1960’s the “beach boy” surf instructors of Waikiki [...]
UPDATE: FESTIVAL RACE ROUTES AND PHOTOS: by Publisher/Editor Laurie McConnell Read my introduction to paddleboarding here Actually getting vertical on a paddleboard was VERY different from paddling on my knees or butt. On the good side, once I got going I created a little wake that sounded delicious rising up under the back of the [...]
So, this is me, Laurie McConnell, blissfully unaware of my fate on my very first paddleboard tryout with Wilson Creek’s Alpha Adventures (The Outdoor Adventure Store). BACKGROUNDER Before I share the festival information with you, I’d like to tell you my first paddleboarding story, in the hopes some other coach potato will rise up from [...]
by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell. Photo of Pam & John courtesy of Gardar Gardarsson of The Local Newspaper So here’s my goal for this year – to renew my boating education on all fronts. Suncoast Sailcruise will play an integral part. I have sailed before – 20 years ago I occasionally crewed on a 26 foot [...]
A clear example of competent steering at a clinic held by the US National Dragon Boating Club. Not an example of MY steering, or lack thereof. After my first true paddle practice dragonboating – and a full molar root canal two days prior – in my wisdom I decided to show up for steering try-outs [...]
Okay, so it didn’t hurt much after the orientation last Saturday… but I didn’t say it was easy. I think I’d have a better chance of creating a brand new political party and having it elected than figuring out paddling. This is just one of the strokes used in dragon boating, though it is more [...]
by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell READ: Introduction to Paddling READ: First Team Paddle READ: Would I steer you wrong? I’ve managed to continue my atrocious habit of collecting hyper-adventurous friends. This is a problem, since I lead a relatively sedentary lifestyle, ensconced as I usually am in my office cockpit. There must be some unconscious yearning [...]
by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell Here I am, looking bewildered that I am actually present for the ‘New Paddler Orientation’ of the various Sechelt-based dragonboat teams at MacKenzie Marina in Porpoise Bay. Having been talked into this by my overly energetic friend, Colleen, we chose the easiest, least intimidating option we could find for a team: [...]
by Laurie McConnell, Editor/Publisher If you are looking for an off-the-beaten-path hiking experience on the Sunshine Coast that is easy to get to and easy to hike, Hidden Grove will suit admirably. This is truly a ‘park of the people’… many zealous hikers and mountain bikers helped ensure this area remained available as a recreation [...]
The Sunshine Coast Resort, located just around the bend from the Madeira Park exit on Hwy. 101, has always been known as an affordable yet luxurious destination for visitors wanting to immerse themselves in the waterfront lifestyle of our region. With a well-appointed hotel offering oceanfront rooms and suites with private patios, barbecues, beautiful amenities [...]
Wow, exciting times on the Sunshine Coast. Whales are back along the shore for the first time in many years, drawing crowds out to piers, swim docks, beaches and walking paths hoping for a glimpse. There was some Facebook buzz earlier in the week that there had been a live birth of a baby (calf) [...]
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