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We called in a lot of favours for
that inaugural issue andCanadian
downhill ski legend
RobBoyd
is a
legendary and charitable friendwho
agreed right away to talkwith
Ace
Mackay-Smith
about his childhood
ski hill, ski racing, andwhether or
not hewould ever run formayor of
Whistler in “
Iwas there…
”
PaulMorrison
believed in
MountainLife
enough at the start tohookus upwithphotos
and an interviewwithhis son
IanMorrison
whowas just 11 years old at the time.
Photographer
BruceRowles
was another
seasoned veteranonboard fromdayone.His
shot of
MikeDouglas
scored the inaugural
cover.Toobadwe spelledhis namewrong in
the photo credit. Sorry, Rowlesy!
TheDuffeyLakeRoadwas still considered sacred in some
circles in2007, so
JessButler
’s
Backyard: SkiTouring the
Duffey
storyof aweekend rippingbigpow lineswithher
brothers brought us some criticism.We didn’t publish
locationnames (hopefully someone out there is still looking
for the fabled “ValleyX”), but it all felt a bit cloak anddagger
in the days before socialmedia and consumerGPS.
Roamingphotographer
ToddLawson
joined the team
as a “photo consultant” for
IssueTwo
which also featured
HolyHeights
, a ski-mountaineer storyby
JimMartinello
and
TrevorHunt
, whowouldbecome perennial
contributors over thenext decade.
The
Spring 2007Green Issue
brought us
an interviewwith
ColinAngus
, whohad
recently circumnavigated the earth entirely
under his ownpower, including rowing
across theAtlanticOceanwith then-
girlfriend
JulieWafaei
.The couple survived
a couple of hurricanes and fourmonths at
sea, then gotmarriednot long after arriving
home inBC.
AndrewBradley
nabbed the first
ever
Summer Issue
coverwith an epic
rope swing shot of
MattElliott
, and
for the
Autumn2007
magwe finally
found a visual style that fitwhen
designer
AmélieLégaré
joined the
team as creative director.
