FALL/WINTER2016
MLCM
27
2010
We showedoff local talentwith stories on art champion
ChiliThom
and
about-to-be goldmedallist
AshleighMcIvor.
The backcountry, aka
TheWildWest
, dropped jaws andwhodoesn’twant to
see a gun range shoot-off betweenbig-mountain sledneck
DanTreadway
and
OlympicBiathlete
SydneyVanLoon?
All the hype around theOlympics also
gave us a chance tohonour the original Sea toSky localswith a profile onFirst
Nations art and artist
Xwalacktun,
aswell as a look at the traditional historyof
BlackTusk in
The LandingPlace of theThunderbird.
The2010WinterGames
were a fairlybig story sowe ran a gold foil cover and
dedicatedour largest and first ever perfect-bound issue entirely to them.
Summer’s
KillerBs
issue sawpublisher
GlenHarris
hiking the 30KM
Howe SoundCrestTrail
inBirkenstock sandals.
SonnieTrotter
explained the “new” sport of slacklining in
Squamish
Slackers,
while perennial adventure correspondent
JimmyMartinello
joined
BruceKay
for anew route upMount Bute in
School of Rock.
“In the beauty of themountainswe
aremadewhole in spirit.”
Thewinter
Character Issue
featured
Blake
Jorgenson in
Bralorne,
and cover
collageofWhistler legend
John“Rabbit”Hare
who coined thephrase “leave
no turnun-stoned.” ‘Nuff said.Wewere later awarded
Magazineof theYear
for 2010 at the
WesternMagazineAwards
where
ToddLawson
was so stoked
he accidentally startedhis acceptence speechwith, “Holy shit, wewon!”
