Mountain Lifer: 6.9 Ran-Dumb Facts About Ace Mackay-Smith
Jorge’s Disclaimer: Ace’s brother knocked up my sister twice, so we are kind of related – our gene pools have joined forces. I have also known her for 30 years.…
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Artist Profile: Shawn Hunt, Shape Shifter
Like his life, Shawn Hunt’s art is a study in contrasts. Country life versus city living, mountains versus ocean, carvings versus paintings, simplicity versus complexity, traditional versus contemporary and family…
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Chili Thom: Mountain Life Celebrates the Life & Masterpieces of Our Most Colourful Friend
It’s always hard to say goodbye to a friend. Chili Thom’s artwork is ubiquitous with the Coast Mountain landscape and when he succumbed to cancer late in 2016 it was a blow felt across the entire mountain culture community. As Chili’s best friend, I struggled for months to find a way to memorialize his legacy in the pages of our magazine. Displaying his art on our cover was one way (our first pure art cover) but for the words inside, I eventually realized that a simple story of one camping trip into the mountains was actually the best way to show who Chili was, and how much he loved getting outside.
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The Pehota Way: If Chuck Norris Could Ski, He’d Drop in After Eric Pehota
I don’t know if it’s true, but here’s how the story was told to me: Eric Pehota and his oldest son, Logan, were in Revelstoke backcountry, snowmobiling, skiing and getting…
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Mountain Lifer: Jamie Tattersfield Helped Transform Sun Peaks into a World-Class Resort
A lot has changed at Sun Peaks Resort since Jamie Tattersfield arrived on the scene. As the resort’s Operations Manager, Tattersfield helped grow the resort from a meager one-chair ski…
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Mountain Lifer: Mike Nemesvary, The James Bond of Freestyle Skiing
World champion freestyle skier Mike Nemesvary grew up in a water-skiing family. He was an active kid, the middle child of three, who grew up in the suburbs of Ottawa.…
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Pioneering the Peak: The First Snowboarder to Shred Whistler Legally
Picture yourself standing in the crowd at the bottom of the Peak Chair, snowboard in hand, no tracks visible from yesterday, just the lightly airbrushed ripples contouring the dying moments…
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Mountain Lifer: Mitch Sulkers, Bringing Outdoor Education to the Coast Mountains for Over Two Decades
“I’m an outside kind of person,” says Mitch Sulkers, a veteran schoolteacher at Whistler Secondary and creator of its highly regarded Outdoor Recreational Leadership program that brings students up into…
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Mountain Lifer: Wendy Brookbank Helped Launch Women’s Freeskiing
As a 19-year-old skier, she discovered the meaning of life: Ditch the gates, charge hard, make movies, have fun—and never get an indoor job. Twenty-five years and two kids later,…
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