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Surf’s up: A California visit for the dogs
When it comes to great beaches, California has dozens of them. Huntington Beach, however, has really gone to the dogs – literally. The beautiful beach city hosted the annual Surf City Surf Dog...
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How cool tees can send a kid to surf camp
When is a T-shirt more than just a T-shirt? When it benefits families with autistic children. As part of his new clothing line, OCD Collective, Brian Byrne (of I Mother Earth fame) is featuring a...
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The powder tsunami- Is helisking’s next big wave heli-boarding?
Heli-boarding Taking off / Photo: Kyle Hamilton Well snowboarding while heliskiing or “heli-boarding” has been around for some time however, it’s my view the heliskiing operators are going to...
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Family Surfing in Hawaii
Anyone with kids knows how hard it is to find fun activities you can all enjoy together. It becomes even more challenging as kids age and want to do only cool stuff. This is why whenever we take a...
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Beat the crowds to one of Europe’s top surf spots: Ericeira
Summer in the Mediterranean is equal parts charismatic and cramped. Most cities and beaches become so jammed that us Canadian folk can’t help but long for a wide-open prairie. Yet, France, Spain and...
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Ruth Myles: Injury shoulders the blame for Jen and Shawn’s elimination on The...
That wetsuit that Shawn King was wearing during the surfing challenge on The Amazing Race Canada? It’s not the first one he’s been cut out of. I caught up with Shawn and his wife, Jen, to talk about...
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Escape to British Columbia for an autumn adventure
By Powder Matt Mosteller You can’t beat a late summer or fall escape to British Columbia. I’ve got two suggestions for you to immerse your soul in the sea and the sky. One, for when you need to...
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Find a dream spot for surfing gals in Tofino, B.C.
The sun was just rising when we saw her — a lone woman in the distance, paddling her surfboard out to sea in the pink, painterly light of morning. My husband and I were staying at Tofino, B.C.’s...
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Vancouver Island resort shares taste of First Nations culture, the surf and...
Tax advice, perhaps. PowerPoint skills. These are the kind of things you might ask of your typical economic development manager. But surfing lessons? These days, Tyson Touchie’s official job as...
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Sidewalk surfing: longboarders ride Calgary’s asphalt ‘waves’
For the Calgary Herald Calgary, as it turns out, is not a great surf town. There is no palm-lined “North Shore” beckoning on our doorstep. We have no white-sand beaches with ten-foot swells ripe for...
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Hawaiian tower offers mix of luxury, history
Vancouver architect James Cheng considered both the little and the big elements in designing Honolulu’s 36-storey luxury tower, the Waiea, overlooking Ala Moana Beach Park. That meant everything from...
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Travel briefs: Surf and ski the same day
Surf and ski holiday on Vancouver Island VANCOUVER ISLAND – While we Albertans are still in the midst of body-numbing temperatures in March, the West Coast is celebrating spring. Flowers are blooming...
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Making waves: Calgary's river surfing ambition swells with new projects
When Neil Egsgard rode his first wave more than a decade ago, it wasn’t on the sandy beaches of Tofino or the rugged coastline of Halifax. It was on the Bow River in downtown Calgary. “My roommate at...
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Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton coming to Calgary
The inspiration behind the movie Soul Surfer is coming to Canada for the first time. Bethany Hamilton is scheduled to speak at Winsport in Calgary on Oct. 6 about her journey from shark attack victim...
View ArticleRiding the Olympic wave: Western Canada’s surfing ambassador carries the...
If you asked Dom Domic three decades ago whether surfing would one day become Olympic worthy, he’d have laughed at the notion. Read More
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