Not too long ago Amanda Sage contacted me to do an interview about my personal story for her website Kick Ass Canadians. A great friend, roommate and teammate of mine, Brad Rollo recommended my story to Amanda. I am honored to have been able to share my story on her site. Thanks Amanda and thanks

The stunning Greatbear Rainforest- Ian McAllister For those that missed the show this past Thursday online here is the podcast. A special thank you goes out to Leslie Kovolich, host of the show, for giving me the time to talk about Standup4Greatbear. Leslie and thousands of her listeners were affected by the BP spill and

Thanks to Leslie Kovolich of the Standup Paddle Radio show. I will talking about Standup4greatbear and no tankers tomorrow March 3rd at 9am pacific time. You can click here and listen online. http://www.my30aradio.org/

I flew in yesterday to Bella Bella for some meetings to determine the direction for the Virtual Rainforest Initiative project. It is cold and clear in Bella Bella right now with a nice coating of snow on the coastal mountains. I was pretty excited today to come in to Chris Williamson’s class to check out

It has been on my list for awhile now to get down to Costa Rica to spend the days surfing from sun up to sun down so i met Jen in San Jose on the 4th. Jen had just place 2nd in a 6 day staged running race so she was ready for some R

I just wanted to wish everyone Happy New Year. I hope you have set your goals for 2011 and that your year is already looking bright. 2010 was an awesome year for me personally, for Mountain Surf Adventures and for my new initiative Standup4GreatBear. I am really looking forward to 2011. Here are a few

Happy New Year!! Here is a 2010 update from Ian and Karen MacAllister of Pacific Wild. Click Here.

One day I went to the mail a found this beautiful postcard from WhiskeyJack Paddles, a company based in Montana but with inspiration from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, advertising their gorgeous wooden standup paddles. After perusing their great website I got in touch with owner Danny B who sent me a couple to try

As I write this from the school in Hartley Bay, Mr Hill has informed me that a bottle thrown overboard near Hartley Bay by my adopted sister Morgan has found its way to Sandspit, Haida Gwaii. Here is an interesting article from the Times Columnist in Victoria.

Winter has arrived here in Sea to Sky Country but I have been able to carry on paddleboarding in the varied conditions here in the Sound. When SUP is your lifestyle its hard to put the boards away for the winter. I am still trying to get out every second day but yes its cold

I will be heading to the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday November 16th to do a slide show presentation on the GreatBear Rainforest and my Standup4GreatBear Expedition this past May. I will be presenting at Pender Harbour High School at 7:30pm for the Pender Harbour District and Wildlife Society. If you are on the Sunshine Coast

A great speech by Alexandra Morton, “Salmon are Sacred,” this past week at the 2009 Fraser River Sockeye Inquiry. Alexandra is a hero and has been working tirelessly on our coast to protect our wild salmon from fish farms.

This is the ABC Nightline segment that was done during the iLCP RAVE in Hartley Bay this past September. ABC obviously has a huge audience so it was great for our battle to keep oil tankers off our coast. Enjoy, there is some amazing Spirit Bear footage here in the rivers we visit. Our Mountain

This is what the iLCP GreatBear RAVE was all about. All of these shots and videos were taken while in the GreatBear Rainforest over a two week period. Christina was also there when i arrived in Bella Bella for my Standup4Greatbear expedition this past May. Great Bear Rainforest RAVE from iLCP on Vimeo.

Ian McAllister and his crew at Pacific Wild have put together this incredible video to show what’s at risk with the tar sands and tankers. I had a chance to preview this film with Ian on his sailboat this fall during the iLCP Greatbear Rave and it was exciting and powerful to watch. Great job

It’s On!! After the Tahoe race and celebrating Jen’s birthday in Santa Cruz i made my way down to Dana Point for the this year’s Battle of the Paddle. I was super excited to be competing in, and experiencing the superbowl of SUP racing. I got there a couple of days early so I spent

This is the second year that I have brought the Quest University ecology class up to Hartley Bay. Quest is a private liberal arts and science school located in Squamish, B.C. This year we had 8 students come up from Squamish to experience the rainforest in September. September 12: Quest students arrived on the ferry

As soon as my GreatBear SUP trip ended I was immediately back to the GreatBear Rainforest and Hartley Bay to work with Ian McAllister from Pacific Wild and Christina Mittermeier, Executive Director of the International League of Conservation Photographers. The iLCP was bringing some of the worlds best photographers right here to Hartley Bay and

Last summer Explore Magazine covered our exploratory SUP trip to the GreatBear and so this year we brought 5 excited guests up to experience the coastal temperate rainforest. Joining us on our first commercial SUP expedition was Lance McClure, Diana Mauriks, Jamie McVicar, Todd Allen and his partner Stephanie with Jen co guiding and looking

I have been back in Squamish after an incredible week back in my hometown of Sudbury, Ontario. Aside from relaxing on the deck and fishing for bass and walleye, i also had the chance to introduce friends and family back there to the sport of standup paddleboarding. Sudbury and Northern Ontario will be one of