Photo Credit: Adam DeWolfe This March we will again be offering our Coastal Paddle Surf course in Tofino, B.C. Over the three days our course teaches you how to catch your first wave on your sup, improve your existing paddle surf skill set and provide a framework to make good decisions in a dynamic ocean
Anthony just released this edit from the last paddling day of our Standfilm Expedition. I awoke that morning just outside of Burnaby Narrows after a long day of paddling and filming with the team. The ocean was flat calm, a mirror, and you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the reflections on
This was our fourth September SUP expedition trip in the last four years and it came on the eve of last years trip making the upcoming cover of Standup Paddle Magazine. Aaron Teasdale, writer/photographer was on our trip last year and killed it with his photos and writing. We were also featured on the cover
Norm on West Beach. Photo: Dan Shugar I have finally had some time to write some blog’s on my latest adventures. It has been an amazing month to say the least. Bella Bella Boardbuilding Project. Photo: Norm Hann My first trip up the coast was on Thursday May 31stto Bella Bella to see Chris Williamson’s
You can follow our SUP expedition to Haida Gwaii live here at Spot Tracker. GPS locations should be showing up the morning of June 6th. You can also follow at www.standfilm.com.SPOT TRACKER LIVE!!
View Haida Gwaii- Standfilm in a larger map As some of you may or may not know I am getting ready for my next standup paddleboard conservation expedition to Haida Gwaii. Since completing Standup4Greatbear, I then set my sights on the islands at the edge of the continent. Haida Gwaii is one of those powerful,
Sierra Cover shot with paddler Jamie McVicar Last fall’s Greatbear Rainforest Paddleboard Expedition has made it onto the cover of this months May/June Sierra Magazine. Aaron Teasdale did an outstanding job on the feature article and his pictures are amazing. Great to share this expedition with my brother Brad, friends Derek Nixon, Jamie McVicar, Sheila
I am really excited to announce our new coastal conservation project we are working on for 2012. It’s called Standfilm. Our goal with Standfilm is to bring additional awareness to the threat of oil tankers on our coast and in the Greatbear Rainforest. The film will be shot and produced by Anthony Bonello of B4Apres
Presenting Standup4Greatbear at Mulgrave School Last week I had four students from Mulgrave School in West Vancouver contact me about wanting to interview me for a project they were working on, focused on the Greatbear Rainforest and oil tankers. Whenever, I have the opportunity to talk to youth I jump at it, especially students who
Teacher Chris Williamson’s Mini Mal A couple of weeks ago I went to Bella Bella to work on a new website for the SEAS (Supporting Emerging Aboriginal Stewards) program that I work for in Hartley Bay. I always enjoy visiting Bella Bella; it’s a beautiful place with great people. I was staying with Ian and
Writer Conor Mihell, from old stomping grounds(well at least when we beat them in ball) Sault Ste. Marie, called me this week to interview me for an online article for Canoe and Kayak on my Standup4Greatbear Expedition and buddy Frank Wolf’s On the Line Expedition. Check it out here.
Just happened to find this article online that i hadn’t seen before and it brought back fond memories of the expedition. Having Guujaw sing for me has motivated me to look towards a new SU4GB expediton to Haida Gwaii. Click here for the article.
Well it was a dream come true for me as we left Vancouver on Dec 9th for our 10 day trip to Oahu’s North Shore. The North Shore in the winter means only one thing to me, big, legendary, historic surf. Before i could get to the North Shore though i was there to support
Race Prep Last Sunday night i headed down to Washington for the Deception Pass Dash. Traditionally a kayaking race, they have recently added a standup paddleboarding class and since i hadn’t had a chance to race and push the pace since August i thought this would be a fun event to be part of. Due
Just love this section by JP Auclair from ALL.I.CAN…… JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo.
I am in Hartley Bay right now with Nicolas Teichrob, a talented photographer and filmmaker from the Sunshine Coast whose pictures you are now looking at. We are here doing some work for an upcoming coastal film project and I am carrying on my work with the SEAS program. We flew from Vancouver to Prince
httpv://vimeo.com/31703201 This film really resonates with me and makes me think of the work that i do with the First Nations kids on our coastline. It’s an inspiring film with a great message. Another important reason to keep our coastlines fresh, wild and pristine for generations to come.
I just got back from a great weekend in Tofino, for the first Paddle Canada Standup Paddleboard Surf course. We had really good weather and some pretty good swell to do the course in. Most of the group including myself showed up to the beach house on South Chestermans’s under a warm, fall sun. The
Paddle Canada SUP Surf CourseDate: November 4,5,6Location: Chesterman Beach, Tofino, British ColumbiaPrice: $525 (includes accommodation)Participants: 10 Max.… … Instructors: Norm Hann, Mike Darbyshire, Bodie Shandro Course Description:This course is designed to introduce novice paddlers to Stand Up Surfing moderate surf conditions (<1.5m). Course ratio will be kept to a maximum of 1:4 to ensure safety
The Pacific Yellowfin After the Mountain Surf Adventures GBR SUP Expedition, Jen and I drove back to Squamish and a day later i was on a Pacific Coastal flight back up to the central coast in Bella Bella to meet the boat Pacific Yellowfin and it’s captain and crew for back to back trips. I
SUPing the Greatbear Rainforest. Photo: Derek Nixon After a few days of packing gear, loading boards and buying food Jen and I departed for the 17-hour road trip to the northern coastal community of Prince Rupert. Clients would be meeting us there for our 2011 Greatbear Rainforest standup paddleboard expedition. This is the second year
Last Sunday i headed over to Bowen Island for the 34 KM Round Bowen Challenge. It’s a very short ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay to Snug Harbour on Bowen. Jen and i SUPed over to Snug Harbour for breakfast and coffee one morning and then took the ferry back, which was free. You only pay
This past weekend I went to the Kalamalka Classic hosted by Kevin and Michelle from Kalavida Surf Shop. It was an amazing weekend of SUP stoke. I arrived Friday night and ran a pre race skills clinic for some of the competitors on a flat calm beautiful evening on Kalamalka Lake. Saturday i raced in
Bella Bella Paddleboard Project Photo: Karen McAllister After starting in Kitimat on May 8th, 2010 I finished my Standup4Greatbear expedition 11 days later on May 18th in the Heiltsuk community of Bella Bella. It was an amazing place to finish as I was greeted by hundreds of community members and youth. I remembered being really
