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This past week my friend and accomplished native artist Roy Vickers, presented me with a logo for Standup4Greatbear. I am not calling this a logo though, I am calling it a crest, since it has a story. I wanted to introduce the new Standup4Greatbear crest here to everyone and to tell you the story of

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.