Good bye Tofino - welcome back in Whistler! I left Tofino this morning at 7 am. I went back to Nanaimo and catched the Ferrie over to the mainland. After three weeks surfing I`m back in ...
No waves at all - flat like a piece of paper.... Climbing around on the rocks at Rosie Bay and take some pictures Watch the sun, hear the water and check the reproduction of seastars!
A quiet night on a realy nice parking lot close to cox bay. Fresh water, a cold shower and an open wireless internet conection. A perfect spot! Chill at the beach, cook some quick pasta, check ...
It`s hard to get rid of my first van... and specially a van like this... http://kamloops.en.craigslist.ca/cto/1201927928.html I`m sure I`ll find a lucky new owener pretty soon.
Every day surfing is tiring... So we went for a hike to Mt lonecone on Meares Island! We climbed 3 hours through dense rain forest and mud to the top of the around 740 feet high peak. The view ...
SexWax -the best for your stick! If you want some gripp on the "stick" you have to wax it! It`s like waxing the snowboard. There are different kinds of wax for different water temperatures. The ...
After three days on a 8 feet soft board and one day on a 6.6 feet fish I bought my first surfboard in the Longbeach surfshop! It`s a Coastline 7.4 feet fun board. The board came with finns, bag ...
Rip Curl ST3W surf competition at Cox Bay, Tofino BC! The bigest surf event in Canada! Two days sun, blue sky, good waves, music, surfing and a cool party!
Change the snowboard with a surfboard, change snow with water and change the snow pants with a wet suit.... Yeah, I`m in Tofino, the famous surf spot in Canada. After a quick surf crash course ...
Out of the snowboard pants - right into the surf shorts! The route: Whistler - Horseshoe Bay - Nanaimo - Port Alberni - Tofino Enjoy the sunset and relax after a long drive!
19 times Heli Skiing (for free) + 2 times sleding (a bit fuel) + 2 times Sun peaks (for free) + 33 days at Whistler/Blackcomb (for 200 Dollars) = 1 wicked goggle tan!! A pretty good season with ...
The last week end on the Blackcomb side, and so also the last runs through the Nintendo Terrain Park. Right in time I cleared my fs 5 in the pipe and the bs boardslide to fs boardslide on the ...
Grand opening day in Whistler - and the town is full of downhill bikers!! Today opened the famous bike park in Whistler. The parking lots were full. The whole family with their bikes came to ...
It`s all about snowboarding! Today I passed my CASI Level 1 Snowboard Instructor course in Whistler/Blackcomb. Above standard, excellent demos, super strong riding and - lots of potential in the ...
It was raining in the valley today. But as soon as you get up the Wizard Express Chair you would never believe that it is mid of May: Cold, windy, fogy, heavy snow fall and fresh pow on the ...
It`s hockey time in Canada! The Playoffs are on - and it is exciting! After 5 games, it`s 3 - 2 for Chicago. Chicago is in front in the "best of 7" serie against Vancouver. But the 6th ...
Yeah, the winter is not over yet! At least not in Whistler! After 18 days riding, one day realaxing and my first night at Marie-Soleils place (with view to the Alta Lake) we got 22 cm of fresh and ...
After 18 days hard riding and live of Sidekick Pasta, Martin and I bought a piece of meat... 0.61o kg Beef Sir Loin Steak (for each of us) with steamed potatos, Ceasar Salad and chips. ...
Chris Prior began 1990 making snowboards in the winter to compliment his well-known sailboard manufacturing business in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2000 Prior moves its manufacturing facility ...
After 11 days (or was it already 12?!) of snowboarding I switched for one day to telemark skis Check the movie: https://rcpt.yousendit.com/681689674/bdfc6fed05c7bef31a62b83274171118
After a couple days of shitty weather, we got a lot of sun, blue sky and slushy snow. Going fast on the hard packed snow in the morning, do a couple jibbing runs through the park and the pipe and ...
Riding in Whistler, living in the Van! It`s a kind of difficult to dry all the gear, also when it was raining the last two days... Can you imagine the smell in my motor home?!
Gondola Type: Doppelmayr 3S Total Distance: 4.4 km Length of Free Span: 3.024 km Highest Point: 436 m Number of Towers: 4 Height of Towers: 35 - 65 m Crossing Time: 11 min Speed: 7.5 m per second ...
Fresh pow on the mountains... Rain in on the Riverside Camp Ground in Whistler. But the whole Wiegele Crew don`t cry cause of a few snow flakes and a bad visability. We took the free shuttle to ...
Yeah, we moved out of our Trailer, out of Wiegele`s world, out of Blue River... After a day "shopping" in Kamloops I slept the first night in my Van! We started to Whistler on Thursday. Loaded ...
The season is over - time for the season end clean up... The united proper team worked hard and fast. Everything was done on Sunday mornign and we were ready for the kitchen BBQ at Jimmy`s ...
The Apres-ski classical from europe arrived also in little Blue! For sure, the hard swiss survivor knows how to swing the hammer and hited the nails like a professional! Therefore I never had to ...
Why you need a big terrain park where you have to wait and watch out for other riders?! Just build a quarter pipe in the backyard, take a few spot lights, make a fire and have a good time... ...
What you need: a car, a rope, a bit snow between the rail lines and a huge orange snow locomotive Once more, it is favourable to have a photographer for a few shots...
The season is over on Saturday. So it was time to enjoy the last powder... It`s spring time in Blue River...but not in the Cariboo Mtns! Fluffy powder and sunshine - what else do you need? ...
Who else can say, that he went for catering service for private guests by golf car?! The guests are in the Beaver Dam Chalet. The van is to big to go through the small path. So put ...
Skiing with a Bell 212 is ok. 10 guests, 2 guides and a pilot , 3 groups per heli - it`s a bit tight... Skiing with a Bell 407 is more confortable. 5 guests, 1 guide and the pilot, three groups ...