Triathlon Swim Starts

MEC GEAR SWAP FALL 2006

Checking out the gear!

Halloween 2006

"Be nice to NERDS, chances are you'll work with one"

Fall Colours

Back in the swing of things!
I'm really feeling the crunch from midterms now school is back in full swing, which means this page is lacking in any posts. I have been up to some cool activities lately and went on a few fun track trips.

Last weekend was the MEC gear swap, and it was even better than last spring!Evan and I showed up at 5pm on Saturday and were joined by lots of Evan's friends from the UBC varsity Outdoors Club. We all had a fun filled night of various activities, and I even managed to get a about 7 hours of sleep! I spent $192 and got over $900 worth of gear!

Other things I have been up to, trying to be a runner! So far I have only broken 70km a week twice since the beginning of September for training and as the weather is getting more crappy it is steadily declining. So much for my attempt, it was fun while it last!
Lewis & Clark Pioneer Open Oct. 14 2006


Scott before we went out on a crazy night on the town

Surfing in Tofino




My first days in Tofino as a kid from Delta were back in the early 90s. Now through trial and error I am trying to make up for 15 years of surf deprivation. I was now in surf heaven, Kasandra and I with our boards and our 6mm wetsuit were ready to hit the surf.

So to sum it all up it was surf, sun, surf, campfire, sleep. Repeat. Pretty simple, really. And what better way to spend the last week of August.

There was something for everyone, close to perfect rights peeling waves; hollow left waves and gentler, more forgiving beach break waves (for when we just wanted to go surfing, not play keep-away with a death by drowning with point break waves).

South Chesterman Beach was like a Roy Henry Vickers painting, with aqua blue sky melting into blue/green waters, contrasted by the expansive temperate rainforest landscape of old growth forest and windswept brush.

The surf was even more surreal at Cox Bay. Set after set of absolutely perfectly shaped waves. Lefts and rights, point breaks and beach break waves; there was literally something for everyone.

We need to dry out a little between sessions so we would drive back to the campsite Bella Pacifica or into town. Tofino is a happening little tourist town with great restaurants, coffee shops Breakers Delicatessan , and storefronts to check out in the day.

Tofino Part II

BC DAY
Yesterday Kasandra and I hoped onto a ferry over to Galiano Island and went kayaking for the day with my parents. We paddled a similar route I did on Canada Day however we didn’t paddle as far as Wallace Island.

Landis B-sample positive: Fired by Phonak, likely to lose Tour title


Presumptive 2006 Tour winner Floyd Landis was fired by Phonak today after the test of his B-sample came back positive for a high testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio.

Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour, said "It goes without saying that for us Floyd Landis is no longer the winner of the 2006 Tour de France."

Landis repeated his assertions that he is innocent, and that he'll contest the results in any way available:

"I will fight these charges with the same determination and intensity that I bring to my training and racing. It is now my goal to clear my name and restore what I worked so hard to achieve."

Phonak offered a short statement outlining the dismissal, and saying Landis's defense is now "his personal affair." The team promises a press conference "in the next couple of days."