Coast Mountains
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FEET FIRST
‘Hometown’ – is it simply where you’re from? Or the place where you feel you most belong?
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UPFRONT
Drinking It Blue
It turns out Mother Nature, like many ski town ladies, can be charmed, tricked even, with alcohol. The technique, commonly known as “Drinking it Blue,” is a process native to the Coast Mountains but if done correctly it can be used anywhere.
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UPFRONT
The Hometown Effect
If life were more like comic books, perhaps we could trace the athleticism of Whistler residents to a rogue chunk of extraterrestrial matter that launched headlong into the depths of Alta Lake, drenching the entire town with an elixir that bestowed superhuman abilities upon the founders of the mountain community.
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UPFRONT
Stalking Starlets at the</strong> <strong>Whistler Film Festival
Whistler residents don’t typically get too wound up about celebrities coming to town. It’s kind of – “sure, you’re on the cover of Entertainment Weekly but can you stomp a Backside 720 in the black park?”
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UPFRONT
Weekend Warrior
Drive now, ski when you get there, sleep when
you get home
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FEATURE
The Wet Coast
Escaping the crowds is just a boat trip away, where the idyllic wilderness merges with empty waves and chaotic weather to create an extraordinary surf adventure.
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FEATURE
Location Coast Mountain
B.C.’s Coast Mountain range might figure prominently in the world of skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers, but its vast potential has barely been realized.
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FEATURE
North to Alaska
Local adventurers return to the Alaskan Range to ski and explore the alpine Mecca of Ruth Gorge.
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ARTIST PROFILE
Ormiston Ink
It’s probably the last word you want to hear come out of your tattoo artist’s mouth. Luckily for me, Justin Ormiston isn’t working – he’s pouring me a scotch.
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HISTORY
Gear Up for the Great Escape
Adventure outfitter celebrates 20 years of gear-porn and public service.
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MOUNTAIN HOMES
From Landfill to Legacy
The sewage treatment centre has been upgraded and the municipal landfill relocated. In its place now stands the Olympic and Paralympic Village, one of the Whistler's most sensible, and sustainable, legacies.
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FOOD
Sustainabili-tea
Whistler entrepreneur is changing the world,
one cup at a time
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FOOD
No Reservations Required
Once-secret drinking clubs find new life as fine-dining Supper Clubs
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WELLNESS
Becoming Superhuman
The importance of movement, metrics and a motivator
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Sitka Surfboards
“We started out shaping boards in our garage in 2002,” says born-and-raised Whistler kid and Sitka co-owner Andrew Paine. “My friend Rene Gauthier and I – a lot of hours in the garage.”
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Whitegold Snowboards
No, not the precious metal – Whitegold is the name of Kev’s latest project, a Whistler-based snowboard company producing limited edition high-end performance boards.
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