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Surfer’s Voice is a new feature where we interview real surfers; the groms, old timers, beginners and seasoned vets that populate the Canadian surf scene from coast to coast, lake to river, and every ripple in between. Meet Brad Van Rooi, a local surfer who has been surfing the Great Lakes since the 1980’s.
Waasaashkaa Gathering: The Magic of Northern Ontario Surf
Great music, good vibes, and a magical atmosphere are what the Lake Superior surfing community provided for us this fall. I had the pleasure of attending the Waasaashkaa Gathering—an annual gathering of the Great Lakes Surfers. This event was hosted by...
Plussur Waasaashkaa Gathering: The Magic of Northern Ontario Surf
Go With The Flow Vol. 5 - Babes Brigade
Babes Brigade is Toronto’s own skateboarding brand and collective founded by Steph Battieste. Bringing together womxn of all ages and backgrounds to grow together as skateboarders, Babes Brigade is a safe space for all experience levels of skaters to band together.
A surf club on the Northern Shores of Lake Superior
The whole point of starting the Greats Lakes Surfing Club here at Lakehead University was to create a community for students who surf in Thunder Bay and the surrounding area. A group of us who had been surfing on the lake for about a year came up with the idea with the simple goal of receiving funding from the school that would go towards getting gear for the club that we would make available to all club members that wanted to learn how to surf, can’t afford their own gear, or simply don’t know where to start.
For this installment of Surfer’s Voice we checked in with Luke Morstad of Outlier Surf, to find out what it is like to open a surf shop and teach surfing… in Calgary Alberta. Luke touches on the early days, and the future of river surf in the Canadian Rockies, and opens up about his own personal journey as a surfer.
For this edition of Surfer’s Voice we spoke with professional wakeboarder, Collingwood lake surfer, boardsport and outdoor enthusiast Erika Langman, about the crossover between boardsports, what drives her to get her stoke on, and the magic to be found in paddling your guts out and dropping down a moving chunk of natural liquid energy.
Played similarly to ball golf, disc golf uses discs that are thrown towards a basket (instead of using balls and clubs). The object of the game is to complete the round with the fewest throws of the disc. Players start from a designated tee on each hole, throwing their disc towards the basket target while counting the number of throws it takes to reach the target. Most holes are par 3 and 18 holes takes about 2 hours to play.
Surfer's Voice: Michael Billinger
For this instalment we headed to our nation’s capital to talk-story with Michael Billinger—founding member of River Surf Ottawa-Gatineau/Surf de rivière Ottawa-Gatineau—about his experiences surfing around the world, and the waves he has sampled from the Canadian H20 buffet.
Surfer’s Voice is an exploration of Canadian surf culture through the lens of the real individuals who make up surf communities from coast to coast with every lake and river in between.
For our latest installment we caught up with surfer and instructor Tyler Megarry to learn about his surf journey in Eastern Canada, and to hear some of his thoughts regarding LGBT+ representation in surfing.