Author: Fullerton

I couldn’t resist submitting yet another glorious sunrise shot… this time, featuring my newly painted ama. It’s the best purple ever — and I am convinced it makes me go faster.

Lord knows that when the winds pick up it’s a totally different ocean.

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The best thing about having a training partner is that, on those mornings when I’d rather sleep in, I can count on him to drag me out onto the water and into the rising sun.

What could be better?

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Bowen Island is a lovely spot just off the BC mainland.  Lovely to visit by ferry — even lovelier to get to by outrigger.  And the ice cream?? Top notch — and worth the 55 km!

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Welcome to Siwash Rock, on the northwest point of Vancouver’s Stanley Park.

Yet another beautiful BC morning.

 

 

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Vancouver is a hot spot for water sports.  SUP, sailing, foiling, windsurfing, kayaking, surf-skiing, rowing, outrigger canoeing, dragon boating, prone-ing… it all happens here and in droves.  English Bay is full of people out enjoying the water, and whether they be racing or puttering about there is an incredible spirit of community and joy to be outside in the wind and sun. How fortunate are we? Check out the Jericho Beach webcam to see live action… but keep your jealousy at bay!

 

 

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This is what gets me out of bed in the morning… the brilliance of a calm ocean.

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This year there was a humpback whale in English Bay for more than 3 weeks.  I paddled with her almost daily. It was stunning… awe-inspiring… and immensely humbling.

Here is a still image from the video of our closest and sweetest sunset encounter.  Before diving down, she surfaced so close to my ama I could smell her fish breath!

Pretty great.

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The ocean is big.  The liners are bigger.  This one is probably the biggest one I’ve encountered out there…

Gives you a sense of scale — and perspective.

 

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Sometimes it’s hard not to be distracted by the scenery out here.

Paddling on the West Coast is a real dream.

 

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Man alive I am fortunate to live in Vancouver.  I get to paddle all winter and, come spring, am rewarded with sunsets like these…

 

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