October 2009

We have just had some fantastic fall weather and so of course I got out to play on the shore today! Oh Yeah!

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Harbour Air is the largest Seaplane company in the world and it lives in our own backyard. What does this do for us you ask?

Well it allows us to sneak off to Vancouver Island and back in just a day and have one wild adventure. I have been using Harbour Air for many of my team building adventures and it is always a wicked time.

This weekend I had a speaking engagement in Victoria at the Royal Victoria Marathon Expo on behalf of PowerPar. We made our way over and had a sweet adventure. Check it out….

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A good friend of mine sent this to me the other day with a very nice comment. He said this story below reminded him of me. There are many ways to live but this is a good reminder to follow your passion no matter what people think! Thanks for this Ryan.

Enjoy!
An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.  Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna.  The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “only a little while.”

The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos.  I have a full and busy life.”

The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you.  You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat.  With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.  Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery.  You would control the product, processing, and distribution.  You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”
“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part.  When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”
“Millions – then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire.  Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

The moral of the story… Know where you’re going in life — you may already be there.

NoronaLife

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You are what you eat and if you are not eating organic meats,veggies and everything else then you need to wake up and think about who and what is producing the food you eat!

Check out this amazing film called FOOD INC. and tell me it does not set off alarm bells as to what you may be buying. Like the movie says you have the power to change the way things are produced every time you eat!

Food Inc.

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We the fall air has arrived but what amazing weather we have had! This Thanks Giving Weekend we made our way to Onion Lake to meet up with friends and dirt bike ride.

It was so beautiful, but it was very cold. Minus 15 at night. The only way to combat the cold was to dress warm and have a huge fire. Oh Yeah!

I got out for two huge rides with friends and even managed to take a rip and get some cool footage on the Zero Electric Motorcycle. It was Kim’s first weekend back dirt biking since her ACL surgery 4 months ago and so I thought it fitting to send her off on the electric dirt bike which has tons of power but is lighter and easier to manoeuvre through the tight trails. She did awesome!

I hope your weekend was a blast no matter where you spent it!

Fox Racing

GA Checkpoint Yamaha

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