Jacqui Davis

In one of the final chapters of his recently published book, The Art of Shralpinism, snowboarding pioneer Jeremy Jones writes about inclusion and programs that bring marginalized communities in the United States and South America into an international community of snowboarders. This got me thinking about inclusion, in a Canadian context. In Canada, the idea of inclusion immediately calls up […]

Canadians are born travelers. This beautiful country is massive; going long distances is in our DNA. I’ve had the very good fortune of traveling back and forth across this vast country many times, and every stop holds a special moment in my memory, but nothing compares to the first time you see the mountains in British Columbia. The southeast region […]

I spent the past week snowboarding in the Kootenays. No mountain is created equal and every experience in the mountains is a gift, but it is fair to say that while I am once more planted on the east coast, my thoughts are still very much out west. This is one of the most majestic regions of the Great White […]

Central Ontario, where I’m from, is not short on nature’s bounty. Due north of the Toronto suburb where I grew up there are hundreds of rivers, lakes, and forests. One thing that the region is lacking in, however, is vertical. The number of ski resorts within a reasonable driving distance of my childhood home (average 2 to 6 hrs), can […]