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Paula Shackleton Fonds Blackcomb Mountain
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Prints 19-20

Photographs of children learning how to windsurf with Whistler Kids Windsurfing summer camps on Alta Lake.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_007_01: "Good to have a wetsuit on the cooler days! These are alpine lakes and tho[ugh] they warm quickly in the latter [sic] summer, early summer is frigid!"
WA_2016_002_01_03_007_02: "Eager to get out in the deep water! Each student first learns to 'self rescue' by [bulaning?] to sail on the back of the board & paddling on their stomach to shore 50 metres!"

Prints 23-24

Photographs of children and an instructor sitting at a picnic table at Rainbow Park for a 'dry land class' with the Whistler Kids Windsurfing summer camp and children learning to windsurf on Alta Lake while swimmers look on.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_009_01: "James - Students become a focal point of beach traffic and bathers"
WA_2016_002_01_03_009_02: "Dry land classes - Students learn how to measure the wind according to land and water cues: -ripples in water -wavelets -white caps -etc."

Prints 27-28

Photographs of children learning to windsurf with Whistler Kids Windsurfing summer camps on Alta Lake with mountains in the background.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_011_01: "These are BIC windsurfers W[histler] K[ids] W[indsurfing] had 14 complete rigs in varying size for different ages & strengths - MINI BIC with 1.3 m - 1.7m sales [sic - should be 'sails'] 3 metre - 4 metre - 4.5 and 5 metre"
WA_2016_002_01_03_011_02: "Thishttp://whistler.ica-atom.org/0owlm/edit# little chap is in sailing position : lead toe beside the mast foot - Back foot over the dag[g]erboard"

Prints 53-54

Photographs of Paula Shackleton running a private windsurfing lesson on Alta Lake and 'Mike' teaching a young boy how to windsurf on Alta Lake.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_024_01: "Me doing a private lesson. Our schedule was M[onday]-T[uesday]-W[ednesday] 3 day camp for families - Thursday Whistler Parks & Rec[reation] kids - Friday - Whistler Blackcomb - also Tamwood language camp kids/ per cohort - Whistler area schoold end of summer parties. Highschool Phy[sical] Ed[ucation]."
WA_2016_002_01_03_024_02: "Mike (will look for last name) wet through our instructor certification program. C[anadian] Y[achting] A[ssociation] instructor states that we ran beginning of season. No more commuting to Vancouver!"

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Photographs of children learning to windsurf at the Whistler Kids Windsurfing camp in summer on Alta Lake.

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Photographs of children learning to windsurf at the Whistler Kids Windsurfing camp in summer on Alta Lake.