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Business Cards

4 business cards for Dennis Hansen, Kent Rideout and Hugh Smythe from Blackcomb Ski Enterprises and Ski Esprit.

Skiing Magazine September 1980

Skiing magazine for September 1980. Whistler area is only mentioned on pages 26, a description of the construction of Blackcomb Mountain. A few Whistler skiers are also mentioned in various articles, such as Ken Read and Steve Podborski.

Slides 1-6

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

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"

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