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Photographs of windsurfing on Alta Lake, views of the mountains, and hiking.

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 25-26

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

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_010_01: "First we teach on a tether. Students learn to sail out and then they learn how to tack by tilting the sail to the back of the board & shifting their feet"
WA_2016_002_01_03_010_02: "Learning to sail upwind is hard! We learn this because the wind pushes us down the lake and into the dreaded reeds before the River of Golden Dreams' mouth"

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 31-32

Photographs of children wading in the water and learning to windsurf with Whistler Kids Windsurfing on Alta Lake.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_013_01: "Before we attach the sail, we get students to balance & walk on the board"
WA_2016_002_01_03_013_02: "Then they learn how to uphaul the sail"

Prints 39-40

Photographs of children learning to windsurf with Whistler Kids Windsurfing on Alta Lake. View from Lakeside Park.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_017_01: "As we see here, Alta Lake becomes a busy recreational spot when programs like ours & the rentals we provided after class to graduating students. Our report card had levels of achievement named for the gradiated skill level: The Uphaulers, etc. (see report card with check boxes) [not currently part of fonds]"
WA_2016_002_01_03_017_02: "(A) This boy is in a nice relaxed sailing position. Relaxed stance and boom at chest height. In the next photo [refers to WA_2016_002_01_03_018_01] he has a bit more wind and has stepped back on the board with sail tilteddown at back of board getting ready to step around front of board & make a tack"