BC Paddlesports Fest 07- Thursday 22nd Feb
Bread and Butter is once again running the BC Paddlesports Festival in conjunction with the Vancouver international Mountain Film Festival. This years Festival will be held at the ANZA club on Thursday the 22nd of Feb.
The evening will be a combination of slideshows, lectures, presentations and Paddlesports films. There will be a bar provided by the festival.
Thurs 22nd Feb, ANZA Club, 3 West 8th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 1M8 . Doors open 6.30pm, show starts 7.30pm. Tickets : $15 on the door.
Download the event poster 2.5mb PDF
.....................................................................................................
The Guest Speaker.
Sam Hughes - Across the Himalaya with a kayak
Sam a Native of Doncaster, England, now a resident of Oslo, Norway presents a short lecture on his Travels in the Ladakh region of India whilst on his journey across the Himalaya.
Go to Sam's trip Blog
........................................................................................................
Films
The North American Premiere of Olaf Obsommer's Sickline 4.
German adventurer and film producer Olaf Obsommer continues his ever-popular sick line series with more adventure from some of Europe's finest creek boaters.Watch action from Olaf's latest film Sickline 4.
Olaf has been at the forefront of European creek boating for over ten years now and has many first descents to his name. Outside of Europe, Olaf has descended some of North America's greatest test pieces such as the Homathoko and the Stikine river. http://www.big-o-productions.com/
Other festival cuts from : The rangelife, Bryan Smith, Huck D, Kayakwest, Dave Kwant and Bread & Butter.
........................................................................................................
Presentation
A presentation on the threat to BC's rivers by the Creek Protection society.
A presentation shall be made by the newly formed Creek Protection society
Visit the BC CPS homepage
The purposes of society are:
To protect free flowing natural watercourses in Canada, particularly British Columbia, as part of an ecologically unique systems of societal significance.
To provide public education about natural watercourses and their importance to the environment and society.
To raise awareness of current issues concerning said watercourses.
To conduct and support research on the impacts of run of the river projects on society and the natural ecosystems formed by free flowing natural watercourses.
