Pure Outside

The air was warm and the sun was out. I was right in the groove. The perfect song was playing as I weaved back and forth through the trees running through the trees in Linley Valley. Then a slow song came on. Everything slowed down. I forgot about the beautiful trees and water and grass. [...]

Easter weekend rolled around this year and it was the best weather I’ve seen in a long time. Partly because Easter tends to surrounded by terrible weather and it’s been winter for the last 6 months! After spending Friday and Saturday outside in the Southern Straights Yacht Race and Sunday outside at a family bonfire [...]

Today my friend Jessica Glendinning lends her writing and outdoor skills to the blog. I first met Jessica at a conference in Portland called the World Domination Summit. Cool name right? Lots of cool people too. We got talking about the outdoors and I found out she co-owns an outdoor cooperative in Virigina. I had [...]

When I first found the Julbo Nomad sunglasses I was a little skeptical. They were from a french company that I had never heard of, they were expensive, and they were a little different style than I was used to wearing. I was actually looking for some big white sunglasses at the time, so I [...]

2012 is going to be another awesome year to get outside and participate in the great events all over the island. There are races of all size and description for you to participate in. You can run, mountain bike, ski, kayak, snowboard, road bike, canoe and sail. Make sure you check back to this page [...]

This first part is a bit of a story about the demise of my Garmin Colorado 300. Skip to the second part for the Montana 600 review. I’ve had the chance to use a few different GPS over the last couple years. They were all Garmin but they all had different features that I could [...]

We just had 2 days of fantastic videos in Nanaimo. Valhalla Pure Outfitters has put on the show here in Nanaimo for the last 15 years. I’ve only gone the last few but all have been fantastic. The shows have got to be so popular that Valhalla has started 2 shows so everyone can go. [...]

Shit hits the fan. It’s the middle of the night and there is water everywhere. What went wrong? They were all ready to charge in and tame the mighty waters that are the Butze Rapids and now they’re barely hanging on. What will happen? The Season Episode 12 from Fitz Cahall and Bryan Smith on [...]

Paul and crew arrive at the Butze Rapids in near Prince Rupert BC to find they’re not exactly what they expected. The Season Episode 8 from Fitz Cahall and Bryan Smith on Vimeo. Just tuning in? Check out The Season Episode 7 Anya Battles Injuries The next one is already out! The Season Episode 9 [...]

The Season Episode 2 from Fitz Cahall and Bryan Smith on Vimeo. Get more info at The Season TV Missed the first one? The Season Ep 1 – It Begins Check out the next one at The Season Ep 3 – Anya Miller and Gold Bar Bouldering