Bellingham SUP if hosting free Stand Up Paddle Demos and Clinics every Sunday in March, starting tomorrow! For more information check out: http://www.bellinghamsup.com/ You can follow the local Whatcom County and Bellingham SUP chat at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/whatcomsup/ See you on the water!!! Heather, Brandon and Hayden

Stand-out athlete and firefighter, Beau Whitehead, stormed the SUP scene this past year gaining recognition as both a top racer and ambassador for the sport. As a fitness & adventure ‘way-of-lifer’, he is continuously entertaining us with surf and SUP videos and educating us with stroke and fitness tips. He recently made this video featuring [...]

It’s a day of celebration!!! Hayden Storm reaches the big “oh-two” today! We threw a party for him and his posse of friends yesterday at his favorite indoor-playground, Bellingham Bay Gymnastics acrobatic and aerial adventure land! Check out some of the highlights in the photos below. Happy, Happy Birthday Hayden Storm! We love you!!! In [...]

Trailhead Athletics Every May, 400+ teams compete in what we fondly call the Bellingham Olympics. The 7-leg Ski to Sea Relay draws over 3200 athletes, racing in 7 different legs: cross-country ski, downhill ski, run, road ride, canoe, mountain bike, and kayak. Brandon and I have done it every year since we moved to Bellingham, [...]

At last month’s NW Ergomania – the NW Indoor Rowing Championships sponsored by Concept 2 – I had the benefit of warming up under the watchful eye of way-of-life rower Dale McKinnon. She knew I was new to the sport and that I’d had exactly zero formal instruction on technique. So after a couple minutes [...]

2010 San Juan Orca Challenge Fundrasing Kayak Race ALL HUMAN POWERED CRAFT WELCOMEDate: Saturday, Sept. 11thStart: 10amLocation: Start/Finish at Washington Park, Anacortes (camping available)Distance: Approx. 15.5 miles / 25 KmCourse: Start WA Park, continue down & around Deception Island and return. Strong rip current potential. Experienced paddlers only.Course Description: This year’s race will start in [...]

Having been an “erg rower” for about 6 weeks now, I just did my first live competition. It was the NW Ergomania Indoor Rowing Championships, where I raced in the 2000 and 1000 meter events. Dale McKinnon and I traveled to Seattle University for the event. In the gymnasium, there were a total of 40 [...]

According to our great friends, the Burnett’s, we have GOT to take Hayden to Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park. Camping right on a long sandy beach in the middle of one of the world’s most beautiful natural playgrounds sounded good to me! So, I did a little reading. The Burnett girls on a [...]

Our friend Kathleen Petereit, who lives on Vancouver Island, thought we might like to check out the Juan De Fuca Trail as a family adventure…. The Juan De Fuca Marina Trail, a part of the Juan De Fuca Provincial Park, follows 47 kilometers of wilderness trails and beaches on the southwest shore of Vancouver Island. [...]

Our friend Nadja Baker sent in this great suggestion for some fun family adventures. Thanks Nadja! Lake Ozette and the Cape Alava trail is probably MY FAVORTIE PLACE in Washington State, and have been since I was a young child. There’s a campground at the Lake and then another on the coast…The trail system from [...]

Hi Heather, Reading your latest blog brought tears to my eyes, so many memories from those years. We had moved from upstate New York to California (1974). Houses cost so much more in California. We were on a tight budget. Dad, looking for activities we could afford decided we should try backpacking. I think not [...]

After our last post, everyone is asking… where we will take Hayden adventuring this summer? Heather collecting firewood He is definitely not a rookie at adventure. How many toddlers have had their own kayak from the day they were born, or spent their first winter living out of a tent in Baja? He has gone [...]