Up Mount Washington, Indigenous youth can ride through the trees or sit and throw snowballs – it’s all about having fun and being free for members of the Vancouver Island Indigenous Snowboard and Ski Team.
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“We’re not drilling kids to go fast, you know all these things that competing brings. We’re like, ‘Just have fun!’,” said coach Steve Recalma, a community archeologist who is Kwakwaka’wakw from the Qualicum First Nation. “Let’s just get out. Don’t think about anything else but being free and being here.”
“We’re leading by example with the lifestyle that we’ve chosen to have,” said Leming, a veteran snowboarder who is of Cree descent from Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan. “We’ve been holding back. We know how big this can be. We know how it can bloom and blossom, which is amazing for Indigenous youth,” said Leming, a full-time staff member of the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council .
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