Live music from the ski dock! The SLSBC will be hosting Poppa Greg & The Chillin’ Dylans on Sat 24th from 6:30-8:30 pm. We want everyone to come and enjoy the live show! Listen from your property or boat. This is going to be a really fun event so spread the word around the lake!
Ski Clinics and Course: We hope everyone is enjoying the ski course this summer. Tessa Campbell hosted a fabulous ski clinic this past weekend and helped a lot of kids and adults improve their skiing. If you missed it, there will be a second clinic Aug14th-15th. Course maintenance is a lot of work and is done by a just a handful of people for the enjoyment of the entire Sakinaw Lake community. Please take care around the course, as the balls can be dislodged quite easily and this can be dangerous for waterskiers and boaters. Tubing and wakesurfing in the course is discouraged for this reason. If you notice a loose ball or problems with the course, please email info@slsbc. ca to let us know. Loose balls can also be placed on the waterski dock. For a refresher on safe boating, check out last year’s post here.
Photo Contests: The photo contests haven’t stirred up much interest this year, so we are going to cancel the last two weeks of contests. Hopefully people are moving away from virtual connections and back to face-to-face interactions!
We’re up to Photo Contest #3! Summer is in full swing and hopefully we’ve all been lucky enough to enjoy the lake. The contest will run for six consecutive days, starting Friday morning (today) and ending Wednesday, Jul 14th at 7 pm. During that time, post your best watersport pictures with a caption under the Facebook post announcing the weekly contest. If you don’t have a facebook account, you can email your picture with a caption to info@slsbc.ca and we will post on your behalf. People can ‘like’ any pictures and the photo with the most likes by end of day Thursday, Jul 15th wins! If you can’t get a photo posted this week, please remember, there will be a new contest starting Friday, July 16th, 2021. Take a look at last year’s week #3 winner above from Bev McGurk for some inspiration.
It’s Friday, July 2nd, and Photo Contest #2 has started! And we are one week away from Tessa Campbell’s first weekend clinic. British Columbia has officially emerged from its 67 week state of emergency and I think we can all look forward to a fantastic summer. Last week’s heat wave may have been to blame for the lack of photo entries, but here’s hoping that this week, people will be ready to share some pics! As always, the contest will run for six consecutive days, starting Friday morning (today) and ending Wednesday, Jul 7th at 7 pm. During that time, post your best watersport pictures with a caption under the Facebook post announcing the weekly contest. If you don’t have a facebook account, you can email your picture with a caption to info@slsbc.ca and we will post on your behalf. People can ‘like’ any pictures that they think are deserving. The photo with the most likes by end of day Thursday, Jul 8th wins! If you can’t get a photo posted this week, please remember, there will be a new contest starting Friday, July 9th, 2021. Take a look at last year’s week #2 winner above from Jake Hassan for some inspiration.
We’re looking forward to seeing the next round of photos!
In less than two weeks, Tessa Campbell will be running her first of two summer 2021 weekend clinics. This clinic is not just for slalom waterskiing. Tessa can also teach wakeboarding and beginner surfing. If you have already signed up, don’t forget to complete the online waiver. Email completed waivers to info@slsbc.ca. There is still some space left and you can sign up here. The cost is just $50 for two 30 minute sessions, or $30 for one 30 minute session. This clinic has space to run eight 30 minute sessions on each of Sat and Sun mornings (7:00am-11:00 am) and six 30 minute sessions on Sat evening (6:00pm-9:00pm). We will try our best to accommodate people’s preferences for session times, but may have to condense the sessions depending on how many people sign up. This is a great price and a super chance to learn surfing or to improve or learn skiing or wakeboarding. If you have been trying to get your kids out on the water, sign up for this clinic and let Tessa get them started! Participants are asked to provide their own boat and driver. If you are interested in participating and need help with getting either a boat or driver, email info@slsbc.ca and we can try and help.
The first photo contest of the summer has begun! Between 7 am Fri, June 25th and 7 pm Wed, June 30th, post a watersport photo with a caption by ‘commenting’ on this post. Pictures of tubing, waterskiing, surfing, wakeboarding, diving, swimming, or whatever you can think of are welcome. If you don’t have a facebook account, email us at info@slsbc.ca with your photo and caption and we will post for you. The photo with the most ‘likes’ by 7 am, Fri July 2nd wins! Check out last year’s week #1 winner from Petra Helfer for some inspiration. Good luck!
We are continuing our weekly photo contests from last year. These will run for five weeks from June 25th until July 21st. Each week’s contest will run for six consecutive days, starting each Friday morning and ending each Wednesday night. There will be a new contest every week! During that time, post your best watersport pictures with a caption under the SLSBC Facebook post announcing the weekly contest. If you don’t have a facebook account, you can email your picture with a caption to info@slsbc.ca and we will post on your behalf. People can ‘like’ any pictures that they think are deserving. The photo with the most likes by end of day Thursday wins! This year’s prizes may just be bragging rights unless we have some extra water bottles to give away.
The first contest will start this Friday, June 25th at 7 am! No posting before then! Post your pictures between then up until Wed, June 30th. Vote for your favourite pictures on Facebook until Thurs, July 1. We will announce the winner when the week two contest begins.
Thanks to Garth Johnson, we now have SLSBC decals for sale! Decals can be purchased for $10 each or $20 for three decals. They are approximately 4 inches high and 12 inches long and made of good quality vinyl. They have a wax paper protective film that peels off once the decal is applied – the paper has not been removed in the image above which is why the decal doesn’t look clear. They should last you at least five years, depending on sun exposure. They are designed to be placed on glass and are very difficult to remove from other surfaces (paint, fiberglass/gelcoat etc.). But from glass, they can be removed using a razorblade without damaging the glass.
If you are interested in purchasing decals, you can send a private message to Garth Johnson via facebook or email him directly (garth@bwlog.ca).
Hopefully everyone is enjoying the start of the long weekend! A reminder that the SLSBC Annual General Meeting will be on Tues, May25th at 7:00 pm via Zoom.
The Sakinaw Lake Ski & Board Club 2021 newsletter is out! We have had to modify club activities this summer (and last summer) due to Covid-19, but we have a few safe events planned, including a couple of weekend clinics led by our own talented Tessa Campbell, and a virtual tournament led by Gord Cameron. Barry Krangle has worked his magic to get a band out to the lake for some live entertainment and we will continue with our weekly photo contests and the end of summer Guess Where? contest. Details can be found in the newsletter here.
After an amazing life slowed down by the brain disease Primary Progressive Aphasia, our one-of-a-kind Craig passed away at home on September 25, 2020 at the age of 64.
He is survived by his loving wife Trina, daughters Tessa and Chantal, mother Joan, sister Margot (Geoff Langill), nephews Brent (Christine), Adam (Greta) and Ross (Erika) and mother-in-law Arla Owen. He was predeceased by his father The Honourable David Hector Campbell, daughter Samantha, and father-in law Tom Owen.
Born in Vancouver, Craig attended Shaughnessy Elementary, Eric Hamber Secondary, and UBC where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and a member of UBC’s Big Block Club. He graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Craig met his wife Trina on a blind date weekend at Sakinaw Lake, fell in love and married in 1992 at Sakinaw. Tessa was born in Vancouver in 1995, and Chantal was born in Montreal in 1997.
Craig played and loved soccer from a young age, eventually playing for the UBC Thunderbirds from 1974 to 1978 and was on the 1974 team that won UBC’s first ever National championship. Craig’s love for soccer extended to coaching Chantal’s community soccer teams for years.
Craig started his professional career as an articling student with Price Waterhouse and received his Chartered Accountant designation in 1981. He worked on the audits of several of the firm’s largest forest industry clients before moving into the consulting practice. Craig was admitted to the firm’s partnership in 1995, and from 1996 to 1999 he was based in Montreal where he established PwC’s Eastern Forest Industry Practice. Craig was a frequent speaker at forest industry events across the country and was often called upon by the media for his views on the trends and transactions shaping the industry. He retired from his role as the Vancouver Consulting Leader in 2011.
Craig lived life to the fullest. He knew how to work hard and play hard. There was never a dull moment in his company. He was often seen riding his bike (or unicycle) across the Lions Gate Bridge with his beaver helmet and Barbie basket, on his way to work. Sakinaw Lake was his retreat where he water skied, enjoyed the fire, the odd cigar and a good scotch. You could often find him hot tubbing listening to sixties/seventies music (especially The Rolling Stones) both at home and at the lake. Craig was a true adventure seeker and he travelled extensively, attending 4 FIFA World Cup soccer tournaments and 3 Olympic games and for many years he attended the Hong Kong 7’s rugby.
Craig taught us all by example. His positive attitude and gracious handling of a devastating brain disease carried us all through hard times. He showed us how to be patient, hard-working, frugal, fun-loving and to never sweat the small stuff. He was truly an inspiration and never had a negative thing to say about anyone or anything. Considered a legend by many, above-all, he was an exemplary friend, father, husband, brother and son who appreciated the value of relationships. He will be dearly missed.
Thank you to Dr. Malcolm MacDonald for his heartfelt care. In lieu of flowers, Craig would have appreciated donations to brain research through the “Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health” at UBC. (or a charity of your choice). Due to Covid restrictions, a celebration of his life will take place on a zoom live stream October 24, 2020 1:30-3:00 pm. Access to the live stream will be by invitation.
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality” ~Emily Dickinson
