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MEC Bike Fest

Karl Woll | June 2, 2010 4:55 pm

Photo by .WJF in the Outdoor Vancouver Flickr pool.

MEC Bike Fest is coming to Vancouver and North Vancouver this month:

North Vancouver: Sunday, July 25 – Mahon Park
Vancouver: Saturday, June 12 – Creekside Park

Here is the event description for Vancouver:

BikeFest gathers community in celebration of cycling Co-op retailer organizes June 12 event to encourage more people to cycle Vancouver – Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) will host the city’s second annual BikeFest at Creekside Park. This is a free, family-oriented urban cycling event developed to celebrate the benefits, culture, and growth of cycling in Canada.

WHEN: Saturday June 12, 10:00am – 4:00pm. Performances all day.
WHERE: Creekside Park is located next to the TELUS World of Science.
WHO WILL BE THERE: BikeFest will play host to a variety of bike shops, advocacy groups, cycling teams, fitness clubs, charities, and non-profits.
WHAT: There’s going to be a highly interactive exhibition area, ‘how-to’ clinics, along with first class bike-related performances throughout the day.

Event Highlights

  • Free Clinics & Workshops
  • Stunt Demo Performances
  • Guided Bike Rides
  • Entertainers
  • Test Ride Bikes
  • Kids activities & prizes
  • Charity Bike Drop

WHY: MEC’s core purpose is to encourage Canadians to be active and to enjoy the benefits of self-propelled wilderness-oriented recreation. To serve that mandate, MEC wants to help grow the cycling community by throwing a community friendly festival that celebrates everything to do with bikes. More information about BikeFest is available online at www.mec.ca/bikefest.


MEC Paddlefest Contest

Karl Woll | May 19, 2010 10:15 am

Last week I posted about the upcoming MEC Paddlefest, which is an annual celebration of canoeing and kayaking.

Taking place Sunday, June 20 at Jericho Beach, Paddlefest will feature dryland presentations, water clinics, speakers, a wide variety of exhibitors, and new this year, a paddleswap!

In promotion of Paddlefest, MEC is offering a contest where you can win a spot in the clinic of your choice:

  • Guided Tours
  • Intro to Kayaking
  • Bracing & Edging
  • Towing
  • Basic Rescue
  • Intro to Rolling
  • Surf Ski / Paddling Fitness
  • Kids Kayaking
  • Stand Up Paddle Surfing

To enter the contest you can do the following:

  1. Post a kayaking or canoeing photo in the Outdoor Vancouver Flickr group (1 entry)
  2. Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
  3. Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)

Win a free pass for a @MEC Paddlefest clinic of your choice from @karlwoll http://ow.ly/1NcfZ

Do all 3 for a maximum of 3 entries. Winner will be drawn at noon, May 27th. Good luck!

Visit the Paddlefest website for details on vendors, clinics, and speakers.


Spring 2010 MEC Gear Swap

Karl Woll | May 13, 2010 9:33 am

Get your sleeping bags ready.

This Sunday, May 16 from 10:30am – 1:30pm, MEC Vancouver is having one of their semi-annual Gear Swaps. The swap takes place on the roof-top parking lot and is always a great place to score some cheap, cheap gear. As such, it is always super busy, and the hard-core camp out overnight to get in line.

The address is:

130 West Broadway
Vancouver, British Columbia
604.872.7858

If you have some gear you’d like to sell bring it to the store Friday or Saturday, or contact vangearswap@mec.ca

If you can’t make it, there is always MEC’s online gear swap.

Happy hunting!


MEC Sweet Spots Winners

Karl Woll | November 17, 2009 9:20 am

The winners of this year’s MEC Sweet Spots have been recently announced. The videos are great, and best of all, the top 3 are all from BC!

The Top 3 are below, but check out the contest page for honorable mentions.

1) Liam – A summer full of riding around British Columbia’s mountain bike locations, showing that its easy to find sweet riding spots in our own ‘backyard.’ Thanks to everybody who I dragged out to film and make walk up the trail over and over to get the shots!

2) Mikkel – My 2008 paddling season in BC and Alberta.

3) Gregor – The Lions sit above Vancouver’s North Shore Mtns. A 7hr hike/skin for a 20 minute ski from the west Lion Mtns,Vancouver and Howe Sound made for a great view.


Fall 2009 MEC Gear Swap

Karl Woll | September 29, 2009 2:40 pm

Get your sleeping bags ready.

This Sunday, October 4 from 10:30am – 1:30pm, MEC Vancouver is having one of their semi-annual Gear Swaps. The swap takes place on the roof-top parking lot and is always a great place to score some cheap gear. As such, it is always super busy, and the hard-core will camp out overnight to get in line.

The address is:

130 West Broadway
Vancouver, British Columbia
604.872.7858

If you have some gear you’d like to sell bring it to the store Saturday or Sunday or contact vangearswap@mec.ca

If you can’t make it, there is always MEC’s online gear swap.

Happy hunting!