VANCOUVER PROFILE – Five Questions with Stirling Bancroft – Ski Instructor, Mount Seymour
Everyone’s heard of those legendary Vancouverites who ski in the morning and sail, golf or kayak in the afternoon. Meet Stirling Bancroft, a 24 year-old Mount Seymour ski instructor. Stirling gives his thoughts on winter, summer and skiing in Vancouver – and he really has skied in the morning and sailed in the afternoon.
1. How long have you been at Mount Seymour?
I’ve been a ski instructor at Mount Seymour for five years.
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3. I’ve got five hours to spend on Mount Seymour. What should I do?
Seymour offers great ski and snowboarding lessons, fantastic snowshoe fondue tours and soon we’re starting a telemark program. But for me, a perfect day is skiing all afternoon and then stopping in at Elevation 1020 (the mountain restaurant) for an aprГѓВЁs ski drink.
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5. Vancouver summer or Vancouver winter?
I can’t answer that. In winter I love to ski, but in summer I do a lot of sailing and windsurfing. I like to flow with the seasons.
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7. So have you ever gone skiing in the morning and sailing in the afternoon?
Yup – I’m that kid!
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9. Do Vancouver’s local ski mountains attract a lot of tourists or are they a local’s secret?
At Mount Seymour, there are a lot of tourists that come up. However this is definitely a local’s hill. It’s smaller, locally owned and has a lot of heart. But is it a secret? Yeah it’s a secret! You’re gonna keep the secret, right?!
When not tearing up the slopes followed by a string of bobbing five-year-olds, Sterling can be found in English Bay at the helm of a sailboat. He’s also in training to make the Canadian National Sailing Team for the 2008 Olympic Summer Games.
For more information on Stirling, Mount Seymour or skiing Vancouver’s local mountains, please contact Amber Sessions at asessions@tourismvancouver.com
www.mountseymour.com
February 7, 2007
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