Since SB is my social network of choice I'm letting all you lurkers know first. GreenWife and I are moving to Canada for a couple of years. We'll leave about July or so, depending on what's happening at work at the time. Going to Vancouver, a very liveable city, according to another thread.

I'll finally be able to try some snowkiting . My last few attempts, snatched in a couple of spare days on 'standard' snowboarding holidays, ending in failure due to lack of wind.

That is the dream!

Would love to one day go to live in Canada for work for a few years (just finishing my engineering degree) Do you have anything lined up there, house, job ect?

best of luck!

Yeah, going over to do the same job I do here for the same company. Will be on a intra-company transfer visa. They'll help us get settled too with allowances for this and that and assistance with accommodation on arrival, so it shouldn't be too stressful.

I've justified a new mountainbike for my birthday this year too, my current ride is now the oldest and crappiest out of all the bikes of the blokes I ride with. So I'm going to hold off until I get there and get one over there, pretty amped about that, finally time to get some full suspension goodness and be hitting North Shore with it!

Ah, that is very nice, congrats! (on the bike too ).

What industry are you working in? And what is wifey going to be doing?

Lived in Canada for a year, went there for the snow season then spent the spring/summer site seeing and trout fishing. Awsome place.
We didnt spend alot of time in Vancouver, but more inland snowboarding at Sliverstar,Red Mt, Big White, White Water etc.
Real red neck country folk out that way, shot gun mounted on the dash of their pick up's, pub goes quiet when you walk in type of towns along the way.Was a good experiance.

Here is a short slide show presentation of what I remember of my tip to Canada, If you need to use the bathroom,please go now as there will be no intermission

We arrived in Vancouver with only $500 each so we bought car and a cannoe, we named the car Hope, short for "I hope she makes it"


Yaaaayyyy, the first snow for winter, Havent put the winter tyres on Hope yet.




Then we crashed the car



Then we got jobs at a ski resort



I bought a new snowboard



I crashed that too



Went ice fishing.



Didnt catch anything so one of the local hunters cooked us Moose steaks



Went to the work Xmas eve staff party and drank way too much.
Strange bunch these Canadians.



Woke up the next morning under the Xmas tree



Went to the work New years eve party, a quiet outside spa party in minus 28 degrees.



The ice finally melted off the lakes so we went trout fishing.



And caught some nice wild rainbow trout.





Was a good year, but getting home and going down the beach felt so good.

Have a good trip.