Subaru Canada is pleased to sponsor the second I Believe Ski Day in support of the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre at Royal Victoria Hospital. The private Heights of Horseshoe Ski Club is being opened to the public for the day and advance tickets for the event are $20, or $25 at the door, and will feature a special appearance by Canadian Idol finalist Drew Wright from Collingwood.

The event is supported by Subaru Canada, Davenport Subaru, Barrie Subaru, Sinton Transportation, Kempenfelt Graphics Inc., 107.5 KOOL FM, Rock 95 FM, Shopper Drug Mart (Orillia) and is presented by ‘A’ Television.

Location:          The Heights of Horseshoe Ski Club (opposite Horseshoe Valley Ski Resort)
Date:                Monday, March 16, 2009
Time:                Skiing from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The day will also include a silent auction, door prizes and many on-hill activities for all ages. Our generous business community has donated fabulous items for our prizes and auction including ski packages, jewelry and much more.

Complimentary shuttle bus will depart Barrie Molson Centre at 8:30 and again from the Heights of Horseshoe Ski Club at 16:30 (4:30) - arriving at BMC at 17:00 (5:00).

Tickets are available in advance for $20 by calling Davenport Subaru in Orillia at 705-7329-4277, Barrie Subaru at 705-728-5361 and Sinton Transportation at 705-722-6666.

The Royal Victoria Hospital Phase 1 Expansion including the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre will double the size of the existing hospital and includes 101 new inpatient beds, a dedicated Coronary Care Unit, extensive expansions to the Emergency Department, the Laboratory and Diagnostic Imaging, two new Operating Rooms and the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre.

Hey!
Hope you had as good of a weekend as we did!
Tim spent the day Saturday riding at Glen Eden hanging with the boys from RIDE.. apparently I always miss the good times!

We took a trip down to the Five and Dime this morn, an industry buying show - GREAT stuff is coming your way for the 2009/2010 season! LOADS of color, textures and patterns in the new gear and equipment.. I cannot wait!!

We’ll give you a better sneak peek further into the week - we brought back so many catalogs and sneek peek material - it’s crazy!

Since it is Monday, we, of course would like to introduce you to our newest FreshPal..

Lucy Lea Tucker, Skier - 35, Aspen, CO

1. What is your summer sport? Hiking or fly fishing.
2. Favorite thing to watch on screen (TV or Movie): The Ice Storm.
3. 5 songs on your playlist: Yoshimi by The Flaming Lips, Beastie Boys, Everything Absent or Distorted, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Rage Against the Machine
4. When did you start Skiing? 3rd grade. They offered it on half Wednesdays and Saturdays at the public elementary school I Attended in Massachusetts - Pine Hill elementary.
5. Most frequented riding spot? Aspen Mountain!
6. Favorite move/trick: getting down the steeps.
7. Your skiing style: fats n loose.
8. What did you have for breakfast? 1/2 a hamburger.
9. If you could ride anywhere in the world, where would it be? Aspen.
10. Are you sponsored? BY the Aspen Skiing Company
11. What does your Monday to Friday, 9 - 5 look like?
12. Describe your ideal day of riding: Bluebird sky, sunny, warm, fresh snow, lunch stop at Cloud 9 Alpine Bistro.
13. Do you have a favoured Pro or Amateur? No.
14. What is your all-time favourite dessert? Pauline’s Chocolate Dessert.
15. In your opinion, what is the worst trend/fad for your sport? Snowboard pants worn down to the knees.
16. How do you prepare for a day of riding? Check list of equipment and warm gear, credit card/cash/drivers license in pocket/sunglasses & goggles.
17. What is your “must-have” for hill-side eats? Chili.
18. What item in your gear bag can you NOT live without? Sunglasses.
19. What do you do “après-board”? Drink-eat-be merry! Preferably outside on a sunny deck.
20. What was your most embarrassing / memorable moment on the hill? Someone jammed up the chair lift ahead of me causing em to wreck while getting off the lift.

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Thanks a bunch Lea for giving us a great before ski checklist, I always forget something!

Don’t forget, if you want to tell us your story, we’d love to hear it!! Contact us and we’ll introduce you to the FreshPow! Community too!

Hey there!

So a few days ago, we told you we’d be on tv.. Here we are!!

This post is a digital movie taken from our house of the TV recording.. we are waiting for a copy from the actual producer and will put that up as soon as we get it.

We knew you were as excited to see custom snowboards on tv as we were so we wanted to give you the show now!!!

Hope you like it!!

A&T

We are going to be on TV!!!!

Check us out (or set your PVR’s) on York Region’s own “Day Time York Region” for February 4th, 11am.

We’re going to be talking to Jacqueline and Jeff and we’ll be doing a quick installation on a skateboard…
Make sure you check it out, it’s sure to be riveting!

Check this link for your channel to see if you get it! Don’t worry if you’re out of the area, we’ll make sure that you can watch it somehow.. (maybe we’ll get a digi version for YouTube!!)

If you end up catching it, give us a shout after and let us know how we did!!!

Hope you’re having a great week!!
A

Hey there!

I just wanted to drop a line and let you know that we are still here (it’s been chaotic around the office!) and we’re working on some really cool projects that should be released in a few days!

In the meantime, we are renovating the office to make it more productive and workable; we’ll put up some picks when we’re finished!

We’re also ironing out the details for a pre-holiday sale! so, once that is confirmed, we’ll let you know how much $$ you’ll save!

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Just a heads up; we’re heading off to the Horseshoe Valley Resort ATOMIC Demo Day, Saturday, December 13th - here is the invite (You can’t get in without it). Free BBQ, reduced rate lift tix - all round good time!? Come join us.. we’ll be there!

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Query: Would you be interested in a group trip to the hill (Probably Blue Mountain or Moonstone), if yes, what would you like to see included?! Email me @ info@freshpow.ca to let me know if you’re interested or not (we may be coordinating a day trip!)

Have a great day!!

A

Hey there!
I was just reminded of a great cause from a friend of ours. Steve is participating in “Movember” this month and growing a moustache to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer Research.

Please see his message below, and donate if you can!

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Hello All,

As many of you know from last year, this month for me is more aptly referred to as Movember. For those of you not familiar - this is the thirty day span in which I sacrifice my upper lip and general respectability for a great cause. Yes, once again I am growing a moustache in support of Prostate Cancer Research.

Last years campaign was a great success so I’m putting my lip on the line again in an attempt to better the 2007 total of $2,550. Please visit my 2008 Movember web site at the link below to see all the details and consider offering your support in the fight against prostate cancer - the number one cancer threat to Canadian men.

http://igniter.ca/Movember08.html

This is your best resource for ongoing updates, current donation total, a list of the generous contributors and a direct link to my Movember donation account. Alternatively you can contribute with a cheque by way of the following;

1. Write a cheque payable to the ‘Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada’, referencing my Registration Number 1479891 and mailing it to:

Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada
Attn: Movember
145 Front Street East
Suite 306
Toronto Ontario M5A 1E3

Thank you to all for your support!
Steve H.

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What a great cause; please pass this to everyone you know to help support Steve’s Mo!

Hope you’re having a great day!
T

We are so excited! Today is the official launch of FreshPow! There are some updates to let you in on so let us get started.

We have a ton of new designs for you (more coming too!) Designs for snowboards, skateboards and even stickers!

A couple of different options to check out (and these are just for starters) are the nature series, which is a collection of natural textures; rust, asphalt, bricks, even wood. Our geometric series is as the title suggests, a cool mix of shapes and colors.

Our newest addition to the FreshPow! team is Wes. Wes has an extensive background in boarding and in design as well. Check out the feature gallery because his work is great! Welcome to FreshPow! Wes, we’re happy you’ve joined us!

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Because FreshPow! is all about fun and games, we’ve devised a few interesting and interactive contests for you to take part in. We are giving away some FREE FreshFaces, a few FunkyFresh t-shirts, stickers and tons more. Check out our contest page for full details, and make sure you take your camera with you to the park and hills - you’ll be glad you did!!

While you’re here, check out the events page because it’s loaded with upcoming events for the season. If you have an event, make sure you let us know so that we can post it and tell all of our Freshies about it. Also, if you found something that you want to let the world know about, send it to us - we’ll post it on our FreshFinds! section and shout it out from the rooftops!

We are excited to bring you a dynamic new idea - an idea that should have come to life long ago, and an idea that we’re sure you’ll love and hope you’ll contribute to. We want FreshPow! to be an interactive community full of vibrant ideas, great friends and loads of fun. We need you (the riders and sporting community) to help us out.

We’ll have new designs, designers and so much more coming soon. Please subscribe to our RSS feed so that you can stay in the loop or better yet, sign up for our newsletter and you’ll get some free stickers. See that yellow banner up at the top right corner of the site?! Fill that in and you’re golden!

Let us know what you’d like to see on FreshPow! Submit some designs of your own (we’ll pay you!), send us feedback, videos, tunes, pics and enter our contests.

Whatever you do just make sure you spread the news!! Tell all of your friends and riding pals that we exist and we’ll hold up our end to make sure and provide you with kickin’ stuff to checkout!

Cheers to the upcoming season, hope to see you back here really soon.
A & T