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Vol. 90 Issue 03 • Wednesday, January 16, 2013 • www.arrowlakesnews.com • 250-265-3823 • $1.25 •
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Digital detective helps police track down snowmobile Black Press
When a Surrey man vacationing in Sun Peaks became the victim of a thief, he became a digital detective, scouring the web in an effort that led to the return of his $7,000 snowmobile and the arrest of two people believed to have stolen it. Kamloops Rural RCMP say the man was on holidays at the ski resort 45 minutes northeast of Kamloops and had enjoyed an afternoon of snowmobiling on Jan. 3. He had left on his trailer another machine, a 2009 Skidoo Summit
XP, valued at $7,000. When he returned from his snowmobile outing, the skidoo and trailer he had left behind were gone. The trailer was found days later on a back road in nearby Louis Creek. The victim decided to check several online sales sites and came across his Summit being sold on kijiji.com for half its value. The owner started an email conversation with the seller and, at the same time, contacted police. He eventually arranged to meet
the seller in Nakusp to buy the Summit. The seller said he was a two-hour drive away. Kamloops Rural Mounties, working with their counterparts in the Nakusp and Slocan Valley detachments, went to work, creating a plan to intercept the delivery. On Wednesday, Jan. 9, officers from the two RCMP Kootenay detachments stopped a Honda CRV with two Kamloops residents inside — a 30-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman. The pair was hauling the stolen Skidoo Summit XP on a trailer that
may also have been stolen. The couple claimed they had bought the machine a week earlier in Sun Peaks for 25 per cent of its value, a story that raised the eyebrows of Mounties. Why? Well, it turns out the man driving the Honda that was hauling the stolen Skidoo is the same man who, a week earlier, had tried to sell skis stolen from Sun Peaks in late December. The owner of the skis told police, who set up a meeting with the man in a parking lot in Kelowna
and seized the skis, as well as two laptop computers. The man remains under investigation for that incident and declined to comment on the similarities of his sale of stolen skis via kijiji the week earlier, the sale of a stolen snow machine on the same website and the use of stolen licence plates on his Honda. He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Nakusp. Police say the man was using an iPhone application to access a different gmail account each time he was selling items on kijiji.
K2, CMH and Poor Boyz film ‘ski porn’ around Nakusp Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News
The sound of helicopters was heard again around Nakusp, but during the last week the whirlybirds were carrying a crew of filmmakers and pro skiers out to capture some hot ski action on the local mountains. A huge dump of snow followed by cold, clear skies made for ideal conditions to film what CMH marketing manager John Entwhistle called “ski porn.” Like any filming, there was a lot of time preparing for action, with little actual skiing being done. The non-stop action seen on the screen is a trick of editing, like any movie, x-rated or otherwise. “We spent lots of time setting up,” said Entwhistle, “the terrain we’re working with here is phenomenal, lots of short steep drops with trees. It’s one of the better places in the world.” Poor Boyz, a ski film company from Redondo Beach, California, was hired to create movies that show off the skills of the K2 athletes and the terrain around CMH ski lodges. Three movies will come out of the process, with each partner getting a film for what they
need. CMH will get a film to take on promo tour in the fall, K2 will have their athletes captured in some great footage to take to events, and Poor Boyz will also have a film they can make part of film festivals. Five days spent out on the mountains around Nakusp after a massive snow fall followed by cold, clear conditions made for ideal conditions, said Entwhistle, who served as project manager for the filming and generally focuses on the CMH partnership with K2. Wanting to focus on the K2 CMH Rotor Lodge as part of K2 culture, the film also highlights the skiing available around the lodge, which is unique within CMH terrain. “The skiing that’s here is one of the best hidden secrets of CMH,” Entwhistle explained. The steep tree skiing on the slopes around the lodge is special and different, something Entwhistle believes the films will help promote. A small crew of athletes, videographers, photographers and guides were up and at ‘em from sunrise to an hour before sunset. A lot of the time on the mountains was spent finding natural features to ski. “We were playing on a lot of
natural stuff,” said Entwhistle, who added that the team didn’t build anything, the focus was on highlighting what is already there. “What is there is so great.” The legend of the great powder skiing around here is still on the downlow, something the CMH marketing pro is hoping to change. “The Kootenays have been a mythical thing,” said Entwhistle. “Access is an issue, but people are discovering how great it is.” Pro skier Andy Mahre popped into the lounge at the K2 CMH Rotor Lodge with coffee in hand for a fireside chat. He agreed that the slopes around the lodge were different from the usual CMH offerings. “Every place is different. CMH generally has bigger terrain with fewer trees,” said Mahre, who was more philosophical about the skiing. “The best skiing is wherever you are at the time.” Filming is a mixed bag for Mahre. “It’s fun, and kind of sucks, actually,” he told the Arrow Lakes News. A skier through and through, Mahre found the hurryup-and-wait pace of filming days a bit challenging. “It’s not like you’re just helisking,” said the pro, “It can be stressful. You know, you’ve got
Pro skiers Pep Fujas, left, and Andy Mahre will be in Nakusp for more hot film action in February. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News this blue bird day and you’re ready to go, but you have to wait five, ten minutes; you can get a case of nerves. You’re not free just to go ski.” Mahre smiled and demurred that it wasn’t all that bad, having been able to turn skiing into a job, and that it was very different than a 9-to-5 job. Over the course of conversation, the pro skier settled deeper into the comfy wing back chair, relaxing maybe a little too much before his drive up to the CMH Gothics lodge north of Revelstoke. “I am a bit tired,” agreed Mahre when asked. He and the other skiers
had spent the previous night socializing over drinks and had ended up carrying the party over to the Leland. “I love the Leland,” the skier said, flashing a grin. Although he used to watch ski movies, Mahre doesn’t really watch them much any more, including his own. “Eventually I’ll see ‘em,” he said about his ski movies and ski movies in general: “They’re fun to watch, but they’re becoming repetitive. It’s not the same as ten years ago when I first watched them.” Sounds like even ski porn can get a little tired.
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