Board riding culture and the visual arts have always held a natural alliance, sharing a rejection of norms to facilitate invention and reinvention, with an innate resourcefulness in order to grow and progress. Imagination is at their shared, symbiotic heart. To ride a wave, a slope, or pavement is to draw a line and paint […]
Words by Ross BodenmannPhotos by Gordon Ross
The life of a Tibetan Buddhist monk is often assumed to take place in a remote monastery with complete detachment from the chaos of the modern world. When I sat down to speak with Geshe YongDong Losar (Geshela) at his home in Courtenay, I found that this isn’t always the case. Geshela was born in […]
Words by Bevin ClempsonPhoto by Gordon Ross
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest of earth’s continents. Though it’s a region of extremes, it’s much more than a place to be endured. As an international guide and photographer, Antarctica draws me in in a way that’s largely unmatched. In part, it’s the remoteness. In a mad, mad world, it’s a refuge for […]
Words & Photos by Gordon Ross