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General Inquiries ‹ 250-372-2331 Publisher ‹ Tim Shoults Editor ‹ Danna Bach Reader Sales ‹ Darlene Kawa Director of Advertising ‹ Kevin Dergez Graphic Designer ‹ Mike Coulter Writer ‹ Larkin Schmiedl Adam Williams Photographer ‹ Hugo Yuen

Welcome to the first edition of the Scene kamloops. this magazine has been in the making for so long some of us didn’t know if it would ever hit the press, so this issue marks a momentous occasion.

the goal of the magazine is to provide exposure for local artists, musicians and athletes — both professional and those just in the midst of launching their careers. to do this involves connecting with a broader audience — you — and to let you know about what’s happening in your community and the raw talent Kamloops has to offer.

the scene was so much fun to create, but it can only get better. We envision the magazine — which publishes four times annually — will become that must-read, but to get there, we need you. Connect with us on facebook, check out our website, www.kamloopsscene.com, send us messages and emails. let us know about you, what you’re doing and what you want to read about. if you’re in band, hook up with us. an artist? tell us your story. We’re here to spread the word, and we can’t wait to get started.

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AGGY ON A RAMPAGE

By Adam Williams

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lot of people called Graham Agassiz’s goal of becoming a professional mountain biker a pipe dream, but in a way that’s always what has fueled him.

The 23-year-old Kamloops mountain biker got his start racing BMX bikes but was turned on to mountain biking just a few years before his 18th birthday.

He’s been hooked ever since and is now one of the top bikers in the world.

What drew him to the sport over BMX? “The freedom and exploring aspects of it,” he says. “You can pretty much go anywhere, there’s so much terrain you can cover in a short amount of time.”

Agassiz moved up the ranks quickly. He was a part of a grassroots development program with Kona Bikes before signing with its pro team just after

he turned 18. Kamloops has always been the ideal place for him; living in Juniper he’s just minutes away from the Kamloops Bike Ranch — a personal training facility of sorts — and he has access to some of the best and most popular terrain in the world.

“The mountain bike scene here is pretty huge,” he says. “All the movies, there’s always been scenes coming out of here . . . I’ve traveled all the way around the world riding my bike and I still am always drawn back home.

“I meet people from all over the world that come here just to ride — Japan, New Zealand, everywhere.”

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Agassiz spends more of his time doing movies than riding in competitions nowadays, though there are certain events he will always have time for.

His ultimate career goal is to win Red Bull Rampage — a stop on the Freeride Mountain Bike world tour in which riders take runs down near-vertical sandstone ridges in Utah. He’s come close to winning the last two seasons but fell on his final jump this year and broke his ankle just before the event the year before.

He plans to be back again next year however, with even more drive and determination.

Riding at the Bike Ranch he has the opportunity to interact with local kids, he also teams up with the Bicycle Café to offer bike camps to Kamloops youth in the summers. He looked up to local mountain bikers like Matt Hunter when he was a kid and he’s happy to be able to be act as a role model for the sport’s next generation.

“It seems like yesterday that I was one of those kids so I can relate to that,” he says.

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The next few months will be a bit different for Agassiz; he recently broke his neck while filming for a video and will be off his bike for the next three months. After that, he’ll be back in the gym, training and going through physical therapy, trying to get himself back in shape for another season.

His story shows that anything is possible with enough hard work and dedication. He was often told to be more realistic — that the odds of becoming a professional mountain biker were one in a million. He says his response was always: “Why can’t I be that one?”

“No one can tell you that you can’t do something, I always say follow your dreams,” he says. “If there’s something in life you want to do, no matter how far away it seems, how impossible it seems, if you just put the time and effort and hard work in, anything is possible, as cliché as that sounds. It’s true and I feel like I’m a prime example of that.”

The injuries, especially the severe ones, don’t make him think twice about his career, instead they make more grateful and respectful of the career he has built.

“It’s crazy to have a dream like that and to make it a reality,” Agassiz says. “Just putting in that hard work and it paying off and now doing it, it’s definitely a cool feeling.”

He was often told to be more realistic — that the odds of becoming a professional mountain biker were one in a million. He says his response was always:

GRAHAM AGASSIZ Hobbies:

Snowboard, ride sleds, fly fish

“Why can’t I be that one?”

Favourite place to snowboard: Revelstoke

Favourite mountain biking location:

Whistler or Châtel, France.

(A small ski village in the French Alps).

Hero growing up: Matt Hunter

Favourite sport to watch: Surfing

Favourite surfer: Highest ranking as a BMX racer: 2nd in B.C.

Highlight of his career: Racing in the Baja 1,000 in Mexico.

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By Larkin Schmiedl With bad news galore for Blackberry, the insane success of the release of its BBM cross-platform app shocked the tech world.

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But what makes BBM any better than any other instant messaging

app? It lets groups plan events and users chat with up to 30 contacts at once. Similar to popular WhatsApp, which boasts 200 million users, the BBM app uses Wi-Fi to allow free texting and photo sharing. Users invite contacts using a PIN, which creates control over who is added. Messages are marked as delivered and read when seen.

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“If we keep telling the same stor y across cult ures and across countries, then the creature does exist — or we need him for something.”

“We’ve been talk ing about him for about as long as we’ve been telling stories.”

Hope developed a Wild Man exhibit for The Cube at the Kamloops Art Gallery and continued her research into the legend after graduation.

She launched the Wild Man Appreciation Society, where people are welcome to visit the site, purchase society memberships as well as Wild Man trading cards.

In B.C. one doesn’t have to look far for the Wild Man —the Kokanee beer sasquatch is just one modern example, as is Quatchi, the sasquatch mascot for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

In December, Hope travels to Romania where she’ll complete a month-long artist residency in Bucharest and take a train adventure through Nort hern Romania to attend and photograph Wild Man festivals.

But are there Wild Men roaming through the forests of B.C. as so many have suggested through the years?

“As I stare into the forest I really hope I see one, but I really hope I don’t. I like the mystery — I like not know ing.”

The idea of Wild Men fascinates Hope, more because of their cult ural connectiv ity — these creatures exist in so many forms throughout the world, which tells her something about humanit y. nOvemBeR sEPtEMBER2013 sEPtEMBER - DecemBeR | 2013

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By Alyse Soukeroff It’s that time of year again when you start making holiday party plans, so what are you going to wear?

Whether attending a few parties or many, you will want to show off your holiday sparkle in satiny fabrics, sequins, and metallic’s with rich textured finishes.

Lace continues to be a trending fabric adding a sexy look by exposing subtle hints of skin. Try not to reveal too much skin to keep things from getting too risqué.

Looking to stand out in the crowd? Opt for Cobalt, a rich and saturated shade that is icy cool but not too cold. Also, if you are really looking to shine, try something new in metallic. You will feel like a star.

Accessorize with jeweled, diamond, or metallic necklaces and bracelets. Try not to over-do-it with your accessories especially if you are wearing a printed multicolored dress. You want you dress to stand out right? Keep it simple with diamonds, or

wear it with a pair of sparkling earrings, a bedazzled necklace, or a large metallic bracelet (but not all at the same time).

There is nothing more classic this year than an LBD. Be sure to at least wear one out this holiday season even if you borrow it from a friend. A little black dress is timeless, and this year, wear it short with long sleeves. If your neckline is plunging, look for a midthigh hemline. A trendy LBD this season can be found with sheer accents, off the shoulder necks, or dramatic drapery.

Too many parties too attend, on a budget and don’t want to wear the same thing to each party? Try for a more minimalist look, such as a solid purple, red, or blue frock and dress it up with accessories such as a heavy duty necklace with crystals, and beads, paired with a glamorous box-like clutch.

Regardless of what you are wearing this holiday season, wear it with confidence, because confidence is the sexiest thing you can wear.

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as the finaL year this Was of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's soccer program in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association and the PACWEST league, and the team made it a year to remember.

The WolfPack not only won the PACWEST league title going unbeaten with 12 wins and two ties, but it also captured its third straight title. TRU advanced to the CCAA

Championships in November in Surrey, and after dropping its first match, the WolfPack went onto capture the bronze medal.

Alanna Bekkering and Jordy HamerJackson represent both ends of the spectrum of the program. Hamer-Jackson, a NorKam graduate, is in her first year with TRU while Bekkering was the team's lone fifth-year player. Both are graduates of Kamloops Youth Soccer.

Bekkering is a two-time CCAA AllCanadian, two-time PACWEST MVP and two-time PACWEST Playoff MVP. She is also the 2012 Kamloops Sports Council Female Athlete of the Year, and a graduate of South Kamloops Secondary.

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When Totally Boss electronic dance music night hit the scene in Kamloops in 2007 there was no turning back.

“It was held every Friday in a small downtown loft.

Everywhere else in town was playing strictly Top 40 so when we brought this new electronic sound to Kamloops it was something entirely different,” says Mikael Finley, who makes up half of Kamloops DJ duo NOUVEAU.

It took a mere three weeks for Totally Boss to go from entertaining crowds of 100 people to more than 600 clamouring to get into the party. “Our party definitely fuelled the electronic scene in Kamloops and now every club in town plays mostly electronic genres of music.”

Living in Vancouver for six years, Finley would go to DJ parties and was inspired by the music and atmosphere. “When I moved back to Kamloops to finish school I missed that whole vibe so that’s when I started up Totally Boss and began DJing.”

Partnering with a buddy who'd grown up in the Kamloops punk hardcore scene, Finley and Andrew Klymchuk joined together in late 2011 to form NOUVEAU. The pair have since played with some big names: Steve Aoki, UZ, Felix Cartal, Ryan Hemsworth, Dragonette, and their favourite show of all time, Torro Torro out of Toronto.

In the past year-and-a-half alone they've opened for more than 50 live acts, and act as resident DJs at Cactus Jacks, where they play about two shows a week.

Finley said his favourite part about it all is, meeting all the different people who share the same musical passion as they do.

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In December watch out for Kamloops' #NIGHTTIMING party. You can find more information and keep up to date on the duo's Facebook or Twitter under NouveauCanada.

“There's a really cool music scene in Kamloops — lots of different DJ crews out here,” says Finley. “At any given night you can head to a venue in Kamloops and see a lot of the talented DJs doing their thing.

Everyone here gets along and we all support each other so it's a really cool time for electronic music in Kamloops.”

NOUVEAU recently joined a DJ collective out of Vancouver and is working on doing a Western Canada tour.

“(We) get to travel around and share our love of music in different places.”

“It's so gratifying to see a crowd react to a song you wrote or to a song you enjoy.”

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he Movember movement launched 10 years ago with a firm grasp of the funny bone. As the brainchild of two Australian guys, a tongue in cheek approach to a deadly serious topic was probably inevitable.

This year's theme, Tales of the Moustache, depicts the men on a different book cover each month — including the must-have Harlequin Romance novel with the male model sporting a wide open frilly shirt, windblown hair and a clingy bombshell blond.

The dedication towards the project can be seen in its quality and attention to detail — the 2014 calendar includes obscure celebrated days of the year such as "Compliment Day" (Jan. 24)"Talk in an Elevator Day" (July 25), ect.

The annual movement has led to endless creative endeavours for prostate cancer research. And perhaps none is funnier than the Men of Movember calendar, created by a group of friends living in Kamloops and Vancouver.

But never far behind the jokes is the campaign to find a cure for prostate cancer.

It's no coincidence that Coulter's grandfather was diagnosed with the disease the same year the group of friends came up with the calendar idea.

Mike Coulter, The Scene graphic designer, along with Vancouver's Matt Skinner, Tyler Robinson and Paul Jones came up with the fundraising idea over a few beers four years ago.

While "Opa" continues to defy the odds, the friends' project continues to grow.

The "Team Moustache Gravy" production — so called as "a cheeky reference to our efforts to make gravy (raise money) using our moustaches," said Coulter — was born.

"Movember has a platform that brings men together to engage . . . in ways that we don't always get to," said Coulter. "This is hugely important to us."

For a minimum donation of $20 per calendar, they raised $5,000 from the first calendar and hope to double that this year. All proceeds go to Movember Canada, which funds prostate cancer research and men's health initiatives.

Filled with images of its creators striking pseudo-serious poses, the calendar's slick photography and design is delivered in perfect deadpan.

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Kathryn Easton, left, shaves a beard off of Zak Cox, a TRU Tourism Management student. Professional Convention Management Association members are helping to promote Movember, including a clean shave before starting moustaches.

Kamloops Harley-Davidson general manager Pete Murie, rental manager Teneille McGill, and Commodore owner Dino Bernardo show off merchandise up for grabs at the Team Harley-Davidson fundraising dinner.

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Ready to show them off?

And as for showing off, there are plenty of opportunities.

On Dec. 8 sign up for the Resurgence Rail Jam presented

by Oronge Boardshop. Oronge also presents The Garden Rail Jam scheduled for Jan. 26.

Every year terrain park events at Sun Peaks get bigger, better and ballsier, and this year will be no different, says Devon Knopf, events co-ordinator for the resort.

The Rockstar Energy Terrain Park used for freestyle ski and snowboarding has seen some upgrades over last season, and will see more through the season ahead, Knopf says. Every year the park is made more interesting than the year before, allowing riders the opportunity to practice different skills.

Last year, 5Forty True Urban Assault was a massive success with plenty of riders signed up and spectators galore watching the action that took place in the Village using urban features including an old car and a picnic table. The True Urban Assault will be back again this season on Dec. 14 and promises to be a crowd-pleaser.

“If you have the same jumps and rails for the whole season it’d get boring, so it’s changed almost weekly or monthly for the season, and we’ve got a huge variety,” he says, including everything from the traditional jumps to street-influenced rails.

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dIrecTIons: Muddle orange rind strip, fresh

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dIrecTIon: dI 1. Stir together orange juice and next 4 ingredients; serve over ice. Garnish, if desired. **Rudolph's Spritzer (non alcoholic): Omit vodka and orange liqueur. Add 2 cups chilled lemon-lime soft drink. Proceed as directed. www.southernliving.com

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