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Once the borders reopen, Griffioen plans to ride to San Diego, leave his bike there and travel to Arizona or Cabo San Lucas for the winter
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Bikes Griffioen owns – a BMW F800GS and a BMW F850GS
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Typical number of days in one of Griffioen’s motorcycle trips
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Kilometres of his longest trip, from Vancouver to Anchorage, Alaska
HITTING THE OPEN ROAD For iA Wealth portfolio manager Douglas Griffioen, nothing beats exploring the world on his motorcycle AFTER WEEKS at their desk, many advisors dream of getting away from it all. Douglas Griffioen, portfolio manager and director of the Private Client Group at iA Private Wealth, is no different – except his escape route is higher-octane than most. A passionate motorcycle enthusiast, Griffioen regularly hits the road on his bike, covering around 4,000km in a single trip and taking in some of the most beautiful scenery the world has to offer.
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One of the standouts was a tour through Africa, which covered Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. “We averaged about 350km per day and totalled 3,600,” he says. “It was quite something to have an ostrich run alongside the bike at 60km per hour!” Griffioen’s interest in motorcycles began when he followed his brother’s lead in buying one, viewing it as an inexpensive way to get around at university. Soon, a
lifelong passion was born – the feeling of riding on the open road is incomparable, Griffioen says. “There’s something about motorbiking that you can’t quite explain to someone who has never done it,” he says. “You’re outside in all types of weather with the wind blowing all around you, and you see and smell things that you don’t get in a car. You see parts of the globe that you would never ordinarily see.”
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