FACES OF WHISTLER
MOVING TO THE MOUNTAINS FAMILIES WHO FINALLY DECIDED TO CALL WHISTLER HOME
STORY BY B RAD E N D UP UIS PHOTOS BY DAVID B UZZARD
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rior to meeting her husband jeremy, Jen Black had one major deal breaker in mind for potential romances—he had to be a skier. “So I think our first ski date was a tenuous one,” Black says. “We knew we liked each other, but oh my god—if he’s a bad skier, and I like him, how is this going to play out?” Luckily for Jen, Jeremy could hold his own on the slopes, and before long the pair’s love for the sport—and for Whistler—helped cement their budding romance. “We were total weekend warriors. We were in our early 30s, and living our best lives when we met each other,” she says. “And for sure, the fact that we were both good skiers helped—the romance went quickly because we both loved Whistler so much.” While Jen and Jeremy met in Whistler in 2001, they wouldn’t make the transition to living here full time until 2013, along with their two boys. “We did that little thing that I’ve heard people since do, and it makes me laugh so hard, but (they wonder), ‘are there neighbourhoods in Whistler?’” she says. >>
JEREMY AND JEN BLACK
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