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Article in L'EXTRA in Le Nouvelliste (March 2008)
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/assets/extramagazine/EXTRA_lowres.pdf
Yak for a Stack 2008
Last Saturday was the 5th annual Yak for a Stack at the Pines Resort in Florida. It's a friendly international kayak race where the objective is mostly to have fun, get dressed up in some wacky costumes and get to bond with the younger and older crowd surrounding the world of flatwater canoe-kayak. Thanks to the organisers Ryan Cuthbert and Ian Mortimer, the 270+ participants had a blast!


Captain Forward Splash (Andrew Willows)

Girafes (winners)

Trojan horse
Cold days in Florida (Feb 2008)
On February 29th, the leap day of the leap year, we woke up to some pretty chilly weather. As is a leap day, this kind of temperature is uncommon in Florida at this time of the year. That morning, we had to do two 1000m time controls in k2 with 20min rest between each one. It was very challenging both mentally and physically. It was good practice for our first set of trials in Georgia (May 3-4), where the weather can get even worst!



Bonneville Homes announce a sponsorship for Andrew Willows for Beijing 2008 Olympics
(Montréal, Québec) Bonneville Homes are proud to partner up with Andrew Willows for the 2008 summer Olympic Games in Beijing and his future house building project in Carleton Place, Ontario.

It’s after the publication of an article in the daily Ottawa Sun, about the purchase of a land in the Ottawa suburb that Bonneville Homes showed interest in supporting the Olympic athlete and help him reach his goal to win the Olympics.

“I am very thankful towards Bonneville Home for their support. I had visited their factory and model home this fall and my spouse and I were charmed by one their home, the Jordan. With such a support with the Beijing Olympic Games coming, I am more than ever in a position to focus on my training and preparation for the Olympics and I am proud to join the Bonneville family and represent a Quebec based enterprise” said Andrew Willows

“Bonneville Homes is a large family and we believe and support the young families, and are proud to encourage a Canadian athlete for the Beijing summer Olympic Games” commented Dany Bonneville, vice president of sales and marketing for Bonneville Homes.

Visit www.k2speed.ca for more information on Andrew’s pre-Olympic activities as well as his sponsors: Adidas Eyewear, Royal Chevrolet and Bonneville Homes.



Night paddle with Radio Canada (Feb 2008)
Marc Durand and his video crew came to Florida to get some footage of us and other athletes. They had some great ideas including a night shoot with lights hooked up on our cockpits....
Photo by Marc Durand




They even let us play with the HD camera which is worth over 100 000$....