The Victoria Cycling Academy gathered outside Trek Bike Shop last week before a morning ride to accept half of the total $1,179.77 raised at the local film premiere of Life Cycles at Parkside in January.
The Victoria Cycling Academy is a junior-specific training centre for young up-and-coming cyclists. Head coach Steve Lund and team members helped run the sold-out fundraiser held at Parkside's HD movie theatre, taking tickets and ushering guests.
The remaining $589.88 was given to the South Island Mountain Bike Society (SIMBS), and will be used to help build and maintain local trails.
Thanks to our mild, West Coast weather and fantastic trails and walkways, the people of Victoria are pretty darn fit and healthy—it's not an uncommon sight to see joggers and walkers out pounding the pavement year-round.
To help you truly experience Victoria the way the locals do (and to help you keep up your healthy habits while on holiday), we've created a selection of walking and running route maps, varying from 3 - 15 km in distance and all starting and ending at Parkside.
With the sweet surround sound of birds chirping, rain falling, and two wheels ripping across beautiful landscapes, Parkside's HD movie theatre delighted more than 100 people during Victoria's first official screening of Life Cycles on Saturday (Jan. 8).
Times Colonist film writer Michael D. Reid writes about the Victoria premiere of Life Cycles, which will be held at Parkside's HD Theatre this Saturday (Jan. 8).
Tickets are still available for 12:45, 2, 3:15 and 4:30pm showings. There will be bike gear and complimentary free stays at Parkside up for grabs as draw prizes.
All ticket sales and draw proceeds go to Team Aviawest's Junior Development team and the South Island Mountain Bike Society (SIMBS).
The film is sure to impress mountain bikers and non-riders alike!
Want to win two tickets to the premiere of Life Cycles on January 8, 2011 at Parkside?
Tell us what your favourite Vancouver Island outdoor activity is and why in the comment section below to be entered in a draw for a chance to WIN one of two pairs of tickets up for grabs to the Life Cycles film premiere.
Contest details: The draw will take place on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 9 am. The winners will be contacted by email.
Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa is premiering one of the most anticipated mountain bike films ever created: Stance Film's Life Cycles, on January 8, 2011.
The British Columbia-based filmmakers tell a spectacular story of the bike, from its creation to its eventual demise.
A visually stunning journey with thought-provoking narration, Life Cycles uses Ultra HD to document the many stories surrounding the mountain bike and its culture.
It is being premiered across the globe in front of cycling enthusiasts and followers of innovative filmmaking alike.
Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa is donating the use of its fitness centre and private HD movie theatre to the Victoria Cycling Academy to help sharpen the young cyclists' competitive edge during the off-season.
The academy's development team members, mostly in their mid-teens, are using the facilities to maintain form, core strength and flexibility at a time when limited daylight hours make it hard to get on the bike after school.
