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true_richard · 06-28-2008, 11:54 AM

hey everyone, i'm Richard from True Snowboards.

I live in the Vancouver area (bc, canada) & ride at seymour, whistler/blackcomb, and will be hitting up cypress, grouse, baker, hemlock, big white & silverstar.

Simply^Ride · 06-28-2008, 01:57 PM

hey, whats going on?

true_richard · 06-28-2008, 02:54 PM

not a whole lot... not much snow around these days, so i'm chilling in front of the tv tinkering with a bmx bike i'm converting to a ghetto rigged gravity bike for some laughs.

Simply^Ride · 06-28-2008, 11:35 PM

cool cool, this is actually wakeboarding season for me, having a fucking blast.

Hope to see around the forum often.

true_richard · 06-29-2008, 01:13 AM

it's mountain biking for me for another week or two, then squamish will be going off & it's weekend warrior kiteboarding season for me.

i'm hoping to be able to board up wind and all over the place w/o any downwind drifting by the end of the summer!

Simply^Ride · 06-29-2008, 07:13 AM

I was going to learn kite boarding this season, but unfortunately the windy season for florida is on winter. The winds actually slow down a lot this time of the year.

Feel free to post anything about kite boarding in the wake boarding section

PaoloSmythe · 07-01-2008, 06:19 AM

hello vancouver dweller.

i am currently looking for a house and work in 'couver.

do you have an recommendations for the best neighbourhoods for a home and industries for a wage? i am hoping to find a big construction company somewhere in the city....

true_richard · 07-01-2008, 11:36 AM

my father's worked in the construction industry in vancouver for nearly 35 years, so i'm familiar with quite a number of outfits in town - as well as via some of my own work, and work of friends. etc.

what trade do you specialize in? experience level/certifications?

i've lived in the suburbs of vancouver my whole life, but i do know areas of van fairly well too. how far/driving time from downtown do you want to be? type of home? (condo, townhouse, detached house?) i have some ideas for the BEST neighbourhoods lol but man oh man the best neighbourhoods cost millions of dollars to live in lol, i don't quite think too many of us can afford to live in the best neighbourhoods in vancouver.

what criteria are you looking for? good schools? low crime? low property taxes? cheap rent? public transit? close to the night life/entertainment district? big yard for a dog to roam in? rural farm atmosphere? proximity to certain ethnicities, ethnic districts, or a specific religion?

more details & i'll have some more specific answers.

PaoloSmythe · 07-02-2008, 05:16 AM

hey T-R

as far as work goes, i have no specific trade or certification. i am just a pedantic bureaucrat... so any major corp / multinational with mutliple multi-million / billion dollar projects is what i am used to. the sort of set up that would have a HQ in the city. something along the lines of Fluor corp.

as far as housing goes.... we speculate that a townhouse might be good as far as buying outright is concerned..... but we can start small, get a condo and speculate towards the future.

ethnic centers are of little concern.... what with us being immigrants, we expect to be in the minority. but having said that tho, the missus is sure to get home sick and so is there a 'little italy'? no kids and so no need for schools. low crime and taxes would be nice. a yard for the dog and the wife would be bonus!

a close hockey rink is a must!

i guess for a general community scene, we are looking at a beach neighbourhood. do you know Kitsilano at all?

cheers fella.