Avid kiter Darren McChristie first saw snow kiting while living on Baffin Island about 20 years ago. “There was a festival, and they brought in a demonstration of snow kiting from a group of people from Quebec, where the sport was quite popular already in the early years,” he recalls.
“I fell in love with it at first sight and I bought a kite off of one of the people visiting. And I taught myself up in the arctic,” he says.
When he returned to Thunder Bay 17 years ago, McChristie continued with the sport here, and got certified to teach the winter version of the sport. Since it was still a new sport in this area, he started a company, Superior Outdoors (Superior Kiteboarding), which sells equipment. He also started learning the summer version of the sport, kiteboarding.
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Tudor Black Bay Ceramic Watch Blends High-Tech Elements With Classy Details 26 May 2021, 13:52 UTC ·
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The Swiss luxury watchmaker debuted a new model with modern and vintage aesthetic cues. It s the first Tudor watch to be certified by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS-certified). Created by the Omega and the Swiss government office for measures and standards, the METAS standard measures wristwatch movement and casing performance by running the watch through various tests.
Visually, the piece mixes modern elements with neo-vintage aspects. One of the classic details is the angular hands, known as Snowflake, which first debuted in the brand s 1969 catalog and are revived with this timepiece. Being completely black, they are the centerpiece of the design adopted by Black Bay Ceramic. As described by the Swiss watchmaker, it s a