Ukeedaze Magazine - Volume 19 (Fall 2019)
Ukeedaze is a lifestyle magazine based out of Ucluelet, British Columbia. Our primary focuses are: board sports culture, local artists and musicians, environmental conservation, and west coast events. In this issue we talk to Team Canada surfing hopeful Sean Foerster about his move to Ucluelet and adjusting to West Coast lifestyle. Victoria hip hop act Illvis Freshly is our Sound Check featured music artist. Local artist Karla Strickland of Kay Ceramics is our featured artist. There is also plenty of local skateboarding content including a trip to Port Alberni skate park with Joel Normand and Tofino's annual Canada Skate contest in memory of Jamie Collins.
Ukeedaze is a lifestyle magazine based out of Ucluelet, British Columbia. Our primary focuses are: board sports culture, local artists and musicians, environmental conservation, and west coast events.
In this issue we talk to Team Canada surfing hopeful Sean Foerster about his move to Ucluelet and adjusting to West Coast lifestyle.
Victoria hip hop act Illvis Freshly is our Sound Check featured music artist.
Local artist Karla Strickland of Kay Ceramics is our featured artist.
There is also plenty of local skateboarding content including a trip to Port Alberni skate park with Joel Normand and Tofino's annual Canada Skate contest in memory of Jamie Collins.
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Road o 2020<br />
Sean Foerster<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: When did you start surfing?<br />
Sean: I first started surfing down in Costa Rica when I was about<br />
five years old.<br />
But Ucluelet is a small town, meaning everybody knows everyone<br />
which means they really take care of each other, so I have felt really<br />
fortunate to have met the people I have and they make me feel like<br />
part of the family.<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: What made you decide to make the move over to Canada<br />
part time?<br />
Sean: I decided to move to Canada because I love it up here. All my<br />
trainings for Team Canada are here also, so living here permanently<br />
made things a lot easier. Also, for my surfing career to continue and<br />
to able to work with brands like O’Neill, it was a necessary move.<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: What’s been the biggest challenge with coming to Canada?<br />
Sean: The biggest challenge of coming to Canada, besides the cold<br />
water, I would have to say has been leaving my family and friends.<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: The thing you miss in Costa Rica the most is?<br />
Sean: The thing I miss most about Costa Rica is the tropical fruit.<br />
Being able to go in my back yard and pick Bananas, Papayas,<br />
Mangoes, etcetera is the best. But the berry picking has kept me<br />
busy enough!<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: You're really into healthy eating and living, when did you<br />
get into fitness and nutrition?<br />
Sean: I feel like my whole life I've been pretty aware about being<br />
healthy and eating the right things. It really is the most precious<br />
knowledge you can have. The system creates this illusion of what<br />
we should be putting into our bodies and its so obscene what they<br />
make us think is healthy eating. You are what you put into your<br />
bodies, and that’s the reality of it.<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: You've spent a lot of time training in Tofino with Surf<br />
Canada coaches: Shannon and Albie, how has this experience helped<br />
you?<br />
Sean: Working with Shannon and Albie has been a dream come<br />
true. The experience has been incredible and definitely helped my<br />
surfing reach the next level. Just to have the opportunity to train<br />
with coaches like them makes me feel really blessed.<br />
Photo: Keenan Bush<br />
next travels will be Indonesia for a little over a month, then back<br />
to Central America for the Winter. I will be making a couple trips<br />
up to Nicaragua and El Salvador for training and hopefully make it<br />
up to the North Shore sometime in January. After that, back up to<br />
Canada for the rest of the year.<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: What else are you passionate about aside from surfing?<br />
Sean: I am passionate about being the best version of myself<br />
possible, and to help as many other people along the way. Besides<br />
that, cooking plant-based meals is one of my favorite things in the<br />
world.<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: After spending the last five months in Canada what's<br />
next on your itinerary?<br />
Sean: These past five months have definitely been life changing. My<br />
<strong>Ukeedaze</strong>: Shout Outs?<br />
Sean: Big Shout out to <strong>Ukeedaze</strong> for everything they have done for<br />
me and everyone else involved! •<br />
For more on Sean Foerster, see this magazine online bonus<br />
pages with videos and more at: yumpu.com/en/ukeedaze<br />
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