Shoulder Soldiers
Weather, or not, it’s get-out-and-go-time — by bike, boot, and boat. Creston-based Trench writer Danette Polzin outlines your East Kootenay early season adventure ops amongst the melt, mud, and springtime sizzle.
lusti, Mac, The Moms & The Mountain
Lives of far-off adventure have become full-time careers for Invermere’s Christina Lustenberger and Ian McIntosh. But a backyard expedition in 2021 — in plain sight of their hometown family and friends — still stands as an all-time achievement for both professional skiers. Two childhood friends reflect on a daydream turned dream day.
DeCki Ljeta / Los Chicos De Verano {The Boys of Summer}
For local baseball old boys Roger Tierney and Paul Mrazek, the diamond is forever.
Slough Ride
How an Albertan water skiing phenom, turned HVAC king, dredged out his world-class dream.
Birdies and the Bugs
Welcome to Brisco. World famous. And not.
From Boyds to Men
Fathers and a son reflect on the Kootenays’ legendary and somewhat loose Boyd Haddad golf tourney.
Beyond & Above
He was born into Cranbrook’s 1980s era snowboard and skate scene — both deemed unsavoury to the status quo, and all but illegal. Thirty years after travelling the globe as a crusader for ‘boarding’s cause, photographer Jeff Patterson has returned to the East Kootenay as one of the sport’s pioneer chroniclers and collectors. Today, with a new career flying high for Hollywood, the family man shares images and insights from his transworld transformation.
The Puck That Dropped Here
The rink. The goal. The celly. The show. For gals and goons alike, some of the hockey world’s most remarkable dreams have been born from the East Kootenay, with more just beginning.
THE TRENCH | WINTER 2024/25
Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston, and Elk Valleys