Registration for SuperCycle is now open.  Thanks to PSBC, this year we are able to offer all participants the chance to create and maintain their own personal fundraising website.  This site will allow those who support you to follow your fundraising progress.  It will allow you to post messages, send thank you letters and add a personal note of why you take part in this event.

To register for SuperCycle CLICK HERE

To sponsor a rider in SuperCycle or Just Giver CLICK HERE

SuperCycle 2009

PSBC and the Just Giver Team are excited to host the 4th annual Just Giver for Parkinson's tour across BC.  The 2009 tour route will cover Hope, Princeton, Osoyoos, Kelowna, Salmon Arm, Kamloops and Merritt, ending in Vancouver.

Where - Hazelmere RV Park and Campground. 18843 8th Ave, Surrey BC

Registration Fee - $250

Check www.just-giver.com after April 1st 2009 for registration, further fundraising and event details!

It's difficult to believe that in four weeks this blog will have been up and running for an entire year. We have been especially gratified that everyone is taking the time to read it. The numbers speak for themselves; over 13,000 hits in just eleven months is pretty amazing. Knowing that so many people are interested in keeping up with us year round is only more motivation to keep going.

So, to pat ourselves on the back a bit, and to also celebrate our 100th post, we're going to repost four of our favourite entries from the past year. Also, feel free to let us know if you have any favourites, or want us to cover something you find interesting.

To start things off, here is Kelly's pick:

Great Story from Presentation!

From May 1st, 2008

A few pictures and a great story from the presentation we did at the Parkinson Society British Columbia annual general meeting last Saturday.

After the presentation we had a German fellow, Frank Mattman (if I remember correctly) about 60 come up to us after the ride and showed us his implant scars from his Parkinson's surgery to install an electrical device to help involuntary movement.  The same surgery mentioned below in the Davis Phinney news.  He said he went from a wheel chair to walking 2km a day with almost no shakes.  He was a semi pro cyclist in Italy years ago and told us stories of riding 300km days with a 3 speed bike.  He said we inspired him to try and get back on a bike but he said his wife might have a few things to say about that.  Either way he said he is going to come out on August 3rd to meet Alex and Axel and cheer us all on.  

Great moment for us to realize why we are doing this!

Kelly's Comment: This is my fave post, the first Frank Mattmann post (we did a couple others since then). Meeting him was a thrill, then to see him 5 months later riding 25 km was a trip. It was one of those moments where you stop and realize: wow, what we are doing actually works!

Frank being interviewed by Global TV

Frank starts his ride out at the SuperCycle

Frank and his son at the SuperCycle

Frank (second from right) completed 25 kilometers on the tough course. We are looking forward to seeing Frank again at this year's SuperCycle!

Taking advantage of the nice, sunny weather, we decided to go for a ride to North Vancouver and take an early season stab at Vancouver's toughest climb: Mount Seymour. Though the downhill was a bit chilly, the view was worth it.

Adam, Kelly, and the view from the top of Mount Seymour.

Although this has nothing to do with Parkisnons disease or cycling we still wanted to share with everybody a thoughful and provoking documentary that is due to be released in April.  Mike Tyson is arguably one of the most reconizable names of the past 25 years and sadly we all watched as fame and fortune nearly destroyed him.

Tyson is acclaimed indie director James Toback’s stylistically inventive portrait of a mesmerizing Mike Tyson. Toback allows Tyson to reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive vulnerability. Through a mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, a startlingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges. The film ranges from Tyson’s earliest memories of growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing, to his rollercoaster ride in the funhouse of worldwide fame and fortunes won and lost. It is the story of a legendary and uniquely controversial international athletic icon, a figure conjuring radical questions of race and class. In its depiction of a man rising from the most debased circumstances to unlimited heights, destroyed by his own hubris, TYSON emerges as a modern day version of classic Greek tragedy.

For further information regarding this event please CLICK HERE