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Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep9 Whitecap Cup winner Sail NS Mobile Sailing School with Sail NS's Frank Dennis and Sophia JosenhansSince year one of the podcast I’ve been presenting the Whitecap Cup as an award to sailing programs that serve the outsiders of our sailing communities, those without access to the sport we love, or simply a program that doesn’t fit nicely into our regular yacht club structure. Previous winners were the broader reach program in Armdale NS, SaskSailing, and the broad reach program in Toronto. This year I’m pleased to present the 2024 Whitecap Cup for greatness in alternative sailing programs to the Nova Scotia Mobile Sailing school. The Nova Scotia Mobile Sailing School offers...2025-02-1225 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep8 Canadian Sailing TOP 10 stories of the year with Canadian Boating magazine's John Morris!!Today we’re counting down the top 10 Canadian sailing stories of 2024 with John Morris, online editor of Canadian Boating and curator of Sailing In Canada (sailingincanada.ca). Featuring: AC40’s, Sail GP, Olympics, Canadian Sailing hall of fame Class of 2024, a special section on grassroots races you’ve never heard of, and of course the winner of the 3rd annual Whitecap Cup for greatness in alternative sailing programs (GRASP). #1 Halifax pulls off an amazing Sail GP event #2 Canadian Sailors at the Paris Games #3 Team Concord Pacific Youth and Women’s America’s Cup ...2024-12-3144 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep7 Flight Controller BILLY GOODERHAM of Northstar Sail GP's new season, new ownership and new skipperToday we're talking to Northstar Sail GP's flight Controller Billy Gooderham! After season 4, things were looking a little grim for the future of Canada's Sail GP team. They had lost a 2025 regatta in Canada, there were questions about ownership, and there had been radio silence from the social media sites. On November 6th that all changed when the team came roaring back with a new owner (Dr. Greg Bailey of biotech company Juvenescence), new skipper (2 time olympic gold medalist Giles Scott!) and a confirmation of an event in Canada in 2026 (gotta be Halifax, right?). We talked about the...2024-11-2122 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep6 Women's and Youth AMERICA'S CUP! With Isabella Bertold, Andrew Wood and Georgia Lewin LaFranceCanada’s first foray in the Americas cup since 1987! Concord Pacific, out of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club assembled entries into the youth and (FIRST EVER) women's America's Cup that took place in Barcelona. I spoke to return guest Isabella Bertold, skipper of the women's team, as well as Andrew Wood and Georgia Lewin LaFrance from the youth team!2024-11-131h 08Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep5 SailGP Canada Strategist ANNIE HAEGER!! 2016 Olympian and 2015 US Yachtswoman of the YearAnnie Haeger is winner of US sailing’s 2015 Yachtswoman of the year, a youth worlds silver medalist in, US women’s college sailor of the year, and she placed 7th at the Olympics in the 470 in Rio, she is currently the chief strategist and Co pilot for Sail GP CANADA. After a bitter end to her olympic dream, and two years not sailing at all, she was able rediscove the fun in sailing through foiling, and ultimately back to the high performance world! This was a great conversation including tips on seeing wind lines for lake...2024-09-2958 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep4 Drew Mitchell! North Sails Sailmaker, Pro Sailor and CHESTER RACE WEEK Expert!!Drew and I taked sailmaking, distance sailing, the bluenose one design and of course all thinggs CHESTER RACE WEEK! Drew grew up sailing at the Lunenburg Yacht Club in Nova Scotia. He has raced on and coached high performance one design sailboats for over 20 years. He managed the North Sails Vancouver loft for over a decade and has recently moved back to Nova Scotia picking up a dream job of buying North Sails Atlantic! Drew races in the many of the biggest high performance keelboat fleets, highlights include the Farr 30 North Americans and Melges 24 PNW championship.. In di...2024-08-121h 07Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep3 Nine Time Olympic Coach Ken Dool!!Ken is a Canadian coaching legend and since 1990 has been the High Performance Director, Chief Training Officer and Head Coach of the national sailing team. Paris 2024 is the 9th Olympics he’s coached in as well as 4 Paralympic games, 6 Pan Ams and hundreds of World Championships. We spoke about our Canadian olympic hopefuls, Ken's philosophies and impressions of our all time great athletes, and the size of the mosquitos in Gimli, Manitoba!2024-07-261h 19Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep2-SailCanada CEO Ryan Kelly!Ryan Kelly is the CEO of Sail Canada. Ryan is a lifelong sailor, having worked in support of the sea cadets program, president of Sail Newfoundland and Labrador and as a Sail Canada learning facilitator. He's been a dinghy coach, skiff sailor and is presently developing his chops as an offshore racer. Our conversation was wide ranging, covering the development off Canadian Olympic hopefuls, improving the growth of the sport from coast to coast to coast, and of course the glories of sailing in Newfoundland's Conception Bay!2024-06-261h 04Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 3-Ep1-"Below Deck" star Captain Glenn Shepard! SEASON 3 PREMIERE!!!!SEASON 3 PREMIERE!! Captain Glenn from BELOW DECK:SAILING YACHT!! With over 250k followers on IG Captain Glenn Shepard, a Montrealer, is without question the most famous Canadian sailor on earth. He is the star of the wildly popular and highly entertaining Bravo reality series Below Deck Sailing Yacht. Captain Glenn gets into detail about the famous scene of running the transom 177 ft super yacht onto a cement dock in Croatia, he confirmed that he would be in the cast of an upcoming season 5 and he expressed how closely he follows SailGP Canada and would love to get a ride with Phil an...2024-05-221h 00Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastTransatlantic racer Gwenn Duval from Femina Ocean Challenge!With me today is Gwenn Duval, member of Femina Ocean Challenge team who will be racing in the famed transatlantic Quebec a St Malo race in June 2024 Gwenn is a masters student in Oceanography and has been sailing since she can remember. She spent two years teaching sailing in the Mediterranean and Brittany, has a Yachtmaster Offshore certificate in England, did a transatlantic crossing from West to East in the middle of COVID, and is now one of 4 crew preparing for the Quebec a St Malo race in their class 40 Equinoxe This episode is brought to you by...2024-04-2640 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-EP11 Palma Preview with Rob Hemming, Canadian SSL skipper and Former member of National TeamToday we're previewing. The princess Sophia, Regatta, and Palmer Spain with me is Rob Hemming Rob is a former member of the national team competing in the Finn class from 2012 until 2017 where he rose to a top ranking of 30th in the world. He was also a coach at the 2020 olympics and most recently was the helmsman for Canada's entry into the star Sailor's league gold cup world championships in Spain. Outside of competing, Rob is also on the Sail Canada Board of Directors as an athlete Director2024-03-2956 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Lewin LaFrance OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION!!Fresh from their 8th place finish and OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION!!, Georgia and Antonia take us through their experience at the 49er Worlds in Lanzarote, Spain, including their emotional last day, coming 2nd in the medal race and capsizing right AFTER the finish line live on the broadcast. 2024-03-1521 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep10 Broad Reach Canada, Winner of 2023 Whitecap Cup!Today we're officially announcing the winner of the 2023 Whitecap Cup for diversity, equity and inclusion...Broad Reach Canada! Based in Toronto, Their mission is to engage under represented youth in the development of knowledge, skills and social belonging through sailing, and 2023 was their 25th anniversary. On the podcast are Margeurite Pyron and Eliana Cai. Margeurite is the CEO of Broad Reach Canada and Eliana was a participant in the program in 2023. It was a great discussion. We touched on growing the sport into new populations, working in the marine sector, tall ships and some great songs about sailing, including sea shantie2024-03-0150 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep9 Rolex Sailor of the Year Melodie Schaffer! Globe 40 Doublehanded Around The World Racer!Rolex Sailor of the year Melodie Schaffer raced her boat Whiskey Jack in the Globe 40, a 35,000-mile, eight-leg, double handed around the world race in in Class 40s. Seven teams took part in the 175-day event which started in Morocco and endd in France. Overall, “Whiskey Jack”, Melodie and co-skippers: Gary Jacques, Mikael Ryking, Jeronimo Santos, Robert Phillips, Paul Stratfold and Tom Pierce, took 5th place, and set the overall speed record for the race with an average speed of 14.3kn, for a distance of 347 miles in 24 hours. Through the race, she also faced storms and...2024-01-301h 10Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep8 Top Ten Stories of 2023, with coach and pro sailor Chris WattersToday Chris Watters (East coast singlehanded coach, Star Sailors league tactician) is back on the show to discuss the top 10 Canadian sailing stories of 2023. From olympic hopefuls to offshore sailing, foiling and everything in between. Another great year. The stories were determined solely and entirely by host Dave Cripton. If you think I've missed something please reach out!2023-12-2847 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Pan Am Games Recap with Lee Parkhill, Sunfish Gold Medallist!!Today we welcome back Lee Parkhill to recap the action at the 2023 Pan Am Games, from his terrific gold medal performance, to other medals for Ali Tenhove and Mariah Millen, Sarah Douglas and Will Jones and Justin Barnes, as well as a recap of all of the other classes. We get into the heartbreakingly close finishes, performance improvements and an atmosphere about which Lee commented "I don't know if I've experienced a regatta in my career where the team was so connected!"2023-12-121h 00Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep7-New Book "Plan, Sail,Track" authors Thomas Fogh and Signe RonkaAs we head into the off season in Canada, we've got authors of a new book called called "Plan Sail Track: The Ultimate Sailing Guidebook" on the pod, Thomas Fogh and Signe Ronka. Thomas, is the director of sailing at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. As an athlete, he competed internationally in multiple classes before moving into coaching provincial, National and Olympic calibre athletes. As an athlete he finished top ten at world and international championships in multiple classes including Solings, Lasers and Tornado classes Singe Ronka the owner and head coach of flexafit, an internationally recognized figure skating fittness trai...2023-11-2452 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep6-Luke Ramsay, Two Time Olympian!!One of the most successful multi class Canadian sailors of the 2000's. Luke was the representative in the 470 class at the 2012 Olympics with Mike Leigh, and the Nacra 17 in 2016 with Nikola Girke where they placed 15th and were ranked as high as 5th in the world during that quad. Also, Luke won the 2006 world youth championships in Lasers and is a two-time Pan Am medalist in the sunfish class winning a silver medal in 2015 in Toronto (just days after sailing at the Nacra worlds) and silver again in 2019 in Peru. He was also a member of SailGP Canada's inaugural s...2023-10-2550 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Lightning Pan Am Trials with Luke Ramsay, Rachel Green and Jessica HirschboldToday's podcast is a two part (very tardy) regatta report on Lighting Canadian Championships and Pan Am games trials, featuring the winning crew of Jessica Hirschbold (29er world youth championship participant), Rachel Green (2023 Canadian Intercollegiate National Champion from Queens U) and Luke Ramsay (two time Olympian and two time Pan Am Games medallist). They explain how they put together a team at the last minute, and with the help of the very helpful Lightning fleet were able to learn enough to win the trials!2023-10-2429 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep5- Andy Roy! ILCA Legend, Pan Am Games Medallist and America's Cup TacticianOn this episode is Andy Roy, truly one of my personal heroes in the world of sailing. We get into the early days of the laser where he and other Canadians dominated the 1982 worlds, the growing masters scene, and what the best bar in Freemantle Australia! Andy was one of the top laser sailors in the world in the early eighties and continues to be one of the top ILCA masters sailors in the world today. Career highlights include 2nd place in open worlds in 1982 and 6th in 1983 Also a pan am games silver in 1983 In Venezuela He was tactician in...2023-09-281h 19Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep4 2022 Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance 2022 Canadian Rolex Sailors of the Year competing in the 49erFXToday on the podcast: 49er FX sailors Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance. These sisters are currently the highest ranking Canadian FX team in the world combining in 2018. In 2019 the won the Canadians and then went on an absolute tear in 2021 placing 3rd at the Europeans and 6th at the worlds in Oman, winning the Canadian Rolex sailors of the year in 2022. Georgia has also been SailGP Canada's primary chief strategist and co-pilot, earning the nickname Speedy G from skipper Phil Robertson. We talked about what it's like to race with your sister, the Bluenose one design fleet in Nova Scotia and An...2023-08-2330 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep3-2016 Olympian and Pan Am Games Bronze Medalist LEE PARKHILL!!Lee Parkhill was the representative in the laser class at the 2016 Olympics, and was the bronze medallist at the Toronto Pan Am Games in 2015, other career highlights include fourth at the World Cup in Weymouth and ranking as high at 11th in the world. But even with all that success in the laser class, his key to the doorway of Canada's biggest sailing podcast was qualifying to be nominated for the 2023 Pan Am Games in the sunfish class! We talked about his nailbiting qualification against friend and fellow olympian Luke Ramsay, bouncing back from missing the 2012 games and how he b...2023-07-1854 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep2 WHITECAP CUP AWARD SPECIAL!! Anthony Rosborough from Broader reach The 2022 Whitecap Cup co-winner for equity inclusion and diversity goes to the Broader Reach Program (broaderreach.ca) a learn to sail program based out of the Armdale Yacht Club in Halifax, NS. In this special edition, we talk to Anthony Rosborough founder of the program. Their goal is to expand access to sailing to the broader community in the Halifax Regional Municipality and other communities in Nova Scotia. The program creates impact by teaching sailing knowledge and skills to wider audiences while building connections between people and communities based on shared experiences. It unites people by a love of being on the water...2023-06-2939 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 2-Ep1 Fillah Karim ILCA 7 National Team member!! SEASON PREMIERE!Today on the podcast we're talking Fillah Karim, Canada's top ranked ILCA 7 who's stated goal since the age of 12 is to represent Canada at the Olympics. After narrowly missing out in 2020, he's back, qualifying for the 2023 Pan Am games, and once again chasing the Olympic dream of competing for Canada in Paris 2024! Fillah and I discussed his full time approach to the sport beginning outside the national team structure, how his mental approach to the sport has changed, and in the "highjack the guest" section Fillah gives up some gems on ILCA downwind technique. 2023-06-061h 00Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Sarah Douglas Wins in HyeresToday we're excited to welcome Sarah Douglas back to the podcast. Sarah recently WON the Semaine Olympiques Française in the ILCA 6 class, beating 2020 gold medalist Anne Marie Rindom by one point in the process. She also qualified to be nominated to the Pan Am Games. We get to listener questions, talk about her match racing strategy in the medal race, and don't try to port tack at the start if she's at the pin!2023-05-1026 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Nacra 17 team Madeline Gillis and Galen Richardson, Princess Sophia Regatta Palma ESPToday a regatta report from Palma Spain, where Nacra 17 crew Madeline Gillis and Galen Richardson qualified to be nominated for the Pan Am Games. They are a new team on the Olympic circuit with this being their first european regatta together. We recapped the regatta, got into the Nacra 17 class changes to allow for upwind foiling and the crew commented on the state of mixed crew racing in general.2023-05-0426 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep12 SEASON FINALE! Olympic Medalists Frank McLaughlin and John MillenOn the SEASON 1 FINALE of Whitecap: Olympic Medallists John Millen and Frank McLaughlin, who won bronze in the Flying Dutchman class in 1988 in Pusan South Korea. Frank is a 3 time Olympian including racing the 470 in 1984 with Martin TenHove, and John is a two time Olympian in the FD with Frank. They were 1981 World Champions in the International 14 class, and in the FD they were Pan Am Games medalists , as well as being on the podium at both the worlds and Europeans. John was also a member of the crew on the two Canadian challenges for the Americas Cup. Finally, th...2023-04-191h 17Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Women's Kitefoiler Emily BujegaOn the podcast today we have kitefoiler Emily Bujega who finished 5th at the 2023 Formula Kite Panamerican Championships in Cabarete, Dominican Republic Good enough to qualify her to be nominated for the Pan Am games. Prior to that she was top Canadian out of 4 riders at the Clearwater U.S. open which she says was the more difficult part of the qualification process. In addition to her recapping the regattas, she also got into her backround and her long time goal of going to the Pan Am's and future campaigning towards the 2024 Olympics. 2023-03-2111 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep11-Agustin Ferrario, Coach and Program Director of weCANfoilAgustin Ferrario, or Aug as he’s pretty much universally known, has coached everything from Optis to foiling Nacra 17’s and everything in between. He is a former Canadian sailing coach of the year and was Sail Canada's youth squad coach for numerous youth world championships. He has most recently been appointed the Program Director of Sail GP Canada's weCANfoil program. He still actively races professionally and continues to sail in everything from classic wooden sloops to foiling wasps and kiteboards.2023-03-071h 38Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-49er team Will Jones and Justin Barnes: Clearwater US Open/Canadian Pan Am Games TrialsToday on the podcast we have 49er sailors Will Jones And Justin Barnes. who just finished 4th at the US Open in Clearwater, good enough to qualify them to be nominated for the Pan Am games. They are a new pairing, but both have a long history in the class as Justin was a medalist at the last Pan Am Games, and Will went to the 2020 Olympics, both with different partners. We spoke about how they came together, how the trials came down to the last race, and their plans for Olympic qualification. 2023-02-2110 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Foiling Windsurfer Rebecca Heller: Clearwater US Open/Canadian Pan Am Games TrialsAt the US OPEN: Clearwater, Rebecca Heller qualified Canada for a spot in the Pan Ams, and qualified herself to be nominated to the Canadian team! We discussed the regatta as well as her sailing journey. Starting the 49erFX to falling in love with foiling through sailing Waszps and now the iQFOiL windsurfer. We got into future plans, the Pan Am Games prep as well as her dream of sailing at the Olympics!2023-02-1107 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastWhitecap Regatta Reports-Kitefoiler Mac Morrin: Clearwater US Open/Canadian Pan Am Games TrialsWe've got a new sidebar project in calling "Whitecap Regatta Reports. First up is the Clearwater US Open which was the Pan Am Games Qualifier. In this episode we're getting a report from Mac Morrin who qualified Canada for a position in Men's Kitefoiling, and nominated himself for selection at the games. We talk about port tack starts in kiting, his comeback in the last day of racing, and balancing his life as a full time registered nurse with his racing and training2023-02-0921 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep10 Trevor Parekh: Owner of 49.ca, Skiff sailor, foiler and sailing entrepreneurTrevor Parekh is a 5 time Canadian 49er champion, a foiling advocate and president of 49.ca, Canada's dealer for 49ers, 29ers and Waszps. We had a great conversation about the current state of Canadian skiff sailing, SailGP, the weCAN foil program and how he built his business from selling line in the boat park to selling high performance dinghies.2023-01-1745 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep9-Year End Spectacular with NS coach of the year, Chris WattersWelcome to the Whitecap year end spectacular!! Counting down the top 7 stories of 2022 with Nova Scotia coach of the year and pro sailor Chris Watters! The stories were determined exclusively by host Dave Cripton, using unscientific means and no journalistic credentials. #7 Awarding of the first annual Whitecap Cup for diversity, equity and inclusion. The awards go to Saskatchewan Sailing Association AND the Broader Reach program from Armdale Yacht Club. #6 The class of 2022 Inductees to the Canadian Sailing Hall of fame #5 The new Canada Offshore Racing team entering the world of short handed offshore racing. The program has with the go...2022-12-271h 00Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep8-Prepping for the Vendee Globe with Canada Ocean Racing's Scott ShawyerToday on the podcast we're talking about Canada Ocean Racing, a new Canadian Offshore team who will be competing in the Imoca Globe Series, leading to the most grueling event in the sport of sailing, the Vendée Globe, a solo non stop unassisted around the world race. My guest is Scott Shawyer, Canada Offshore Racing's founder and skipper, who will be attempting to be the first Canadian to ever finish the Vendee, with his sights set on the 2028 race2022-11-291h 00Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep7 Hall of Fame Inductees Judy Lugar and Morag McLeanJudy Lugar and Morag McLean are legends in the history of double handed sailing in Canada as well as role models for sailors like me growing up in the Maritime provinces. In the 470 class they were 4 time Canadian champions, US National as well as North American champions. In 1986 they achieved the pinnacle of the sport, winning the 470 worlds. They were recipients of 1987 Sail Canada female team of the year award, in 2006 they were inducted in the Nova Scotia sports hall of fame and this year, they are members of the 2022 class of inductees to the Canadian sailing Hall Of Fa...2022-11-011h 05Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep6 Isabella Bertold, Sail GP Strategist and former ILCA 6 National team memberToday we’ve got Isabella Berthold on the podcast! She’s a strategist and co pilot for Sail GP Canada. Her accolades as a laser sailor for Canada include female Sailor of the year, fourth at world youth championships world cup medalist, and Canada Games gold medalist. She’s also a professional cyclist and sustainability professional. This was a great conversation covering mental health with athletes, balancing life as a professional cyclist as well as a pro sailor ailor and what it’s like to drive an F50!2022-09-2357 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep5 Ali Tenhove&Mariah Millen, 49erFX OlympiansAli Tenhove and Mariah Millen are our the 49er FX team from the Tokyo Olympics, and currently campaigning for Paris 2024. as a team they have a combined 12 years experience competing for Canada on the world stage, they both have Sail Canada Awards, Mariah having won the Marvin McDill Rookie of the year award and Ali the Bill Burke award for youth Elite sailors. Ali also campaigned for the 2016 games in the 470 with Ali Surette, qualifying Canada for the games but sadly not competing. We talked about ovearcoming nerves, the tight competition with the Lewin Lafrance sisters and a great m...2022-08-3149 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep4 Clara Gravely ILCA 6 Developmental Squad Talks CANADA GAMES, where she was gold medalist in 2017Today on the podcast we’ve got Canadian ILCA 6 sailor, Clara Gravely. Clara is a member of the Canadian Sailing Development Squad, gold medalist at the Canada Summer Games in 2017, and winner of Sail Canada’s Marvin McDill award for Rookie of the year in 2019. We talked about the Canada Summer Games, what inspires her dreams of sailing at the Olympics and using process goals over perfomance goals to acheive success and limit discouragement. 2022-08-1745 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep3 Tom Ramshaw-Two time Olympian and Sail GP crew memberTom Ramshaw is a one of the most successful Canadian dinghy sailors of the last two Olympic cycles, competing in Rio 2016, winning Rolex Canadian sailor of the year in 2018 and placing 10th at Tokyo 2020, in Finns. In 2022 he switched to the ILCA 7 and in his first regatta with that class in over a decade, placed 2nd and top Canadian at the US Open. He’s currently an integral part Canada’s Sail GP team as a jib trimmer and grinder. We talked about being part of the Finn’s last Olympics, his new hobby of wing foiling...2022-07-2732 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastChicago Sail GP Recap with Chris WattersIn a special quick turnaround Whitecap podcast, professional sailor and coach Chris Watters joins Dave to talk about Canada's 2nd place finish at Chicago Sail GP. Chris's current program is called East Coast ILCA. @east.coast.ilca on instagram eastcoastilca.com2022-06-2143 min
Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep2-World Cup and Pan Am Games Gold Medalist, 2020 Olympian Sarah DouglasSarah is a member of the Canadian sailing team, a Pan Am games Gold medalist, placed 6th at the 2020 Olympics in the Laser Radial which is the highest finish for any Canadian Laser sailor male or female in the history of the Olympics. She recently absolutely crushed the fleet at the World Cup in Palma winning by 31 points with a race to spare. She and Dave talked about trusting the process over performance, how to increase inclusion and diversity in sailing and the incredible pressure of an Olympic medal race. 2022-05-3043 minWhitecap: The Canadian Sailing PodcastSeason 1-Ep1-SailGP Canada Skipper Phil RobertsonIn our premiere episode, Dave talks to SailGP Canada Skipper Phil Robertson as he heads into his third season on the SailGP circuit. They talk about putting the Canadian crew together in extremely short order, how match racing might offer sailors a different pathway to success and of course, what crashing an f50 feels like! 2022-05-1138 min
The CriptcastEpisode 11 Dave The HustlerTime to melt the dancefloor! Dave The Hustler is a Swiss electronic music artist, beat maker and producer. He spoke to me about the real reason people want to learn the drums, his collaboration with Felix Da Housecat and we get into the making of the amazing song "Silver Screen (Shower Scene)" which he co wrote and produced. 2021-04-2430 min
The CriptcastEpisode 11 Sandy Jimenez PT2It's 2021 Motherfuckers, So lets start it out with Part 2 with Sandy Jimenez, where we get into the world of comic books from the 1940’s through to the alternative scene in the 80’s to the present day. We also talk about the positive influence of hardcore band Suicidal Tendencies, his friend, skateboarding legend Andy Kessler and music banned by catholic schools in NY that quickly became the most sought after records around. 2021-01-0136 minThe CriptcastEpisode 10 Comics artist Sandy JimenezHey Criptcasters, I’ve got a special treat for Episode 10!! A 2 parter with Sandy Jimenez. Sandy is a filmmaker, illustrator and well known comics artist, creating the characters Sh!t House Poet and Marley Davidson, which appeared in the famed World War 3 Illustrated anthologies. Sandy also grew up in the Bronx where he saw the birth of hip hop while concurrently spending Sunday afternoons in the 80s at CBGB’s watching the most important punk and hardcore bands of all time at the infamous all ages matinees. In Pt 1 we talk about the late 70’s street parties...2020-12-2348 min
The CriptcastEpisode 9 My Big Bro Michael Cripton!!What is UP, loyal fans! Ep. 9 is a very special conversation with my brother Michael about how music influenced him throughout his life. We get into the treasure trove of his Rolling Stone mags I found, how he was one of the first kids in Moncton who got Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and in my opinion Canada's most forgotten great band, the Stampeders!!2020-07-3138 min
The CriptcastEpisode 8 OLD GHOST!!!Hellooo Criptcast friends!! Today I'm talking to Jeff Edwards from OLD GHOST, and the new album MIAMI RUB, which is EXCELLENT!! Seriously do yourself a favour and listen to it, it's got to be one of the best albums of 2020 for me. Courtney Boe also sings two gorgeous the songs on the record. We talked about recording without demos, writing songs in the country and of course the Popemobile!2020-04-2947 minThe CriptcastThe Criptcast Ep. 7- John Yakovou of The YakYour prayers have been answered! Criptcast Ep. 7 is here! Today’s conversation with John Yakovou, who records under the moniker The Yak. His album is called “Four Corners” and you should download it from Bandcamp, maybe before you finish reading this intro. It’s so good. He describes the album as “unapologetically rock n roll” The music satisfies like Built to Spill or Jack White, in that the songs sound like something you’ve heard before but they have been washed and tumbled dry in 2017, looking back and forward at once, like the best kind of time travel. If you were to imagine Joh...2017-11-1755 minThe CriptcastEpisode 6-Discussing Eric's Trip With Author Jason MurrayHello Criptcasters! Special episode today! I welcome author Jason Murray to talk about his great new book "A Distorted Revolution, how Eric's Trip changed Music, Moncton and Me" Eric's Trip was one of the most influential Canadian punk bands ever and one of my very favorites as well (their album "Love Tara" is listed as #39 in Bob Mersereau book "Top 100 Canadian Albums") and I was so happy to geek out with Jason about them. We also discussed life when skateboarding was a crime, growing up as a disaffected youth in the 80's and how punk rock might have actually s...2017-06-0257 minThe CriptcastEpisode 5-My mother Nancy CriptonThe mighty Criptcast back with a very special episode. Today my guest is my mother, Nancy Cripton. She and I talk about her life and what role music played in it, what she played, what she listened to as well as a history of my own musicianship. We discuss the impact of radio, going to dances in Carleton county New Brunswick and what it was like to date a US Air Force pilot in the 1950's!!2017-02-1254 minThe CriptcastEpisode 4-Singer/songwriter Fiona SilverAfter a bit of a hiatus, the mighty Criptcast is back!! Episode 4 features the über talented singer-songwriter/pro sponsored ukulele player Fiona Silver! Fiona has a gorgeous bluesy voice and her songs are steeped in elegant and precise poetry. Her music resides in the soul of a posh flower pushing bravely up through the cracks in the sidewalk of a pre-gentrified New York. As a special treat to fans, we feature a song she recorded as a precocious and emo 13 year old. We talked about the therapeutic nature of music making, middle school talent shows, and how ukuleles are the puppies...2016-09-0755 min
The CriptcastThe Criptcast Episode 3: Jeff Edwards of The YardletsToday I'm talking to Jeff Edwards from the amazing Montreal band The Yardlets, a project which he co leads with Sam Goldberg Jr. (Broken Social Scene). He describes their sound as "Buddy Holly on Acid", While that is apt, it's also super fun adrenalized punk that'll make your head bop. Jeff and I grew up together in in the punk Petri Dish of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. We talked via facetime about the diy 80's skateboarding scene, the developmental appropriateness, nay-necessity, for boys to be ninjas, and how a famous drummer had his best session ever playing on...2016-05-0851 minThe CriptcastThe Criptcast Episode 2Chairman Now features as the first ever guest on the Criptcast! The new album is called Croker's Mountain and it is outstanding, fantastic and swell. The tracks on this monster ep run the gamut and therefore hard to describe...kind of like if Neil Young had an illegitimate son with Steve Malkmus conceived while George Clinton and Paul Westerberg pleasured each other in the closet? Andy Montelone, the creative force behind the band discusses love songs, taking art seriously andhow to write and record a song in ONE HOUR???2016-04-0146 min