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Can we call this "surfing"? Roadtrip to Tofino in the middle of winter (kayaking, hiking & a sunset)
A few months ago, my sister came to visit me in Vancouver. We decided to do a road trip to Tofino, British Columbia, Canada to learn how to surf for the first time in our lives. Can we call this "surfing" or is it simply falling in the water? 🤨Watch until the end to make a decision! We also went kayaking, hiking and watched a beautiful sunset during the weekend. Oh, I almost forgot, I also had my first DJI Mavic Air drone crash...
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I got my first drunk crashed [Music] [Music] I don't know how well you can see but who can see Vancouver in the horizon right there [Music] [Music] we just arrived in Tofino and the landscape is amazing in the nice weather is out so we're going on a character and for the first time with our winter coats so I'm pretty excited to see how it's gonna go [Music] leather star the other one up there the orange one [Music] so 10 minutes ago was completely rainy but now we got nice sweater out and we can see the mountains so the view is really nice right now let's show it tomorrow we're going up this mountain right here [Music] you just finished our character and it was really nice I didn't expect it to be as warm it actually was pretty okay with a winter coat and not getting water on us and the water was like she's so cold so pretty surprising I thought I went to work terrible we are on our way to try to catch the sunset we had a hard time finding the public space to where to park but I finally found a little path that need to go through to get to the beach and we hope we're going to see it [Music] whoa I was going to say that I love having waterproof shoes but what her proof is not useful when you get water inside of them so they're completely soaked right now [Music] so today during the CAC we were making sure that everything stayed dry our electronics and everything but at the end my sister needed to rinse the lifejacket and forgot our phone inside so now it's in a rice bag and we hope it's gonna come back in the next few days so they two of the adventure it's a beautiful sunny day today we're going to hiking to the top of Lancome our original day plan was to go hike long combed s the mountain right behind me here but it's closed way today so repugnant need to change our plans [Music] [Music] the chair we're on right now is called big trees and we just found our first picture that's right behind me right here [Music] another big tree that was in long we just arrived to the end of the boardwalk took us over 20 minutes not even so now we're gonna continue and do the whole loop that should be a little bit longer but no more boardwalk we hope it's not gonna be too muddy are we gonna do here [Music] I think we're supposed to stay on the log on top follow thee [Music] disadvantage of having a huge bag oh yeah just forget to look at the trees [Music] alright let's bow our Fox big tree [Music] we're so stressful look at a tree we just found [Music] it's time to make fire Joan I just checked the regulation and the no-fly zones around and we should be okay here if I'm not flying too high so let's go [Music] our hike is done we're gonna go and wait for the boat to come back and enjoy that time we're gonna try and catch footage with the Joan of the glacier if that's not too far away so I got my first drunk crush today I'm not too sure what happened I was bringing back to Joan and totally lost control of it it hit the tree I don't know if I'd the video I hope I have the footage to show you what happened the drone is perfectly okay we could fly it afterwards and everything was okay [Music] so this morning we're going surfing it's currently about two degrees Celsius so we have wetsuits on ready to go surfed in cold water [Music] this morning had a surf lesson Dulli pies that I forgot my waterproof casing for the grow proof so I couldn't take any footage but we just really liked it so we decided to do surf again so we rented these surfboards and we're going back on the beach and we're gonna hope to get footage this afternoon of the experience [Music] my sister just told me that the board's who got this afternoon are we harder than the ones you had this morning so I hope I'm still gonna be able to stay up more than a few seconds defector mainly because I see her doing it it's not a good sign right now so what we got [Applause] [Music] [Music] for those wondering how's the wetter since we're during the winter right now it's actually really not bad I think it's about five degrees Celsius right now but with that Sun it feels much more warmer and with the wetsuit you don't feel the cold water at all so it's actually pretty good waiter right now it almost feels like we're in summer [Music] [Music] try to transport my board like a pro I'm not too good at it [Music] [Music] we just did a stop on the side of the road because look at what we found [Music] we just brought back the surfboards we conclude our weekend in Tofino if you liked the video you can view more content on my Instagram the likings can be read below you can also like subscribe by hitting the big red button and share the video with your friends thank you and see you in the next one [Music]
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What is this video about?
A few months ago, my sister came to visit me in Vancouver, and we decided to do something we'd never done before: drive out to Tofino and learn how to surf. Fair warning—we spent most of our time falling in the water, so "surfing" might be a generous term for what we were doing. But the journey there was incredible.
Tofino in winter is stunning. The moment we arrived, the weather was perfect, and we decided to go kayaking right away. I was nervous about how cold it would be, but with our winter coats on, it was surprisingly manageable. The real challenge came later when my sister rinsed the lifejacket and accidentally left our phone inside—hello, rice bag recovery mission.
The next day, we planned to hike Long Comber Mountain, but it was closed, so we pivoted to the Big Trees boardwalk loop instead. It's a shorter hike, but the old-growth cedar and spruce trees are genuinely impressive. I brought my DJI Mavic Air along to get some drone footage of the landscape, especially the glacier in the distance. Unfortunately, I got a little too ambitious and crashed it into a tree while bringing it back. The drone survived just fine, but my confidence took a hit.
The real centerpiece of the trip was surfing. We had a lesson in the morning (which I couldn't film because I forgot the waterproof casing), and we liked it enough to rent boards and try again in the afternoon. At about 2°C, it sounds brutal, but the wetsuit does the job, and with the sun out, it actually felt almost pleasant. As for whether we were actually surfing or just falling repeatedly—I'll let you watch and judge for yourselves.
We also caught a beautiful sunset, stopped at a viewpoint where we could see Vancouver across the strait, and had one of those perfect weekend adventures where everything from the landscape to the mishaps felt exactly right.