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Thanks again to the generous contribution from the Kaslo Protective Cup Golf Tournament proceeds, the NMCBDF is pleased to announce that the 2025 recipient for the JVH Grad $500 Bursary was Abbie Stewart.

Hello! My name is Abigail Stewart and I am the grateful recipient of this year’s Nyle Mulkey Chose Bursary. I have grown up in Kaslo BC and have enjoyed living the Kootenay life. In the wintertime I love riding the slopes at whitewater with my Dad and my friends, and in the summer time I enjoy hiking, biking, canoeing, camping, and everything else this beautiful area has to offer. Over the past 3 years I have taken the outdoor education course at JVH school. Taking this course helped me learn a lot of important skills and has really deepened my love for the outdoors. In the next few years ahead, I plan to spend the Nyle Mulkey Chose funds to further educate myself in wilderness first aid and/or rock climbing. 

Thank you so much, Abbie 🙂

Come join us for the NMCBDF Annual Fundraiser!

We’re holding our annual fundraising silent auction at a screening of the ski film RETURN. November 28th at The Spirit Bar @ 7 pm. Tickets: https://humehotel.tickit.ca/events/26566

The Nyle Mulkey Chose Bluebird Day Foundation (NMCBDF) is a non profit society created in 2018 for the purpose of sponsoring people from the West Kootenay region, who embrace life & nature in all its majesty and mystery, in developing their skills in the backcountry. Inspired by the joyous life of Nyle Mulkey Chose who was a beloved member of the Baldface guiding team.

Come out and make it possible for us to support the next wave of backcountry guides pursuing their dreams in the wild. Dive into action and bid on awesome goods on the NMCBDF silent auction tables, meet members of the board, win free merch and share your love for the backcountry with others who get what it means to live for adventure.  Let’s rally together and keep the spirit of Nyle alive, and get stoked for the upcoming winter.

Thanks again to the generous contribution from the Kaslo Protective Cup Golf Tournament proceeds, the NMCBDF is pleased to announce that the 2024 recipient for the JVH Grad $500 Bursary was Luca Blouin.

Congratulations to Luca.

Luca is pictured here with Susan, Nyle’s mom, on the left, and Jo Davie, Protective Cup representative on the right.

Thanks to the generous contribution of the Kaslo Protective Cup Golf Tournament proceeds, the NMCBDF has been able to create an annual $500 bursary to support a student from JVH School in Kaslo to pay for their certifications. We are pleased to announce that the deserving recipient this year was Micha Luchetta.

Micha came highly recommended by his Outdoor Adventures Teacher with a description of his great skills as an inclusive team player and of his respectful, compassionate nature towards everyone.

Micha says his happiest moments are when he is in the mountains, and that skiing puts his mind in a place of peace and pure enjoyment. Congratulations to Micha. He is surely living a life that is aligned with the spirit of Nyle.

Micha is pictured here with Susan, Nyle’s mom.

It’s back!

The NMCBDF Annual Fundraiser

Saturday April 15, 2023 @ The Spirit Bar, Hume Hotel, Nelson

$20 per person / Tickets at the Door

Doors open at 7 pm / Silent Auction 7 – 10 / Music 7 – 11

More details TBA

Thanks to everyone who entered the “Gear Up for Winter” contest. We were thrilled to see everyone enjoying the best of the season, just like Nyle did.

Today marks the 5 year anniversary since Nyle left us, and it warms our hearts that his memory lives on amidst big turns and big drops.

Thanks to everyone who entered and a big shout out and thank you to our sponsors: Tribute Boardshop and Baldface!

#senditfornyle

Winner: Maceo Reynolds

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Honourable Mention: Cody Erickson

The Turning Man event was put on by local shredders at the legendary Salmo community run ski hill. Salmo Ski hill boasts the longest T-bar in BC with a 305 meter descent of groomed night skiing perfection. This event was geared for riders to test their speed on a banked slalom. The course was meticulously built and designed by the Tribute Board Shop team. The event brought the Kootenay snowboard industry together for a race of legends.

On race day the stoke was at an ultimate high and energies soared as each rider made their decent down the course. Age categories of riders consisted of Gromes under the age of 16, men’s and women’s category and 40+ master riders. This event truly brought the local talents of snowboarding into one place, one run at a time. This event also featured pro riders including Travis Rice, Robyn Van Gyn, Ben Ferguson, and Hannah Beaman, just to name a few!

Sponsored by Tribute Board Shop, Baldface Valhalla, Burton Snowboards, and Salmo Ski hill, proceeds raised from the event went toward the terrain park at Salmo Ski Hill, and with honour, the NMC Bluebird Day Foundation. 

Turning Man was such a success in 2022. We look forward to being a part of the events in years to come.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram to get up to date info on upcoming events!

www.turningman.ca

We remember how much Nyle loved sailing through the air on his board so we’re having a little contest to celebrate that joy.  We want to see how folks #senditfornyle by sending us a video clip or a photo of an epic trick or some smooth moves. Anything that captures your love of playing in the great outdoors, whether that’s you jumping off a cornice, or making some sweet turns.

Please send your entries to nmcbluebirddayfoundation@gmail.com  Contest Deadline is February 28th, 2022

When Nyle died, many felt and continue to feel the loss deeply. Each of us have to find our own ways to navigate our grief while we celebrate the profound ways he continues to live on.

Our friend Hayden, in particular, stitched many days together with Nyle in the mountains, the forest, on the lake or by a river, in the shop, the truck and around the table. Nyle and Hayden were a solid team. In March 2021, 4 years after Nyle died, Hayden created a beautiful way to honour his friend.

Hayden set a goal to spread Nyle’s ashes across a snow covered basin while riding. In his inspired way, he added a pinch of Nyle’s ashes into the color pigments within each smoke bomb, and designed a way to strap the bombs to the board. He organized a posse of friends, family and a film crew and everyone headed deep into the Valhalla range. Riders strapped on the smoke bombs, lit them up and headed down the slope with the colourful smoke trailing behind.

A profound loss compels us to make our own meaning in unique and personal ways and to dive deep to keep living some days. Hayden said this about spreading Nyle’s ashes:

“Eventually the snow melts into surface runoff that goes into the local streams and rivers. Washing down with it necessary nitrogen, calcium and other nutrients to provide proper nourishment for lower elevation biodiversity. Ultimately evaporation will occur, forming condensation to be stored within the atmosphere, only to return into precipitation to start the process over again. Nyle isn’t just with us in spirit , he’s with us in the rivers we enjoy, the fish we catch, the lines we shred, the hikes we walk and even the views we hold dear. He is literally all around us.”

With thanks to the film crew, Baldface-Valhalla lodge and the hydrological cycle. TributeBaldface LodgeBaldface ValhallaVolcom