Bill Mason was a Canadiannaturalist, author, artist, filmmaker, and conservationist, noted primarily for his popular canoeing books, films, and art as well as his documentaries on wolves. Mason was also known for including passages from Christian sermons in his films. He was born in 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and graduated from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1951. He developed and refined canoeing strokes and river-running techniques, especially for complex whitewater situations. Mason canoed all of his adult life, ranging widely over the wilderness areas of Canada and the United States. Termed a "wilderness artist," Mason left a legacy that includes books, films, and artwork on canoeing and nature. His daughter Becky Mason is a canoeist and artist. His son Paul Mason is also a canoeist and artist. Mason died of cancer in 1988.
Canoeing
In his review of James Raffan's 1996 biography of Mason, Michael Peake refers to Mason as "the patron saint of canoeing." To many Canadian and American Paddlers and Canoeists growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, his series of instructional films were the introduction to technique and the canoeing experience. In many ways, Bill, Joyce, Paul and Becky Mason were the "faces" of Canadian Canoeing in the '70s. Mason's good friend, filmmaker Blake James, also frequently appeared in his films.
Bill Mason (born 20 August 1950) is a former British Olympic rower and rowing coach.
Mason won silver in a coxless four at the 1968 World Junior Championships and was part of an eight in 1974 that won Great Britain’s first sweep medal at a senior world championships. He also rowed at the 1972 and '76 Olympics.
In the 1940s, he moved to Hampstead Heath, London, with his wife and son Nick Mason, who became the drummer of Pink Floyd. A filmmaker and amateur racing car driver, because of a lifelong passion for motor sports Bill Mason specialized in observing them as a maker of documentary films. His enthusiasm for the world of motoring was passed on to his son Nick, who wrote about them in his book Into the Red (2004). Mason's success was such that Nick was given an Aston Martin sports car as a teenager.
As well as making films, Mason was also a scriptwriter.
Its about time, I cant wait any longer Got a winter-long thirst for where the sun is stronger I got nothin to do Well talk about the days of old And well sit around and drink beer thats cold We both know theres nothin better to do No more workin all day, nothin making us stay Except its better here now than it was yesterday Its alright as long as you dont mind a good time on a Friday night and its Robert Keen, hes floatin on a breeze through the cedar trees And its all I need to set me free Sittin in the back of this pickup truck I know Ive no shortage of luck On this Texas summer day Drivin through the river well it soothes my soul Sippin iced tea and I feel at home Content to know no other way Got ol Lyle on the stereo, got an endless dirt road
(AP) — JoshAllen won't be the only athletic, elusive, mobile quarterback at Highmark Stadium this weekend when the Buffalo Bills host the Denver Broncos in an AFC wild-card game ... "He’s the real deal,” Bills defensive coordinator Bobby Babich said.
(AP) — JoshAllen won’t be the only athletic, elusive, mobile quarterback at Highmark Stadium this weekend when the Buffalo Bills host the Denver Broncos in an AFC wild-card game ... “He’s the real deal,” Bills defensive coordinator Bobby Babich said.
(AP) — JoshAllen won't be the only athletic, elusive, mobile quarterback at Highmark Stadium this weekend when the Buffalo Bills host the Denver Broncos in an AFC wild-card game ... "He’s the real deal,” Bills defensive coordinator Bobby Babich said.
"It was a great moment. I look up to my brothers (Logan and Mason) ... "Logan started it ... ... Wayne coach BillThomson has won Section V championships with Blankenberg brothers Cam, Logan and Mason, who have combined to score over 3,300 points and counting.
According to Mason’s Sec ... This universal rule means that even if the legislature were to pass a guardrail bill that on its face requires a three-fifths vote for passage of a budget “waiver,” nonetheless under Mason’s Sec.
Bonnie is also survived by her sister, Tina Goepfarth (Bill) of Oil City; her brother, John Hogue (Lori) of Pittsburgh; and her best friend, Linda Vogus, who shared many laughs and adventures.
Sent off at 9-4, HarrySkelton was content to watch on from midfield as outsider ElectricMason led them, along with the strong-travelling BillJoyce who was always in his slipstream.
Sent off at 9/4, HarrySkelton was content to watch on from midfield as outsider ElectricMason led them, along with the strong-travelling BillJoyce who was always in his slipstream.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are frauds ... Yet ... It would not be an issue if they went 0-3 ... In 2023, the team fell off a cliff to get to 7-7 and pushed to finish 10-7 under Mason Rudolph, but they lost at the Buffalo Bills ... BETTING ... ....
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