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Zipline

This week on THAT’S AWSM! chef Danny Smiles teams up with Sheldon, a fourteen-year-old Mohawk youth from Oka. Together they will be exploring the forest near Mont Tremblant – both from the ground and from the sky! First they do some hunting…mushroom hunting that is. Danny will show Sheldon how to create a delicious meal of their spoils, cooking over an open flame, before they head off to zip through the trees with the greatest of ease – on the longest zipline in all of Quebec! Will one of them be courageous enough to try ziplining upside down? Tune in to find out!

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Sheldon

Thanks guys, that was pretty cool. Had a lot of fun- best part has to be Darcy in that bear costume though.

Darcy Waite

Yea it was nice to take a break from Darcy and embody the bear…method acting you know.
Although I wasn’t impressed by you trying to feed the bear Sheldon…never feed wild animals!! You could have killed me.

Sheldon

Darcy…you weren’t really a bear though…

Darcy Waite

Sheldon…
M-e-t-h-o-d
A-c-t-i-n-g

Danny Smiles

Sheldon

Darcy, do real bears dance like that though? Like if you were trying to do method acting… just asking…

Sheldon

Or play soccer for that matter?...

Fun Fact : Indigenous cookbooks

Danny Smiles

I loved having you come meet my friend David!

Danny Smiles

Despite the rain it was so much fun mushroom picking.

Sheldon

Yea, I never knew mushroom picking could be so fun!

Darcy Waite

We were on a role – especially once we hit that gold vein!

Sheldon

It was chill to hang in the country, Darcy you weren’t too bad at making a fire either

Darcy Waite

LOL thanks for your help Sheldon…

Sheldon

Hey I was giving important direction!

Danny Smiles

Your clowning skills were on par Sheldon. Did you know your assistant costume holder kept making faces at me?

Sheldon

Haha! No, I didn’t see that... I guess she was a real “clown”

Fun Fact : Chaga Mushrooms

Sheldon

Your car was so epic Danny, really felt like we were on a movie set with that ride!!

Danny Smiles

Glad you liked it Sheldon, she’s my pride and joy!

Darcy Waite

Ziplining on Tremblant was really cool, I hear you even managed to hang upside down Sheldon?

Sheldon

Oh yea it was so awesome. Once I got the hang of it, it was really cool to try out tricks!

Danny Smiles

Did you have fun trying to hike up the mountain Darcy? When we were on the gondola we felt kinda bad for you…

Darcy Waite

Yea… well… what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! I may have gotten lost, but I took many a cool selfie…

Darcy Waite

Darcy Waite

Kinda wish I’d met a real bear though. Would have been great to observe it for my method acting.

Sheldon

I think you might not have enjoyed a real encounter with a real bear Darcy...

Danny Smiles

All round great experience for everyone then!

Darcy Waite

See you guys next time!
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Ziptrek

Ziplines were invented for a very cool reason… In the 1970s the biologist Dr. Donald Perry was deep in the rain forests of Costa Rica and while he was trying to study life he kept getting interrupted by well, life, only the kind that could kill you. So he decided to use ziplines as a way to study animal life without being eaten by it. He built observation platforms around the jungle and used polyester rope ziplines to travel between platforms. These days ziplines are used more for fun!

Check out the five ziplines at Ziptrek in Tremblant village – one of which is the longest in Quebec – for a fun and exhilarating afternoon!

Website : https://www.tremblant.ziptrek.com/

Icebreaker

Mushroom Farm

What’s better than taking a ride in a Ford 1968 to go to Tremblant outside of Montreal? Going to pick some delicious mushrooms at a beautiful farm and learning to cook over a fire from a fabulous chef! Mushrooms have been used for centuries in cooking, in medicinal remedies, and have recently been propelled to the forefront in holistic medicine for their anti-oxidant properties. There are many kinds of mushrooms that can be found in the woods all across Canada, but you should never ever go mushroom picking without someone who knows what they’re doing.

Check out the farm we visited to harvest and cook these goodies!

Bio Sauvage : http://www.biosauvage.com/en/

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Darcy Waite

ProfessionTV Host

PassionHosting TV shows

Fun factLove sports

You may recognize him from his roles on Blackstone and Delmer & Marta, or you may have heard that he’s produced a few films and web series himself, but it’s time to get to know DARCY WAITE as host of That’s AWSM! Outgoing, sporty, goofy, warm, and entertaining, Darcy is down to try any and all of our AWSM activities… unfortunately he doesn’t often get to! He can recite every single line from every Will Ferrell movie ever made, and isn’t too crazy about vegetables, but there is nothing he loves more than meeting teens from communities all over Canada and helping them live their best AWSM lives – which makes him the perfect guy for the job!

Sheldon

Age14

CommunityKanesatake

NationMohawk

Sheldon is a fourteen year old Mohawk originally from Kanesatake. He likes to go hunting with his family, loves playing video games, and it a little bit of a risk taker who has gone cliff jumping and even let a tarantula once crawl over his body! He cares for the environment and wants people to realize they should be doing more to protect it. He has more in common with our guest this week than he realizes, he grew up with a chef for a mom and knows his way around a kitchen!

Danny Smiles

ProfessionChef

PassionCooking

Fun factBefore becoming a chef, he toured with an indie rock band!

Celebrity chef Danny Smiles has appeared on Iron Chef Canada, was the runner-up in the third season of Top Chef Canada and is the Chef de Cuisine at Le Bremner in Montreal. He plays the drums, and is a wicked soccer player, when he’s not in the kitchen that is! He got started on his journey in the kitchen by working the dish pit at his family’s hotel, and then he was hooked… he went to Italy where he trained under Michelin-starred chefs,  and also speaks Italian along with French and English. But he does have one greasy secret…he likes fast food cheeseburgers!

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That’s AWSM! is the unlikely meeting between an Indigenous youth and a well-known personality, facilitated by our funny, friendly, resourceful host, Darcy Waite. Together they will experience an amazing day full of thrills, chills, challenges and crazy laughs, all while hanging out and getting to know each other. That’s AWSM! truly is… AWSM! :)

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