My name is Jeff

I’m Steve. I was born and raised in Surrey until I made the escape to the little town of Hope, BC. I was raised fishing, hunting and camping and still love being in the backcountry. I started volunteering with the Association by leading our newbie runs to the Hale Creek rec site. I’m now working with the Cascade Lower Canyon Forest group to help reclaim, build and identify off-road areas in the Hope and surrounding areas. I currently run a 99 Jeep XJ which is running a 4.5 inch lift on 33’s. He’s affectionately known as Gunnar. I look forward to meeting more members and working towards our common goal of being stewards of our backcountry trails and protecting more and more trails and rec sites.

I am Mike Tishken, originally from Orlando FL, but I moved to Vernon BC in November of 2016 to be with my wife Ashley. I currently work at Bannister Chevrolet in Vernon as a Service Technician.

The Okanagan is an amazingly beautiful place to live. From our lakes to ski and snowboarding in the winter, lots of logging roads to explore, and fire lookouts with amazing views. I'm excited to be representing 4WDABC in the Okanagan! I've organized and led trail rides to Eureka, Sugar and Mara lookouts. I also hold bi-weekly 4wd and coffee meets in a couple of different locations.

My off-road background is mainly with Hummer, as I worked for Hummer from 2002 to 2009. My first experience at off-roading was at the Hummer Training Academy 2003 and 2008 at AM General proving grounds driving H1s. My favourite video game was Test Drive Offroad, and I always played the H1 so this was a dream come true for me, and the bonus was I got paid to do it! In my time with Hummer, I helped run and provided technical support for off road runs twice a year with large groups of trucks. I currently drive a 2005 Hummer H2 SUT which I love getting out on the trails with any chance I get.

As a regional officer for 4WDABC I'm looking forward to working with our local wheeling community to help educate, be an advocate to keep back roads open, perform cleanups in sensitive areas, help with local restorations of historic fire lookouts, to be a good friend of the local wheeling community and lend a hand when needed! Thanks to all that have supported me!!!

My name is Brian Hewitt. I was born and raised Langford, B.C. and spent a vast majority of my youth wheeling in and around Sooke. I’ve been an avid off-roader since before I even had a drivers license. I am a father of two amazing kids that love the outdoors as much as I do, and my wife and I spend every chance we get exploring the backcountry in our Jeeps.

I am the trail leader of 642 JEEPS which is the Jeep club I started here in Sooke where we live. We currently have 436 members in our club and are highly active in our community and on our local trails. I have also recently been accepted as a member of the South Island Public Advisory Group in conjunction with the Teal Jones logging and forestry company and I am hoping that I will be able to assist all of us in gaining more knowledge and insight as well as access to more of our backcountry recreation areas.

I was honoured to have been asked to join the Four Wheel Drive Association of British Columbia as a regional officer, and I firmly believe in the principals and practices of the association and hope that my presence within the association can somehow make a difference in the off-road community as a whole. I hope to be able to share my knowledge of off-roading with others and look forward to the opportunity of learning from those off-roaders who have blazed the trails before me. I look forward to meeting you all on the trails!

Cheers!

The backroads are calling me!! It's so much fun and relaxing to get away from the city with friends and family and to help newcomers discover the joys of backroading. So far I'm concentrating on every corner of our province. By the way, my call sign is VA7BKC when out there.

I enjoy driving FSRs and back country roads. I have done Hale Creek run (the hard way) on my last trip to the coast.

Hi everyone, I'm Leah McQueen, Regional Officer for the South Peace region.

I grew up camping, fishing, horseback riding, and riding my dirt bike on the backroads of the West Kootenays before moving to Prince George in 2001 for university and then to Chetwynd after graduation. Since moving to Chetwynd I have fallen in love with 4x4ing-especially snow wheeling.  When I'm not in the shop fixing my 1997 XJ, Ursula, I'm driving my kids everywhere in my JKU or out on the trails.  

From 2015-2018 my husband and I were part owners in an offroad parts company, Winch Wench Offroad, and during that time we met some pretty amazing people who shared our passion for 4x4ing.

I have been volunteering with the 4WDABC since 2016.  In 2019 I was thrilled to be able to get our first partnership agreement for this area organized for Windfall Creek Rec Site.  Going forward I hope to grow our membership in this area and work with other recreation groups to help keep our backcountry access open. 

I got involved with 4wdabc about 2 years ago after purchasing a Toyota 4runner. I had big plans of wheeling, fishing and camping further into the backwoods of the lower mainland and beyond. After going to the first maintenance run to the shelter at hale creek I was hooked. By going to a few of the newbie runs I'm way more confident in my off road driving abilities. Now I get out into the Bush about twice a month minimum.