 A Olympic torchbearer is seen running with the flame in Chemainus, B.C., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The Olympic Flame which travelled all the way from Olympia in Greece is now on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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NANAIMO, B.C. - Surf's up for the Olympic torch as a wave ride beckons today in the west coast resort community of Tofino.
Plans are afoot to put the Olympic torch on a surf board at Pacific Rim National Park, Canada's hot spot for cold-water surfing.
The torch makes stops in the Vancouver Island logging and fishing city of Port Alberni before arriving in Tofino.
A skateboard ride is also part of torch's weekend visit to Vancouver Island where a crowd of 5,000 cheered its arrival in Nanaimo Saturday night in a downtown park.
The Olympic torch is on a 106-day, 45,000-kilometre relay across Canada. It arrives in Vancouver in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics in February.
