FINALY, THE TRUTH

As most of you know, in the late 40's what is now referred-to throughout the free world as Gord's Ski and Bike was originally named Gord and Phélipés's house of sandals and imported macramé.
That is until Gord fell in love with stuff like Skis and Bikes... Phélipé's soul, however, was never wooed by mundane things like the great outdoors and human interaction... So in the summer of 1953 Gord and Phélipé had a falling out. Partially motivated by Phélipé's desire to get into the anti-wrinkle cream business and fueled by a lingering bitterness that the business was never named Phélipé and Gord's House of Sandals and imported Macramé... In the simple interest of making a long, convoluted story short, a story that guides us through Gord's brief yet fascinating career as a pearl diver off the coast of Dubai to Gord's glory years as a young cliff diver in Acapulco with a pit stop in Malaysia where he reportedly invented Red Bull while working on his third novella entitled, suprisingly, "Short Skis Suck". Let us mercifully jump ahead to 1961, when Gord's started What is now called Gord's Ski and Bike... and we're glad he did. Thanks, Gord... and man, are we happy we're not in the anti wrinkle cream business!

No but seriously:

Established in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Gord Reid in 1961 with a little help from a certain doctor who, in a previous life, co-invented the metal ski edge... Gord's Ski Centre [Number 7 Donald Street] has been the driving force behind skiing and biking in Central Canada for over 40 years now! After the addition of Snowboards many years ago we've renewed our commitment to bikes both road and off-road.

Check back soon for the actual detailed history of Gord's.