After playing for 25 years and coaching for 15 years, I now enjoy commentating beach volleyball competitions.
Grand Prix Beach Quebec
For the 4th edition of the Grand Prix Beach Quebec, I was invited to be the sport commentator for the beach volleyball competitions. It’s always a pleasure to describe beach volleyball tournaments. Congratulations to all athletes.
Championnat Volleyball Quebec
More updates to come…
Music Playlist
Usually having a professional DJ, this year’s organizers have decided to use ‘playlists’ connected to sound systems. So players and spectators can connect their mobile phones to broadcast. To avoid any interruption when a mobile phone battery died, song looping, playlist ending, or notifications are not silenced, I have decided to create my own ‘beach volleyball’ playlist.
Here’s the highlights of my 2019 beach volleyball season.
Beach Volleyball Coach
JP Godbout Coaching Beach Volleyball Athletes Mikael Dagenais and Hugo Rosso at Jeanne-Mance Park in Montreal.
Coaching Hugo Rosso & Mikael Dagenais
Starting early spring and involved bi-weekly with morning practices until the end of the summer, it has been a pleasure to help out these 2 athletes achieve amazing progression and results;
Top 4 at the 2019 Canadian National Championship in Toronto Silver at 2019 Quebec Provincial Championship in Ste-Agathe Quebec Provincial Tour Event #3 – Boucherville Quebec Provincial Tour Event #2 – Laprairie Quebec Provincial Tour Event #1 – Beauce Challenge Celtique – Montreal
Check videos below to see a variety of beach volleyball drills
Beach Volleyball Warmup Drill featuring Mikael Dagenais, Hugo Rosso, Pierre Brennan and Felix Mahn at Jeanne-Mance Park in Montreal.
Beach Volleyball Commentator
It was a pleasure to be the live voice of three beach volleyball events around Quebec (Montreal, Laprairie, Ste-Agathe).
Volunteer at Local Beach Courts
Contributing to keep local courts safe, clean and available for players to enjoy the sport of beach volleyball.
My parents (Louise & Jean-Denis), sister (Veronique), nieces (Lea, Eva, Aby), girlfriend (Joelle), training partners (R2P), and others (Christian Gauvin, Christian Berger, Isabelle Ducharme, Jean-Francois Groleau, Jean-Sebastien Quesnel, Heidi, etc.)
Jean-Patrick Godbout and Isabelle Ducharme at the 2019 Canadian Master Swimming Championship in Montreal
Jean-Patrick Godbout and Hedwig Lipsz Schwarz at the 2019 Canadian Masters Swimming ChampionshipJean-Patrick Godbout and Christian Gauvin at the 2019 Canadian Master Swimming Championship at Centre Claude Robillard in Montreal
Jean-Patrick Godbout and Christian Berger (Statsman) at the 2019 Canadian Masters Swimming Championship
Links
2019 CANADIAN MASTERS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP
Official Site https://www.mastersswimmingcanada.ca/WP/en/2019-msc-nationals/psych-sheets/
I registered to a masters swimming club in my neighborhood and trained 3 mornings per week with them. I also swam another 3 times per week by my self in the public pool and managed to do dry-land routines everyday (push-ups, sit-ups, stretching, etc.).
Rosemont Masters Swimming ClubRosemont Masters Swimming Club
2019 Removing Ice on Montreal Streets and Sidewalks
When the house started shaking, I knew it was time to grab my phone and be ready to capture some amazing video footage! It didn’t matter if I was comfortably lying on the couch with my girlfriend watching some Netflix after a hard day at work.
I was determined to document this amazing process of removing thick layers of ice in the streets and sidewalks of Montreal. With lots of powerful machinery equipped for this major undertaking, trucks are organized into a choreography.
The video footage actually shows everything about a typical winter lifestyle;
Cars being towed
Pedestrians walking around
Cyclists riding their bike
Here’s the raw footage captured on Wednesday March 13th 2019.
It took me over two years to complete this milestone of riding a BionX electric bike in the city of Montreal, Canada.
I purchased an electric bike at Velo Branché in May 2016 and surpassed the 10,000 km (6000 miles) in September 2018 by cycling mostly in Montreal, Canada.
While sharing my experience, here’s the typical question people ask me;
Average cycling distance per day?
This milestone of cycling 10,000 km with an electric bike was achieved by cycling an average of 25 km (16 miles) per day.
What average speed?
The average speed of 24 km/h (15 mph) cycling in a Canadian city
What’s the price per kilometer?
Considering the initial acquisition cost (3000$ CAD) and maintenance cost (1000$ CAD) required to be cycling with an electric bike for 10,000 km, every kilometer costed 0,04$ CAD.
Here’s my story about being a beach volleyball sport commentator in the summer of 2018.
Jean-Patrick Godbout and Milen Christov (DJ Strandja) on Saturday at the Boucherville OpenJean-Patrick Godbout and Milen Christov (DJ Strandja) on Sunday at the Boucherville OpenJean-Patrick Godbout and Milen Christov (DJ Strandja) at the 2018 Provincial Beach Volleyball Championship in Ste-AgatheJean-Patrick Godbout, Guylaine Dumont and Milen Christov (DJ Strandja) at the 2018 Provincial Beach Volleyball Championship in Ste-Agathe
After being a Divemaster for 10 years, I became a PADI Certified Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor in 2014. The Instructor Development Course was with Sarah at Big Blue Vanuatu.
Excited to be back in VanuatuHappy to be diving in the Pacific Ocean againNewly Certified PADI InstrutorsCrew from Big Blue VanuatuDiving boat from Nautilus WaterSportsCleaning the ocean from trash with Project AWARE.
