BC & Western Canada Bodybuilders

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Franco Cavaleri | Jim Nickles | Don Weber | Dave Gauthier

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Franco Cavaleri

Franco is one the best-known and most popular of the top echelon of BC bodybuilders. A holder of an B.Sc. in Nutrition Science, Franco is a technical genius concerning medicinal herbs and their effects on body chemistry and his advice and guidance are avidly sought by BC competitors and non-bodybuilding athletes. His all-natural Champion's Choice line of dietary and herbal supplements incorporates traditional bodybuilding dietary science with Asian herbalism and alternative medicine. These pictures were taken approximately six weeks prior to the 1992 North American Championships during Franco's training for that show, at which he won the Middleweight division. Franco is also the 1990 Western Canada Middleweight and Overall Champion, the 1990 BC Middleweight and Overall Champion, and the 1988 Ironore Classic Middleweight and Overall Champion.

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Jim Nickles

Jim is another well-known and extremely popular BC bodybuilder whose physique will remain large in local legend for some time to come. Winner of the 1990 BC Heavyweight and 1991 Western Canada Heavyweight and Overall titles, Jim went on to the 1992 Canadian Championships in Halifax, winning the Heavyweight division and almost taking the Overall. Then considered a top Canadian contender for the Mr Universe title, Jim has been semi-retired since the 1992 competition season and is busy raising his family and working at his job as a fireman on the University of British Columbia campus. These pictures were taken about eight weeks prior to the 1992 Canadas. Jim is 6'1" and weighs 245 lbs. on stage.

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Don Weber

Don is another of BC's nationally-ranked bodybuilding athletes and is known for his impressive symmetry and stylish posing. A native of Saskatchewan, Don holds provincial lightweight and middleweight titles from there and won the Middleweight division of the 1993 Western Canadas at Banff, Alberta. Don competes regularly at the national level where he has placed as a Light Heavyweight. He also "crossed the line" (the US-Canada boundary) in 1992 to win the NPC Northwest Middleweight and Overall Championships in Seattle. Don is a self-made businessman in the sport-clothing and snowboard industries.

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Dave Gauthier

Born in Timmins, Ontario but now living in BC, Dave is one of the best-known faces in Canadian bodybuilding because of his long competition record and a few appearances in MuscleMag a couple of years in which he was touted as one of the sport's rising new stars and sexiest new faces. Dave is a dedicated and regular competitor but has only placed in the Western Canadas and the Canadas since winning the Junior (national?) title several years ago. In spite of his difficulties in the Canadian competitive arena, Dave won the Light Heavyweight Title at the Los Angeles Championships in 1993 (?) and would have won the Overall - if he hadn't adjusted his suit during a back pose in order to better display his glute striations (a no-no in LA, quite surprisingly)! Obviously a showman on stage, Dave is as dedicated to music as he is to bodybuilding and is a talented and technically-gifted bass player who has been a key member of several bands of the "thrash metal jazz" variety. The above pictures date from the 1992 Western Canada Championships, in which Dave was the first runner-up in the Light Heavyweight Division, and from a rooftop shoot soon after at my old studio in Vancouver's historic Victory Square district.

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