Sudbury Bride Snowboards in Wedding Dress

A couple from Dowling said “I do” and then their marriage went downhill – literally.

Neil Fleming told CBC that his wife Kayla Whalen had always dreamed of going skiing on her wedding day.

“When Kayla was just a small child her dream had been to ski in her wedding dress. Once I proposed, she told me that’s what she wanted to do.” (Fleming tells CBC)

So that’s exactly what they did. However, it wasn’t easy to find a hill that was wiling to say “I do”  to their unusual request.

Finally, after 6 months of searching for a location, they managed to convince the folks at Laurentian Ski Hill in North Bay.

The ceremony started off at the bottom of the ski hill before the couple hopped on a ski left! Epic photo below.

Fleming tells CBC:
“It was about a ten yard walk to the ceremony site, kind of like walking down the aisle. They had roped up a section at the top for the ceremony. It was the first weekend of the March break, so we had 130 guests, plus everyone on break who was skiing.”

After the happy couple exchanged their vows, bride Whalen took off down the hill in a snowboard with her wedding gown still on!!!

If you’re wondering how Whalen managed to make her way down the hill in a wedding gown? So was her husband. Fleming told CBC:

“Literally, Kayla just went for it. It was not easy, she could have bailed. I don’t know how wedding dresses work…I’m sure it wasn’t that easy.”

Here is KiSS Mornings with Shannon & Gary talking about it on KiSS 105.3……