Richard Holmes is a successful pro mountain biker who lives in Whistler, BC. Originally from Waterloo, Ontario, he moved out there years ago after falling in love with the sport, and his skill garnered him sponsors, trophies and prizes. After studying Mountain Bike Operations on BC's Sunshine Coast, he became a certified coach at the Whistler Bike Park.

Two years ago, the Stuttering Foundation awarded the 1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive tune You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet an award for being the "most unique" of all the songs that feature stuttering. It stood out because it is about a real person: Randy Bachman's brother, Glen, who stuttered. Randy performed a version of the song with stuttering in the chorus as a tribute to him, never intending it to be released. But the band's manager thought the stuttering version had more character, and it ended up being used for the album.

The upcoming International Stuttering Association Congress, taking place in the Netherlands in June, has an impressive lineup of keynote speakers. Included are British writer David Mitchell (author of Cloud Atlas on which the movie was based), American speech-language pathologist and person who stutters David A. Shapiro, and American writer and entrepreneur Katherine Preston. Katherine's book, Out With It: How Stuttering Helped me Find my Voice, will be available in April.