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Supporting the dream

His powersports equipment business is keeping Ryan Tomilin very busy

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Ryan Tomilin is owner/manager of B&F Sales & Service in Grand Forks, B.C. — Photo courtesy Alana Tomilin

Ryan Tomilin, owner/operator of B&F Sales & Service in Grand Forks, B.C., is among the 2012 Best of Business Award winners.

If you weren’t running your own business, what would be your dream job?

If I wasn’t doing this, I’d be a professional motorcycle racer.

What was your very first paid employment and what did you learn from it?

My first paid job was pulling weeds in a potato field—I learned I didn’t want to do that kind of work ever again!

Who or what inspires you?

My family.

Who was one of your important mentors?

My dad.

If you had a chance to give career advice to your younger self, what would you say?

Go to school. Learn as much as possible.

What’s something about you that most people wouldn’t know?

I can’t think of anything. What you see is what you get!

What are your hobbies?

Motorcycling, snowmobiling, ATVing.

What would you do on your dream vacation?

I’d like to do something different every day—snowmobiling one day, dirt biking the next and lying on the beach the next. That’s my 649 dream.

Marie Milner

Marie Milner is a writer and photographer for Kootenay Business magazine and several other publications. She appreciates the inspiration that she gets during her interviews and hopes to share that inspiration with you. View all of Marie Milner’s articles

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