As a kid in living in Maple Ridge, Dan Stinson loved to play basketball, soccer, and hockey. Dan attended Mt. Crescent Elementary School and moved on to Maple Ridge Senior Secondary. But Dan wasn't content just competing—he loved telling other people about the sporting events in their community.
His writing career started at the Maple Ridge Secondary school paper, writing about the school teams, and when he was just 16, he became sports editor at the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Gazette.
He went on to study journalism, and by 1972 had joined the sports desk at the Vancouver Sun. He's been a reporter there ever since, still doing what he loves, telling people about the sports that he loves, using words to bring to life the sports action and issues for his readers.