Six top 10 results for Canada during the two IPC para-snowboard World Cups
BIG WHITE, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARCH 29, 2013) – Two IPC para-snowboard World Cups were hosted this week at Big White Ski Resort under stellar conditions. Presented on the same course as the Sport Chek Snowboardcross National Championships ongoing all week, six Canadians made their way into the top-10 during the two competitions.
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On Thursday’s World Cup, the 2009 World Champion Tyler Mosher from Whistler, BC was just shy of the podium finishing in third position. Ontario’s John […]
Canada Snowboard to host Para-Snowboard World Cup at Big White
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (JANUARY 14, 2013) – Canada Snowboard will host the International Paralympic Para-Snowboarding World Cup of the season at Big White Ski Resort in the Okanagan this March.
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Para-Snowboarding makes its debut at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games and the Canadian team is determined to make an impressive showing on the international stage at that event.
Hosting an event in Canada will give Canadian National Team athletes Tyler Mosher (Whistler, B.C.), Ian Lockey (Trail, B.C.), John […]
Mosher wins silver at inaugural para snowboard competition
Landgraaf, Netherlands (November 27, 2012) – Canadian Tyler Mosher earned two silver medals in the sling-shot snowboardcross event at para snowboarding’s competitive debut here last week.
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Last May the International Paralympic Committee announced that para-snowboarding had earned a berth alongside para-skiing in the 2014 Sochi Paralymics. With 30 riders from ten countries competing, the Landgraaf event, which took place at an indoor snowfield, represented a milestone for the nascent discipline.
Whistler, B.C.’s Mosher, an incomplete paraplegic with 40 […]
AthletesCAN celebrates Sports Day in Canada with its 7th Annual KidsCAN School Day event in Toronto at Bill Crothers Secondary School
AthletesCAN celebrates Sports Day in Canada with its 7th Annual KidsCAN School Day event in Toronto at Bill Crothers Secondary School
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AthletesCAN kicked off its 2012 Forum with the 7th annual KidsCAN School Day on Friday, September 28th at Bill Crothers Secondary School. Over 50 athletes met with more than 700 students from the Toronto region for a day of sporting activities and fun!
KidsCAN School Day is an opportunity for school children in […]
WSF Para~Snowboard World Cup in Nakiska, AB
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(Nakiska, AB – April 3, 2012) Consecutive WSF Para~Snowboard World Cups took place over the past two days in perfect weather at Nakiska Resort in the Canadian Rockies. Riders in the sitting, standing and visually impaired categories battled for the honours on the same course that will be used for the Canadian Snowboard Nationals later this week.
In the men’s sitting category, Sam Danniels, the 2012 Winter X-Games champ from Whistler, BC, won back-to-back Para World […]