Once Hamel discovered para-snowboard, the world was her limit
Canadian para snowboarder Sandrine Hamel was unaware her sport existed until she was 19 years old.
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The perpetual forward motion of Paralympian Tyler Turner
Tyler Turner likes to live on a razor’s edge, and four-and-a-half years ago, a mysterious accident cost him his legs.
Canada claims silver in snowboard cross
Edmonton’s Mike Robertson captured the silver medal in the men’s snowboard cross final on Monday night at the Vancouver Olympics. American Seth Wescott surged past Robertson in the final turn to take home the…
Hey, Canada! Your pants are too tight, eh?
When Olympic snowboard-cross racers hit Cypress Mountain today for training prior to their event, the slope-side conversation was not on the competition itself – but fashion sense – or Canada’s lack-there-of. Snowboarders have always been…
Canuck snowboarders look to change history
Snowboarder Alexa Loo proved to be ready for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games after winning a parallell giant slalom silver medal at a World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria, early this year. Loo, member of Canada’s…