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Snow Sports: Terrain Parks
2009/10 Pro Team
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Matt Belzile
Date of Birth: June 14th somewhere in the mid 80s
Hometown: Aylmer, PQ
Sponsors: Westbeach, K2, 32, Etnies, Smith, Top, Grouse Mountain! Accomplishments/Bio: Snowboard Canada Cover! video part in Alterna films; Knockout.
Contest Results: 2nd Showdown over the city 08, 1st Telus festival Big air 07
Words of Wisdom: do what you love most.
Interesting talent: I could do this thing where I stand on a board with these straps on my feet and head down hill, oh wait... what?
1st day snowboarding experience: Was awesome! I was sliding 180s back and forth down the whole hill cause I could only turn the one way.
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JF Fortin
Date of Birth: January 14, 1980
Hometown: Whistler, BC
Sponsors: Atomic Snowboards, Rip Curl, Grouse Mountain, Ogio, Artikol, Pow Gloves, Bula
Accomplishments: I'm looking on having the best season ever getting a wicked part in Alterna and hit the slopes of Grouse as many times as I can.
Words of Wisdom: Don't ever ever give up on a dream.
Interesting talent: I love to cook and one thing I really like is building stuff out of wood, I can't wait to build my house... I'm good with my hands.
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Chris Dufficy
Date of Birth: October 19, 1979
Hometown: Kamloops B.C., but living in North Vancouver
Sponsors: Signal Snowboards/Outerwear/Coffee, Celsius boots, IS Design goggles, Capix helmets, Level gloves, Grouse Mountain, Active Ride Shop, Informal Attire, O'GIO, Beaver Wax
Accomplishments: Being able to do what I want for a living !
Words of Wisdom: Coffee cures everything!!
Anything else you want to add in: Do what makes you happy because life is too short to be bitter!
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Johnny Lyall
Date of Birth: March 21, 1986
Hometown: Vancouver, B.C.
Sponsors: Endeavor Snowboards, Oakley, Grouse Mountain, Airhole, Wildcats, Dakine, Gravis, Beaver Wax, Coastal Riders, and Whistler Beer
Accomplishments: 1998 Provincial track and field 400m Champion!
Words of Wisdom: Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. -Thomas A. Edison
Interesting talent: I can tread water for hours.
Favourite run or zone up the mountain: Opening day last year we did laps on Heaven's sake and down Inferno. That is the spot to be if Grouse has lots of new snow. Most of the time you can find me doing laps in the park.
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Tamo Campos
Date of Birth: April 15, 1990
Hometown: North Vancouver, BC
Sponsors: SecondWave, RipCurl, Atomic, Anon, Grouse Mountain
Accomplishments: 2nd DC Big Air & Style Contest, 1st smith grudge match,
Words of Wisdom: Poutine Combo + Quiksilver park at night = good times
Favourite Zone on the mountain: Quiksilver park
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Barry Hartman
Date of birth: October 29, 1987
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
Sponsors: Signal Snowboards/Outerwear, Celsius Boots, Smith, Coors Light, Grouse Mountain, Neff, O'gio, and BeaverWax.
Accomplishments: Being able to snowboard any day that I want, meet tonnes of friends and travel the world are my biggest accomplishments from snowboarding. I've never complained about getting free beer either.
Favourite places to ride: The Grouse terrain park is my favourite place to rip everyday and Bariloche, Argentina has some of the sickest terrain that I've ever ridden.
Places to travel: Japan and New Zealand to rip and I'd like to check out Brazil one summer.
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Jenelle Pritchard
Date of Birth: September 12, 1987
Hometown: Delta, B.C.
Sponsors: Grouse Mountain, IS Design, Atomic Snowboards, Mayday Snow Design, BeaverWax.
Accomplishments/Bio: Everything I have done since I started snowboarding 4 years ago has been amazing, being able to compete at a higher level than I ever thought i would be able to. Progression is key in snowboarding and every time I learn new things it gets me more stoked than I have ever been.
Words of Wisdom: Never say you can't!
Favourite run or zone up the mountain: Quicksilver Terrain Park is by far my favourite, I could lap it all day alone and have so much fun!
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