PROFILE
		Home: Born: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Winter:  Nelson, BC Summer:  Hood River, OR. History: I began snowboarding in 1985 on an old plastic Sims board that had a Skateboard mounted on top. After using the board during the winter on the local golf courses and back hills, I pulled the skate deck off the yellow plastic board and began skateboarding. The following year I bought a Burton 140 Elite, In 1987 I found myself on a Sims 1700 blade. I started competing on the New England Cup in 1988 against the likes of then "unknowns" Jason Ford, Jeff Brushie, Noah Brandon, Todd Richards and countless others. My early successes were in freestyle, but it did not take long for my ski racing past to leak through to my boarding.   In the summer of 1989 I convinced Carrabassett Valley Academy, traditionally a ski racing school located at Sugarloaf ME., to allow snowboarders in the door. That first winter it was just Jeremy Jones and I on snowboards at the school.  Being able to ride and train every day made all the difference in the world. The school now has a snowboard program with over twenty athletes.   After graduation from Carrabassett, I moved to Hood River, Oregon in order to train on Mount Hood and Windsurf in the Gorge. My old time snowboard friend Noah Brandon introduced me to Jerry Masterpool and the Cross M training team. At first Masterpool figured me as "too wound-up" to be on the team.  I would make 4 or 5  super aggressive turns and then stack.  After a week I calmed down and began to ride with some smoothness.  I trained with Jerry throughout my competitive career spanning 14 years. My accomplishments in snowboarding competition include... 14 Snowboarding World Cup Titles  3 US Open Championships  2 time Olympian.