News
06/03/2010
Palmer Taylor, Derek Livingston, Headed to Junior Worlds
Canada sends 24 riders to World Jr Championships
CANADA SENDS 24 RIDERS TO FIS WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WAKANA, NEW ZEALAND
Taylor, Livingston, Farrell and Gardner headline delegation headed to Junior Worlds
Headlined by Olympian Palmer Taylor (Collingwood, ON) and Canada~Snowboard Team member Derek Livingston (Aurora, ON), Canada will send a delegation of 24 of its best junior riders to compete at the 2010 FIS World Snowboard/Freestyle Ski Junior Championships in Wanaka, New Zealand, from August 21st-August 31st, 2010.
Amongst the Top Canadians entered in the competition, Palmer Taylor is Canada’s top hope for excellent results. Taylor, the reigning Canadian Champion in Women’s Halfpipe, represented Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, BC. Taylor also rides for Team Icarus in Ontario.
Derek Livingston, also riding for Team Icarus and member of Canada~Snowboard National Team, will lead the Men’s freestylers competing in both Slopestyle and Halfpipe. Livingston has four FIS World Cup starts to his credit.
Megan Farrell (Richmond Hill, ON), a member of Canada~Snowboard Development program, will be leading the Women’s Alpine group. Farrell was second at the 2010 Canada~Snowboard Nationals held in Mont-Tremblant in April 2010. Darren Gardner (Burlington, ON) will lead the Men’s Alpine group headed to New Zealand. Gardner raced his first World Cup earlier this year in Stoneham, QC. The young protégé of the Calgary Snowboard Club came third at the 2010 Canada~Snowboard Nationals, behind World and Olympic Champion Jasey-Jay Anderson and World Cup winner Matthew Morison. Gardner boasts four podiums on the FIS Nor-Am Tour, including one victory.
This event marks the first time a FIS World Championship will be staged in New Zealand and also the first time that snowboarding and freestyle skiing will share the same stage in a World Championship. The event will feature six snowboarding disciplines: halfpipe, snowboardcross, parallel giant slalom, parallel slalom, big air and Slopestyle. This will be the first time that Slopestyle has been included in a FIS Junior World Championship.
Canada~Snowboard will use the 2010 FIS World Junior Championship as a carding selection criteria, providing the possibility of young riders to receive funding from Sport Canada. With the winter sports entering a new Olympic cycle of four years, this event is signification as there is potential to see some of these young riders who may compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
The event will be taking place in three different venues near Wakana, New Zealand. “Snow Park” will host the slopestyle competitions, while “Treble Cone” is set to host the snowboard parallel giant slalom and snowboard parallel slalom events. “Cardrona”, site of previous Halfpipe World Cup competition, will stage the halfpipe, snowboardcross and snowboard big air competitions.
TEAM CANADA – 2010 FIS WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
WOMEN
Tayler Wilton Toronto ON SBX
Jade Critchlow Kelowna BC SBX
Aurelye Deschênes-Hudon Ste-Jeanne d'Arc QC SBX
Frédérique Joncas North Vancouver BC SBX
Shayna Goodwin Surrey BC SBX
Megan Farrell & Richmond Hill ON Alpine
Jessica Herron Oakville ON Alpine
Cora Fellows Mississauga ON Alpine
Zoé Rubin Montreal QC Alpine
Palmer Taylor ** & Collingwood ON HP
Erin Lee Banff AB HP
Victoria Marshall Holland Landing ON SBS
Samm Denena Orillia ON SBS
MEN
Kenneth Riedmann Toronto ON
Alex Thorp Nakusp BC
Tommy Pitman Warfield BC
Mitch Pitman Warfield BC
Darren Gardner & Burlington ON
Sébastien Beaulieu Sherbrooke QC
Antoine Laurin-Lalonde Montreal QC
Olivier Vachon Québec QC
Trevor Niblett Toronto ON
Derek Livingston * Aurora ON
Julien Beaulieu Lac Beauport QC
ALTERNATE
Indrik Trahan (A)
Jade Depont (A)
Jeremy Page (A)
LEGEND
* Canadian Snowboard Team member
** Olympian
& Canada~Snowboard Development Program
