Team Members

Sarah Conrad

March 9, 1985

23

Halifax, NS

Halifax, NS

Halifax, NS (Summer), Squamish, BC (Winter)

Nova Scotia Snowboard Association

Tom Hutchinson, Kris DeCoste

Level 10 (Dryland)

Ride

Goofy

N/A

I don’t have one.

Ride, McDonalds, Nixon, DaKine, Anon

5

English

My mom was a field hockey player and took part in Canada Games. She also coached Special Olympics. 

My parents have always been involved in sports. They gave me the opportunity to try out lots of different sports. We were skiing since were little, and then when we were 12, my brother saw snowboarding on the slopes and decided to give it a try. I also picked up skateboarding when I was 12, snow it was kind of the winter version of skateboarding. That’s what we did and my brothers have been pushing me ever since.

 

My whole family now snowboard, even though my mom just turned 60... She curls, she kayak, she just tried surfing... 

The first time, I couldn’t figure out how to put the bindings. We just had rentals from the local Martock hill. I just put the boots on, and they were the biggest thing I had ever since. 

Probably Tom Hutchinson. When I was a development rider, he convinced me to try out some World Cups. I had a bunch of coaches before the national team. There wasn’t a lot of snowboarding in NS, so our coach couldn’t do a lot.

 

I didn’t really ride a lot with Alex (Duckworth), we kind of missed each other... 

At the 2008 World Cup in Stoneham. I was second on the day of my my birthday, so that was a good birthday present. John (my brother) was there to cheer on, as well as my parents. They don’t get to see me compete all that often, so it was neat to see them come and watch. I guess it does motivate me to know that they are watching... Walking in the stadium in Torino was pretty awesome too... 

I do a lot of talking back home. In 2006, I was the only Nova Scotian to go to the Games so it was a pretty big deal back home. I talked to a lot of school about the Olympics.

 

Also, me and my couple of friends started up an award for Joel Boylan, a former rider in Nova Scotia who died from a car accident in 2005. The award goes to someone who is a good role model who tries to push it and outlined what Joel had to go through. Back home, we don’t have the name and the track that all the riders do have so you’re expected to travel and do everything that everyone else does. So 500 dollars can go a long way...

 

I skateboard in the summer. I am dangerous for people around. I do some wakeboard.... Anything with a board on it! 

2006 – Nova Scotia Athlete of the year. That’s a pretty big award for us. Alex won it the year before me, so to have two snowboarders in two years in a row is pretty cool. 

I think I am a smooth rider who likes to go big. 

High school. Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth, NS 

Does Rock Band counts? If so, I play the guitar!! 

Lots of hip hop, I like alternative too. I like to mix it up. 

Upbeat stuff. I don’t actually ride with the music. 

I don’t really have a favourite band. 

Pasta. 

Chilie. Valle Nevada is awesome... 

Chili, again. 

I guess I better say Alex.... Natasha Burguess is one that I’ve grown up too. 

I don’t know... 

I’m really bored when I don’t ride.