Team Canada Riders Headed To The 2017 FIS Snowboard World Championships
In accordance with the 2016/2017 Canada Snowboard selection protocols (Alpine, SBX, HP, SBS, BA), the following athletes have been invited to represent Canada during the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain:
Slopestyle & Big Air
Male
Max Eberhardt (North Bay, ON)
Darcy Sharpe (BA)(Comox, BC)
Francis Jobin (Lac Beauport, QC)
Female
Laurie Blouin (Stoneham, QC)
Brooke Voigt (Fort McMurray, AB)
Jenna Blasman (Kitchener, ON)
Spencer O'Brien (BA)(Courtenay, BC)
Canada Snowboard identified a short list of four (4) athletes per gender for Slopestyle for Canada Snowboard’s registration. FIS criteria stipulates that only the top 60 men and top 40 women will be eligible for the World Championships. The list above contains the athletes who satisfied the FIS requirements.
Halfpipe
Male
Derek Livingston (Aurora, ON)
Trevor Niblett (Toronto, ON)
Female
Mercedes Nicoll (Whistler, BC)
Katie Tsuyuki (Scarborough, ON)
Calynn Irwin (Toronto, ON)
Elizabeth Hosking (Longueuil, QC)
Alpine
Male
Jasey-Jay Anderson
(Lac Supérieur, QC)
Darren Gardner (Burlington, ON)
Sebastien Beaulieu
(Sherbrooke, QC)
Female
Megan Farrell (Richmond Hill, ON)
Katrina Gerencser (Burlington, ON)
Snowboardcross
Male
Baptiste Brochu (Saguenay, QC)
Kevin Hill (Vernon, BC)
Chris Robanske (Squamish, BC)
Tyler Jackson (Whitby, ON)
Female
Meryeta O’Dine (Prince George, BC)
Tess Critchlow (Kelowna, BC)
Zoe Bergermann (Erin, ON)
Carle Brenneman
(North Vancouver, BC)
Go Canada Go!
R: Francis Jobin
P: Tyler Ashbee
