Arnaud

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Rider Bio

Arnaud learned to snowboard at age 3 in Mont Tremblant with his dad, Patrik and his brothers, Émile and Henri. At only 20 years old, Arnaud is a 3 time Overall NorAm Champion. His  highlighting results of the 2019-2020 season were at 13th place at the World Cup in Bad Gastien, and a gold medal in the PSL Canadian National Championships.

When he is not snowboarding you can find him working in the woods with his dad, skateboarding with his brothers, or having fun on his motocross. For the 2020-2021 season, Arnaud is seeking a Podium at the Junior World Championships as well as Top 8’s on the World Cup Tour.
 

Favourite places to ride. Chile, Switzerland, Mont-Tremblant 

Favourite Food. Maple syrup

Future job - Top 3 choices. no idea.. maybe a snowboard coach or something related to the sport 

Best result ever and why? 

Life Goals - Top 3 goals: Crystal globe winner, Olympic Champion,

Why do you snowboard? Because it's the greatest sport there is!! 

Favourite event and why? Bad Gastein, PSL World Cup. Because it's a night race in the city and it's the steepest race we have.

Best result ever? 6th place at the Moscow World cup. It's my best result on the World Cup so far and it was my first top 8. 

Favourite item to travel with? My Ipod and my pillow 

If you didn’t do the discipline you do, which would you choose next and why? Snowboardcross, I use to race with Éliot when we were younger and I always loved it, it's a very intense sport!

Best friend to ride with? Michael Nazwaski, Cody Winters and Christian De Oliveira 

Favourite trick? A Backside

Favourite resort? Tremblant, Sunshine and Davos

Best resort no one knows about? El Colorado, Chile

Thing you like that everyone else thinks is shit. Scraping [wax off] my snowboard

Thing that everyone else loves and you hate. peanut butter

If you were not a snowboarder what would you be? Skateboarder