What started as a rental board on a five-run hill in Sudbury turned into a lifelong obsession.
I’m a self-taught snowboarder who first strapped in at 17 on Adanac Ski Hill (yes - Canada spelled backwards). By my second time on snow, I’d already bought my own board, boots, and bindings. I knew I was hooked.
Driven by a competitive mindset - and a desire to keep up with my lifelong-riding Canadian roommates - I studied YouTube edits, chased progression, and put in the reps. Before long, I wasn’t just keeping up… I was charging alongside them.
Since those early days, I’ve ridden nearly every public hill and mountain across Ontario and Quebec, carving my way through everything from icy groomers to deep glades. Now based in Ontario, about an hour from Blue Mountain Resort, I ride there regularly and make it an annual tradition to head to Quebec with the same crew of eight college buddies who were there from the start!
These days, experience has replaced ego - fewer park laps, more clean lines. I still love pushing myself, but nothing compares to the feeling of dropping into fresh powder on an empty run or weaving through tight glades with nothing but the sound of snow under your edge.
Snowboarding isn’t just something I do: it’s how I reset, reconnect, and feel fully alive.