Mark Fawcett (Coach) & Matt Morison

Sport: Alpine Snowboarding

Coach Information:

• Hometown: originally from Saint John, New Brunswick, now resides in Nelson, B.C.
  
  
• This former member of the Canadian Olympic Team and National Alpine Snowboard Team is now Head Coach of the Canadian National Alpine Snowboard Team.
  
  
• His discipline and talent as an athlete led to 14 World Cup victories and three US Open Super G Titles.
  
  
• Career-best International Results:
  • 14 World Cup Victories - 1995 to 2000, FIS and ISF
  • 3 US Open Super G Titles - 1993, 1998 & 1999
  • Member of the Canadian Olympic Team, 1998 & 2002
  • Head coach at the 2006 Torino Olympic Games

What motivated you to become a high performance coach?

"Love for the sport of snowboarding, confidence in my knowledge and experience within the discipline, and the opportunity to give back to the sport that gave so much to me."

Athlete Information:

• Hometown: Burketon, Ontario.
  
  
• Born: 1987
  
  
• Specialty: Men's parallel giant slalom
  
  
• His current Canadian Ranking is 2^nd in both Men's and Junior Men's, and his current World Ranking is 6th with 3670 points in the World Cup standing and 5^th on the FIS points with 900.
  
  
• He won the silver medal in the parallel giant slalom at a World Cup tour event in Bayrischzell, Germany in 2009 and was the bronze medalist at the World Championships in Gangwon,South Korea
  
  
• He achieved a number of high-ranking finishes in the 2008 World Cup Series, including one gold and two bronze medals in the parallel GS. Matt also won a Gold medal in a 2007 World Cup Event.