Mark Fawcett – Olympian & Canadian National Alpine Snowboard Coach

After winning 14 Snowboard World Cup events in Slalom, GS and Super G and competing in the 1998 & 2002 Olympics, Mark turned his talents to Coaching. He has been the Canadian National Alpine Snowboard Coach since 2005 and is currently training Elite athletes for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

The Canadian Team is primed for the 2010 Olympics. Jasey Jay Anderson won the 2009 World Alpine Snowboard Championships in Korea while teammate Matt Morrison won a bronze in the same event. This season in Telluride Colorado the team earned 2 Golds, a Silver, a bronze and a sixth place finish.

The outstanding results earned Mark and assistant coach Sylvain Jean a Coaching Award of Excellence from Petro Canada in the fall of 2009.

A reality Show on MTV “Over the Bolts” is documenting the Halfpipe and Alpine teams' progress including triumphs, disappointments, and personal assessments from the coaches and athletes.

To get team information and schedules etc. Visit the Canada Snowboard (aka Canada Snowboard Federation) site .

This June Mark plans on competing in “Search for the Ultimate Athlete” .

He will start intensive training in early April for this gruelling event involving skill sports from multiple disciplines over a 10 day period.

Between 2002 and 2005 after retiring from World Cup competition,  he trained and worked as a Guide  at Baldface Lodge Cat Skiing .

Since there was no snow in Europe in November the early season snowboard events had to be cancelled. This allowed him the opportunity to revisit Baldface after it had one of the best early season snowfalls in its history. They rode in amazing powder that was caught on video.

National Snowboard Team

Back Row (L to R): Matthew Morrison – Michael Lambert – Jasey Jay Anderson
Front Row (L to R): Alexa Loo – Caroline Calve – Kimiko Zakreski

Mens Team:

    Matthew Morrison

    Michael Lambert

    Jasey Jay Anderson  - Website   http://www.jaseyjay.com/

Womens Team:

    Alexa Loo  - Website   http://www.alexaloo.com/home.html

    Caroline Calve  - Website   http://carolinecalve.com/

    Kimiko Zakreski  - Website:   http://www.kimi.ca/