Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.
Date of Birth: May 7, 1988
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Ski Team: Canadian National Ski Team and the Alberta World Cup Academy
Current training residence: Canmore, Alberta
Ski Club: Foothills Nordic Ski Club
Kevin grew up skiing with his family on the Nordic trails in Kananaskis Country, just outside Calgary, Alberta. At first, he would enjoy watching his family ski from a child carrying backpack, then being pulled on a towrope a couple years later, and eventually skiing himself when the time was right. A member of Foothills Nordic Ski Club, Kevin progressed through the Jackrabbit and Racing Rabbit programs where he enjoyed competing in only races that gave out medals, and only playing capture the flag at training.
Kevin soon began to apply himself fully to the sport after a few years of mentoring from coaches and athletes following high school. After a successful 2007 - 2008 season where he placed 21st at his first World Junior Championships, Kevin built off that success and has continued with it into his senior racing years.
A Calgary native, Kevin now resides in Canmore, Alberta where he trains with the Alberta World Cup Academy and the National Ski Team.
Random Knowledge About Kevin:
Favorite Ice Cream: Homemade Everything Ice Cream. "Imagine walking into a candy store and taking all that and putting it into ice cream. Brownies, cookies, caramel, smarties and even gummy bears. But no fruit. Fruit has no business in dessert."
That's a lot of time: Spent over 160 hours watching 9 seasons of The X-Files. "C'mon it was winning Emmy's in the 90's!"
Greatest mentor: Luke had Yoda, Kevin had
Gord Jewett. "Gord took the non-athletic 18 year-old me, and converted me into the focused and dedicated skier I am today"
Directorial Debut: Touching Thin Air "The inspirational documentary of Pasang Lhamo, the first person to climb Mount Everest in less than seven days and without acclimatizing to the elevation." It's a true story, not a mockumentary. (Not to be confused with Tibetan Nun and activist Passang Lhamo)
Tolkein fan: Favourite movie? The 1977 version of
The Hobbit. Long before I even read the books this movie turned me into a huge fan. It's no surprise that The Lord of the Rings and probably soon to be the new version of
The Hobbit come a close 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. Some other honerable mentions were Goldeneye and Jurassic Park.
