Sponsors/Support if any: none

What makes you passionate about skiing?
No one day of skiing is the same as another day of skiing. It is a constantly renewed experience, just as no two snowflakes are ever similar. Plus, skiing is accountable for my perma-smile. It also allowed me over the years to meet the most amazing people and to feel that I belong to a community.


What are your aspirations in skiing?
To continue to have fun, to stay healthy, to keep the child alive!
In the immediate future, I wish to compete and shred with more bitzes. In the not so immediate future, I want to be a nurse on sticks, travel the world, etc… read on!

Who are your current role models or who inspires you?
First, I would have to say ol’ men Mat Miller in Squamish who drilled some sense into me and made me switch from snowboarding to skiing five years ago (I had temporarily derailed). He is just as gnarly as he is grumpy…good laughs! When I moved to Nelson I quickly realized that the folks out here are just all money. I am inspired on a daily basis by the ordinary people who see the extraordinary in snow. This town is the essence of skiing like no other. Businesses obey the centimeter rule to the millimeter, kids go to school in the summer to take winters off, young parents split babysitting shifts in the lodge, the list could go on. The epitome of that spirit I see everyday in my boyfriend Chris, who giggles like a schoolgirl when there’s freshies to be had yet sends it like the mean ski machine he is. I get inspired by the contagious spirit of the people around who share this common bond.

What is your greatest personal achievement in the mountains? (Competition/Line/Trip)
Well I’ll pick the trip… In 2003 I ventured to Chile to ski, surf and travel around. It was hilarious not only carrying all this crazy luggage, but being a girl and travelling alone got me a lot of puzzled looks… After spending time in the mountains of central Chile, I headed south to Patagonia. I met up with my friend Sam only to realize the local hill had shut down for the season. Thankfully there are mountains everywhere down there and just to say that I hadn’t brough my skis on a 4000 kilometer journey for nothing, we toured up this unnammed mountain at the top of which we got the best view, the end of the continent, truly, and endless seas… We skied a fairly big line in perfect bluebird weather and great spring conditions. There is definitely something to be said about skiing the end of the continent…

How have you dedicated your life to the mountains and adventure?
Last time I looked up the definition of dedication, it meant devoted, ardent, driven, firm, resolute, unwavering, wholehearted, dyed-in-the-wool… There are many roads that lead to Rome, in fact all of them apparently do and I picked one that requires all of the above. I always knew my life would be intimately tied with the mountains but it didn’t really take shape until a few years back, after five years in Whistler, when I decided that I would be a nurse. So here I am finishing my degree, yet still putting in a decent number of days at the hill and on the sled. It is a tool that will enable me to travel the world and ski, and at the same I will be in a position to give something back to the people in rural areas. So many humans don’t have acces to basic health care, I can’t quite justify to take and not give back. I aspire to create and act of balance. Further in my career I would like to get involved in mountain medicine, wether it be participating with climbing teams, being a flight nurse, providing care at base camps… In the humble meantime, I will dedicate next winter to local comps, budget permitting.

Why have you dedicated your life to mountain pursuits?
I could not see it any other way. Mountains make sense

What are some things the mountains have taught you that have proven valuable in the real world? What have they not taught me? It seems as if every life lesson I was served is a metaphor of the mountains’ spirit. Strength, humbleness, pride, cohesion, respect, the list goes on…

How will the scholarship enable you to further pursue your skiing aspirations?
I need some serious cash if I want to compete this winter, and a $1000 cheque sounds pretty serious to me right now… I certainly don’t make a living going to school at the moment so that would be huge. The scholarship would enable me to get out there and lighten up the competitive spirit in me, allow me to meet the other girls on the tour, laugh and giggle and push the envelope!

How can you be a Biglines.com ambassador?
I have a big lound french mouth that could spread the word like an STD spreads in Lake Louise…HA! I feel that I could promote the amazing community that is Biglines by sharing the contagious interest we all have, by connecting with people all over the world and keep establishing that forum that allows so many riders to relate to each other.

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