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Kirby, Jim

  • CA-ON-KJ003
  • Pessoa
  • 1960-

Jim Kirby was a professional ski racer who taught at the Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps at Whistler Mountain in the 1980s. Cup title. He was born in 1960. Originally from Toronto, ON, he became a member to the Canadian National Alpine Ski Team as a teenager at was competing on the FIS World Cup circuit by the age of 19. He competed in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games as a ski racer.

Chambers, Andy

  • US-WY-CA001
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1980s-

Andy Chambers is a former member of the US National Alpine Ski Team who grew up in and continues to live in Jackson Hole, WY. After retiring from ski racing, he formed North40 Realty and named it in honor of his grandfather's homestead in what is now Grand Teton National Park. In 2018, he was inducted into the Jackson Hole Ski Hall of Fame.

Field, Peter

  • CA-BC-FP001
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1980s-

Christie, Wade

  • CA-BC-CW003
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1970s-

Wade Christie is a former Canadian National Alpine Ski Team skier and Head Coach at Lightning Creek Ski Club who owns and operates White Wolf Racing, a ski racing tuning shop in Kelowna, BC. Wade grew up in North Vancouver and, in the winter, Grouse Mountain was his home mountain for skiing. He ski raced what is now U14 and U16 at Grouse for the Tyee Ski Club. He moved on to the Vancouver Ski Team for his first two years of FIS, and then qualified for the BC Ski Team, where he raced for one season. From there, he moved on to the Canadian National Alpine Ski Team for four years. When Wade retired from racing in 1986, he was offered his first ski coaching job in Rossland, BC for the Red Mt. Racers. From Rossland, he went on to coach in Southern Ontario (U16 Team Head Coach); Collingwood, ON (1987 /1988); BC Alpine Summer Program in Whistler; Mt. Hood Oregon (1989-1992); Grouse Mt. Tyee Ski Club (Head Coach 1988 - 1993); Vernon Ski Club (Program Director and Head FIS Coach 1993-1997); Assistant Coach, BC Provincial Ski Team (1997-1998); Vernon Ski Club (Head Coach 1998–2005); and Kelowna Ski Club (Head U16 Coach 2007-2018). In 2000, Wade started an online store for race gear and event supplies called “I Need Gear” and is now the owner/operator of “White Wolf Racing”, a Race Ski Tuning and Sidecut tuning tools shop in Kelowna, BC. He also enjoys cycling, windsurfing, playing drums, and fly-fishing.

Harrison, Hugo

  • CA-QC-HH001
  • Pessoa
  • 1976-

Hugo Harrison is a professional freestyle skier, trail-builder, and carpenter residing in Pemberton and originally from Quebec. He grew up near Matane, QC, where he first learned to ski at age 4. He moved to Whistler as a young man to enter a freeskiing competition, despite being barely able to pay the entry fee and only just able to afford to ski and eat. Though he didn't win his first event in Whistler (in fact, he crashed in spectacular fashion during the final run in Diamond Bowl), within a year, the 21-year old had risen to the top of the world's very competitive freeski standings and against future local ski icons. He burst onto the scene during Whistler's inaugural IFSA Freeskiing World Cup event in 1998. It was early in the qualifying rounds and the international cast of competitors was showing the judges their stuff on Blackcomb's Chainsaw Ridge. His speed and style was unlike the others. Harrisson was crowned overall World Freeski Champion three years in a row (2001-2003), he twice won the freeskiing event during the World Ski and Snowboard Festival at Whistler, and he also won the 2000 IFSA World Tour. He became a film star with iconic companies like Teton Gravity, Matchstick Productions, and France's Nuit de la Glisse. He also did consulting work on freeride skis for Rossignol group and made VIP appearances around the world. In 2007, he blew out his knee while skiing and required surgery. After recovering, he decided to partner up with a friend and build a spec house in Tofino, BC. Hugo spent the next five summers in Tofino, working as a carpenter from May to November. That's also where he met Marie-Helene, another Quebecoise who had moved West, although to surf. As soon as Marie-Helene got pregnant, the couple moved back to Pemberton. The couple now have two sons: Sebastien and Xavier. Although injury played a part in Harrison's decision to step back from professional freestyle skiing, he also claims something inside changed when I became a dad: "I just lost my hunger for putting myself on the edge like I once did". Still needing income but not willing to take the risks he once did freestyle skiing, a friend suggested he apply for a trail-building job with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW). The RMOW was looking for new summer trail crew workers, so Hugo immediately applied. They'd already filled the posts, but later in the season they got back in touch with him to see if he was still interested. He has worked summers trail-building ever since. This conveniently allows him to have winters off to exploring the local peaks on skis. In his free time he enjoys snowmobiling, backcountry skiing, and mountain biking.

Daniels, Greg

  • CA-BC-DG002
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1990s-

Greg Daniels is a snowboarder and was BC regional coordinator of the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI). He has run snowboard camps in Whistler and wrote the instructional snowboard book 'Let It Rip'.

Dennehy, Kerry

  • CA-BC-DK005
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1980s-

Kerry Dennehy is a real estate agent, as well as a former president and current vice president of the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation. He married Ginny Dennehy and had a son, Kelty, and a daughter, Riley. The family lived in West Vancouver and owned a townhome in Whistler. Kerry was a real estate agent, and also wrote the 'Kerry's Corner' column for the Whistler Question newspaper. He also coached hockey and baseball in Whistler, meanwhile playing on the men's senior hockey team. On March 2nd, 2001, Kerry and Ginny lost their 17-year-old son, Kelty, to suicide after a battle with depression. Devastated by the loss of their son and determined to prevent others from traveling the same journey, The Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation was founded that same year. Kerry was the President of the foundation for 8 years before turning over the reigns to his wife, Ginny. She and Kerry have since become leaders in mental health philanthropy in BC. To date, the foundation has raised and donated more than $7 million to organizations actively researching and fighting depression, including a $1 million donation to establish a youth-focused mental health facility at BC Children’s Hospital, $500,000 to establish a research chair in depression at the UBC Vancouver General Hospital, and $500,000 to establish a mental health resource centre with the Hope Psychiatry and Education Centre at Lion’s Gate Hospital. Also in 2009, Kerry and Ginny lost their daughter Riley of a heart attack from strong medication prescribed to manage the pain for a separated shoulder while she was travelling in Thailand. In 2013, Ginny and Kerry Dennehy cycled across Canada, delivering 38 presentations and raising more than $1.2 million to raise depression awareness. The couple have received the Paul Harris Fellow Award through Whistler Rotary Club and the Order of BC in 2015.

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