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Andrew McCredie

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THIRTY years ago,
Simon Fraser
University was a
hotbed of radical
movements in Canada.
These davs, the Burnaby:

based school isa hotbed of

radical moves.

Last fall a group of stu-
dents, who abou happened to
be avid snowboarders, formed
the first-ever official university
snowboarding = team in
Canada.

“The idea was to get the
sport of snowboarding going
at the school.” said team
member and geography major
Maros Hana. Considering
over 100 people signed up at
the team’s first-ever meeting

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early in the school year, its sate
to say the sport is “going
Last weekend the team
sent: boardercross and: giant
shlom competitors to the
B.C. Provingials at Sun Peaks,

and next week a number of

riders will travel to Biz: White
for a boardercross event.

Hana reports “abour 30°
of the team’s 160) members
compete at the competitive
level, while the remainder are
mostly intermediate and
beginner riders.

“Getting people together
for fun,” is what the tean is ail
about, saves Hana. But, the
native of Czechostovakia adds.
many team members are seri-
ous about their sport, and
with the assistance of coach
and first rostudent, Mike
Kwiatkowski, sume riders
hope to take on the powerful
U.S, university snowboard

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Loans next season,

Like all university athletes,
team menibers are constantly
juggling school with sleep and
the slopes, bur the recent
Nagano Olympics -~ and sith-
sequent snowboard media
storm --— has given the team a
shot of energy, says Hana.

“Snowboarders don’t need
the Olympics as much as the
Olympics needs) snow board-
ers.” he said, borrowing a
phrase making the rounds
these days.

North Vancouver's Grouse
Mountain has helped our the
teany with lift ticket deals and
as such is considered the
home ficld, as it were, with
training sessions cach Tuesday
and Thursday night.

Check our the team’s web-
site at www.sftca/~snow

‘To contact the team via ¢-
mail use snow@stu.ca

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. ue NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge rity Programs Division.
SIMON Fraser University snowboard team members (left to right) Maros Hana,

Danny Curylo and Kyle MacDonald ham it up prior to a training session atop

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