Notable:
While his French-speaking contemporaries such as the Three Phils and the New Canadian Airforce hail from mogul and alpine race backgrounds, WX '02 SuperPipe bronze medalist, Philippe Poirier, grew up participating in a more traditional Canadian past time--hockey.

Quote:
"I was really surprised by how well I did (at WX '02). I only had four days of pipe training and then I didn't ski pipe again the month before WX."