Snowboardfirm is a unique company involved in the snowboarding industry. Due to the experience and training of their executives, they are able to offer consultation/coaching services that enables you to reach your maximum potential recreationally or competitively.

With the help of trained and experienced coaches, riders receive high performance support.

Since it’s establishment, Snowboardfirm has succeeded in the development and growth of snowboarding.

Snowboardfirm is a Quebec(Canada) based company operating out of the Laurentians.

To provide the best service available through innovation and professionalism. By transmitting our passion for the sport, riders will strive to become professionals in snowboarding and life.

 

Brian Smith
Head Coach
Qualifications:

• Level 4 CASI
• Park 1 instructor
• Park 1 evaluator
• Comp Dev. trained status
• NCCP 3 & 4 in process
• IJC trained
• Canadian Red Cross rescue
• Master learning facilitator/Master Evaluator for CASI and CSCP.
• Technical commitee member with the CSCP.
  
  Experience: Snowboarding for 20 years, competed for 10 years and certified coach for 15 years.
  
  Accomplishments: Head freestyle coach at the Junior World Championships in 2006, Senior freestyle coach for the Calgary Snowboard Club 2004-06, Head freestyle coach for the Quebec Provincial team 2004. Prepared 2 of his athletes for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
  
  
  
  Catherine Parent
  Program Director
  Qualifications:
• CASI Level 1 freestyle
• Comp Dev. trained status
• NCCP 4
• IJC trained
• Canadian Red Cross rescue.
  
  Experience: Snowboarding for 12 years, competed for 4 years and certified coach for 5 years.
  
  Accomplishments: 2011 Canadian Coach at the FIS World Junior Championships. 2010 Developed the very first snowboard Sports School program in Quebec at the St-Jerome high school. 2007 Developed a snowboard program for A-N Morin high school (the program has had huge success growing from 13 to 75 students in only 3 years) Head coach for an all girls program with the Calgary Snowboard Club in 2006
  
  
  
  Michel Parent
  President
  Administration and management:
  1975-1978  Coordinator and manager of commercialization with Puma Canada
  
  1978-1979 President-Founder and General Manager of Sport Quebec promotions
  
  1979 + Manager of sales-marketing with Brault & Bouthillier (National distributor of scholastic materials)
  
  Athletics and management:
  1969-1975 School teacher in phys. ed for the C.E.C.M.
  
  1969-1984 President-Founder and coach for the Antilopes track and field club in Montreal
  
  1979-1988 Canadian National speed walking coach at the 1980 Olympics.
  
  Canadian National speed walking coach at the1982 Commonwealth Games
  
  National coordinator for the development of speed walking
  
  Member of the World Cup speed walking organizing comity 1987
  
  Chief of mission with the Canadian National track and field team at the 1st Moscow friendship games 1985
  
  Please contact us for further information regarding Snowboardfirm!