A member of the national team since 2015, Valérie made a name for herself on the world scene by winning first place in downhill, second in super-G and seventh in giant slalom at the 2016 Junior World Championships. She had a dazzling start to the 2016-17 season as she climbed to the top 30 in downhill, super-G, giant slalom and slalom. In 2018, she finished 6th in the alpine combined event at the PyeongChang Olympic Games. She also defended her national title in giant slalom in 2017 and 2018. Young skier Valérie Grenier is at the beginning of a promising ski career!


Hobbies
Valerie participated in water skiing competitions until the age of 15 and still loves to do the sport for fun. She also likes road and mountain biking and plays tennis.

A member of the Canadian national team, Brittany Phelan has been on the FIS World Cup circuit since the age of 17. In 2012-13, she first garnered attention by finishing every World Cup circuit race in the top 30, topping it off with a top 10 in Croatia. She also took part in four races on the North American circuit, finishing 2nd and 3rd in two of them during the same season. At the start of the 2015/16 ski season, Brittany makes a big decision and goes from alpine skiing to ski cross. In December 2017, Brittany got her first World Cup podium in Arosa, Switzerland. The following year, a great dream came true for her as she won the silver medal at the PyeongChang Olympic Games.

Hobbies
Mountain biking, hiking, skateboarding, whitewater rafting, cross-country skiing, and her next sport: base jumping.

Alexis began skiing at 4, inspired by his older brother who was racing on the regional circuit. At age 6, he entered alpine skiing competitions. By age 9, he had joined the para-alpine ski circuit. He wins gold at the Canada Games in 2015 and is part of the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski team for the 2016/17 season. He won his first World Cup Giant Slalom race in January 2017 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, at age 17. In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the giant slalom event at the PyeongChang Paralympic Games. He becomes the first Canadian in 20 years to step onto the podium of a Paralympic Games event in his category since Mark Ludbrook in Nagano in 1998.

Hobbies
Alexis mountain bikes and enjoys photography and video creation. He is studying and plans to be working in marketing as his second career.

Jared’s passion for skiing and ski racing stems from years of enjoying the slopes of Tremblant with friends and family. Now a member of the Canadian Ski Cross Team, Jared started his racing career at the age of 8 with Tremblant’s Club Elite. In 2017, he qualified for the FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships Ski Cross. The following season, he joined the Canadian team, had his first start in a World Cup event and claimed 5 Nor-Am victories before suffering a knee injury.

Hobbies
Jared is currently completing a Bachelor of Health and physical education degree at Mount Royal University, with a major in ecotourism and outdoor leadership. When he is not at school or on skis, Jared can be found in the mountains—his happy place—usually with a smile stretched from ear to ear.

Having grown up in Tremblant, Hannah has been skiing since the tender age of two. A member of the Tremblant Ski Club until she was 17, she is now on the Canadian ski cross team. Although her inaugural season with the team ended in injury, Hannah started it with a bang. She claimed 6 Nor-Am podiums and finished the season ranked third overall. Hannah’s season was also highlighted by her first World Cup start at Blue Mountain and two top-16 Europa Cup finishes.

Hobbies
When not on the hill, Hannah loves to go mountain biking, camping, ski touring and exploring the world on road trips. A true adventurer at heart!

At age 2, Simon Fournier tried for the first time skiing, and a love affair started. He was participating at his first race at age 4. The following winter, he joined Tremblant’s ski racing program. Since then, his passion never stopped growing! The Super Série Sports Experts presented by Audi made him winner in 2015 and 2016. This last year, he joined the Canadian ski team. During the 2016/17 season, Simon is selected for the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships where he got two top-15 results. He finished 15th in the slalom event at the 2018 FIS Alpine Junior World Championships. That same year, he finished in the top 10 three times on the Nor-Am Cup circuit, including two in the alpine combined and one in Super-G.

Hobbies
Cycling is also one of his hobbies, but he particularly likes mountain biking. The fun part: it is complementary to his physical training program. He also loves listening to music, and even more when in concert!

Jules started competitive alpine snowboarding in 2010 with the Tremblant Ski Racing Club. He then joined the national team program after placing 4th at the 2016 World Junior Championships. Since then, he stepped on the podium seven times on the North American circuit and got two World Cup top 30 finishes.

Hobbies
He is currently studying software engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal. During the off-season, he mainly practises weight training and road cycling.

Tristan is a member of the National Para-Alpine Ski Team as a guide for visually impaired skier Mac Marcoux. He switched to this discipline in 2018, after spending 4 years as a ski racer with the Mont-Tremblant Ski Club. His father, Ken Rodgers, has been his coach throughout his career. Tristan played hockey until he was 13 years old when he decided to take on alpine skiing. He is currently studying mechanical engineering at the University of Ottawa.

Member of the Canadian Alpine Snowboard Team, Arnaud Gaudet started snowboarding when he was only three years old, on the magic carpet in Tremblant, surrounded by his big brother and his parents. At age 16, he entered the World Cup circuit and is to date the youngest alpine snowboarding athlete to have ever won a NorAm Cup race. In 2017, Arnaud won the title of Best masculine elite athlete at Gala Excellence sportive des Laurentides. In 2018, Arnaud finished in the top ten of the parallel slalom, the last event presented at the Snowboard Junior World Championships in Cardrona, New Zealand.

Hobbies
Arnaud plays U18 competitive soccer and skateboards in his spare time.

Member of the Ski Acro Quebec Team, Noah is a young and passionate freestyle skier. His specialties are Slopestyle and jumps. According to the 2018 world ranking of the Association of Professional Freeskiing Professionals (AFP), he is ranked 16th in Slopestyle and 9th in jumps in the junior category (18 years and under). In the under 15 category, he holds the title of best in the world in Jumping while he is 2nd in Slopestyle.

Tremblant is where Naomi did her first hikes, her first slides, where she made her first jumps and her first rails and where she joined the freestyle ski competition team. Tremblant is also where she met with her friends to hit the slopes whenever she had the opportunity, including holidays and ped days. Although she has been studying in Montreal for the last 2 years and travels the country and the world for training with the Quebec team or competitions, she likes to come back to recharge her batteries whenever she has the opportunity because coming back to Tremblant is like coming home.

Naomi's goal this season is to perform well on the Noram circuit to be invited to join the Canadian slopestyle team.

Natalie began competing in freestyle snowboarding as a teenager and would come to Tremblant often for competitions. At 17 she won the Billabong Flaunt It event here, which led to her selection on the Junior National Team for the next season, and the launch of her international slopestyle career getting to represent Canada at events like Junior World Championships, FIS World Cups, and World Tour events. After 4 seasons with the national program, she retired from competition. However, through riding here at Tremblant with friends and family, she fell in love with snowboarding all over again, winning her first competition back (Apik fest, a rail jam in Montreal). She's now riding and competing again with big goals in freeride and freestyle. Natalie is passionate about women in sports and athlete mental health and when she isn't snowboarding you can find her at the gym (she is also an accomplished CrossFit athlete), skateboarding, or adventuring with her dog Bali.

After paticipating in a few Quebec cups, Aurélie realized she was a natural at competing. For the 2021/22 season, she placed in the top 10 in all her NOTRAM races, including two top 4 finishes. To end the season, she participated in the junior world championship in Italy where she placed 7th in both parallel slalom and in the team event. Following these performances, Aurélie made it on the NextGen National Team. Her career aspirations are to eventually finish a season in the top 3 in the world cup rankings and to make it to the Olympics.

Justin first stepped on a snowboard when he was 8 years old to keep up with family members. Years later, he is now a member of the Quebec team with his brother Félix. During the 2018/19 season, Justin repeatedly qualified for the top 16 in Nor-Am competitions and finished seventh at the 2020 Nor-Am in Steamboat, Colorado. He also rounded the season with a 2nd place at the 2019 Junior Speed Nation Alpine Nationals, the best result of any Canadian athlete.

Embarking on the telemark journey at the age of 5, Mikael Andre Dansereau started racing at 8, earning recognition and recruitment by Telemark Quebec. In 2009, the Provincial and National Telemark race tour that unfolded across Canada and Quebec, set the stage for Mikael's burgeoning talent. At 14, Mikael made his mark internationally at the Eastern US Telemark National Championship, followed by his inaugural Telemark World Cup starts at Suicide Six mountain and Sugar Bush mountain in Vermont at the age of 16. The 2022-2023 race season marked a significant chapter as Mikael embarked on his first full World Cup tour, achieving remarkable feats. Notably, a career best at the All, Norway Sprint World Cup, where he secured a 14th position, and showcasing his prowess with a 15th place finish in the Classic at Murren, Switzerland FIS World Championships. Looking ahead to the 2023-2024 season, Mikael is poised to continue his presence on the tour until February, participating in most FIS Telemark World Cups. Subsequently, he plans to focus on completing his business studies and training for the 2024-2025 season, driven by the determination to further elevate his standing in the world of telemark racing.

It is in Tremblant that Xavier feels most at home. In fact, it is where he first tried telemark when he was only 9 and discovered a passion for the sport. In 2017, Xavier was recruited straight from the slopes of Tremblant and joined Telemark Quebec’s National Development Team for the 2018/19 season. He enjoyed several podium finishes in the junior category during his first year with the team and is already looking ahead to racing on the Nor-Am circuit for the 2019/20 season.

At a young age, Adrian first skied with the Performance Club, the Elite Club and then the Mont-Tremblant Ski Club. He then practiced full-time telemark and joined the Quebec telemark team. In his first year of telemark, he won all his races at the US Championships in the junior category. He looks forward to earning more podium spots in the future.
When he's not training with his team, Adrian can also be spotted in the terrain parks, riding rails, or catching air on either telemark or Alpine Skis, He is a very skilled athlete with lots of enthusiasm and passion for the sport.

Hobbies
Adrian is a versatile athlete; he has also participated in 4 Canadian National Canoe Championships where he has placed in the top 10 several times.

Émile started snowboarding at the age of 2. On his 90cm board he spent his days on the magic carpet practicing his turns to be ready for the "big mountain". He is now a member of the Quebec team and has accumulated several NORAM podiums. During the 2021/22 season, he finished 4th in the NORAM circuit. 

Francis has spent most of his adult life “escaping” to Tremblant. Once his telemark boots are on, worries disappear and the fun starts. A long-time aficionado of telemark skiing, Francis loves the physical challenges of the sport, combined with the slow, contemplative pace of applying skins and climbing up the mountain. He might have discovered telemark a bit later in life, but it is now a passion that he shares with his teenage son, Xavier, who is also one of Tremblant’s athlete ambassadors. Francis enjoys pushing himself as he trains for telemark and loves to test his newfound skills in the wonderful, life-size playground of Tremblant.

Pierre-Arthur always enjoyed extreme sports and, when he was 10, entered the El Niño competition at Tremblant. That was a key moment in his life as he fell in love with snowboard competition. In 2015, at the Circuit Snowboard Scolaire of Mont-Lac-Vert in theSaguenay region, he got over his fears of competing in front of high level competitors and took to the hill on the highest jump of his career. He won gold. He also took part in the Shakedown competition, an international level snowboarding event. He dreams of taking part in the Junior World Championships, be successful in his studies and return in his region to share his passion with younger kids.

Thomas started skiing at the age of three. He joined Club Performance at Tremblant at the age of 6 to then took part in races in the region from the age of 8 with Club Elite. He developed his racing abilities with Club de ski Mont-Tremblant for 6 years before joining the regional ski team EDLS for his first FIS year. Now he is one of seven in the men’s Quebec ski team for the 2022/23 season. Thomas had the opportunity to represent Mont-Tremblant ski club at three provincial championships, and one national championship.

Pierick started on the slopes at a young age. He quickly transitioned into the Elite Team of the Laurentian Ski Division (EDLS). Mont-Tremblant Ski Club has always been there for Pierick, either for training or during race preparations. Pierick has proudly represented the club on Team Quebec since 2021 and continues to progress on this team for the second year this season. Pierick won the U16 National Championships at Sun Peaks, as well as the U16 regional and provincial rankings.

Starting snowboarding at a young age, on a soft boot board, she quickly realized that she needed more adrenaline in her sport. With alpine snowboarding, which she has been practicing for 10 years now, she fell in love with the speed and the challenges available to her. It was at the age of 15 that she took part in her first Nor-Am races and she has been competing constantly ever since. Last season, her results took her to perform for the first time in more than 10 countries. She has competed in over 23 competitions, including 3 World Cups, 4 European Cups and the FIS World Junior Championships. Her next goal would be to accumulate as many podiums as possible and become a member of the national team.