Vincent Gagnier
Vitals
Date of Birth: July 21, 1993
Age: 18
Place of Birth: Victoriaville, Que.
Hometown: Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.
Place of Residence:Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges (Mont Sainte-Anne), Que.
Freestyle Discipline: Slopestyle
Height: 6’ 1’’
Weight:165
Years on National Team: First year
Coaches: Toben Sutherland and JF Cusson
Career Highlights: 3rd WSI Big Air 2010
Bio
Nickname
Vink, Cash, Ze Cash
My Motto
Grab and Tweak
Favorite Films/TV Series
Fringe, Dexter, Prison Break
What’s on my iPod
Céline Dion, Marie-Chantal Toupin, KDD
Education
High School diploma
Hobbies/Interests
Football, basketball
Ultimate Holiday Destination
San Diego
I never leave home without…
My slippers
Superstitions
I Need to ski with poles
Heroes/Role Models
PA Rousseau, Candide Thovex, JF Cusson
Who has had the most influence on your athletic career?
Antoine Gagnier
What’s the biggest challenge you’ve had to overcome?
Coming back from concussions
Goals outside of sport
To read more
Greatest fear
To be indifferent to others
Advice to young athletes
Watch old ski movies and visualize for the legends of our sport
How did you get into freestyle?
By following my brother’s footsteps
Favorite meal
Spaghetti with my mother’s sauce
It would surprise you to know that…
Rails are as important as jumps in slopestyle
If I wasn’t an athlete I would be…
A sports analyst at RDS
Favorite World Cup stop and why?
Breckenridge Dew Tour, the course is super long and you have to be a good skier to make it to the bottom
Favorite form of exercise
Biking
Pet peeves?
A big injury
Anything else to add?
Ed Hardy is steeezy


