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Vincent Gagnier

Vincent Gagnier

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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

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