MJB Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com<img src=" images="" smilies="" redface.gif="" border="0" alt="" title="Embarrassment" smilieid="3" class="inlineimg"></o:smarttagtype>Snowboard Club hires former X games and US open winner Scott Gaffney as head coach of Snowboardcross team. <o></o><o></o> (<st1:date year="2008" day="5" month="11">November 5<sup>th</sup>, 2008</st1:date> – <st1:city><st1>Calgary</st1></st1:city>, Ab) Calgary Snowboard Club is proud to announce Scott Gaffney joining our coaching team. Scott Gaffney will be the head coach of the High Performance SnowboardCross team. Scott Gaffney was one of the fastest snowboarders on the planet for almost a decade, winning such events as X games, US open and Whistler World Cup. He spent the latter part of his professional career being filmed and having his picture taken, appearing in such media as Standard films releases and Transworld snowboarding magazine. TEAM CSC is proud of the successes of riders that have trained with us and we feel that Scott’s experience and coaching will add to this winning legacy of the Calgary Snowboard Club. Our team alumni have gone on to win or podium in world cups and junior world championships and hopefully next year at Cypress, and we look forward to Scott bringing his winning qualities into coaching with the team. <o></o> <o></o><o></o> <link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CMark%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:ApplyBreakingRules/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:宋体; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 680460288 22 0 262145 0;} @font-face {font-family:Garamond; panose-1:2 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 8 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 680460288 22 0 262145 0;} @font-face {font-family:Aharoni; panose-1:2 1 8 3 2 1 4 3 2 3; mso-font-charset:177; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:6145 0 0 0 32 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]-->On what makes a good team environment Scott Gaffney: The joy of competition can be lost pretty quickly. Competitions can be stressful. As a competitor I remember and appreciate those key individuals that reminded me of the balance that’s needed; that we are snowboarding, we are here to have fun, and compete. Pretty excited to have Scott with our team now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawndoggy Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Lol, when I hear team CSC, I think of Carlos Sastre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronG Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Shawndoggy, I had the exact same thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big canuck Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Steve could ride for CSC. He is FAST company. Talented family, nice guys to boot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinecure Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Funny, when I think of Scott Gaffney, I think of Matchstick Productions Movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Stevens Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Good one Mark. Is Scott working evenings at COP? Melissa is wondering how he will fit it in with firefighting. Stoked for you guys and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB Posted November 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Scott has flexibility in shifts, and trades them if necessary. The mojican origin of "firefighter" actually translates as "has more than one occupation". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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