Ambassadors & Athletes

Special places make some special people.

Meet some of the amazing members of our mountain community!

Meet the Athletes

Alpine Athlete

Cassidy Gray

It wasn’t long ago that Cassidy Gray was the youngest on the Canadian alpine team. Now, she’s one of the most experienced and is entering her prime years at 24 years old, already boasting 41 World Cup starts ahead of 2025-26.

While “Cass” has primarily focused on giant slalom through her first few years on the World Cup, she has eased into the speed events and has started in three World Cup downhills and six super-Gs, while also competing in the speed disciplines at the 2025 World Championships. Formerly a collegiate skier with the University of Colorado, Gray won the NCAA giant slalom title. She also boasts a World Junior Championship gold medal as a member of the Canadian group that topped the team competition on her home slopes of Panorama, B.C.

An avid hiker, cyclist and CrossFit athlete in the offseason, Gray has quickly established herself as an energetic veteran in the Canadian team and has high hopes this season and the 2026 Olympic year.

Gray wears a helmet representing the Columbia Valley, where she grew up. The Valley is on the unseeded territory of the Secwépemc, Ktunaxa, and Niitsitapi people, three bands that have been supportive throughout her childhood. Her helmet features some salmon, designed by Trinda Cote, a member of the Shuswap Band.

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Alpine Athlete

Amelia Smart

At her core, Amelia Smart is a team player. Highlighting Laurence St-Germain’s slalom World Championship title in 2023 as her favourite ski moment, the 27-year-old has developed into one of Canada’s premier ski racers in an exciting era for Canadian tech.

The Invermere, BC native had a breakout season on the World Cup in 2021-22, earning her first top-10 finishes at the highest level through the first three months of 2022. In Schladming, AUT, she finished 9th in slalom before capturing another top-10 finish in Courchevel, FRA, in March.

Since then, she finished 8th in a 2023 slalom in Zagreb, CRO in 2023, and cracked the top 30 six times in 2023-24, before grabbing a top-20 finish with a 17th-place result in the Flachau slalom in 2025.

With good form on the slopes over the last few seasons, Smart is now looking to take the step towards podium contention in the 2025-26 Olympic season.

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Freestyle Moguls Athlete

Cole Carey

Born and raised in Panorama, Cole Carey learned to ski almost as soon as he learned to walk. This early passion has carried him to Team Canada’s Freestyle Mogul Team in 2024.

From the start, Cole was drawn to the challenge of moguls. While others chased speed on the racecourse, he was captivated by the rhythm, the finesse and the explosiveness of freestyle skiing. By age seven, he joined the Freestyle Panorama Ski Club, where coaches immediately recognized his natural balance and powerful athleticism. But even more noticeable was something less tangible—his work ethic, his grit, and his ability to light up every training session with enthusiasm.

As he climbed through provincial and national development programs, Cole forged a reputation as one of Canada’s most determined young mogul skiers. Breakthrough performances came at the 2023 Canada Winter Games, where he captured 3 medals (gold, silver, bronze) for Team BC in moguls, dual moguls and mixed duals. Numerous NorAm podiums and a dual moguls Gold Medal win at Deer Valley NorAm, bringing him to his first World Cup Start in Val. St Come in January 2025.

In 2024, he earned his place on Team Canada, joining the national mogul program and representing his country on the international stage.

Cole’s goals are bold but sincere: compete on the World Cup circuit, stand on international podiums, and ultimately represent Canada at the Olympic Winter Games. With every turn, jump, and landing, he’s pushing toward that vision—one run, one season, and one milestone at a time.

Driven by passion, shaped by family and community, and fueled by a relentless desire to improve, Cole Carey is one of the brightest young stars in Canadian mogul skiing. His story is still being written, but one thing is clear: the path ahead is as steep and dynamic as the courses he thrives on—and he’s ready for every bump, jump, and challenge that comes his way.

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Meet our Ambassadors

Manuel Osborne-Paradis

Manuel Osborne-Paradis, better known as Manny, is a four-time Olympian, World Championship medalist and multiple World Cup winner, along with 12 World Cup podiums. Manny is the first Canadian to win both a Super G and Downhill World Cup. During Manny’s career, he was known as the fastest glider in the world, a dying art of skiing that takes strength and finesse. In Wengen, Switzerland, Manny was clocked racing at 159 km, while in Val Gardena, Italy, Manny took exceptional speed into a jump that shot him into the ski with a total measurement of 89 meters of flight, one of the longest jumps in World Cup History. Off the slopes, Manny runs a foundation that offers financial aid to ski racers who lack funds to train and compete while also being a Right to Play global ambassador.

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