My name is Reece Howden, I am an athlete on the Canadian Ski Cross Team from British Columbia. I was born July 12, 1998 and started skiing not long after learning to walk. I grew up skiing alpine and was picked up by the Canadian Ski Cross Team after the Youth(U18) Olympic Games Lillehammer Norway in 2016, where I won Gold in Ski Cross. Until May of 2020 I have been a student-athlete juggling competitive ski racing and school. Most recently at SAIT where I completed a Geomatics Engineering Technology Diploma. In January of last year as I was beginning my final semester of school, I was fortunate enough to earn my first World Cup win at Nakiska and the youngest male ski cross athlete to win a Ski Cross in 10 years. The following year I really got a taste of my potential after finishing the season with 4 WorldCup Victories, 2 Silver medals and the 2021 WorldCup Overall Crystal Globe and received Rookie of the year. In 2022, I attended the Olympic Games and although I did not achieve my goal of a Medal I finished 9th and left with many lessons learned. The rest of the season was an uphill battle compared to the previous but I still managed 1 WorldCup victory, 3rd and 2nd in a Ski cross Team event. Currently, I am fully engulfed in pre-season training and excited for a WorldCup season void of Covid regulations.My name is Reece Howden, I am an athlete on the Canadian Ski Cross Team from British Columbia. I was born July 12, 1998 and started skiing not long after learning to walk. I grew up skiing alpine and was picked up by the Canadian Ski Cross Team after the Youth(U18) Olympic Games Lillehammer Norway in 2016, where I won Gold in Ski Cross. Until May of 2020 I have been a student-athlete juggling competitive ski racing and school. Most recently at SAIT where I completed a Geomatics Engineering Technology Diploma. In January of last year as I was beginning my final semester of school, I was fortunate enough to earn my first World Cup win at Nakiska and the youngest male ski cross athlete to win a Ski Cross in 10 years. The following year I really got a taste of my potential after finishing the season with 4 WorldCup Victories, 2 Silver medals and the 2021 WorldCup Overall Crystal Globe and received Rookie of the year. In 2022, I attended the Olympic Games and although I did not achieve my goal of a Medal I finished 9th and left with many lessons learned. The rest of the season was an uphill battle compared to the previous but I still managed 1 WorldCup victory, 3rd and 2nd in a Ski cross Team event. Currently, I am fully engulfed in pre-season training and excited for a WorldCup season void of Covid regulations.