Brad Martin (snowboarder)
Brad Martin ( born August 12, 1986 in Hamilton ) is a Canadian snowboarder. He starts mainly in the halfpipe.
Career
Martin, who competes for the Craigleith Ski Club, began at the age of eight years with snowboarding during a winter vacation in Jay Peek, Vermont, having already stood for the first time at 18 months on skis. At age 16, he made his international debut in 2002 in Nor -Am Cup. At the Canadian Championships in 2002 he reached # 44 on January 20, 2003, he won his first competition in the halfpipe in Nor -Am Cup. After another victory in Nor -Am Cup and a third place finish at the Canadian Championships in 2003, he was appointed to the team for the World Cup. On 13 December 2003 he gave his debut in Whistler in the Snowboard World Cup. He reached the 10th place right away a good result and 260 World Cup points. Even in his second World Cup in Stoneham, he reached the points.
At the Junior World Championship in 2004, he raced in Oberwiesenthal in the Big Air and reached the 60th place. In the Czech Klínovec where the halfpipe competition was held, he went to sixth place. After the World Youth Championship in Sapporo he succeeded once again the drive into the points before then for results outside the World Cup points went back to the Nor -Am Cup. In the Snowboard World Championships 2005 in Whistler Martin drove to eighth place in the Big Air. After the World Cup, he returned to the World Cup, and reached in Bardonecchia also immediately the points. In Xingyu Resort he just missed the podium in fourth place.
On December 10, 2005, he reached the podium for the first time in Whistler and drove in the halfpipe at the third place. At the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 he drove in the halfpipe to 16th after he had already been eliminated in the second qualifying round. The 2005/06 season he finished on the 29th place in the overall World Cup standings. In the halfpipe standings he finished fifth. The 2006/07 season began for Martin with a seventh place in Saas -Fee. In the Snowboard World Cup 2007 in Arosa, he won the halfpipe surprisingly the bronze medal. At the Canadian Championships in 2007 at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, he won his first national title. The first World Cup in the 2007/ 08 season he played only in February 2008 in Calgary, where he could first achieve victory in the halfpipe. Also in the next World Cup in Stoneham, he stood again with a second place on the podium. At the end of the season, he finished as early as 2005 /06, the fifth in the halfpipe World Cup standings.
At the Canadian Championships in 2008 at Cypress Mountain in April 2008, he again won the championship. In the Snowboard World Championships 2009 in Gangwon but he could not confirm this success, reaching only number 19 in the halfpipe and big air only ranks 30th in the World Cup was not until after the World Cup he could score again and finish on the podium. At the Canadian Championships in 2009, he won his third championship in a row. Although he completed a few races in Nor -Am Cup in December 2009 and graduated with only mediocre results, he belonged to the Canadian team for the Winter Olympics 2010., Where he reached the 23th place after he was eliminated in the second qualifying round. At the Canadian Championships in 2010, he won his fourth successive title.