Matthew Morison

Matthew Morison ( born April 7, 1987 in Burketon, Ontario ) is a Canadian snowboarder. His disciplines are parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom. Morison lives in his native city Burketon in Ontario.

FIS races and Nor- Am Cup

Matthew Morison started from 2003 in FIS and North American Cup races in Canada and the United States. Already in March 2004, he succeeded in a slalom victory in the first Nor- Am Cup in Mount St. Louis Moonstone and he could quickly establish itself among the best. Shortly before was successful in a FIS race in the same ski resort Ontario his home and was able to in this series up to a race ever since among the top ten place. Another victory in a FIS race he succeeded in December 2008 on the Patscherkofel in Innsbruck.

Successes as a junior

His first start was overseas at the FIS Junior World Championships in Zermatt in 2005, where he finished fifth in the parallel giant slalom. He reached 2006 Vivaldi Park in Korea the same place. In his last Junior World Championships 2007 in Bad Gastein could trump up with the title win in the parallel slalom and the runner-up in the parallel giant slalom.

In World Cup

In the World Cup he made his debut in the 2005/2006 season with a 30th and a 47th place in the ski resort Le Relais in Quebec. Already in the following season, he regularly participated in the competitions in the World Cup. The first top - ten place in Bad Gastein followed a short time later in January 2007, the first podium with third place in the Swiss Nendaz and second place in Schukolowo (Russia). The following race in Furano Morison finally won. The major successes until then he had been run in the slalom, but the first World Cup victory was a giant slalom. He celebrated his second victory in the parallel giant slalom at Valmalenco at the last race of the 2008 season. Previously, he was both Gujō as well as in Stoneham each as third on the podium, finishing in seventh place in Xingyu (Korea ). In the overall World Cup presented the results in the discipline rating parallel slalom and giant slalom in 2006 for a ninth, eighth in 2007 and 2008 as the fourth in the discipline and sixth in the overall standings Morison was able to improve each.

The 2009 season began Morsion with the 20th place in the opening race in Landgraaf in the slalom. In Limone Piemonte, he again won the giant slalom and was the ninth in Arosa a top place in the overall World Cup and second place in the discipline rating Parallel just behind Siegfried Grabner and tied consolidate with Adam Smith. In Kreischberg Morsion had no top spot, but until then celebrated his biggest success at the Snowboard World Championships in Gangwon, when he was in the parallel giant slalom third behind his compatriot Jasey -Jay Anderson and Frenchman Sylvain Dufour.

Achievements

  • 2007 Junior World Champion in Bad Gastein in parallel slalom
  • 2007 Vice World Junior Champion in Bad Gastein in the parallel giant slalom
  • 2007 victory at the World Cup in Furano in the parallel giant slalom
  • 2008 victory at the World Cup in Valmalenco in the parallel giant slalom
  • 2008 victory at the World Cup in Limone Piemonte in the parallel giant slalom
  • 2009 third in the World Cup parallel giant slalom in Gangwon
Medal FIS Snowboard World Championships 2009 FIS Snowboarding World Championships FIS Snowboard World Cup 2007–08 FIS Snowboard World Cup Nor-Am Cup 2006–07 FIS Snowboard World Cup Furano, Hokkaido Chiesa in Valmalenco 2008–09 FIS Snowboard World Cup Jasey-Jay Anderson
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