Saluting Canada's Olympians

Hear the name Mark McMorris and the first image that comes to mind is a spinning, leaping body in motion, defying gravity and the limits created by the snowboard strapped to his feet.
The second image is probably the relaxed grin that stretches across his face and has won the hearts of people in his home province and across Canada.
The ease of that smile, however, belies how hard-earned the pleasure of competing for his country has been.
Less than a year has passed since McMorris hit a tree on t