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Snowboarder Lindsey Edwards is chasing her Otympic dream in Europe competing on the World Cup circuit. en people ah lind- 1N!ii Edwards what she did after high school, she'll be able to tell them shenavelled Europe But unlike all the other Canadian bachpachers looking for the adventure of a lifetime the 18-year-old WCI grad is thereon amission. Edwards taking on the world One of the brightest prospects on the Canadian women's snowboarding scene. Edwards was told that if she wants to keep improving and get her shot at the 2006 (Hympics, she had to train and competein Europe. Sure she could win some Canadian snowboardcrnss competitions if she stayed. but she would he no closer to her goal nftaking on the wndd WATERLOO CHRONICLE mum (next to Swiss Chalet) Phone 886-2830 Fax 886-9 sales@waterloochronIcle.ca editorlal@waterioochrottitth'.ctt has moved its office to 279 Weber St. N. (Upper Level, Unit 20) Waterloo, N2J 3H8 "r-T-sTrrr'intrirFotiFeniTvs_intiqfr, So when her coach Craig Smith, who also coaches the British National team, asked if she was coming to Europe. ssznissaidYE" The member of the Chicopee Skin Club set up house in France near the famous Tignes and Val d'lsem ski mans But before anybody gets any romantic ideas about living abroad. awards said it's henakrtofhardwmk It's also been a lot of have]. She's barely been at her new home since she staned tmin- ing there in October. "We're pretty much on the road all the time." said Edwards. who is now in the middle of the World Cup sea- son"lt‘s a1uMy really tiring "We have in hodse bui we dont really live in it." Her latest stop was Amsa in Continued on pagezl Fax 886-9383 That's what made team director Tom Shamuon of Waterloo prouder than his own three children winning medals at the 2004 World Cup of Martial Arts event held Ian. 18, Of the 61 Canadian com- petitors. all but three of them brought home medals. And even the ones who did- n't. got special tokens from the teammates to make sure no one was left out. That team spirit also impressed their competition from countries around the warld. like the lJ.S.. Britain. Australia and Brazil. They went down In Jamaica as a collection of SI individuals and came back a team. Canadians bring home the gold "My goal was to be one team," said Shamuon. who has spent 30 years learning Karate. and was just hon- oured with his 7th-degree black belt at the tourna- ment. "i told them when a Canadian reaches the podi- um that everybody should cheerfor them. "And that's what we did. That's how we establish bet- ter human beings in addi- litons on Sundav was wherithe game was paused until the official scorer could get anotttrstmeet, _ - -. _ _ "We showed some fiihting spirit in the third period literally." said Siskins head math Dave Officer, whose team has hand- ed the defending Suthedand Cop champs two of their dune losses this season. "HER? proud that the guys showed that they wanted m compete.“ With a combined 43 penalties called in megame. includingsix Mttingrmt'orsin thethird, thetearrrswerekavingapaper trail of their dislike for each other. While the Cullitons when: able to hold on to a4-2 win with the help of an empty-netter. the Sishins served notice they're getting ready for the plank Siskins in an omery mood Sunday SPORTS mositybeaGin the Waledoo Siskins and the kmgue-headim Suatford ar BY Bun Vnmmu' ce only thing that coolegl the futi- ( Chron tcle 'iuz)r mum WHEPSML The Shamuon family of Silvana, centre, Lorenzo. Julian and Tom. displays some of the medals the won at the World Cup. TheSiskirtsueremyost-kkxAsftrartm_ www.vwvratodooxom "We've been driving that home since sight after Christmas" he said. "It's really importantthateverytpmeistmatmilikea playoff game now. and that mental pre- paminesisgringtobereallyimporent" Ratcheting up the intensity is impor- tant for the club, as the Siskins haven't been playing their best hockey of late as they try to work some injured bodies back into the lineup. "That hurts," said Officer. "When you lookat thefirst part oftheyearwe'reget- ting the scoring "pportunities and finHr ing them. We can't play from behind, we have to get out in from and take some pressure oif our ipaltenders" Officer said he considered the game good preparation for the piayoEs coming up inFebruaxv. _ _ A _ Their biggest problem lately is getting behind early in the iirst. They repeated that pattern against Suatford as the Cullitons opened the scoring and took a 2-1 lead into the bleak. That attitude was infec- tious and even had competi- tors from other countries like the U.S. joining in the Canadian Team's celebration of their successes. cum HERE W In I tist'tisd am (as Volsmlgu Wind” lion to better athletes." "We were one group and one team." echoed his daughter Lorenza. who helped coach the junior competitors on the team. "That's what everybody noticed about Canada." It didn't hurt that they had a lot to Cheer about. including 43 gold medals in events ranging from Spar- ring to Forms. That helped Team Canada also clinch the overall title. Leading the way was Lurenza. 16. who won a world title at the competi- tion last year. She followed that up with three gold medals and another world title. Joining her on the midi urn was little brother Julian, 12. who also had three gold- medal wins to earn a world title. And not to be left out was the youngest Shamuon. 10- year-old Silvana who won a gold and three silvers. Combined with Tom's Continued on page 23