BIOGRAPHY 

As a young man, Gar started racing at Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver. He then raced and coached with the UBC ski team and he was invited to the Olympic trials in the mid-fifties but he didn't qualify. Work, family skiing and an annual Veteran's race kept him busy until the Dave Murray camps and Masters races started in BC. Soon after Gar became an avid competitor in every discipline at the national and international masters level. Over the years Gar's racing career took him to many interesting race venues. Among his favorites is the annual Silver Star downhill, a team event for which he has a sought-after age handicap. Gar's most recent successes in the 80-84 age class include a bronze medal in super-G and a 3rd place combined ranking against 5 other competitors at the 2007 US National Championships in Big Sky, Montana. A true "Gentle Giant" and current member of the Canadian Masters Alpine Team, Gar enjoys the speed, the competition, socializing and mixing with all age groups, and he expects to continue racing until he's at least 100 .