Tyler Nicholson (born August 3, 1995) is a Canadian
snowboarder
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...
, competing in the disciplines of big air and slopestyle.
Career
X Games
Nicholson took the silver medal in
slopestyle
Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. The disc ...
at
Winter X Games XXI
Winter X Games XXI (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen '17; styled as Winter X Games Twenty-One in the official logo) were held from January 26 to January 29, 2017, in Aspen, Colorado. Thomas Wilson won his 16th consecutive Winter X Games held in Aspe ...
.
2018 Winter Olympics
In January 2018, Nicholson was named to
Canada's 2018 Olympic team.
Personal life
Nicholson is engaged to American snowboarder
Jamie Anderson.
References
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1995 births
Living people
Canadian male snowboarders
Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario
Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic snowboarders for Canada
Snowboarders at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics