Competitive snowboarder Mark Morrison of P.E.I. has earned a spot with Team British Columbia. 

Morrison, 19, competes in a sport called snowboard cross — racing four-abreast through a banked course. 

“I decided I’d probably excel a lot quicker if I joined up with a team, which I’d been hoping to do originally,” Morrison said over the phone from Whistler, B.C., where he moved last year to pursue the sport.  

Morrison paid a $4,000 registration fee to become a member of Team B.C.

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