Profile - Ben Kilner

Name: Ben Kilner

Date of Birth: 21st August 1988

Hometown: Banchory, UK

Career Highlights:

Sochi Winter Olympic Games, 2014

Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, 2010

3rd Canada World Cup, 2010

Goals: World Cup podium, 2018 Pyeonchang Olympics

Personal Sponsors: K2, Lazer, QTS Group, ThirtyTwo

Shout Outs: Mum, Dad, Sister and all friends. You know who you are.

Website: www.benkilner.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/benjaminkilner

Twitter: @benkilner

Instagram: @benkilner

Biography:

Ben is a Halfpipe specialist but also competes in the Slopestyle and Big Air disciplines. He represented Great Britain at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver and at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi,.

He started snowboarding at Glenshee when his school was closed due to snow. After trying loads of different sports, snowboarding was the one that stuck, as well as golf in the summer months.

Ben hopes to qualify for the next Olympics in PyeongChang in 2018, and apart from that his goal is to learn new tricks, stay heathy, fit and continue to have a good life out of it.

 

Photo Credit: Nick Atkins at Scene Images