Profile - Ben Kilner

Discipline:  Halfpipe

Team: British Freestyle Snowboard Team

Born:  21/08/1988, Aberdeen, Scotland

Lives: Banchory, Royal Deeside

Major achievements: 3rd Canada World Cup, 7th Spain World Cup, 9th Italy World cup Finals, 18th Vancouver Olympics 2010, 4th Nescafe Championships, 1st British Championships

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 finished 18th overall. 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 achieve a signifcant result at Sochi 2014 and apart from the Olympics, his goal is to learn new tricks, stay heathy, fit and continue to have a good life out of it!

Twitter name: @benkilner

Blog: www.benkilner.com

Photo Credit: Head shot & Action shot by Nick Atkins