Occupation: Avalanche Safety Trainer, Avalanche Safety Team at Tusk Mountain Resort Operations

Home town: Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

Residence: Saguenay, QC

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Rider’s newest teammate on the National Snowboard Cross Team

Personality: Friendly, outgoing, kind, supportive, consistently cheerful, clean cut

Noteworthy Details: Former NextGen team member (Junior team), X-Games skateboard competitor

Stance on board: Regular snowboard cross

Major Sponsors: None (yet)

Shooter

Occupation: Environmental activist and glacier scientist (aka glaciologist)

Home town: Originally from Les Deux Alpes in France. In 1987, moved to Canada and became a citizen.

Residence: Campground near Whistler, B.C.

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Rivals in new resort development project on pristine glacial land

Personality: Easily excitable, passionate, and committed to social causes

Noteworthy Details: Loves all things natural and organic. Vegan. Rochelle is an environmental activist and glacial scientist, fighting the impact of tourism growth and global warming. 

Rochelle La Chance

Occupation: Backcountry touring ski guide

Home town: Whistler, BC

Residence: Whistler, BC (Previously in New Zealand)

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Childhood friends in elementary school

Personality: Loner, spontaneous and compulsive, trigger temper, somber

Noteworthy Details: wear bright headbands

Lifty

Occupation: Snowboard cross national team rookie

Home town: Vernon, B.C.

Residence: Vernon, B.C.

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Girlfriend

Personality: Bubbly, friendly, outgoing, cheerful

Noteworthy Details: Rider has compromising pictures of Hottie prior to his fated wedding event 

Sponsorships: MoonMe Sports

Hattie Snowdon

Occupation: Lead Avalanche Safety Specialist for Mountain Operations, avalanche safety trainer

Home town: Appi Kogen Ski Resort, Japan

Residence: Pemberton, B.C.

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Rider collided with his young nephew on the mountain, causing a severe concussion

Personality: serious, quiet, reserved, keeps his emotions to himself.

Noteworthy Details: Trained as a Buddhist monk in Nepal after graduating high school. In Japan, trained in Ninjutsu with Ashida Kim, the author of “Secrets of the Ninja”.

Boomer

Occupation: Avalanche Safety Specialist, Mountain Operations. Part-time Dispatcher (night shift)

Home town: Melbourne, Australia

Residence: Squamish, B.C.

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Rider was a former business partner who abandon his responsibilities and contributed the the failure of Garbozo’s new snowboard design business

Personality: Fiercely independent, cocky, laid back

Noteworthy Details: Bankrupt and burdened with unpaid bills that stand in the way of fulfilling his dreams to an adventure tour company. So keen for a new start, Garbozo made shirts and caps with the logo for his future company, even though it doesn’t exist yet. 

Garbozo

Occupation: Tattoo artist

Home town: Vail, Colorado, USA

Residence: Whistler, B.C.

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Rider’s former fiancee

Personality: Proud, tough, emotional, erratic and unpredictable,

Noteworthy Details: Uses body tattoos to express herself; a talented artist; loves Gothic styles 

Ruby Red

Occupation: Detective

Home town: Montreal, Q.C.

Residence: Whistler, B.C.

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): None

Personality: Charismatic, cheerful, curious, takes her job seriously, ambitious

Noteworthy Details: Lives for her work. Wants to run the Vancouver Police Department. 

Detective Marcy Empey

Occupation: Wealthy business magnate, founder of Switz Active Sportswear, a Swiss-based company

Home town: Zurich, Switzerland

Residence: Whistler, B.C. (part-time)

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Rider’s primary sponsor on the World Cup circuit

Personality: Ambitious, flamboyant, confident, assertive, decisive, calculating

Noteworthy Details: Money buys power; big tipper

Irma Roth

Occupation: Lead Investigator

Home town: London, England

Residence: Vancouver, B.C.

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): None

Personality: Thoughtful, reserved, curious

Noteworthy Details: Loves mysteries and solving crimes. Rounding up and interrogating suspects is a job and a life.

Detective Darcy Empey

Occupation: University drop-out, skilled programmer and computer hacker

Home town: Zurich, Switzerland

Residence: Zurich, Switzerland (seasonal), Whistler (seasonal)

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Her dear sister’s company, Switz Active Sportswear, sponsors Rider

Personality: Nerdy, intellectual, awkward, a bit goofy, practical joker, easily holds a grudge, unforgiving

Noteworthy Details: Thick glasses and pigtails, MIT dropout, robotics genius, sister to the wealthy business magnate, Irma Roth who is the founder of Switz Active Sportswear, a Swiss-based company 

Bertie Roth

Occupation: Backcountry ski guide, Supplies Manager for Tusk Mountain Resort Operations

Home town: Whistler, BC

Residence: Whistler, BC

Relationship to the Victim (Rider): Spanky and Rider were friends and teammates on the National Snowboard Cross team until Spanky retired from the sport due to an injury during competition on the World Cup circuit a year go.

Personality: Once a high-spirited jock and jovial competitor, Spanky has become sullen and bitter

Noteworthy Details: Chronic right knee injury

Stance on board: Regular Former

Sponsors: Switz Active Sportswear, owned by wealthy business magnate, Irma Roth

Spanky