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Vancouver, BC – Blenz Coffee has partnered with Maëlle Ricker, a Squamish‐based member of the Canadian National Snowboard Team, and is launching a new promotion that gives Blenz customers the opportunity to support her throughout the 2009-10 season.
Maëlle Ricker is a 13-year veteran of the Canadian National Snowboard Team Photo courtesy of adamandkev photography
Blenz was attracted to Maëlle not only because she is a veteran and role model on the Canadian National Snowboard team and a leading force in women’s snowboarding – she’s also a Blenz customer.
“As a Canadian company, it’s great to support our community on behalf of the thousands of Blenz customers, and we’re proud to partner with Maëlle. She’s an ambitious and talented local athlete who also understands and lives our brand and is hoping to do something great for Canada in 2010,” said Brian Noble, director and co‐founder of Blenz Coffee.
Maëlle is excited about the partnership with a BC-based company that fits seamlessly into her life as a snowboard athlete. “Sipping coffee in the morning before riding powder all day until my legs feel like they’re going to fall off and then winding down with a hot chocolate from Blenz is a perfect day,” said Maëlle. “I’m very happy to partner with Blenz for some extra fuel going into the Olympics this year.”
Blenz is also giving its customers an opportunity to put their support behind Maëlle by releasing a Limited Edition West Coast Winter Roast this winter season and will be available until the end of February 2010. “Every time our customers buy the West Coast Winter Roast, they’ll be enjoying great coffee in support of a great Canadian athlete,” added Brian Noble.
Maëlle will be providing exclusive updates on her training and competitions at www.blenzblog.com.
About Maëlle Ricker
Maëlle Ricker is a 13-year veteran of the Canadian National Snowboard Team, and is a trailblazer for women’s snowboarding, competing at both the inaugural snowboarding Halfpipe event at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games where she finished fifth, and the first-ever Snowboard Cross event at the 2006 Torino Games finishing fourth.
About Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd™
Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd is a premium retailer of handmade specialty coffees, organic loose-leaf teas and other innovative beverages. All Blenz Coffee’s beverages are made in‐store from only the highest quality ingredients available. World class barista training and a drive to provide a superior customer experience has fuelled their steady growth. Blenz Coffee now operates a large network of franchise locations in British Columbia and abroad including Japan and the Philippines.
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Maëlle Ricker please contact:
Joan Hall
Manager, Athlete Services
Agenda Sport Marketing
778.918.5995
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 19, 2009 9:00 p.m.
TELLURIDE, Colo. – Canadian snowboarders Maelle Ricker, Rob Fagan and Dominique Maltais won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively in the second snowboardcross event Saturday at a World Cup stop.
Ricker, of Squamish, B.C., won her second consecutive women’s snowboardcross race this season and leads the overall rankings in snowboardcross with the maximum of 2000 points.
“Our boards were running fast today and I had some quick pulls out of the start which definitely helped me to pick my line, and make my way down the course as I wanted to,” said Ricker.
Ricker now has 28 career podiums – including 13 victories – on the FIS World Cup Tour.
Maltais, of Petite-Riviere Saint-Francois, Que., joined Ricker on the podium with a third-place finish, just behind Swiss rider Simona Meiler. Maltais also finished third in the first snowboardcross course.
“I am a little disappointed because it’s the second straight race I get passed while I was in the last sections right before the finish,” said Maltais. “On this course, the last turn was pretty technical. The girl who passed me was goofy (footed), turning on her toes (and not the heels), so it was easier for her to generate speed and pass me at the end.”
Maltais, with 1200 points, is second behind Ricker in the overall snowboardcross rankings.
In men’s racing, Squamish native Fagan took the second position and was the only Canadian out of six riders to advance into the semifinal round.
France’s Pierre Vaultier finished first and American Ross Powers was third.
With the second-place result Saturday and a third top-5 finish, Fagan now has reached the priority selection criteria to make the 2010 Canadian Olympic Snowboard Team.
“I am pretty excited to get closer to the goal of making the Olympic team,” said Fagan. “Our guys are really good, and it’s pretty challenging to make our own Olympic team. Today was a good show for me.”
Canada now has 10 podium results this season – seven in Telluride – with a total of seven different riders stepping on podiums so far in the disciplines of Alpine snowboarding and snowboardcross.
Source: Metro News-Vancouver
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