Name: Jasey-Jay Anderson Event: Parallel giant slalom Bio: Anderson is a four-time world champion. He has won more than 50 World Cup medals, including 24 golds. Despite his success, Olympic hardware has eluded him. His best result at the big dance was a fifth place finish in snowboard cross at the 2006 Turin Games. He also competed in downhill events at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 and Nagano Games in 1998. (MICHAEL PROBST/The Associated Press)

Name: Jeff Batchelor Event: Halfpipe Bio: Batchelor came in second at the 2009 world championships. He has five World Cup circuit wins, including two golds at Stoneham, Quebec in 2009 and Sungwoo, Korea in 2007. (JO YONG-HAK/Reuters)

Name: Francois Boivin Event: Snowboard cross Bio: Boivin (shown in the front of the above photo) placed 10th at the 2006 Turin Games. He won bronze in March of 2009 at the World Cup event at La Molina, Spain and came in 11th at the 2009 world championships. (The Associated Press)

Name: Caroline Calve Event: Parallel giant slalom Bio: Calve won her first World Cup medal, a silver, in 2009 at Valmalenco, Italy.

Name: Sarah Conrad Event: Halfpipe Bio: Conrad won World Cup silver in 2008 at Stoneham, Quebec, and finished fourth at the same venue this January. At the 2006 Turin Games, she came in 15th. (The Canadian Press)

Name: Robert Fagan Event: Snowboard cross Bio: In December of 2009, Fagaon placed second in the World Cup race at Telluride, Colorado. (Reuters)

Name: Michael Lambert Event: Parallel giant slalom Bio: Lambert won his first World Cup gold medal this past January at Nendaz, Switzerland. That finish came after a silver medal at Telluride, Colorado, in December 2009. (The Canadian Press)

Name: Justin Lamoureux Event: Halfpipe Bio: Lamoureux placed 21st at the 2006 Turin Games. From 2002 to the present, he has posted nine top-five finishes in the World Cup and came in fifth at the 2009 world championships. (JACQUES BOISSINOT/The Canadian Press)

Name: Alexa Loo Event: Parallel giant slalom Bio: Loo placed 20th at the 2006 Turin Games. Her best World Cup result is second place, which she earned at Kreischberg, Austria this past January. She placed eighth in parallel slalom at the 2009 world championships. (The Associated Press)

Name: Dominique Maltais Event: Snowboardcross Bio: Maltais is the only Canadian snowboarder, other than Ross Rebagliati, to have ever won an Olympic medal after the Quebec native won a bronze in Turin. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

Name: Maelle Ricker Event: Snowboardcross Bio: Vancouver will be Ricker's fourth Olympic games, and the boarder is a medal contender again this time around. In Turin she finished fourth, behind Maltais. She has two gold and a bronze medal at the Winter X Games. (CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Name: Kimiko Zakreski Event: Parallel giant slalom Bio: A first time Olympian, Zakreski is no stranger to the limelight after having been one of the stars of two MTV snowboarding shows, 'Summer Session' and the recent 'Over the Bolts.' She has both a silver and bronze World Cup medals to her name. (Canadian Snowboard Federation)

Name: Brad Martin Event: Halfpipe Bio: A three-time defending Canadian halfpipe champion, Martin is going into Vancouver hoping to build on his 16th place finish in Turin. (AP Photo)

Name: Matthew Morison Event: Parallel giant slalom Bio: Despite a fractured elbow, Morison managed to make it onto the Canadian Olympic team on the strength of a 2009 season which included a bronze medal at the FIS World Championships. (REUTERS/Aleessandro Garofalo)

Name: Mike Robertson Event: Snowboardcross Bio: Another first time Olympian, Robertson recorded back-to-back podiums in 2009- which includes a silver at Cypress Mountain, the Olympic venue. (CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

Name: Drew Neilson Event: Snowboardcross Bio: Going into the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Neilson was considered the odds-on gold medal favourite but was taken out in the first round eliminating the B.C. native from contention. Going into Vancouver not only is he a hometown hero, but is again expected to make a medal run. (DARRYL DYCK/Canadian Press)

Name: Mercedes Nicoll Event: Halfpipe Bio: Nicoll placed 27th overall in the halfpipe at the 2006 Olympics, and posted top-ten finishes twice last season on her way to Vancouver. (Richard Lam/CANADIAN PRESS)

Name: Palmer Taylor Event: Halfpipe Bio: The youngest member of the snowboard team, only 18-years old, Taylor earned a seventh place finish in only her fourth World Cup event last year in Quebec. While she may not be pegged to medal in Vancouver, she's expected to gain experience on her way to Sochi. (AP)