Student Profile--Aaron Taylor

Aaron Taylor

by Kathryn Dawson

 

 

Aaron’s 2^nd place run at Canadian Nationals

You’ve probably seen Aaron Taylor crutching around NSA this year, but what else do you know about him? For starters, his first name is really James and he came to NSA for the winter last year because he realized, “if I wanted to go hard at skiing, I had to go to an academy.”

            Aaron is from Hamilton, Ontario and has been skiing since he was two years old. He used to ski with his sister, who’s now 17.

“My dad got me into [racing]” Aaron explained, “because my parents wanted time on their own and racing kept us busy.”           

            “I came to a 1-week camp here a couple of years ago” he said, “I came winter term because I knew some people were coming here then, like the Martens.”

His favorite part of NSA is training in the morning, and his favorite class is Algebra II.

            Aaron produced some stellar results last year, most impressively a 1^st place GS run at the Junior Olympics and a 2^nd place in the GS at the K2 Canadian Championships. He ended his excellent season by qualifying for the Whistler Cup. Despite his notable GS results, Aaron said he likes all the disciplines in skiing equally.

Aaron is a versatile athlete; he plays soccer, bikes and even played hockey from age 8 until last year. The aforementioned crutches actually resulted from a soccer accident that broke Aaron’s left tibia and fibula. Luckily, he should be off his crutches in a few weeks and can resume training for a promising year as a JII, the division for 15- and 16-year-olds. 

This season, Aaron hopes to get a good base for his points. After high school, he’s aiming to ski for a good university and make the Ontario ski team.