Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Impaired range of motion |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Wife Natasha |
Residence |
Rossland, BC, CAN |
Occupation |
Athlete, Coach |
Languages |
English |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began snowboarding on Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand, in 1989. |
Why this sport? |
He liked surfing and says that snowboarding "enabled me to do the tricks I could only dream of as a surfer". |
Club / Team |
Kootenay Boardriders: Rossland, BC, CAN |
Name of coach |
Candice Drouin [national] |
Coach from which country? |
Canada |
Preferred position / style / stance / technique |
Regular |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2007 |
Competing for |
Canada |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Lockey (ianlockey.com. 01 May 2012) |
Hobbies |
Gardening, mountain biking. (paralympic.ca, 20 Jan 2014) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing at the 2011 Winter X Games. (Athlete, 06 Mar 2014) |
Most influential person in career |
His wife Natasha. (Athlete, 06 Mar 2014) |
Hero / Idol |
US surfer Kelly Slater. (Athlete, 06 Mar 2014) |
Injuries |
He suffered a shoulder injury at the 2011 Winter Adaptive X Games at Copper Mountain in the US, which prevented him from finishing the event. (rosslandtelegraph.com, 07 Nov 2013) |
Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs |
His superstition is never to call the last run. (ianlockey.com. 01 May 2012) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Don't say 'I can't', but 'how can I?'"
"Are you breathing in and out?"
(Athlete, 06 Mar 2014) |
Famous relatives |
His father and brother were provincial golf champions. His brother has also competed for the New Zealand Iron Man team. (ianlockey.com. 01 May 2012) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (rmoutlook.com, 28 Nov 2013) |
Impairment |
He has 50% use of his muscles from the waist down due to a serious crash while snowboarding in New Zealand. The accident crushed three of his vertebrae, resulting in an incomplete spinal injury. His equipment involves running a third strap, attached to his highback, so when he leans forward on his board the strap helps support the load. (rosslandtelegraph.com, 07 Nov 2013) |
Other information |
COACH
He is a mountain bike coach and co-founder of Kootenay Mountain Bike Coaching in Rossland, BC, Canada. (Athlete, 06 Mar 2014; paralympic.ca, 20 Jan 2014)
NEW ZEALAND TO CANADA
He was born and raised in New Zealand before moving to Canada and gaining Canadian citizenship. (Athlete, 06 Mar 2014) |
