Brakeman Davidson de Souza and his Canadian teammates spent much of November training in Whistler, B.C., and will have sleds competing when the North American Cup begins this week at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Calgary.
He was raised in a favela outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil, but the first time he slid down the ice at Calgary's WinSport facility, de Souza knew he was home.
"I loved it. I got in love with the sport right away," he said. "And when I came to Canada, I got in love with the country, how people are here, how Canada is beautiful, the security, the safeness. Everything just got me. And I just told myself, 'One day I'm going to live here.
He set up in Calgary, alone, speaking very little English and facing massive culture shock. He started working on his dream of competing for Canada but stepped away from the sport a few years later after becoming a father. The Canadian team spent much of November in Whistler training and will have sleds competing when the North American Cup gets underway at the Whistler Sliding Centre this week.
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