JP Auclair
- Birth Date:
- 22.08.1977
- Death date:
- 30.09.2014
- Length of life:
- 37
- Days since birth:
- 17050
- Years since birth:
- 46
- Days since death:
- 3497
- Years since death:
- 9
- Person's maiden name:
- Jean-Philippe Auclair
- Categories:
- Sportsman
- Nationality:
- canadian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
JP Auclair (Jean-Philippe Auclair) was a Canadian freestyle skier. (August 22, 1977 in Ste. Foy, Quebec – September 30, 2014 in Aysen, Chile).
Jp helped Salomon launch the 1080 ski in 1998 and in 2002, along with fellow freeskier Tanner Hall founded Armada skis, a freestyle only skiing company and remained a member of their "Pro Team" since Nov. 11, 2002.
His sponsors included: Armada skis, Orage Clothing, Giro Helmets, Level Gloves, JoyStick Poles, D-Structure, Mount Seymour, Stoneham and SnowParkNZ. Auclair has grown facial hair from a long goatee in the mid 90s to a Magnum PI mustache over the turn of the millennium. Auclair has also taken roles in many ski movies, including the 2012 release of Sherpas Cinema's, "All.I.Can".
Auclair died alongside Andreas Fransson in an avalanche on September 30, 2014 in Chile while filming for the webisode series Apogee Skiing.
Source: wikipedia.org
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