Eligibility:
Must be 18 or younger
Reside in North Vancouver
Submit a one-page story with photos
Willingness to share their story with the community
Submission Deadline: January 15th 2025
Winners Announced: January 28th 2025
Applicants will be considered based on their need, goal, athletic level, and how they contribute to their community. We believe in celebrating not just athletic talent but also the spirit of giving back.
To apply for the 2024/25 sponsorship please fill in the application below:
Youth Sponsorship Application and send your submission to sold@inaervin.com.
Meet Jon MozellJon is a 16-year-old from North Vancouver where he has been lucky to have the North Shore mountains in his backyard. He has been riding mountain bikes since he was five years old and began racing when he was eight.
This past year was an amazing season for Jon, and a great reminder that hard work pays off. He has been training consistently on AND off the bike in the off-season, foscunig on progressing as much as he could. He was on a completely nee DH bike this year were to be Candian National Champion and win the Canadian Open DH at Cracnkworx Whistler. It was also important for him to have a consistent season that he could build on for 2023, which will be his first year racing World Cups as a Junior.
Meet Kaia HattonKaia is a thirteen-year-old luge racer whose top speed is 116 kph. She does this speed experiencing 5 x the force of gravity. Considering that 116 kph is almost double the speed limit on Mt Seymour Parkway that is pretty fast! Kaia races for the BC Luge team at the Whistler Sliding Centre - The fastest ice track on the planet! Luge is the fastest sport in the Olympic program hitting speeds over 155 kph. A tiny fiberglass sled piloted by Kaia down a one hundred million dollar, one-and-a-half-kilometre ice track. Now that IS impressive.
Kaia’s goal in luge is to compete at the 2030 Olympic Winter Games in either singles luge or Women's Doubles. To date, she has won a Silver Medal in the Youth Canadian Championships and a Gold Medal in the Canada Cup.
Her summer sport is Stand Up Paddle Racing - She is the U18 Canadian National Sprint Champion! This is great cross-training for Luge. If SUP becomes an Olympic Sport then the goal is to compete at the 2032 Summer Olympic Games.
Meet Emersen Smiers
This is Ali Bieg.Ali is a sixteen-year-old boxer that has played many sports including swimming, soccer, and baseball. Boxing since he was seven years old, he received gold at the provincial championships in early 2020. Since the beginning of 2021, he has been apprenticing as a boxing coach. Recently, Ali was invited to attend an assessment camp in Montreal run by Boxing Canada. He felt honoured to represent British Columbia, and he felt he was so fortunate to have had such an amazing opportunity with other athletes from around Canada. He trained at the Institut National du Sport du Québec, the same facility where Canada's Olympians train. He hopes through the sponsorship to continue to train hard and afford specialized equipment to represent British Columbia in the Nationals in 2022.
This is Nadia Baker.Nadia is a fifteen-year-old athlete who loves playing multiple sports who started playing soccer for the North Shore Girls Soccer Club at the age of four. She has been playing on the gold-level team for North Shore Girls Soccer Club over the past few years. Nadia’s main focus in sports though is in softball. Nadia’s first year of playing for the North Shore Girls Fastpitch Association was when she was nine years old. She has played in every season since then, joining the Rep level team at the Under 12 Age Group. She is one of the pitchers for this team — this year on the U17 team. This past summer, she helped her team to win second place in the Province in the Provincials Tournament in Kelowna, BC.
This is Sage Michaely. 
This is Chloe Watkins. She’s an 8-year-old gymnast and she has a dream. Her dream is to perform at the Olympics and to be the best gymnast in the world. Chloe works very hard and puts her training first to make her dream come true. She is often the youngest one competing when she attends events, and this year she has over 6 competitions! She's excited to start competing outside of Canada.
Cody Scott is an athlete we have supported for the past two years. He is a 16-year-old cyclist racing Cross Country MTB and Cyclocross since 2013. Over the years, Cody has worked very hard to improve as a competitor and also try new types of bike racing. This past year, Cody has done more travelling than ever before for his sport, including travelling to Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. His big goal for 2019 is to qualify for the Junior World Champs in August. This year, we have three fantastic athletes, and one returning, for 2018.
Meet Polly Krivchun. She’s a 14-year-old rhythmic gymnast. Polly was born and raised on the North Shore to an athletic family who has supported her sports career since she was born.
She has won seven BC provincial championships and four western championships. Her biggest dream is to become an Olympian and represent Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.
Meet Paige Sharpe. She’s a 16-year-old field hockey player. Through her sport, Paige has learned many important things. Field hockey has pushed her to try her hardest even when it gets difficult, and with three siblings, it gets difficult. She has played on many teams and was selected this year to join Field Hockey BC's Train 2 Compete program. She has loved the sport since she was 7 and continues to train on her turf covered basketball court in her front yard. Paige’s goal is to make Team BC. (Photo: On the Ball Sports Photography)
Meet Ges Bushe. He is a 16-year-old BC provincial medalist, cross-country and track runner. As a para-athlete, it hasn’t been easy and requires a lot of training, butGeschooses to live his life without limits. He is now in his third season of running and continues to volunteer regularly at the community library and with the Canuck’s Autism Network. His dream is to represent Canada at the Olympics.
This year, we will continue to support Cody Scott, a 15-year-old biker. For more information about Cody, you can see his bio below. We are happy to watch Cody grow as an athlete and achieve his dreams. For 2018, Cody hopes to race a fewXCOCanada Cups, theXCOCanadian Nationals and the Cyclocross Nationals and Provincials.
Meet Cody Scott a 14-year-old bike racer. He races for the youth development team Cannondale Fortius, and Road, Cross Country Mountain Bike and Cyclocross.
Meet Emma Hughes a grade 12 student at Carson Graham Secondary in North Vancouver. She has been involved in the sport of archery for six years competing at provincial, national and international events. In 2015, Emma was selected for the BC High Performance Team and earned at bronze medal in the field competition at Canada Nationals. 
Meet 16 year old Jake Judkins from North Vancouver. He is a competitive swimmer with the Senior National Group of the Chen Swim Club. Not only does he swim over 24 hours per week, he also does spin classes, yoga and personal training sessions.
Meet 16 year old Frances MacDonald who is a FIS (Federation International Ski) Alpine Ski Racer. Frances has been skiing and racing on the North Shore since the age of 2. Last year she represented BC at the Canada Winter Games and placed 4th in the Slalom event. 
Meet 17 year old Zac Dolesky the top sponsorship athlete. Growing up in North Vancouver it is no surprise Zac fell in love with sport of snowboarding. Now he competes, has photo and film shoots and gets to travel to different events around the world for snowboarding. Notably, last year, he was invited to Snowboarder Magazine’s “The Launch”, which is an event for the world’s best snowboarders under 21. He also currently sponsored by Burton Snowboards, Anon Optics, Analog Clothing, and Pacific Boarder. When he is not travelling, you may be able to spot him at Seymour, Grouse and Cypress this winter. 
Meet 17 year old Michela Phillips, a Junior National Champion in wakeboarding. Due to the North Shore’s extremely short summers, Michela spends a majority of her time in the gym to work on her strength and cross training with kickboxing and snowboarding. This year she is planning on traveling to Florida and Germany with the Canadian National Development Team to help her pursue her goals. Good luck Michela and we hope the sport grows here in North Vancouver!
Katrina Van Wijk is a rising star in the world of whitewater kayaking, progressing kayaking more than any other female paddler on the water. Raised on the Ottawa River in Ontario, kayaking has been in Katrina’s blood since she could walk. At the young age of 23 she continues to impress the men and women of the whitewater community by demonstrating success in extreme races and safe descents of class five whitewater. Katrina brings to the table a new outlook on women’s roles in extreme sports and she is passionate and dedicated to helping women get recognized for their extreme sports accomplishments. She is the founder of TITS DEEP, a movement she created with the intention to give recognition to physically and mentally strong women in extreme sports. Katrina is a student studying graphic design and film at the Art Institute of Vancouver, and is excited to represent Ina Ervin, her aunt!
Ina is a proud sponsor and MC of the annual MPS Cove Fun Run. People affected with Mucopolysaccharide (MPS) lack particular enzymes necessary for normal cell degradation and recycling, substances store throughout their bodies, causing progressive damage to their hearts, bones, joints, respiratory systems and, sometimes, central nervous systems. The goal of the run is to raise awareness and to help raise money to improve the lives of those affected by MPS. To find out more and/ or register for next year’s run click here.
As a passionate animal lover, Ina Ervin was proud to sponsor of the 2010 Scotiabank & BC SPCA Paws for a Cause walk in Vancouver. Funds raised from this province-wide event, support the incredible life-saving work the BC SPCA does to help more than 28,000 injured, homeless, neglected and abused animals across B.C.Stilhavn Real Estate Services
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