Kaylie Buck

Biography

Kaylie Buck made her Olympic debut at Beijing 2022.

In December 2025, she earned her first career FIS World Cup podium, finishing second in parallel giant slalom (PGS) in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Her previous personal best on the World Cup circuit had been an 11^th place finish in the PGS on home snow in Val St-Côme, Quebec in February 2025. She has been competing in World Cup events for almost a decade, having made her debut in February 2017, just before her 17^th birthday. 

In the summer of 2022, Buck suffered a ruptured ACL and meniscus tear while playing soccer. After undergoing surgery, she missed the entire 2022-23 season for rehab and recovery. In her comeback season, she earned her first career victory on the European Cup circuit.  

Buck has competed at three senior FIS World Championships (2019, 2021, 2025), with her best PGS result coming during her debut when she finished 23rd.      

In her fourth and final appearance at the FIS Junior World Championships in 2020, Buck became the first Canadian woman to ever win a world junior medal in any alpine snowboard event when she took the bronze medal in the parallel slalom (PSL) event. She also advanced to the quarterfinals of the PGS for the second time, having done so in her debut in 2017.

Buck finished third overall in the Nor-Am Cup alpine snowboard standings in 2016-17. The next season, she increased her World Cup schedule, but in January 2018 she suffered a shoulder dislocation and torn labrum. After undergoing surgery and rehab, she returned for the 2018-19 season, which saw her win the overall Nor-Am Cup title for alpine snowboard. During her title-winning season, she reached the podium in eight of 12 events, winning five times and never finishing lower than sixth. She finished second in the Nor-Am Cup standings in both 2019-20 and 2021-22; after the 2025 season she has 17 career victories on the tour.

A Little More About Kaylie

Getting into the Sport: Had started ski racing at age 6 before trying snowboard at age 8… When she found out alpine snowboard racing existed, she knew she had found her sport and began competing in that at age 12… Outside Interests: Earned a Bachelor of Science degree from       Queen’s University in 2023… Has also been a competitive Irish dancer… Enjoys water skiing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, playing cards… Odds and Ends: Favourite motto: “Do it all and make it count”     … Always travels with peanut butter, since it can be hard to find internationally… Collects her racing bibs and boarding passes from all her competitions…