Alex
Massie

Alex Massie is a two-time Paralympian competing at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang and at Beijing 2022 where he earned a sixth in the snowboard cross. The veteran rider has pursued his career since then leading into Milano Cortina 2026.

In the 2024-25 season he competed at the world championships at Big White, B.C., posting two top 10’s just weeks after earning a silver medal in the snowboard cross at the World Cup in Pyha, Finland.

Entering Beijing 2022, Massie and Tyler Turner joined forces to win the gold medal in the men’s Para snowboard team event at the World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway in January 2022. It was the first time the team event had been held.

It was Massie’s first career world title. Individually at those worlds, Massie added a silver in the banked slalom and a fourth in the snowboard cross.

Massie won the medals just weeks after an accident at home where he impaled his armpit on a fence. The last stitch fell out the night before his first race, which was the green light he needed to race.

Also a high-level hockey and football player,  Massie has practiced snowboarding since his youth but a wakeboarding accident in 2011 resulted in him losing his left leg below the knee, which changed his plans.

He returned to snowboarding after his accident and adapted so well to his prosthetic leg that he decided to pursue a competitive career in the sport.

At his Paralympic debut in 2018, he finished 10th in the men’s LL2 banked slalom and 11th in the snowboard cross.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

A double medallist including team gold at the World Para Snow Sports Championships in January 2022… Competed at 2018 and 2022 Paralympic Winter Games … Two-time X Games medallist (bronze in 2015, silver in 2016) … Bronze medal in snowboard cross at 2015 world championships… Also was in 2017, 2019 and 2025 world championship teams…

PERSONAL

Was involved in a wakeboarding accident in 2011, which resulted in an amputation of his left leg below the knee… Enjoys mountain biking and wake surfing during the summer months…. Nickname is Bubz… Big fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs…  In 2016 he was inducted into the Barrie Sports Hall of Fame.

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

2025 World Championships – snowboard cross – 8th

2025 World Championships – banked slalom – 9th

2022 Paralympic Winter Games – snowboardcross – 6th

2022 IPC World Championships – team event – 1st

2022 IPC World Championships – banked slalom – 2nd

2022 IPC World Championships – snowboardcross – 4th

2019 IPC World Championships – snowboardcross – 4th

2019 IPC World Championships – banked slalom – 6th

2018 Paralympic Winter Games – banked slalom – 10th

2018 Paralympic Winter Games – snowboardcross – 11th

2017 IPC World Championships – snowboardcross – 4th

2017 IPC World Championships – banked slalom – 6th

2016 X Games – adaptive X – 2nd

2016 Big White World Cup – banked slalom – 3rd

2015 X Games – adaptive X – 3rd

2015 IPC World Championships – snowboardcross – 3rd

2015 IPC World Championships – banked slalom – 9th