Like most serious athletes, Kurt Smith has a promo package - an information packet used for approaching companies for sponsorship. On the cover of Kurt's it says:
"B.C. Champion and Best Ranked Mogul Skier
2000/2001 B.C. Freestyle Team Member" ...AND...
"Future World Cup and Olympic Mogul Skier"

Kurt Smith's "bar" was clearly set.

Born in Smithers in November 1981, Kurt was introduced to the sport of downhill skiing at the early age of four by his parents, Tim and Sharon. Having a cabin on Hudson Bay Mountain meant spending most weekends on the slopes - a place where, at the age of 12, he happened to catch the BC Winter Games. "It was shortly after (these games)," says Sharon, " that his interest began."

Kurt became interested in mogul competitions where he had to ski a set of bumps (moguls), then perform a trick in the air, do more moguls, and then a second trick, all against the clock.

His first fame started at 15 when he pulled off an eighth place win in the BC Freestyle Northern Zones on an extremely hard and icy course at Tabor Mountain. By the time he was 16, Kurt travelled to Powder King monthly to train for the Nationals and hopefully on to his dream of making the World Cup Circuit after his high school graduation in 1999.