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12-year-old snowboarder, Storm Cabell-White from Fort Smith, a town in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), has won two gold ulus (medals in the shape of traditional Inuit knives) at the Arctic Winter Games so far. Expressing her excitement about her first win on CBC News, she said that Olympic snowboarder Liam Gill greatly inspired her to win gold. Upon hearing about the success of the young athlete, Gill said, "Storm is just so great, she's got such good style, and I'm so happy for her.” Nearly a year ago, Gill led a snowboarding clinic for kids in and around Fort Smith, where Cabell-White lives. Cabell-White said that the clinic gave her much confidence, dispelled her doubts, and enabled her to win the gold ulus in two events: the rail jam and slopestyle. "Those kids definitely inspired me and made me remember why I love snowboarding, and how stoked they were on everything. It was just amazing to see," Gill said, hoping to return to N.W.T. to do more clinics. "I can't wait to be able to go back up there and spend some more time with them, definitely want to make it a yearly thing where I get to see them more often.”
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