FILE--Ross Rebagliati of Whistler, B.C. holds his gold medal after placing first in the Olympic Giant Slalom Snowboarding competition in Nagano, Japan, Sunday, Feb.8, 1998. It’s been eight years since Rebagliati became an Olympic champion and he knows his unique place in Canadian sports history has little to do with the gold medal he brought home from Nagano. Still, he wouldn’t change a thing. (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/Frank Gunn)