Kim and Chris started talking spring of 2020. They initially started talking on the dating app Hinge and bonded over their mutual love of snowboarding. Kim was first drawn to Chris’s page from a prompt about how he designed a snowboard for himself. Chris was drawn to Kim because of the because of a photo of Kim on top of Kilimanjaro wearing an Oilers shirt.

Chris was a little gun shy to ask Kim out initially. The summer went on, and months after they initially connected, a text out of the blue from Chris asked Kim out. Their first date was on the patio of Campio on August 25, 2020, talking about snowboarding till the sun went down.

Early dates had Chris and Kim spending time exploring the river valley, new restaurants/breweries, camping, spending time with friends, and of course snowboarding.

Kim and Chris’s relationship turned long distance when Kim went to travel nurse in the states for a year.

While talking about their future over beers in Portland, Chris asked Kim to move in with him when she returned from travel nursing.

January 2024 Kim was waiting on Washington paperwork, and was able to last minute crash Chris and Bogners snowboard trip to Japan.

In total Chris would to visit Kim to explore every state she worked in: Texas, Oregon, and Washington.

Following Kim’s return from travel nursing the couple moved into together. Chris would become the best cat dad to

cat Barney, even if he was suuuuuper awkward with him originally.

August of 2024 brought the couple to Europe for another big adventure. They visited Aaron, Audrey, and rose in London. Watched the Olympics with Bogner, Tyler, James and Aaron in Paris. And parted ways with friends to experience Portugal just the two of them.

Following Europe, Kim started training for Mount Logan so Chris decided to take up hiking and splitboarding with her so they could have more time together.

July 2025 the couple got to spend a few weeks in the summer with Chris’s friends on Vancouver Island. That November Kim was able to join Chris on his work trip to Sweden (adding another country to her ever growing list).

In November of 2025, Chris would buy a ring to propose to Kim with. Unlike when he waited to ask her out, this time he was only waiting for snow.

On February 28th, for their first run of the day at Red Mountain Resort, Chris told Kim he was going to take her to a spot he rode the year before with great snow, and a fantastic view.

With a blue bird day, Kim propped their snowboards up to get a photo of them. With her back turned Chris got down on one knee and barely got the words out before Kim tackled him saying yes.

Kim and Chris were engaged February 28th, 2026 at Red Mountain Resort.

Chris and Kim rode for a week while in Red. They made quick stop to ride in Revelstoke, before Chris and Kim would join friends on different snowboard trips. After first tracks, an ambitious ride into the trees and a hunger for powder had Chris tearing his Achilles at Revelstoke.

He spent several months following recovering while the couple would plan their wedding.