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Brunswick native training with goal of competing in 2022 Winter Olympics
Myles Silverman, 23, is living at a ski resort in Austria, working on his snowboarding skills.
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BRUNSWICK When Myles Silverman was 8 years old, he attended the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy with his family and immediately fell in love with what unfolded in front of his eyes.
About a year later, the Brunswick native started snowboarding competitively. Two years later, at age 10, he won his first national competition. Now 23, Silverman is training at Reiteralm a ski resort in Schladming, Austria with the goal of qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.