Vancouver (BC), Canada – Olympic silver medalist Mike Robertson of Canmore, Alberta, will miss the front end of the 2011 season as he sustained his second concussion in less than six months while attending a training camp in New Zealand earlier this fall.nRobertson, who took the silver medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in February, sustained the injury while participating at a training camp with the National Team in New Zealand.

Advised by the medical staff at Canada~Snowboard, Robertson will re-evaluate his health after the Christmas break. The 2011 FIS snowboard World Championships will be held in La Molina, Spain, from January 14 to 23, 2011.

The first of six snowboard cross races of the 2011 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Tour is scheduled for December 7 in Lech, Austria. The Canadian snowboard cross team will travel to Hintertux, Austria, for a training camp next week in preparation for the upcoming season.