Michelle Mulder recalls watching Red Bull Crashed Ice for the first time.
"I watched it a few times on YouTube and I figured,'I have to try that,'" she said.
'I love this sport, it just captured something in me and I needed to do it.'
The 34-year-old who now calls Bonfield home is currently ranked 12th in the world in the sport that has changed its name to Ice Cross.
"They changed the name to Ice Cross just this year from Crashed Ice, to try and change the sport to more of an Olympic style to try and push it that way," said Mulder.
Mulder competed in her first event way back in 2009 after finishing second overall at a qualifier in Southern Ontario that gave her the chance to compete in Quebec City.
Athletes, dressed in hockey gear battle their way down an icy hill while on skates, trying to get down the hill first while trying to outlast competitors and avoid the obstacle course.
However, life got in the way of her passion for close to a decade, but last year she decided to make a comeback.
"People say I am crazy," Mulder said about competing in the sport.
"It is so much fun and the tracks are amazing. If you are an adrenaline junkie, this is for you. It is more of an extreme sport so it definitely makes you want more. Like, after every race I want to go do another one, it's exciting."
The 10 to 12 race circuit takes racers around the world to compete and Mulder says she could not do so without sponsorship.
"If you sign up you pay your way, your accommodations," she said.
"It is definitely an expensive hobby to get into."
The former North Bay Ice Boltz hockey player says her summer training consists of weight training along with rollerblading at skate parks.
At 34, Mulder believes she still has more good years of competition ahead of her. However, she admits the idea that it could one day become an Olympic sport definitely gives her more motivation to keep competing.
"That would be something so amazing," said Mulder about potentially competing in Ice Cross at the Olympics.
"I am definitely going to stick with it just in case it goes through and I have a shot to get in there and I will be training a lot more this year as well."
Until then, she says she is debating whether or not to compete in the final event of the year which is an Ice Cross event in Russia at the end of March.