Tuhia he tohutoro mo tenei pene - I tohu a Shaver i a Canada i te 1976 Winter Olympics i Innsbruck, Austria. I wehe ia i muri i te whakatakoto i te tuaono i nga korero me te tuatoru i te poto. I te tau 1977, ka riro ia hei toa a motu o Canada. I a ia e whakaatu ana i tana whakaaturanga amateur whakamutunga, i noho ia ki te tuaono i te 1977 World Championships
i Tokyo, i Hapani.