the 2008–09 season would be almost as successful for martin. he once again qualified for the brier, winning the alberta provincial championship, and then once again went 13–0 in the 2009 tim hortons brier. he knocked off glenn howard 7–6 followed by jeff stoughton in the final by a 7–4 result. a week later, at the 2009 canada cup of curling, martin won his third title, defeating fellow edmonton rink randy ferbey in the final. at the 2009 ford world men's curling championship, martin won 10 straight games until he met scotland in the final round robin game. martin lost to scotland and then lost to them again in the 1–2 page playoff game. martin rebounded with a tight semifinal victory over switzerland, but had to face scotland in a third matchup in the final. the game was tied going into the last end with martin having the last rock advantage. before his first rock, martin was lying one in a complicated setup. after spending about six minutes trying to decide which shot to try, he went against the wishes of his teammates and threw away his shot, forcing scotland's david murdoch to make a double-tap to sit shot. murdoch made his shot, leaving martin with a short-raise double, which he missed, losing the championship to scotland, 7–6.