five years out of the world junior championships, martin had formed a new team and won his first provincial championship. this qualified him and his team of kevin park, dan petryk and don bartlett for the 1991 labatt brier. at the 1991 brier, martin finished the round robin with an 8–3 win-loss record, tying saskatchewan for first place. martin knocked off british columbia in the semifinal, and then beat saskatchewan (skipped by randy woytowich) with a score of 8–4 in the final. the rink was then off to the 1991 canada safeway world curling championships in winnipeg. martin turned the tables, going undefeated through the round robin. after beating norway's eigil ramsfjell in the semifinal, martin's team lost in the final, losing to scotland's david smith with a score of 2–7.