[1] He had competed in athletics at Simon Fraser University where Kripps led the 4 × 100 m team (Justin Kripps, Neal Hurtubise, Rob Drapala, Brett Robinson) to All-American honors and a school record at the 2005 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Louisville, Kentucky (SFU Athletics, 2009 & NAIA 2005).

[1] During his initial years in Canada, he competed as a brakeman; Kripps won his first Bobsleigh World Cup race in the men's four-man in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in January 2008 alongside Pierre Lueders, Ken Kotyk and David Bissett.

[1] His first FIBT World Championships as a pilot took place in 2012 when he participated in the mixed team event and won bronze.

Kripps said in response on his Twitter account, "Looks like my website is censored in Russia, classic #SochiProblems I wonder if there's a camera in my room".

[2] In the Olympics, pushed by Bryan Barnett in the Canada-3 sled he was the top Canadian finisher in sixth place.

[3] At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kripps and brakeman Kopacz tied with the German team of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis for the gold medal, Canada's sixth of the games.