Erik Guay Retiree

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Reading Time: 7 minutes His accomplishments say it all: 25 World Cup podiums with five golds, two World Championship wins, a Crystal Globe—husband and father of four. “I just know it’s time for me to […]

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Spinning the Wheels

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Reading Time: 5 minutes CBC’s Scott Russell takes Ski Canada’s Ian Merringer down the Road to the Olympic Games. Scott Russell is the on-air face of alpine racing in Canada. Now preparing to cover his […]

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Racy Bits – Canadian men’s WC team update

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian men’s World Cup ski team has reached into its past hoping for improved results in the future. Burkhard Schaffer, who worked with Canadian Cowboys like Erik Guay, Jan […]

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Sochi 2014 – Best Bets in Alpine Racing

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Four years ago one of the best-trained, well-funded alpine ski teams Canada had ever produced headed to the 2010 Winter Olympics with the goal of winning three medals. That podium […]

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Postcards from Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Reading Time: 3 minutes While the Olympic podium has space for second and third, for host cities, there’s only first. Marty McLennan  shares some moments from his visit to the 2011 FIS World Championships […]

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Short Turns: Travel Guide 2011

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Join the club The Louise Plus Card comes with a nice plus this season, two actually: Kicking Horse and Castle Mountain have been added to the loyalty skipass program. $99 […]

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Coureur Prêt

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The Quebec Connection In a province that consistently produces great skiers, celebrity sightings are common at major Quebec resorts. Sit on a bench by the fitness centre at Mont Tremblant […]

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Whistler on sale

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Reading Time: 4 minutes From the Buyer’s Guide 2010 issue Earlier this season Whistler-Blackcomb unveiled its lowest price ever for early-bird season passes at $1,099, which is $500 less than usual. It’s less simply […]

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Nice n’ icy please

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Reading Time: 3 minutes from Fall 2009 Canada is best known as the land of hockey, but at the Winter Olympics there’s another indisputable marquee event—the downhill alpine race. And Canadians like their speed […]

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