Larisa Yurkiw

Reading Time: 2 minutes [edit. note: On May 11, 2016 Larisa Yurkiw announced her retirement from ski racing due to concerns about her surgically repaired knee.]   Any World Cup podium result is impressive, […]

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Manny O-P workout

Reading Time: 2 minutes When national ski team member Manuel Osborne-Paradis was thinking of a way to give back to the sport, he decided on working with Alpine Canada trainer Jamie McCartney to produce […]

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Take 5 With Dustin Cook

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Dustin Cook burst onto the international ski scene last season with three podium appearances, including a super-G victory at the World Cup finals in Méribel, France, and a silver […]

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A Dose of American Rah-Rah

Reading Time: 6 minutes WINTER 2015 issue  *  It seems not all skiing medals have the same shine. Consider the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. The two-week event is of course bigger than […]

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Racy Bits – Canadian men’s WC team update

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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Paralympics Sochi 2014

Reading Time: 5 minutes by Jim Morris in the Winter 2014 issue They have travelled different roads, but Para-Alpine skiers Kimberly Joines and Mac Marcoux hope to arrive at a similar destination during the […]

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Sochi 2014 – Best Bets in Alpine Racing

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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Chasing down Manuel Osborne-Paradis

Reading Time: 5 minutes Sochi 2014 by Jim Morris in Fall 2013 issue Risk versus reward. It’s something we all contemplate, whether it’s a complicated business venture or simply deciding if the chance of […]

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