Tag: alpine ski racing

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis winter, Mt. Norquay turns 100—the Canadian Rockies’ oldest ski resort, and the local favourite for its world-class race programs, clubby family vibe, and a tubing park that’s gone viral. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Kaiser and Me – veteran travel writer Arnie Wilson takes a run with Franz Klammer It felt utterly exhilarating to ride in the icy tracks of downhill legend Franz […]

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 […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesWINTER 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 […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesHow a crease in the French racers’ pants led to a unique Olympic protest. by JANET LOVE MORRISON in the Fall 2014 issue At the Sochi Winter Olympics last February […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Austrian national ski team ?chose Sun Peaks years ago to kick-start ?its season ‘‘I’m so hot,” Maria Holaus says, brushing a wave of long blond hair over her shoulder […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom the Fall 2007 issue In today’s world of ski racing, the “home hill advantage” can be the difference between gold and no medals. John Kucera cited the edge he […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesAlthough Whitehorse’s Mt. Sima has technically been in operation since 1993, it flew below the radar for its first decade and won’t debut on the national stage until February-March 2007 […]