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Calgary, Alta. (January 4, 2023) – The FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup kicked off the new year with slalom races in Zagreb, Croatia for the women and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany for the men. Amelia Smart (Invermere, BC) was the day’s top Canadian delivering a career best result in slalom. Erik Read (Canmore, AB) paced the men with a 14th place finish. With the sun setting, and the lights on in Zagreb, Smart raced to a career best eighth place finish in the slalom and her third top 16 result

Calgary, Alberta. (December 29, 2022) – On a day that saw five Canadians finish in the top 20, James (Jack) Crawford (Toronto, ON) led the way with a sixth place in the super-G at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup at Bormio, Italy.  In the women’s slalom at the World Cup race at Semmering, Austria, Amelia Smart (Invermere, BC) was the top Canadian with a season’s best 15th place finish. On a fast track in Bormio, Crawford raced to sixth, his third top 11 this season in super-G

Calgary, Alta. (December 28, 2022) – Canada’s alpine ski racers returned to the slopes after the Christmas break with James (Jack) Crawford (Toronto, ON) leading the men and Valérie Grenier (St-Isidore, QC) pacing the women.  Crawford delivered a career best second place in the downhill at Bormio, Italy, while Grenier’s fifth place finish in today’s women’s giant slalom at Semmering, Austria, is her best result this World Cup season. On the demanding Bormio

Creates Alpine High Performance Advisory Committee to deliver on performance objectives Calgary AB, (December 22, 2022) – Alpine Canada Alpin announced today that Phil McNichol, High-Performance Director, Alpine will be leaving the organization to pursue other opportunities effective February 10th, 2023.  Phil joined Alpine Canada in March 2020 and was a significant contributor to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team’s (CAST) successes during what has been 2.5 years of unprecedented

Calgary, Alta. (December 12, 2022) – Canadian alpine skiers took second place in both the men’s and women’s races today at the FIS Ski Cross World Cup event in Arosa, Switzerland. Under a bright moon and even brighter lights at the season’s only nighttime race, Marielle Thompson (Whistler BC) built on her consistent podium performances in Arosa. This is Thompson’s seventh podium in nine races in Arosa, and her fifth podium in her last six World Cup races dating back to